$6,000 – $15,000+
Best laser cutter for a small business
Production volume, reliability, and throughput matter more than price. Built to run a shop, not a hobby. Diode lasers don't belong at this tier — this is CO2 and fiber built for volume.
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Best CO2
xTool P3 (80W)
$6,299.00
xTool’s flagship: 80W, a 36"×18" bed, and automation (ACS auto-focus, dual camera) built to remove the babysitting that eats into production time.
What you can make with it
- High-volume sign production
- Large-format acrylic displays
- Thick hardwood cutting at speed
Best Fiber
ComMarker B4 (100W)
$6,299.00
True industrial power — 100W cuts and deep-engraves metal fast enough for commercial batch work, not just marking. Desktop and handheld in one unit.
What you can make with it
- Commercial metal cutting
- High-volume industrial part marking
- Deep engraving for tooling and asset tags
Still not sure?
The 10-second version
- Large-format CO2 with real automation, less babysitting? xTool P3.
- Industrial metal cutting and deep engraving at volume? ComMarker B4 100W.
- Need both wood/acrylic and metal production? Budget for both machines rather than one compromise combo — at this tier, dedicated beats dual-purpose.
← Not quite running production yet? See the Serious Hobbyist tier
Once it arrives
Your laser shows up. Now what?
Even production machines need real settings, not factory guesses. A grid built for your exact bed and a material library scaled to your exact wattage means less wasted material on every single job, not just the first one.
Grid Generator
$9
Precision alignment grid sized to your exact bed. SVG + DXF.
- ✓ 40+ machine database
- ✓ Custom bed sizes
- ✓ Correct origin corner baked in
Material Library
$24
LightBurn settings library + burn tests scaled to your laser’s power.
- ✓ 14 materials, engrave + cut
- ✓ Open-and-burn .lbrn2 tests
- ✓ .clb library + settings PDF
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Bundle
$27
Save 18%Both tools. Everything scaled to your machine.
- ✓ Grid Generator
- ✓ Material Library
- ✓ Save 18% vs buying separately