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Formlabs Form 4 vs Sovol SV08

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Formlabs Form 4 vs Sovol SV08 — documented properties and sources
Property	Formlabs Form 4RESIN	Sovol SV08COREXY
Identity
Brand	Formlabs	Sovol
Class	RESIN	COREXY
Identity & Market
Manufacturer & exact marketed model name (verify the exact product identity first)	Formlabs Form 4 3D Printer[1][2]	Sovol SV08 3D Printer[3][4]
Street price (USD; dated snapshot per entry)	Starting at $2,625.00 at GoEngineer, in stock, checked Aug 2026. Formlabs sells the printer as part of packages (Form 4 Complete Package etc.), so package prices are much higher than the printer-only figure[2]	$549.00 on sovol3d.com against a $599.00 compare-at price, in stock, checked Aug 2026 (Canada warehouse quoted as shipping end of September)[3][4]
Variants & sibling models — and how to tell them apart (spec-contamination risk)	Three machines share this platform and are constantly conflated. Form 4: 200 x 125 x 210 mm, 50 um pixels, 18.3 kg, 480 W, one resin cartridge, NOT biocompatible. Form 4B: identical hardware but validated for 38 Formlabs materials including 15 biocompatible. Form 4L: 353 x 196 x 350 mm, 46 um pixels, 58.5 kg, 900 W, two cartridges[1]	Sibling SV08 Max is a much larger 500x500x500 machine at $1,099 with a 50 mm3/s flow rate, TMC5160 XY drivers and CAN bus; the SV08 is 30 mm3/s with TMC2209s. Do not carry SV08 Max figures onto the SV08. An eddy-current scanning kit and a 5-inch touchscreen are sold as separate upgrades[4][5][6][3]
Physical & Frame
Build volume X×Y×Z (mm) — advertised vs actually usable	200 x 125 x 210 mm (Formlabs quotes 5.25 litres)[1][2]	350 x 350 x 345 mm advertised[3][6]
Machine footprint (mm) & clearance needed (cable/spool overhang)	398 x 367 x 554 mm[1][2]	550 x 537 x 575 mm. Sovol's page says this includes screen and filament holder; 3DJake says it excludes the spool holder[3][6]
Net weight (kg)	18.3 kg[1][2]	21.5 kg gross (3DJake). Sovol does not publish a net weight[6]
Frame construction & material	Not documented	Aluminium-extrusion CoreXY frame; Sovol states the design is inspired by the Voron 2.4 and that software, firmware and hardware are open source with design files on GitHub, with $2 per unit donated to the Voron project[3]
Enclosure: open / enclosed; panel material; door/lid	Enclosed cabinet with a hinged UV-blocking cover. Operating temperature 18-28 C[1]	Open frame as shipped; Sovol sells an enclosure kit separately (an enclosure-kit package is listed for the SV08 Max)[3][5]
Kinematics & Motion Hardware
Kinematics (bedslinger i3 / CoreXY / other)	Masked stereolithography (MSLA). Formlabs brands the engine Low Force Display; straight-lift peel[1][2]	CoreXY[3]
Stepper drivers (exact model e.g. TMC2209; UART/SPI; sensorless homing?)	Not documented	TMC2209[3]
Speed & Acceleration
Max print speed (claimed, mm/s)	Not documented	700 mm/s maximum (manufacturer claim)[3][6]
Max acceleration (claimed, mm/s²)	Not documented	40,000 mm/s2 maximum (manufacturer claim)[3][6]
Max volumetric flow claimed (mm³/s)	Not documented	<=30 mm3/s (manufacturer claim)[3][6]
Extruder
Type (direct drive / bowden) & design name	Not documented	Planetary-gear direct-drive extruder[3][6]
Hotend & Nozzle
Max nozzle temp claimed AND firmware max temp limit (both values)	Not documented	<=300 °C claimed[3][6]
Stock nozzle size & sizes included in box	Not documented	0.4 mm included; 0.2, 0.6 and 0.8 mm optional[3]
Heated Bed & Surface
Max bed temp claimed AND firmware limit	Not documented	<=100 °C claimed[3][6]
Bed surface (material, texture, coating), single/double-sided	Not documented	Powder-coated PEI steel plate[3][6]
Leveling & Z-Offset
Auto bed leveling: probe technology (inductive / strain gauge / load cell / touch probe)	Not documented	Inductive sensor plus a pressure (load) sensor. An eddy-current scanning kit is sold as an upgrade[3][6][4]
Filament Handling & Detection
Filament runout sensor (type, location)	Not documented	Filament sensor fitted, with filament-runout resume; type and location not published[3][6]
Electronics & Power
Host computer (SoC, RAM, storage) if firmware runs on embedded Linux	Not documented	Allwinner H616 quad-core Cortex-A53, 1 GB RAM (512 MB + 512 MB), 8 GB eMMC[3][6]
PSU (brand, wattage, rail voltage)	Not documented	Conflicting: Sovol's spec table says 150 W / 24 V, while 3DJake's table gives a rated power of 1000 W at both 110 V and 220 V. The two are only reconcilable if the bed is mains-heated separately from the 24 V logic supply, which Sovol does not state[3][6]
Input voltage (110/220 V, switch or auto)	100-240 VAC, 4.8 A, 50/60 Hz, 480 W[1]	Not documented
Total rated power draw	480 W[1]	Not documented
Firmware & Openness
Firmware base & current version (Klipper fork / Marlin fork / proprietary)	Proprietary. Print preparation is PreForm; fleet management is Formlabs Dashboard[2]	Klipper. Sovol publishes the design files on GitHub and describes software, firmware and hardware as fully open source[3][6]
Connectivity, UI & Camera
Display: size, type, touch?	7-inch interactive touchscreen, 1280 x 800 (control panel — not the masking LCD, see W1)[1]	Not documented
WiFi (band/standard), Ethernet, USB ports, SD/flash-drive	Dual-band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit), USB-C 2.0[1][2]	Ethernet and Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, WPA2 only (WPA3 explicitly not supported)[3][6]
Camera: built-in / optional? Resolution & framerate (verify — marketing often omits real fps)	Not documented	Camera listed as fitted by Sovol; 3DJake lists a camera as an accessory. Resolution not published[3][6]
Materials Support
Officially supported filament list	Formlabs resins across rigid, tough, general purpose, flame retardant, silicone, elastic, ceramic and castable families. Biocompatible resins require the Form 4B, not the Form 4[1]	PLA, PETG, TPU, PETG-CF, ABS and others[3]
Independently Measured Performance
Dimensional accuracy measurements (third-party, with numbers)	XY dimensional tolerance +/-0.15% — a manufacturer specification, not an independent measurement[1][2]	Not documented
Resin & MSLA
Masking LCD	Low Force Display masking LCD with a 50 um pixel size and pre-tuned anti-aliasing. Formlabs does not publish the screen diagonal or pixel count[1][2]	Not documented
Light source	Backlight unit with 60 uniform-wavelength high-power LEDs behind collimating lenses, with integrated cooling[1][2]	Not documented
Vertical print speedmm/h	Maximum 100 mm/h; average 40 mm/h at a 100 um layer height (manufacturer figures — GoEngineer publishes both, which is unusually explicit about the basis). Formlabs separately claims most prints finish in under 2 hours[2][1]	Not documented
Layer height range	25-200 um per Formlabs' own tech-spec page; GoEngineer's listing for the same machine says 25-300 um. Unresolved[1][2]	Not documented
Resin vat & feeding	Single next-generation resin cartridge; Formlabs claims 5-10x faster filling and 63% less waste. Resin tank rated for 75,000+ layers with any Formlabs material. No vat capacity published[1][2]	Not documented

Manufacturer claims, independent measurements, packages and test conditions retain their source wording. FDM linear speed and resin vertical speed use different units and are not directly comparable. Unknown values are marked “Not documented”. Prices and source dates remain historical snapshots; check the linked guide for product details. Differences highlight text, not a universal winner.

Sources for this comparison

Formlabs resin printer technical specifications (Form 4 / 4B / 4L) formlabs.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Formlabs Form 4 3D printer listing store.goengineer.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol SV08 3D Printer product page sovol3d.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol 3D-printer collection product feed (live prices and stock) sovol3d.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol SV08 Max 3D Printer product page sovol3d.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol SV08 technical data table 3djake.com · 2026-08 · vendor