Methodology and limitations

This is planning information, not a supplier quotation. BoxKaki helps you compare information you already have. It doesn't estimate market prices, certify specifications or recommend suppliers.

What the tool adds up

Production means the total production price on the quote, not a unit price. Setup or tooling, delivery and tax amounts that you enter are each added once. Anything marked "Included in production price" isn't added again. Only choose "Not applicable" when the supplier has said so.

Blank and "Not provided" charges count as unknown. If you've entered a production price, an incomplete result shows the total so far and a per-unit figure labelled as incomplete. Without a production price, you only see the subtotal of the charges you know. Notes about exclusions also mark the result as incomplete.

Precision and limits

RM amounts are read to the nearest sen. The tool rejects negative numbers, exponent notation, badly formed decimals and amounts too large to calculate safely. Enter amounts without commas and with no more than two decimal places. Per-unit costs are the stated amount divided by the quantity purchased, rounded half up to four decimal places. Because of that rounding, the per-unit figure multiplied by the quantity can differ slightly from the total.

The tool doesn't work out tax rates or convert currencies, and it doesn't estimate wastage, financing, storage or labour. It adds only the tax amount in RM that you type in. Put other confirmed costs into a clearly labelled production total, or note them as exclusions, and make sure no charge is counted twice.

What "different" means

Specifications are compared as text, ignoring capital letters and any spaces at either end. So "100 mm" and "10 cm" show up as different. Matching wording doesn't prove matching quality, and a missing specification is shown as missing. Different quantities are flagged as well. No quote gets a "cheapest" badge, and suppliers aren't ranked.

Sources and dates

The guides are based on desk research and example arithmetic we wrote ourselves. We haven't tested any products. Each guide links its references and gives the date we checked them, and example figures are never presented as real Malaysian prices.

Fedrigoni specialty papers: examples of paper surfaces, colours and weights.
Holmen Graphics Handbook: creasing, embossing and film lamination.
Holmen finishing and varnishing: selective varnish and matching it to the process.
Iggesund printing and converting reference: material, thickness, creasing, foil and embossing tools.
DHL Malaysia dimensional-weight guide: why parcel dimensions can affect the delivery charge.

We checked these on 16 September 2026. Manufacturers' guidance applies to their own products, so your combination of paper, die-cut and finish still needs the supplier's confirmation and a sample. Suppliers set their own practices and can change them. None of these sources are price benchmarks for Malaysian packaging.

Your box sizes

The sizes you type into the keyline estimator stay on the page. BoxKaki doesn't send them to a server, put them in the URL, save them on your device or include them in analytics. Reloading or leaving the page clears them.

We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page visits. It doesn't see what you type into the tool. If you follow a link to an external source, you'll be on that provider's website instead.

Why there are no market prices

The tool doesn't estimate what boxes should cost. Doing that responsibly would need dated, checked Malaysian price data, clear specifications and published margins of error, and we don't have that data.