# Quotes > Price a ready file in one material at one quantity before you order: how the price is made, tiers and discounts, the estimate, failure codes and materials. Updated 2026-10-24 · HTML: https://layercrew.com/developers/quotes · Markdown: https://layercrew.com/developers/quotes.md · OpenAPI: https://layercrew.com/openapi.json A quote prices one `ready` file in one material at one quantity, without creating an order. Use it to show a price in your own shop, to compare materials or to check a design before you commit. ## How a price is made The file is sliced for real on our quoting profile for the material, with our house settings; a 3MF keeps the settings it was saved with. From the slice we take the weight and the print time, and the per-part price follows — the same price the [calculator](https://layercrew.com/calculator) shows. Quantities are priced on full plates, then one partial plate; the unit price is rounded to the cent before it is multiplied. ## Quantity tiers and your discount The published quantity tiers apply automatically — 100+ of the same file carries 10 percent off the unit price, 250+ carries 20 percent. Your plan's `discount_pct` applies on top of the list price; a contract can set a different one. `tiers` on a priced quote lists the unit price at other quantities so your shop can show the ladder. ## Create a quote ```bash curl -X POST "https://engine.layercrew.com/v1/quotes" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAYERCREW_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "file_id": "4f1b2c3d-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d", "material": "PLA", "nozzle": "0.4", "quantity": 2 }' ``` _202 — pricing has started_ ```json { "data": { "id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-4b8c-9d0e-1f2a3b4c5d6e", "file_id": "4f1b2c3d-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d", "material": "PLA", "nozzle": "0.4", "quantity": 2, "status": "pending", "created_at": "2026-10-24T09:33:00Z", "priced_at": null } } ``` Pricing takes seconds to a few minutes. Poll `GET /v1/quotes/{id}` until `status` is `priced` or `failed`, or listen for `quote.priced` and `quote.failed` on your webhook. _GET /v1/quotes/{id} — priced_ ```json { "data": { "id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-4b8c-9d0e-1f2a3b4c5d6e", "file_id": "4f1b2c3d-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d", "material": "PLA", "nozzle": "0.4", "quantity": 2, "status": "priced", "list_unit_price": "12.40", "discount_pct": "0", "unit_price": "12.40", "total": "24.80", "currency": "EUR", "tiers": [ { "min_quantity": 1, "unit_price": "12.40" }, { "min_quantity": 100, "unit_price": "11.16" }, { "min_quantity": 250, "unit_price": "9.92" } ], "estimate": { "weight_grams": 31.2, "time_seconds": 5400, "unit_yield": 1, "printer_model": "Bambu Lab A2L", "nozzle": "0.4", "material": "PLA", "infill_pct": 15, "wall_loops": 3, "support": "auto", "warnings": [], "priced_at": "2026-10-24T09:34:12Z" }, "created_at": "2026-10-24T09:33:00Z", "priced_at": "2026-10-24T09:34:12Z" } } ``` ## What the quote carries | Field | Meaning | | --- | --- | | `list_unit_price` | The per-part price at this quantity before your plan's discount, EUR, two decimals, as a string. | | `discount_pct` | Your plan's discount, as a string. | | `unit_price` | `list_unit_price` less the discount, rounded to the cent. | | `total` | `unit_price` × `quantity`. | | `tiers` | Unit price at other quantities — the ladder your shop can show. | | `estimate` | What the slicer measured and used: `weight_grams`, `time_seconds`, `unit_yield` (parts per plate in a 3MF), `printer_model`, `nozzle`, `material`, `infill_pct`, `wall_loops`, `support`, `warnings`. | | `estimate.warnings` | What the design-for-manufacturing pass flagged — thin walls, steep overhangs, a part laid out close to the bed's edge. Worth showing to whoever drew the part. | ## When pricing fails `status` becomes `failed`, `quote.failed` is emitted, and `failure_code` with `failure_message` say what to do: | Code | What happened | Next step | | --- | --- | --- | | `model_too_large` | The part is laid out larger than our print bed. | Split it into sub-assemblies, or send it through [contact us](https://layercrew.com/contact-us) and we take it by hand. | | `not_a_model` | The file holds no printable geometry. | Export the part again from your CAD or slicer. | | `material_unavailable` | The material is outside your plan or out of stock for this run. | Pick one from `GET /v1/materials`. | | `slicer_rejected` | The slicer refused the geometry. | Check for open meshes, inverted normals and zero-thickness walls, or send it to us. | | `file_unavailable` | The file was deleted or purged before pricing ran. | Upload it again. | ## Quotes and orders A quote is information, never a commitment. The price on an order is computed again when the order is created and frozen when an engineer accepts it; the same file, material and quantity on the same day give the same number. Your plan's `quote_daily_cap`, when set, bounds the quotes you may create in a day; `GET /v1/account` shows `usage.quotes_today`. ## Materials `GET /v1/materials` lists what you can order: each material with its `nozzles` and `colours` (`id`, `name`, `hex`, `in_stock`), filtered by your plan's `allowed_materials` and `allowed_nozzles`. `in_stock` is live and never a promise. A colour left out of an item lets the engineer pick at production. ```bash curl "https://engine.layercrew.com/v1/materials" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAYERCREW_API_KEY" ``` _200_ ```json { "data": [ { "material": "PLA", "description": "Dimensionally critical parts and visual models.", "nozzles": [ "0.2", "0.4", "0.6", "0.8" ], "colours": [ { "id": "black", "name": "Black", "hex": "#111111", "in_stock": true }, { "id": "white", "name": "White", "hex": "#F4F4F4", "in_stock": true } ] }, { "material": "PETG", "description": "Functional parts with moisture and chemical resistance.", "nozzles": [ "0.4", "0.6" ], "colours": [ { "id": "black", "name": "Black", "hex": "#111111", "in_stock": true } ] } ] } ``` Every endpoint is in the [reference](https://layercrew.com/developers/reference#tag-quotes).