3D Slash vs. Autodesk Maya vs. Blender

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
3D Slash	N/A	N/A	3D Slash is a 3D modelling software designed to engage non-designers and children in 3D content creation. 3D Slash offers a solution to fast-developing industries relying on 3D content (consumer 3D printing, modular Internet of Things, AR-VR...). The solution boasts strong value in Education: STEM teachers use 3D Slash in class. It is Available on all devices and all OS (Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry pi, iOS, Android), online and offline.	N/A
Autodesk Maya	Score8.3 out of 10	N/A	Autodesk offers Maya, a 3D animation, modeling, simulation and rendering tool available to artists, animators, and educators, used to create realistic characters, models, and scenes, as well as effects such as explosions, cloth movement, etc.	$234 per month
Blender	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite available in under the GNU General Public License. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Blender Cloud is a related service accessible via subscription, and is a training and content platform providing access to expertise from the Blender Institute for advancing one's use of Blender.	$11.50 per month

Maya is also available through Autodesk's Flex plan and pricing. Tokens expire 1 year from date of purchase. Not all products and features are available with Flex. Students and teachers at qualified academic institutions worldwide are eligible for free access to Autodesk software for one-year through the Autodesk Education Community.

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	3D Slash	Autodesk Maya	Blender
Considered Multiple Products	3D Slash No answer on this topic	Autodesk Verified User Chose Autodesk Maya The UI of 3ds Max is not that good and very old, not the best. Blender is the best for everything, especially its modeling and animation tools are not the best as compared to Autodesk Maya. Cinema 4D is good for motion graphics and create vibrant renders but it has limited … Incentivized Helpful? Salomi Rai Junior Animator at creative smart pathshala (Animation, 51-200 employees) Chose Autodesk Maya Animating in Autodesk Maya is much more convenient and easier in comparison to Blender. It's easier to use features like constrains, motion trails, and attribute editors in Autodesk Maya. Most of the time I use Blender for modeling and Autodesk Maya for animation. Either way, I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Autodesk Maya Autodesk Maya is better than these other softwares because Autodesk Maya is a software that does not have updates every time, and this means that you do not have to waste time seeing what has been updated and what has not. Incentivized Helpful?	Open Source Carlos Lopez Animation and VFX Engineer at ENZO (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Blender In addition to being free to use, Blender is competent and complete enough to do the same things as these programs. While some stabilization is still needed in some aspects, many of these They work quite well and practically the same as them. In addition, Blender has a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blender Most obvious answer for why we have chosen blender over others is cost. The cost of other software is too high but because blender is free it helps to put our money and resources in the right places. It also helped us to get quality output without additional cost as octane is … Incentivized Helpful? Yaco Lioi Cofundador in Corporate at Yalm (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Blender We selected Blender for most of use cases because it's availability and ease of use. Having no commitment in terms of plans or pricing also gives us more freedom to try it out, and we ended up staying with Blender. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blender Well, in fact, I haven't used any of that software, but there is one thing I know: Blender is free. That's huge for small business owners like me; it is the difference between having the tool and not having it. I have heard other people saying that the Autodesk offerings have … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blender Again, Blender wins over its competition in the number of users and its large community because it is free software. Whether you like it or not, that's a kickstart that makes a noticeable difference. But, indeed, its competition is usually much more powerful and professional, … Incentivized Helpful? Jitendra Choubisa AR VR Content Developer in Professional Services at Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur (Design, 51-200 employees) Chose Blender Blender is first of all free and open source software. It has very easy to use tools which can help one in navigating and modifying easily and efficiently. It is also very less in size, on my system it is of 355 MB. The rendering engine Cycle works simultaneously in the … Incentivized Helpful? Dominique Vilbrun Lead Designer in Marketing at IndieSmasher (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose Blender The biggest advantage of Blender over these alternatives was how easy it was to learn, even for team members with no previous experience in 3D modeling, design, or any artistic field. The fact that it allows you to import or export files in most of the existing 3D model … Incentivized Helpful? Aniket Kumar Chaudhary Content Writer & Video Editor in Information Technology at IT Zone (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Blender To date, Maya has been and is the undisputed leader in the sector. Despite being at such a high price, there is really no substitute for Maya's quality. Therefore, the use of Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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User Ratings
	3D Slash	Autodesk Maya	Blender
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (8 ratings)	9.9 (25 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)	8.1 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	3D Slash	Autodesk Maya	Blender
Likelihood to Recommend	3D Slash No answers on this topic	Autodesk Autodesk Maya is a great software, it has so many tools that you can create a full movie without even jumping to any other software. Although it's pretty hard to learn but there is nothing more fun, once you get a hang of it. In general, its tools are best for modeling and animation. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Open Source Blender is an excellent tool for everything from simple to complex 3D animations, the creation of 3D images, etc. It performs excellently in all of these areas. In the realm of 3D modelling, animation and rendering, there is very little that Blender is not suited for. Incentivized Kèlene Poyurs Co-Founder Read full review
Pros	3D Slash No answers on this topic	Autodesk Easy to build workflow due to strong customizability. Industry share. Easy to collaborate with other companies. Strong cooperation with other software. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Open Source Creating complex polygonal geometries is very easy in Blender. Edit Mode and Sculpt Mode helps in creating non uniform surfaces for objects like rocks, surfaces, terrains etc. Blender can use various external plugins to make it work in more smoother way. For example to import any 3d object one can use sketchfab plugin and easily import the free assets from web after logging in. Blender has a better rendering engine known as Cycles, it is far more better than any other stock rendering engine which can generate realistic lightning, shadows and reflections. The animations can easily be generated with blender animation toolbar and also it incorporate any other animations made in any other software. The bone generation and its behavior of animations can be achieved easily in blender. Incentivized Jitendra Choubisa AR VR Content Developer Read full review
Cons	3D Slash No answers on this topic	Autodesk Right now Maya has no good viewport like Blender 2.8 has. It is good that Maya 2019 devs focused on performance and stability but it's strange to see that mainstream soft aren't on trend in developing really cool and helpful tools. Maya LT is very good for artist who don't need complex FX tools. So the devs must add python API to Maya LT. Add more helpful tools to modeling section especially for retopology. Incentivized Miroslav Bobryshev 3D Asset Artist / 3D Generalist Read full review	Open Source It's really a hard question, but it could be: a game engine. Older versions used to have it; I would use it to simulate machines game-like. I'm struggling to find another one; maybe the fact that it is so powerful and has so many features that learning it can be daunting; better documentation WITH examples and/or a map of Blender capabilities would help to know where you are in terms of knowledge and the planning the roadmap to where you want to go. Precision modeling. Coming from CAD and using Blender as part of my design workflow, I'd love to be able to model inside Blender as I model with CAD tools. At this moment, it's simply impossible. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Usability	3D Slash No answers on this topic	Autodesk As Autodesk Maya was one of the first softwares I learned, so I feel very fun to work with it. The overall usabilty feels very natural to me and I felt it's easy to learn but tough to master kind of software. Some people find it very difficult to learn, so I deduced some rating points. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Open Source Because while it's a pretty good piece of software, the default built-in commands, the interface layout, and certain functions aren't as logical in their way of being arranged and executed. This, of course, doesn't diminish its use or effectiveness in your field of work, but it is quite awkward at first. A big advantage is that Blender lets you customize the interface however you want as well as keyboard shortcuts and several general program parameters. Incentivized Carlos Lopez Animation and VFX Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	3D Slash No answers on this topic	Autodesk We were evaluating the products within the Adobe portfolio like Adobe Animate, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects majorly among few others before finalising on the Autodesk Maya. One of the major reasons for that was earlier experience with the Autodesk Maya tool for the engineer and also it has more to offer than Adobe with multiple products. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Open Source We've only used the consumer (non-pro) version of SketchUp, which we love, but is very limited in features and output capabilities compared to Blender. While Blender's learning curve is MUCH steeper than SketchUp, it feels like truly complete, professional design software. Incentivized Matt Eddy Creative Director Read full review
Return on Investment	3D Slash No answers on this topic	Autodesk Effectively able to get the designs created and visualised Video creation for concepts has become easy ROI has been good, but if the costing is brought down then its even more amazing Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Open Source As it is a beginner-friendly software with increasing demand in the animation sector again, it positively impacts the business. Except in some specific cases, no one will use Blender on their own at a professional level. When I was a beginner, it took me a lot of time to learn, consequently designing the creation. But if we want to learn to master Blender, we can do it. As long as we have time and a lot of willpower, since, we repeat, it is not a simple program and hides thousands of tools and possibilities. Incentivized Aniket Kumar Chaudhary Content Writer & Video Editor Read full review
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