Blender Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Blender for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Autodesk Maya. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wings 3D or Bforartists. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Blender and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Blender are Autodesk 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Natron and ZBrush.

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Blender alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers, but if you're looking for 3D Animators or VFX Software you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Free, Android, iPad, Open Source, Online and Android Tablet + VFX. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Blender.
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  1. Autodesk Flame software is a powerful finishing and visual effects solution with an integrated environment that accelerates creative workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. The Electric Image Animation System (EIAS) is an eminent 3D animation and rendering package. Available for the Mac and PC, with it, you can texture, animate and render your 3D scenes. Extraordinarily, EIAS includes the ability to network render to an unlimited number of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Shade 3D icon
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    Shade 3D modeling, animation, rendering and effects is a complete, integrated solution for 3D artists, designers and film makers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • Unity
     
  4. meshmixer icon
     13 likes

    meshmixer is an experimental 3D modeling tool for making 3D mashups without too much hassle.

    39 meshmixer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. LightWave icon
     17 likes

    LightWave 3D combines a state-of-the-art renderer with powerful, intuitive modeling, and animation tools. Tools that may cost extra in other professional 3D applications are part of the product package, including 999 free cross-platform render nodes, support for Windows and Mac...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Rumba icon
     1 like

    Because 3d animators are crucial in today’s animation and VFX productions, they deserve a productive and modern software dedicated to their art.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MotionBuilder icon
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    MotionBuilder is professional 3D character animation software. It is used for Motion capture and traditional keyframe animation. MotionBuilder is produced by Autodesk in Montreal.

    18 MotionBuilder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. PopcornFX icon
     4 likes

    A suite of tools dedicated to real-time visual effects creation, along with ready-to-run mainstream game engine integrations and a runtime simulation framework for custom integration.

    25 PopcornFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. 3D Model Maker lets you create virtual 3D models in your computer. You can create anything your imagination can think of. (Not limited to simple cubes or blocks like some apps!) It uses meshes of polygons just like they used in Toy Story.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks 3D Model Maker is a great Blender alternative.

    • 3D Model Maker is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Blender.

    • 3D Model Maker is Paid and ProprietaryBlender is Free and Open Source
  10. Mandelbulber icon
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    Mandelbulber is an experimental application that helps to make rendering 3D Mandelbrot fractals much more accessible. A few of the supported 3D fractals: Mandelbulb, Mandelbox, BulbBox, JuliaBulb, Menger Sponge, Quaternion, Trigonometric, Hypercomplex, and Iterated Function...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Cascadeur icon
     3 likes

    Make realistic 3D animation from scratch or improve mocap, all while retaining full control over the results. Cascadeur is a standalone software for creating keyframe animation of 3D characters, humanoid or otherwise.

    6 Cascadeur alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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