Blender
Open-source software for three-dimensional digital content creation and rendering
- Vendor
- Blender Institute B.V.
- Also known as
- blender
Available worldwide
What is Blender?
A comprehensive platform for 3D modeling, sculpting, rendering, and visual effects work that is available as free and open-source software.
Blender pricing
We don't have Blender's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
What Blender does
The capabilities that matter for 3d modeling, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Native desktop
- Polygonal box mesh modeling
- ✓
- Digital clay brush sculpting
- ✓
- Procedural node based generation
- ✓
- Skeletal rigging and inverse kinematics ik
- -
- Nurbs and spline based modeling
- ✓
- Uv mapping and texture unwrapping
- ✓
- Native CPU GPU raytraced render engine
- ✓
- Game engine export fbx obj gltf
- ✓
- Motion graphics and cloner effectors
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Free open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- On-premise
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (22)
Independently observed- PNG
- JPEG
- WebP
- OpenEXR
- H.264
- H.265
- WebM
- VP9
- glTF
- Alembic
- USD
- OBJ
- PLY
- STL
- FBX
- SVG
- COLLADA
- Matroska
- AVI
- QuickTime
- MPEG-4
Blender FAQ
Common questions about Blender, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Blender?
A comprehensive application for 3D modeling, sculpting, rendering, animation, and visual effects production. Features built-in render engine, advanced sculpting tools, motion tracking, and extensive format support. It is indexed under 3d Modeling.
Source: https://www.blender.org
Is Blender free?
Blender offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.blender.org
What platforms does Blender support?
Blender supports Windows, macOS and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.blender.org
Can Blender be self-hosted?
Yes. Blender can be deployed on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.blender.org
What does Blender integrate with?
We have confirmed 22 integrations for Blender, including PNG, JPEG, WebP, OpenEXR, H.264, H.265, WebM and VP9, plus 14 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.blender.org
Where is Blender available?
Blender is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the Netherlands.
Source: https://www.blender.org
Blender alternatives
Other 3d modeling we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- 3DCoatIntegrated 3D sculpting, retopology, and texture painting software for digital artistslow · 39%
- MeshLabAn open-source application for processing and editing 3D triangle meshes from scanning and modeling projectslow · 14%
- SideFX HoudiniUse procedural techniques across all stages of 3D productionlow · 9%
- Maxon Cinema 4Dlow · 26%
- ZBrushCreate highly detailed 3D sculptures using intuitive brush-based toolslow · 25%
Compare Blender
Side by side against other 3d modeling, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Blender, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.07 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 39 | 0.08 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: free_open_source · Deployment model: native_desktop · Polygonal box mesh modeling: Yes · Digital clay brush sculpting: Yes · Game engine export fbx obj gltf: Yes · Nurbs and spline based modeling: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 22 | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: NL · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
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