3D
3D model generation
Text- and image-to-3D meshes with textures.
What it is
3D generation APIs create a textured 3D mesh from a text prompt or one or more images, ready for games, AR, e-commerce viewers or 3D printing. Many also offer re-texturing, remeshing and auto-rigging.
How pricing works
Billed per generation, often in provider 'credits'. We convert credits to USD at the provider's standard pack price. Texturing, high-poly refine and rigging can cost extra.
We compare everything in one unit: USD per generated model.
Typical uses
- Game props and prototyping
- AR product previews
- 3D printing
- Background assets for film/VR
What to compare
- Mesh quality and topology
- PBR texture support
- Export formats
- Generation time
Watch out for
- Generated topology is often messy; check whether quad remeshing is included.
- Credit-based pricing hides the real per-model cost.
All 5 APIs, cheapest first
Free to browseTick 2 to 4 APIs to compare them side by side.
| API | $ / model | Input | PBR textures | Export formats | Quality | Price data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Fast 3D Stability AI | $0.10 | image | No | glb | 65 | Unverified sample | |
| Hunyuan3D (hosted) fal.ai | $0.16 | text, image | Yes | glb, obj | 80 | Unverified sample | |
| Tripo Tripo AI | $0.30 | text, image, multi-image | Yes | glb, fbx, obj, usdz, stl | 84 | Unverified sample | |
| Rodin (Hyper3D) Hyper3D Rodin | $0.40 | text, image, multi-image | Yes | glb, fbx, obj, usdz, stl | 86 | Unverified sample | |
| Meshy Meshy | $0.60 | text, image, multi-image | Yes | glb, fbx, obj, usdz, stl | 85 | Unverified sample |