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Mari
3D painting for film and games
As of 30 August 2026, Mari has a free plan and paid plans start at $86/month. Mari is a 3D texture painting tool designed for creating and painting high-resolution textures for VFX and feature film production. Softwr lists it under CAD. Mari is made by Foundry, launched in 1996, available on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Overview
What Mari does
Mari is a 3D texture painting tool designed for creating and painting high-resolution textures for VFX and feature film production.
What people use it for
- Painting textures directly onto high complexity 3D assets for film and games
- Handling very large multi-UDIM texture sets in a look development pipeline
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Where it falls short
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- The full annual licence is $1,289 paid annually, and a short term quarterly rental is $949 per quarter
- The cheap $299 per year or $35 per month subscription is restricted to a single licence for people working alone or in small companies
- Node-locked and floating are separate licence types you must choose between
- All listed prices are before applicable taxes
- A separate non-commercial licence exists, so commercial use requires a paid tier
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Mari
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- MarivsKeyShot
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Pricing
What Mari costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Individual Subscription
$86 /mo
- Solo artists or small companies
- $689 per year alternative billing
Team Subscription
On request
- Node-locked or floating licenses
- Annual payment
Team Rental
$949 /quarter
- Short-term access
- Node-locked or floating licenses
Capabilities
Features
High-resolution painting
UDIM support
Procedural layers
Baking
Node graph
Color management
Maya
Integration with Maya
Nuke
Integration with Nuke
Katana
Integration with Katana
Floating licenses
Floating licenses security feature
Windows support
Available on Windows
MacOS support
Available on macOS
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Questions people ask
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What is Mari's pricing?
Individual Subscription costs $689 per year or $86 per month. Team Subscription costs $1,289 per year. Team Rental costs $949 per quarter for short-term access. Both subscriptions support node-locked or floating licenses.
SourceDoes Mari offer a free trial?
Mari offers a free 30-day trial with unrestricted access to help users evaluate the software before purchasing.
SourceDoes Mari offer student pricing?
Yes, Mari offers free or discounted access to all Foundry products for students, as well as free non-commercial licenses for learning and exploration.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Mari
- Company
- Foundry
- Based in
- London, UK
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Compare Mari with
- FreeCAD
- V-Ray
- Enscape
- KeyShot
- Arnold
- LightWave 3D
- 3D-Coat
- Houdini
- PrusaSlicer
- Siemens NX
- Lumion
- COMSOL Multiphysics
- CoreTechnologie
- DraftSight
- IronCAD
- KiCad
- Redshift
- Mudbox
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