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3D CAD software

21 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Arnold logo

    Arnold

    3D CAD

    Advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing renderer

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • CATIA logo

    CATIA

    3D CAD

    World's leading solution for product design

    • Windows
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Modern high-performance rendering

    • Windows
    • macOS
    From $414/yrResearched
  • Creo logo

    Creo

    3D CAD

    Award-winning 3D CAD software

    • Windows
    From $29/moResearched
  • Professional 2D CAD drafting

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Houdini logo

    Houdini

    3D CAD

    Procedural 3D animation and VFX

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    Free plan, then $29/moResearched
  • Inventor logo

    Inventor

    3D CAD

    Professional-grade 3D mechanical design

    • Windows
    From $29/moResearched
  • KeyShot logo

    KeyShot

    3D CAD

    Real-time 3D rendering and animation

    • Windows
    From $108.25/moResearched
  • Lumion logo

    Lumion

    3D CAD

    Architectural visualization made easy

    • Windows
    From $29/moResearched
  • Mari logo

    Mari

    3D CAD

    3D painting for film and games

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Modo logo

    Modo

    3D CAD

    Creative 3D modeling and rendering

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Mudbox logo

    Mudbox

    3D CAD

    Digital painting and sculpting software

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • GPU-accelerated unbiased rendering

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Redshift logo

    Redshift

    3D CAD

    World's first fully GPU-accelerated biased renderer

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Shapr3D logo

    Shapr3D

    3D CAD

    CAD software for iPad and Mac

    • iOS
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free plan, then $29/moResearched
  • S

    Integrated product design and manufacturing

    • Windows
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Real-time visualization for architecture

    • Windows
    • macOS
    Free plan, then $29/moResearched
  • V-Ray logo

    V-Ray

    3D CAD

    Professional 3D rendering software

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    From $29/moResearched
  • Design software for the AEC industry

    • Windows
    • macOS
    From $29/moResearched
  • ZBrush logo

    ZBrush

    3D CAD

    Industry standard for digital sculpting

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • iOS
    Pricing not publishedResearched

Head to head

3D CAD tools, compared

Pairings from this slice of the directory, each one checked by two reviewers who agreed a buyer would weigh the two against each other.

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed, and not to rank. Every position and filter result on this page is unpaid. A vendor can buy the sponsored panel above the results, which is labelled as such and sits outside the list rather than at the top of it: remove it and this page shows the same products in the same order. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.