The top-rated alternative to ZBrush is Blender, which is free and open source. People also recommend 3D-Coat, Cinema 4D, Bforartists and Armory 3D. 3D Modelers like ZBrush are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and the web.
iDough is your digital sculpting app, letting you bring the art shop along anywhere you go. iDough allows beginners to get into digital sculpting and professionals to do their work on the go.
Dead Deer is a 3D modeler, 3D game maker, and a 3D demo maker designed to create games.
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PLOPP is a creative painting tool for cartoon-like 3D scenes without the effort that comes with professional 3D modelling programs. You can build 3D objects very easily! Just paint them in a 2D environment and PLOPP will transform them into 3D!
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Free browser-based 3D editor with a Blender-style interface — model, sculpt, animate, rig, render and export, with nothing to install.
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Sculptopa is a browser-based mesh editing tool designed as a lightweight alternative to desktop tools like Meshmixer and Blender. It focuses on practical workflows such as cleaning, repairing, sculpting and preparing STL and mesh files without requiring local installs or GPU hardware.
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3D mesh editor for iPad and iPhone — built for makers, 3D printing enthusiasts, and anyone who needs to fix or modify 3D models on the go.
