Blender

Blender

Blender Foundation
Unity

Unity

Unity Technologies
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About

Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Cycles is Blender’s built-in powerful unbiased path-tracer engine that offers stunning ultra-realistic rendering. Blender’s comprehensive array of modeling tools make creating, transforming and editing your models a breeze. VFX professionals say: “Probably the best tracker in the market”. Blender includes production ready camera and object tracking. Allowing you to import raw footage, track the footage, mask areas and see the camera movements live in your 3D scene. Eliminating the need to switch between programs. Thanks to the high quality rigging and animation tools, Blender is being used for numerous short films, advertisements, TV series and feature films now.

About

The leading platform for creating interactive, real-time content. Build 2D, 3D and VR games and apps at speed. From artist tools to live-ops, everything you need to bring your vision to life today. The complete solutions for professionals to create and operate. Create and operate amazing applications and immersive experiences with a complete solution for professionals across industries. Change up your splash screen. Or completely remove it. Gain greater insight into what’s happening in your game with real-time data on crashes, exceptions and user feedback. Minimize downtime with access to expert technical support when you encounter issues. Available as a separate purchase through a Unity sales representative. Unity Gaming Services: backend and LiveOps services trusted by world-class studios to support multiplayer and live games at any scale, with any engine or tech stack.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Creators, 3D modelers, artists, animators, and more

Audience

Gaming developers looking for a platform to design, create and manage their games

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$35.00/month
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.3 / 5
ease 3.4 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 4.1 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.8 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.9 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • More than only 3D modelling Tools. Can also do Video Editing. Fluid and particle Simulation. 3D Printing. Architectural Design. Support many file formats. Great Texture Painting. Python Programming.
  • Great Marketing, No, excellent marketing. Wait, overwhelming marketing. Damn they expect a lot of Pros. Not sure why they assume that.
  • In this software you can do complete 3D work, rendering, video editing, sculpting, game design and more. In modeling and UV mapping node base support is really good in Blender. There are lot of keyboard shortcuts which help to speed up your work. Best realistic renderer as compared with other alternative software. There are lot of features which I've never seen in other alternative software, like Blender can create a 3D model automatically only by picture.
  • It offers excellent three-dimensional development and animation. It has lots of video tutorials to makes learning easy. The functions are well placed and easy to understand it's options.
  • Free & Open source Customizable interface 3D modelling and rendering Works great for building animations Simulation tools Inbuilt video editor Integration with many pipeline tools Great community Powerful API

Cons

  • Difficult to learn. Confusing UI for beginners. No parametric modelling Not suitable for 3D modelling of mechanical parts.
  • No, I need to be fair. Reading through their marketing articles and all the …’Consigned’ reviews (hey, watch your mouth, I didn’t say ‘Paid/), I was captivated. I ran off and downloaded Blender. Why? because I downloaded the latest version before and when Trying to install it I was told it can’t be installed on my current hardware. Nice one. Blender just wasted my data. Thank you Blender, for not telling me upfront. BTW, will Blender give me the money to buy a new Mac so I can use their latest version? Hey, we have to keep the economy going, right? But, fair is fair. I went to search for an older version and I found one, latest possible for my OS, the Blender 282a. Yay. Then came another hit. Trying to open it (After having it installed, of course (I know I have to mention this because Big Tech Gurus don’t know common sense), I got told that Blender was damaged and that I should move it to the BIN. Guess what? I did! But fair is fair, right? I gave it another go, I installed it once more and now could open it. Funny how Intelligent Tech doesn’t work. Right, but now I got another intelligent Tech Work not working. Can’t ‘Render’. I’ll stop here because otherwise I go on forever and that is enough to decide to DUMP Blender, for good. Enough time wasted on this piece of crap.
  • Every thing is great in Blender. There are no cons yet.
  • Its a time taking tool but gives your excellent animations.
  • For a free software, there is hardly any con that i can mention.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • My favorite part of Unity is its engaging UI, since it's very easy to learn within a short period of time. In addition, Unity has an inbuilt asset store, where users can download free assets or purchase those that they need.
  • 1-Unity helped me with making 2d and 3d games as conveying is speedy, which recuperations time. 2-The Unity social class is huge, which helps in handling many inquiries. 3-As a computer programmer, Unity setting up language C# is easy to make and fathom.
  • Unity has made gaming so easy and addictive that it's no longer a complex affair; anyone with a basic understanding of mathematics can create games with Unity. It's easy and convenient, and the price is definitely right.Edit games and use interfaces to create fun games. Scriptable objects, assets store to obtain amazing assets for the games.
  • -The Unity engine is a cross-platform engine that is used to develop video games for a variety of different platforms. -The Unity engine is known for being easy to use, which makes it a popular choice for developers who are new to game development. -The Unity engine comes with a wide variety of features that can be used to create a wide range of different types of games.
  • I loved the features! There is so much that you can do with Unity. Whether it is just sculpting creations, creating 2-d sidescrollers OR creating a full fledged 3-d action packed game.

Cons

  • On Unity, there are fewer video courses available to learn. It works great on high-spec computers and laptops, but lags badly on low-spec computers.
  • 1 - The updates are free, every so often there are revolutionary enough changes beginning with one structure then onto the close to cause headaches 2 - Whether that be with what you at first have in for content or endeavoring to utilize assets from the online store, a couple of assets simply work for unequivocal structures, and notwithstanding the way that they seem like they are practical anyway may throw botches in making the current endeavor unusable until fixes.
  • There has been some stability issues in newer versions although the old versions are becoming more stable. There has been some UI component issues, mostly related to scrollview and text. Sometimes there is a third-party Unity package manager.
  • The Unity engine is a great game development engine, but there are some things that I do not like about it. One thing is that it can be difficult to create custom scripts for your game. Another thing is that the engine can be slow to load on some computers.
  • It was definitely hard to get the hang of right at first. I deleted so many things on accident while trying to edit them. But it's a learning curve. You'll get there!

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Blender Foundation
Founded: 1994
www.blender.org

Company Information

Unity Technologies
Founded: 2004
United States
unity.com

Alternatives

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O3DE

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Categories

Categories

Game Development Features

2D
3D
Analytics
Animation
Asset Management
Drag & Drop
eCommerce
IT Asset Management
Network Management
Physics
Player Management
Prototyping
Virtual Reality

Video Editing Features

3D Video Editing
Audio Tools
Brand Overlay
Collaboration
Media Library
Social Sharing
Speed Adjustment
Split / Merge
Supports HD Resolution
Text Overlay
Video Capture
Video Stabilization

Game Development Features

2D
3D
Analytics
Animation
Asset Management
Drag & Drop
eCommerce
IT Asset Management
Network Management
Physics
Player Management
Prototyping
Virtual Reality

App Monetization Features

Banner Ads
Data Monetization
Dynamic Product Ads
Native Ads
Playable Ads
Rich Media Ads
Sponsorships
Subscriptions
Video Ads

Integrations

AccuRIG
Avoyd
Cartwheel
Character Creator
Daz 3D
Genaimo
Hunyuan Motion 1.0
Imagen3D
Instant3D.ai
Kasm Workspaces
OctaneRender
PlantFactory
Poliigon
Rokoko
Union Avatars
Vagon Teams
iClone
iMeshup
picoCAD

Integrations

AccuRIG
Avoyd
Cartwheel
Character Creator
Daz 3D
Genaimo
Hunyuan Motion 1.0
Imagen3D
Instant3D.ai
Kasm Workspaces
OctaneRender
PlantFactory
Poliigon
Rokoko
Union Avatars
Vagon Teams
iClone
iMeshup
picoCAD
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