Free Adobe Substance 3D Painter AlternativesTop 3D Painting Apps like Adobe Substance 3D Painter

The best free alternative to Adobe Substance 3D Painter is Paint 3D. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Adobe Substance 3D Painter and seven of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Adobe Substance 3D Painter are MagicaCSG, Quixel Suite, PixaFlux and Agama materials.

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Adobe Substance 3D Painter alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers, but if you're looking for Image Editors or 3D Painting Apps you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
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Advanced software for 3D asset texturing with smart materials and real-time rendering for lifelike results, suitable for both photorealism and stylized art.

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Adobe Substance 3D Painter alternatives page was last updated Jun 19, 2025
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  1. Paint 3D icon

    Paint 3D

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    Paint 3D is Microsoft's totally rebuilt and enhanced version of Microsoft Paint built for Windows 10 and with extensive 3D support as well as other helpful, long-needed additions like pen support and easier cropping feature.

    19 Paint 3D alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Paint 3D Features

    1.  Remove Image Background
    2.  HD-Rendering
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  Bundled with Windows

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    Comments about Paint 3D as an Alternative to Adobe Substance 3D Painter
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    Negative Jun 19, 2025
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    MS 3d Paint does not have the same feature set as Adobe Substance 3D Painter

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    • Paint 3D is the most popular free alternative to Adobe Substance 3D Painter.

    • Paint 3D is Free and ProprietaryAdobe Substance 3D Painter is Paid and Proprietary
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    MagicaCSG

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    A lightweight signed distance field editor and renderer.

    131 MagicaCSG alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    MagicaCSG Features

    1.  Rendering

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    Quixel Suite

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    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...

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Quixel Suite Features

    1.  Scan library
    2.  Procedural Texturing
    3.  Royalty free assets
    4.  Materials Editor
    5.  Textures
    6. Unreal Engine icon  Unreal Engine Integration
    7.  Texture painting

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    Comments about Quixel Suite as an Alternative to Adobe Substance 3D Painter
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    Positive Oct 5, 2019
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    Has a LOT of features but does require a current version of photoshop

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    • Quixel Suite is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Substance 3D Painter is Paid and Proprietary
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    PixaFlux

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    PixaFlux is a node based image processing application. PixaFlux creates and edits images in a non destructive way, using a node graph to organize the workflow without restrictions of size, position or color mode.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    PixaFlux converting an image to Lab color mode and applying a curve adjustment node.

    PixaFlux Features

    1.  Node Based
    2.  Non Destructive Editing
    3.  Image Processing
    4.  Retouch photos

    PixaFlux VS Adobe Substance 3D Painter

     
    Comments about PixaFlux as an Alternative to Adobe Substance 3D Painter
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    Negative Oct 1, 2018
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    PixaFlux is more similar to Substance Designer rather than Substance Painter.

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    • PixaFlux is Free and ProprietaryAdobe Substance 3D Painter is Paid and Proprietary
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    Agama materials

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    Agama materials is software for creating PBR materials and painting 3d models. You can create materials and use them for painting models, or you can use pre-made textures. Simple creating of procedural materials.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Agama materials Features

    1.  Physically-Based Rendering
    2.  Texturing
    3.  Textures
    4.  Procedurally generated

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  7. Nirvana 3D icon

    Nirvana 3D

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    A game engine written in Python, extending support across multiple GPU devices with 3D rendering, PBR Renderer and much more.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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    Nirvana 3D Features

    1.  Physically-Based Rendering
    2.  Rendering
    3.  3D Game Engine
    4.  3D Renderer

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    • Nirvana 3D is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Substance 3D Painter.

    • Nirvana 3D is Free and Open SourceAdobe Substance 3D Painter is Paid and Proprietary
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    Quixel Mixer

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    Quixel Mixer is a software allowing to create and modify 3D textures.

    6 Quixel Mixer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Quixel Mixer Features

    1.  Texturing

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