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Cartons per pallet layer calculator

Warehouse planners, fulfillment engineers, and 3PL quote desks need a single integer before they stack a pallet: how many identical cartons sit in one layer on the usable deck.

● BetaFree · in your browser

Run — free How it works & API

Use it from WebAPIEmailTelegramApp soon

This cartons per pallet layer calculator takes carton length, carton width, pallet length, and pallet width in any consistent unit and returns that count using two axis-aligned grids plus a two-block mixed-orientation fill when rotation is allowed. The aligned pattern places carton length along pallet length; the rotated pattern turns every carton ninety degrees; the mixed pattern fills a primary strip in one orientation and packs the leftover strip in the other so leftover deck is not wasted. Results include both simple grids, leftover length and width, used and unused area, utilization percent, and the area bound so you can see how close the layer is to a perfect fill. The same pure module powers the free browser widget and the prepaid API at $0.002 per successful call. Zero or negative sides fail as invalid input; a carton that cannot sit on the deck returns zero cartons rather than inventing a squeeze.

How to use it

Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.

Check your inputs

Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.

Use it again or automate it

Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.

What you can do with it

Get an answer now

Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.

Compare scenarios

Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.

Automate repeated work

Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.

FAQ

How do I use this capability?

Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.

For developers — API access

Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.

API endpoint

POSThttps://api.kit.forhosting.com/ecom/cartons-per-layer

Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.

Call it from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/ecom/cartons-per-layer \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"carton_length":400,"carton_width":300,"pallet_length":1200,"pallet_width":800}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/ecom/cartons-per-layer", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "carton_length": 400,
    "carton_width": 300,
    "pallet_length": 1200,
    "pallet_width": 800
  })
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/ecom/cartons-per-layer",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
    json={
    "carton_length": 400,
    "carton_width": 300,
    "pallet_length": 1200,
    "pallet_width": 800
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]

<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/ecom/cartons-per-layer", false, stream_context_create([
  "http" => [
    "method"  => "POST",
    "header"  => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
    "content" => '{"carton_length":400,"carton_width":300,"pallet_length":1200,"pallet_width":800}',
  ],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);

body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"carton_length":400,"carton_width":300,"pallet_length":1200,"pallet_width":800}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/ecom/cartons-per-layer", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

Example request

{
  "carton_length": 400,
  "carton_width": 300,
  "pallet_length": 1200,
  "pallet_width": 800
}

Example response

{
  "task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "type": "ecom.cartons_per_layer",
  "status": "queued",
  "_links": {
    "result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
  }
}

The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.

Pricing

Per request$0.002

Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.

Errors

HTTP	Code	Meaning
`401`	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid API key.
`402`	`insufficient_balance`	Your balance doesn't cover the task price.
`404`	`unknown_type`	That task type doesn't exist.
`429`	`rate_limited`	Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling.

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