3D models & animation
Text/image-to-3D, rigging, retopology and animation. 7 tools tracked. Picks: Best AI 3D model generators for game assets · ship with no attribution.
| Tool | Free tier | Paid price (as shown) | Commercial licence | API / MCP | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meshy 3D models & animation | Free: 100 monthly credits, 1 concurrent task | Pro $20/mo (1,000 credits, up to 100 assets); higher tiers shown at $40 and $100/mo; Studio from $10/seat | Free: CC BY 4.0 (commercial use with attribution) Paid: Private licence; assets 'Private & Customer owned' | API, API playground, MCP & Skill for AI agents (paid plans) | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: verified |
| Tripo 3D models & animation | Free: 200 monthly credits (~13 models), public models, non-commercial use | Pro $20/mo (3,000 credits); Max $90/mo (25,000); Team $55/seat/mo billed yearly | Free: Public models, non-commercial use; terms: Tripo retains rights for Free Users Paid: Private models, commercial use | unverified | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: verified |
| Rodin (Hyper3D) 3D models & animation | Free: generate before confirming; direct credits $1.50 each; 10 private assets | Creator $24/mo billed yearly ($288); Business $96/mo billed yearly ($1,152); Enterprise custom | Free: Unclear. Terms (Rodin output): 'we will not limit your use of such Output', subject to the Agreements; but the pricing table shows 'Unlimited export and any use' only from Creator, and the FAQ says paid plans include broader export and usage rights Paid: Creator+: 'Unlimited export and any use'; Business: commercial licence included | Full API access on Business | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: partial |
| Sloyd 3D models & animation | Guest: 1 AI 3D generation/day, GLB/OBJ export, personal-use licence | Plus $15/mo ($12.50 billed yearly); Pro $50/mo ($41.67 billed yearly) | Free: Personal-use licence only Paid: Plus: commercial use; Pro: commercial use and reselling | API listed in footer; details unverified | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: verified |
| Hunyuan3D 2.1 (open weights) 3D models & animation | Free open weights (run locally or via Hugging Face Space) | Free (self-hosted) | Free: Licence: tencent-hunyuan-community (read the licence for territory and use limits) Paid: n/a | Self-hosted model | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: partial |
| Cascadeur 3D models & animation | Free forever: export to .casc only, non-commercial use | Indie $8/mo billed annually (revenue < $100k/yr); Pro $33/mo billed annually; Business $33/user/mo billed annually | Free: Non-commercial only Paid: Indie: commercial if revenue < $100k/yr; Pro: commercial use with no limits | unverified | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: verified |
| Rokoko Vision (AI mocap) 3D models & animation | Starter $0 forever: Vision AI video-to-motion 30 s/month, unlimited text-to-motion clips (5 Studio imports/month), FBX export, 1 month cloud storage | Basic $10/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro $50/mo; Enterprise from $100/mo (all billed annually) | Free: Rokoko Create FAQ: 'all generated data with text-to-motion and with video-to-motion can be used commercially'; Services Terms 3.1/6.3: Rokoko does not claim ownership and you retain all rights to your User Content Paid: Same; paid plans add BVH (Basic+) and CSV (Pro) export | Advanced command API on Pro; live streaming to 3D tools from Plus | 2026-10-15 price: verified licence: verified |
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