Likelihood to Recommend 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.
Read full review Infogram is perfect for creating engaging and professional-looking infographics, data visualizations, and social media content with no technical knowledge required. I have worked with NGOs with no technical or design staff that need to get their message out there or raise awareness about something. Infogram is easy and quick to use and the results look great. Infogram is not heavyweight data visualization software, it's best for summarizing and explaining the results of data analysis to an audience or breaking down complex concepts to make them understandable to the general public.
Read full review Pros 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. Read full review It is specifically made for the creation of infographics and it excels in this field. It provides the novice user with many beautiful templates, easing the learning process. It integrates with many databases, making the infographic dynamic always up-to-date. Read full review Cons 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. Read full review I gave it a 10 for a reason.... Some graphs could have more features to change their appearance (but perhaps then it wouldn’t be as simple) Should have a better way to copy and paste to another app Read full review Support Rating I have personally always had quick, friendly, and helpful responses from the Infogram team.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Read full review Infogram's most unique strength is its focus on infographics, providing a great number of templates and at the same time connecting such graphics with data sources.
Prezi is great for presentation, but it provides static infographics. Illustrator and Photoshop have some possible ways to integrate data into their graphics, but they are rudimentary compared to Infogram's abilities. Despite the huge power of Photoshop and Illustrator for creating specific images, Infogram is easier and more powerful in conveying data, making it the best option for infographics.
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Read full review Has a free user option and it is faster and easier to build great graphical graphs. Now I don’t have to ask design guys to make me a fancier graph for a presentation. After the first graphs are made I can reuse them for the next month's presentation. Read full review ScreenShots