Blender
Comprehensive open-source 3D creation software for modeling, animation, and rendering, free to use and modify
- Also known as
- blender
Available worldwide
What is Blender?
Blender is a feature-complete suite for digital artists to create 3D models, animations, visual effects, and rendered imagery. It runs locally on user machines across multiple platforms and includes advanced tools like Cycles rendering, Geometry Nodes, and Grease Pencil, with no licensing restrictions.
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.
Completely free and open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Windows
- 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 alternatives
Other 3d modeling we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- Maxon Cinema 4DProfessional 3D creation suite for motion graphics, animation, and visual effectslow · 15%
- ZBrushDigital tool for creating intricate three-dimensional sculptures and models using intuitive brusheslow · 15%
Compare Blender
Side by side against other 3d modeling, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 39 | 0.04 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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