| Type | Technologies | Materials |
| Extrusion | Fused deposition modeling (FDM) | Thermoplastics (e.g. PLA, ABS), eutectic metals, edible materials |
| Granular | Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) | Almost any metal alloy |
| Electron beam melting (EBM) | Titanium alloys | |
| Selective heat sintering (SHS) | Thermoplastic powder | |
| Selective laser sintering (SLS) | Thermoplastics, metal powders, ceramic powders | |
| Powder bed and inkjet head 3d printing, Plaster-based 3D printing (PP) | Plaster | |
| Laminated | Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) | Paper, metal foil, plastic film |
| Light polymerized | Stereolithography (SLA) | Photopolymer |
| Digital Light Processing (DLP) | Liquid resin |