Autodesk Maya vs. ZBrush

ZBrush

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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
ZBrush	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	Pixologic in Los Angeles offers ZBrush, a digital sculpting and painting program for the 3D industry. Built within its interface, ZBrush offers tools for digital artists with an arsenal of features that have been developed with usability in mind, to create a user experience designed to feel natural while simultaneously inspiring the artist. With the ability to sculpt up to a billion polygons, ZBrush allows users to create almost limitless models.	$39.95 per month

Pricing

Autodesk Maya

ZBrush

Editions & Modules

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

Individual: $39.95
per month
Individual: $179.95
per 6 months
Individual: $895.00
perpetual license
Companies & Students: price varies
floating perpetual license
Companies & Students: price varies
academic perpetual license

Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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 Maya	ZBrush
Considered Both Products	Autodesk Maya Salomi Rai Junior Animator 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?	ZBrush Verified User Director Chose ZBrush ZBrush’s Brush system allows our digital artists to quickly and easily apply various textures and details to their models with relative ease. This makes it easier for digital influencers to give their creations a unique look and feel while still achieving a professional quality … Incentivized Helpful? Salomi Rai Junior Animator Chose ZBrush Zbrush is specifically used for sculpting the 3D object. Poly paint, Re-topologizing, and hard surface modeling are other great features of this software. While other mentioned software mainly focus[es] on animation, rigging, and so on. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to build Pro Easy to collaborate Pro Useful as well	Pro Custom made
Top Cons	Minus Better design Minus Better price Minus Developer tools	No answers on this topic

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	Autodesk Maya	ZBrush
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User Ratings
	Autodesk Maya	ZBrush
Likelihood to Recommend	7.5 (7 ratings)	8.5 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Autodesk Maya	ZBrush
Likelihood to Recommend	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	Pixologic Blender is still behind Zbrush when it comes to production quality. But ZBrush is a bit on the expensive side. But again, I've used it for 20 years. So the $100s of spent back then have paid off many times over by now. Just something to consider when purchasing, though. Incentivized Jacquelyn Tolksdorf Founder Read full review
Pros	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	Pixologic Intuitive UI design. Advanced sculpting capabilities. Integration with other 3D software. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	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	Pixologic Difficult and messy UI Not well-suited for renders Not suitable for animation and rigging Expensive Incentivized Salomi Rai Junior Animator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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	Pixologic Even though it's 4x as old, ZBrush is still better in my opinion. Plus, I'm just so used to it by now after 20 years. Blender will indeed become better over time and the leading industry standard soon, but for now, ZBrush is still better for me for sure. Love it! Incentivized Jacquelyn Tolksdorf Founder Read full review
Return on Investment	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	Pixologic a single tool to quickly and effectively create 3D objects. Highly detailed 3D models allow us to create a range of highly detailed NFT 3D art collections for our clients. Setting up licenses across an entire team can become costly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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