3D models & animation

Text/image-to-3D, rigging, retopology and animation. 6 tools tracked.

ToolFree tierPaid price (as shown)Commercial licenceAPI / MCPChecked
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: unverified
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

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