Autodesk Forma vs. Autodesk Maya

Autodesk Maya

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Autodesk Forma	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Autodesk Forma (formerly Spacemaker) is an AI 3D modeling technology designed to help users discover smarter ways to maximize the potential of a building site. It was developed by Spacemaker in Oslo, and acquired by Autodesk November 2020.	$185 per month per user
Autodesk Maya	Score 7.9 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

Pricing

Autodesk Forma

Autodesk Maya

Editions & Modules

Monthly: $185
per month per user
Yearly: $1,460
per year per user
3-Year: $4,380
3 year per user

Monthly: $235
per month per user
Yearly: $1875
per year per user
3-Year: $5625
3 years per user

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Autodesk Forma	Autodesk Maya
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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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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Community Pulse
	Autodesk Forma	Autodesk Maya
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Easy to build Pro Easy to collaborate Pro Useful as well
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Better design Minus Better price Minus Developer tools

Best Alternatives
	Autodesk Forma	Autodesk Maya
Small Businesses	Autodesk Maya Score 7.9 out of 10	Onshape Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Onshape Score 9.0 out of 10	Onshape Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Rhino Score 9.1 out of 10	Rhino Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Autodesk Forma	Autodesk Maya
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (7 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Autodesk Forma	Autodesk Maya
Likelihood to Recommend	Autodesk No answers on this topic	Autodesk We have the design team using that to create videos for our concepts in the Cyber security - Products, services and solutions as well as in AI/ML, basically everything that needs to be communicated in the best way we use Autodesk Maya for the videos thus making it more fun and easy to understand the concepts to get going. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Autodesk 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 Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Autodesk 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
Alternatives Considered	Autodesk No answers on this topic	Autodesk 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 like to use both software according to my needs. Incentivized Salomi Rai Junior Animator Read full review
Return on Investment	Autodesk 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 Anonymous Read full review
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