Quixel Suite Alternatives

Quixel Suite is described as 'Quixel was founded in 2011 by Teddy Bergsman and Waqar Azim, based on the vision of substantially speeding up how creators build digital environments, by giving them access to a vast and ever-expanding library of 3D building blocks, and easy-to-use tools to greatly simplify the' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Quixel Suite for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and GIMP apps. The best Quixel Suite alternative is InstaMAT, which is free. Other great apps like Quixel Suite are Adobe Substance 3D Painter, Laigter, Adobe Substance 3D Sampler and AwesomeBump.

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Quixel Suite alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers but may also be 3D Painting Apps or Game Development Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Quixel Suite.
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Quixel Suite alternatives page was last updated Feb 1, 2024
  1. InstaMAT icon
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    InstaMAT offers a comprehensive solution for procedural material and asset creation, scalable texturing, and data-driven asset pipelines where instead of texturing a specific asset, you're now texturing an entire class of assets using a previously established workflow.

    17 InstaMAT alternatives
    InstaMAT screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    InstaMAT Features

    1.  Texture painting
    InstaMAT iconQuixel Suite Icon

    InstaMAT VS Quixel Suite

    Is InstaMAT a good alternative to Quixel Suite?
     
    • InstaMAT is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Quixel Suite.

    • InstaMAT is the most popular free alternative to Quixel Suite.

    • InstaMAT is Freemium and ProprietaryQuixel Suite is also Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Adobe Substance 3D Painter icon
     26 likes

    Substance 3D Painter has the tools you need to texture your 3D assets, from advanced brushes to Smart Materials that automatically adapt to your model. Breathe life into your art.

    16 Adobe Substance 3D Painter alternatives
    Adobe Substance 3D Painter screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Adobe Substance 3D Painter Features

    1.  3D Sculpting
    2.  Non Destructive Editing
    3.  Physically-Based Rendering
    4.  Texture painting
    5.  PBR Texturing
    6.  Texturing
    7.  Procedurally generated
    Adobe Substance 3D Painter iconQuixel Suite Icon

    Adobe Substance 3D Painter VS Quixel Suite

    Is this a good alternative to Quixel Suite?
     
    • Adobe Substance 3D Painter is the most popular Linux alternative to Quixel Suite.

    • Adobe Substance 3D Painter is the most popular commercial alternative to Quixel Suite.

    • Adobe Substance 3D Painter is Paid and ProprietaryQuixel Suite is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Laigter icon
     10 likes

    This tool lets you generate normal maps for 2D textures, with little effort. Specially designed for Sprites in 2D games.

    15 Laigter alternatives
    Laigter screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Laigter iconQuixel Suite Icon

    Laigter VS Quixel Suite

    Is Laigter a good alternative to Quixel Suite?
     
    • Laigter is the most popular Open Source alternative to Quixel Suite.

    • Laigter is Free and Open SourceQuixel Suite is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Adobe Substance 3D Sampler icon
     1 like

    Substance 3D Sampler is at the heart of your 3D workflow. Easily transform a real-life picture into a photorealistic surface or HDR environment.

    8 Adobe Substance 3D Sampler alternatives
    TWEAK AND MIX EXISTING MATERIALS Bring elements together to create a new, fully parametric material.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Parametric Filters
    2.  HDR Support
    3.  Textured tiles
    4.  Export to Photoshop
    Adobe Substance 3D Sampler iconQuixel Suite Icon

    Adobe Substance 3D Sampler VS Quixel Suite

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  5. AwesomeBump icon
     22 likes

    AwesomeBump is an open source program designed to generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image. Since the image processing is done in 99% on GPU the program runs very fast and all the parameters can be changed in real time.

    19 AwesomeBump alternatives
    AwesomeBump screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    AwesomeBump Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  OPENGL
    3.  Realistic viewport
    4.  GLSL
    AwesomeBump iconQuixel Suite Icon

    AwesomeBump VS Quixel Suite

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  6. xNormal icon
     9 likes

    xNormal is an application to generate normal / ambient occlusion / displacement maps. It can also project the texture of the highpoly model into the lowpoly mesh ( complete texture transfer, even with different topologies ).

    10 xNormal alternatives
    xNormal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    xNormal Features

    1.  Texture Baking
    xNormal iconQuixel Suite Icon

    xNormal VS Quixel Suite

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  7. PixPlant icon
     7 likes

    PixPlant is a smart texturing app with the best tools to quickly transform a photo into seamless repeating textures and 3D maps.

    20 PixPlant alternatives
    PixPlant screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    PixPlant Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  Textures
    PixPlant iconQuixel Suite Icon

    PixPlant VS Quixel Suite

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  8. Sprite Lamp icon
     4 likes

    Sprite Lamp is a software tool to help game developers combine 2D art with dynamic lighting effects, through the creation of hand drawn normal maps.

    15 Sprite Lamp alternatives
    Sprite Lamp screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sprite Lamp Features

    1.  Dynamic lighting
    Sprite Lamp iconQuixel Suite Icon

    Sprite Lamp VS Quixel Suite

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  9. HandPlane Baker icon
     3 likes

    Handplane Baker is a free baking tool for a production environment that processes extremely dense models easily.

    14 HandPlane Baker alternatives
    PSD MATERIAL OUTPUT

You can create, save, and share libraries of material base colors. Assign them to pieces of your models and they are baked into an organized PSD set up with layer masks, ready for you to paint on. I am really hoping people post and share their material libraries so we can build a central repository for everyone to work from. You can name and edit colors for 3 material properties in the editor like this:

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HandPlane Baker Features

    1.  Texture Baking
    HandPlane Baker iconQuixel Suite Icon

    HandPlane Baker VS Quixel Suite

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  10.  3 likes

    This is a suite of ten Gimp plugins known as the 'Resynthesizer'. The most commonly used is 'Heal selection' but all use the plugin whose full interface is found at 'Filters>Map>Resynthesize.

    19 Resynthesizer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP

    Resynthesizer Features

    1.  Remove Unwanted Objects
    2.  Image Processing
    Quixel Suite Icon

    Resynthesizer VS Quixel Suite

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  11. ModLab icon
     2 likes

    ModLab is a free tool that can generate and fine tune normal maps in a realtime rendering environment.

    18 ModLab alternatives
    ModLab screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ModLab Features

    1.  Texturing
    ModLab iconQuixel Suite Icon

    ModLab VS Quixel Suite

    Is ModLab a good alternative to Quixel Suite?
     
  12. Substance Designer icon
     20 likes

    Substance Designer is a node-based non-destructive application for material authoring. Edit complete texture sets fast with the non-linear workflow and see your changes apply simultaneously to all your outputs.

    17 Substance Designer alternatives
    Substance Designer screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Substance Designer Features

    1.  Textures
    2.  Texturing
    3.  Material design
    Substance Designer iconQuixel Suite Icon

    Substance Designer VS Quixel Suite

    Is Substance Designer a good alternative to Quixel Suite?
     
    Comments about Substance Designer as an Alternative to Quixel Suite
     
    Guest

    Substance designer is for procedural texture generation

    Negative commentApr 28, 2019
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    Guest

    Its a generator not a library

    Negative commentAug 23, 2019
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    Guest

    I mean its basically almost the same

    Positive commentJan 26, 2019
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    Substance Designer icon
    • Substance Designer is Paid and ProprietaryQuixel Suite is Freemium and Proprietary
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