Blender Alternatives

Blender is described as 'Free open-source 3D software for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and simulation' and is a leading 3D Modeler in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Blender for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Blender alternative is Autodesk Maya. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wings 3D or Natron. Other great apps like Blender are Cinema 4D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Bforartists and ZBrush.

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Blender alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers, but if you're looking for 3D Animators or 3D Painting Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Free, Android, iPad, Online, Linux and iPad + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Blender.
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  1. 3DCrafter icon
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    3DCrafter (formerly 3D Canvas) is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.

    65 3DCrafter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. ARHIST icon
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    ARHIST is an end-to-end solution for interior designers and enthusiasts . Create ergonomic floor plans, renders and detailed 3D models within in two clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. The Grit Game Engine is an MIT-Licensed Open Source Game Engine that is highly scriptable via Lua. It supports huge open world maps and dynamically streams assets from disk. The Grit Game Engine is a community project to build a free game engine (and toolchain) for implementing...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Anim8or icon
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    Anim8or is a free 3D modeling and character animation program.

    39 Anim8or alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Style3D Atelier is a software for creating digital clothing models for film, video game, and animation industries. It offers free trial, plans and pricing, and tutorials for personal and enterprise users.

    4 Style3D Atelier alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. DeleD CE icon
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    DeleD is a 3D modeler and level-editor combined into one. It focuses at game development and is specifically designed to create static objects/worlds. Other areas in which you can put DeleD to good use are, for example, educational services, webdesign, prototyping and image...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. VoidWorld icon
     2 likes

    VoidWorld is a 3D modeling and animation tool. It provides a wide range of tools.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. CaDoodle icon
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    CaDoodle is a local drag-and-drop CAD application for Linux (Arm,x86), WIndows (X86), and Mac (Arm,x86) and ChromeOS. Users models are stored locally, and the application runs entirely locally. CaDoodle has a drag and drop interface that is cross-trainable with TinkerCAD.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
  9. 3DTin icon
     8 likes

    3DTin is a browser based 3D modelling tool.

    It gives you a simple user interface to create 3D models, and runs in any HTML5 browser (Firefox, Google Chrome, Safar, IE9), no matter which operating system you use. It is absolutely FREE to use and requires no experience in 3D desig.

    51 3DTin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Fragmentarium icon
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    Fragmentarium is an open source, cross-platform IDE for exploring pixel based graphics on the GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Maverick Model 3D is a triangle-based 3D model editor that supports a variety of geometry manipulation tools, texturing, and skeletal and vertex frame animations. There is a help manual included.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
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