Unity

Overview
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Unity
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Unity Technologies headquartered in San Francisco offers the Unity real-time 3D and 2D development platform.
$200
per person/per month
Pricing
Unity
Editions & Modules
Enterprise
$200
per person/per month
Plus
$399
per person/per year
Pro
1,800
per person/per year
Personal
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Unity
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Unity
Considered Both Products
Unity
Chose Unity
Unity Engine is more beginner-friendly, but I believe that with the right know-how, Unity is just as powerful. There are quite a few settings that need to be tweaked to reach that same level of visual fidelity, as it does not come that way right out of the box.
Chose Unity
We love utilizing unreal engines but we seem to have a better use case for the architectural visualization side of things. This has given us the ability to find better more photo-realistic assets from not only the marketplace but 3rd party sites that have a unity bases file to …
Chose Unity
I think Unreal is for those who want to develop very high-quality videogames (For consoles) Especially when attention to detail is important. However, Unity has a lot of features for those who want to develop a variety of apps for different technologies. The clear purpose and …
Chose Unity
Unity offer more variety and more library assets in comparison with any other game development platform out there. The price and support is what actually separate unity from others as you wouldn't get any quality with such cheap prices in any other platform. The unity platform …
Chose Unity
Unity offers a professional environment, better preparing students for a career in game development. It also has a tremendous amount of documentation, allowing for a large independent study of the program and environment. It also provides for flexibility in assets, making the …
Chose Unity
I've also spent years with Unreal. And while it's a great engine, if anyone isn't sure what to use I think Unity is the right one to pick. Things will be easier and with no downsides.
Chose Unity
The ease of use of Corona although superior to unity does not stack up to an overall better experience. Unity asset store needs some work period the Corona asset store is brilliant. In Android Studio getting the simple projects to build is very time consuming and worthwhile. In …
Chose Unity
The main competitors of Unity are Unreal Engine, Cry Engine, Game Maker Studio, RPG Maker and Godot (none of those were available in the list). I've tested Unreal and Game Maker. I've chosen Unity because of these factors: It's simple to get started, the great community behind …
Chose Unity
Depending on the assignment/project/client requirements, students may utilize Unity or Adobe XD. Unity works well for creating 2D and 3D video games and some UI-based software that requires multiple levels of interactivity. Adobe XD is often used by our students when using in …
Chose Unity
Unreal Engine is a fantastic piece of software but it has a much steeper learning curve and an arcane, idiosyncratic way of developing software that is quite foreign. Unity uses some similar concepts to Adobe Flex, which we've always found easy and sensible. It is also easier …
Chose Unity
Unreal and CryEngine are both the direct competitors of Unity. Both were designed for high-end games (AAA games), while Unity was designed with the indie game designer in mind. This way, historically, Unreal and Cryengine used to be very expensive, hard to set up and understand …
User Ratings
Unity
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Unity
Likelihood to Recommend
Unity Technologies
Unity is excellent for 2D and 3D games and educational experiences. It is well-suited for VR and AR development. It is also a great platform for mobile games. It is less-suited for non-game purposes (although it can certainly be used for those as well), or educational experiences. It is also less-suited for AR experiences that are highly complex, where you will probably want to write the native code in Android Studio or Xcode, as the case may be. It is theoretically less-suited for cases where performance is a huge concern as well, although, in my experience, performance has never been a problem.
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Pros
Unity Technologies
  • Unity is a multiplatform game engine. It has more than 20 options for exporting your game, ranging from desktop, mobile, console, web and, lately, VR and AR. Unity was one of the first game engines able to export games playable on internet browsers and it helped to cement the World Wide Web as a place fit for gaming.
  • Unity has a very smooth learning curve for beginners. It is easy to start and soon you are seeing some tangible results of your efforts. The game engine has all sorts of helpers and shortcuts to facilitate some frequent tasks in game development.
  • Another of Unity's advantage is the access to Assets Store from within the game engine, allowing the user to import instantly objects, scripts and textures from the store into their projects. Such easy access to these elements from inside a project greatly enhances speed production and is particularly helpful to beginners.
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Cons
Unity Technologies
  • The Linux version of the Unity editor can be improved.
  • There are some aspects in the development process that Unity is not as good as Unreal Engine.
  • Some of the core functions of the tool, like the Mecanin State Machines could have some improvements to match the competition.
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Usability
Unity Technologies
It is good for beginners compared to other software. There is a lot of documentation and a huge community of developers, so it is easy to find the support and information you might need, especially if you are just starting out with the software. Plus, it is free to start.
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Support Rating
Unity Technologies
The support of unity is what distinguish its from other platforms. You can download any assets and that asset library will guide you and if its still not work for you then you can ask in their community where there are tons of professional developer waiting to answer your query. So yah Unity support staff is what impress me the most and I would give it the 10/10.
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Alternatives Considered
Unity Technologies
We love utilizing unreal engines but we seem to have a better use case for the architectural visualization side of things. This has given us the ability to find better more photo-realistic assets from not only the marketplace but 3rd party sites that have a unity bases file to work off of.
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Return on Investment
Unity Technologies
  • Unity has allowed us to serve customers which we would otherwise not be able to serve, which has brought in new markets and along with it helped us achieve our business goals of providing top-notch AR and VR experiences.
  • Unity has also allowed us to rapidly produce educational materials which we use for teaching VR and AR to students, so that's been a big win.
  • There have been no negative impacts from Unity besides the initial upfront cost of learning the software, although the learning curve was very accessible. Our investment of time in learning this tool and putting it into practice has paid off in our ability to provide rich, immersive AR and VR experiences for our clients.
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