Comparison - Markforged Mark Two vs Ultimaker S5

Side by side comparison:
The materials both machines are able to print are different. Although both printers are able to print industrial grade materials, the Mark Two supports materials such as Kevlar, Carbon Fibre, High-Strength High-Temperature Fibreglass, Onyx, Fibreglass and plain Nylon. While the Ultimaker S5 supports materials such as Tough PLA, CPE, PC (Polycarbonate), TPU 95A (thermoplastic polyurethane) ABS and PLA plastic filaments.
So who would benefit using these 3D printers? For the Mark Two, this machine would greatly benefit manufacturers, machine shops and other similar businesses. This printer is a tool that improves products and processes. It has the ability to produce long lasting, strong and fully functional parts efficiently in the comfort of your own office. Its specifically designed to make functional end use parts to industry. For the Ultimaker S5, this printer is more of a benefit towards design professionals such as architects and engineers, as it allows them to produce low cost prototypes efficiently and in the comfort of their own office as well.
For the user friendliness, every design feature implemented on both the Mark Two and the Ultimaker S5 is done with convenience and user friendliness in mind. For example, the removable glass bed can easily be taken out for cleaning and put back on with accuracy, the system can easily be controlled on the touchscreen display and the wireless option allows users to print from anywhere on both printers. All in all, the design of the Mark Two and the S5 provides a clean and minimalistic look. Both look like hardware that would fit in a professional office setting.
In terms of upgrading to the next model, the Mark Two has several higher end options. You can upgrade to their industrial range which include the X7, the X5, the X3 and the Metal X 3D printer, which can print different types of metal. For the Ultimaker S5, there isn’t a higher end option yet. It’s Ultimaker’s most advanced 3D printer to date.
To summarise it all.....
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[@William3DP]

This is an excellent video, giving an unbiased comparison between these two high-end printers. At my workplace, we have two Luzbot TAZ printers and one Markforged Onyx Pro. The Lulzbots are doing great work for us, but when we got the Markforged, I was just astounded at the quality and precision of the prints. The Onyx Pro does not have the same material options as the Mark Two, but it can print carbon-fiber infused nylon with a continuous fiberglass fiber, making a very strong part. I only saw the Ultimaker S5 at shows; it also looks like an excellent printer, and when I first saw it, I wondered if we would have bought our Lulzbots if the S5 were available at the time. (Our main motivation for buying the Lulzbots over the Ultimaker S3 was that we liked the large build plate of the Lulzbot, which has served us well.)

[@JoshWeaverRC]

I print from the Mark Two and people can't get over how high quality the prints are. I had to really really push to get a fail out of the Mark Two and even then it still did a great job on most of the part. Metal X is up and running now, so time to push its boundaries.

[@SeniorRed1337]

why would you compare a 25k and a 5k printer...?

[@ronniiraygun7454]

I have both machines in my lab. The Markforged is a fire and forget machine and I've only two fails over hundreds of parts. On the S5's I have to cross my fingers that I'll get a good part. Often times I need to print one test part then a finish part on the S5. The Markforge is limited on materials but the support removal also far exceeds that of the S5. The S5 is half the price but the Markforge is easily far and away a Superior machine for series work in manufacturing. The S5 is good for look, touch feel parts and block type fixtures.

[@michaelforrest4783]

Crazy, Iv'e had the exact opposite results between my Mark 2 and S5. S5 is set and forget, Mark two ya have to watch like a hawk. Weird.

[@BasslKokash]

Good features explanation of both models, but you missed one important thing, that MarkTwo is a continuous carbon fiber 3D printer while Ultimaker S5 can only prints chopped carbon fiber filament

[@ryanwalsh2995]

Iam very new to this world can you explain to me what this means? Basically compromising strength in carbon fiber prints?

[@crystofhervega2788]

@@ryanwalsh2995 MarkTwo has a roll of a string of CF plus the ONYX(plastic with little pieces of CF), when combined it can produce 3d printed parts as strong as aluminum. lot better than S5 by far.

[@aerball]

I gotta tell you from my experience, if I can see an Ender 3 Pro print the same quality as a Ultimaker 3 or even a Stratasys, then its about peoples own limitations and not the machines. At this point the only real factor in additive manufacturing is how much money you have to throw at making the process more plug and play. It's all about how much time you are willing to invest in learning than anything else.

[@thomas8719]

Totally agree. And in near future even the cheap printers will offer great quality out of the box.

[@truantray]

Why are the build volumes so small for premium printers?

[@iRepairElectronics]

a little louder pelase..i cant hear a damn thing

[@leungkingsway4915]

The video are great but i hope to know more about price difference.

[@curiousfurious8399]

What is the software used at duration 9:34?

[@3nrasandun]

Autodesk Fusion 360 - Generative Design Function

[@_blair5759]

Markforged great company

[@ampas30]

No, not comparable...

[@TommyAventador]

So the Makerforge is only different cause it can print in the carbon fibre layer and supports internally and the software it runs?

[@davidclarkson3338]

yea but that makes parts like 20 times stronger so

[@michaelforrest4783]

Markforged is double the price of the S5, and now has over 30 optimized materials, preloaded into Cura, for faster slicing and builds. Markforged Mark 2, has 4 options, if you count Onyx on its own. Bang for buck is 100 percent Ultimaker. No question. Heck, I just saw them put a metal filament through one of the print cores last week. S5 is a superior offering.

[@tricycleboi]

Are you ok?

[@tricycleboi]

You are so wrong

[@gbk2813]

Useful video

[@ysr1916]

S5..... it’s just for hobby grade. I’m using in company for prototype that however, then noW it needs hands very often. It means time loss and annoying

[@macros4129]

Compare please.

[@TroyWuelfing]

worth mentioning that if your looking at getting this printer Ultimaker has backpedaled on the promise of an aluminium build plate for engineering. after promising buyers this feature to get them to buy the machine they revealed they cant get it to work well and are offering a cheap glass plate as the solution. While i respect the honesty, this is some shady ish to promise something like a super durable and robust build plate and to bait and switch buyers into the same old tech they committed to doing better than in order to sell this very expensive printer is very sad. just beware as there may be some marketing material out there about the metal build plate, ignore it. its not happening.

[@Aceofwingsify]

Well you don’t own both so this does not mean shit

[@VEHICROS]

I choose neither, both are seriously bound by proprietary foundations.

[@aerball]

They used to be less terrible with that. Although they do support a massive array of filaments

[@A2KStore]

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[@rusanescutraian]

is not worthing the price. you might want to invest in stratasys 3d printer if you want something more serious

[@michaelforrest4783]

Heinekin, Ford, and Volkswagon, seemed to think differently...Just saying. Plus isn't Strat a significant price jump?

[@aerball]

Not when a stratasys printer is like 6-10 times more for not that much of a jump in quality.

[@kprahulreddy]

What is your experience in mark forge

[@WilliamHernandez-nc8go]

@@kprahulreddy Markforge is a fantastic 3D printer. Leveling sucks on the Mark 2, wished they had done the laser leveling on it across the board. I don't really find much use for the continuous fiber. It's got good accuracy for prototyping parts before machining. We leave it printing for the weekend without any issues. The times we find issues are when maintenance is required. Bought it for $12K at the time and now it's overpriced I think. I'm researching the S5, that is why I'm here trying to see the comparison.