Sculpty

The best-known AI 3D generator — and one of the five engines inside Sculpty

Tripo

Fast generation with unusually clean topology — available inside Sculpty

Rodin Gen-2.5

The highest-fidelity engine in Sculpty, with real topology control

Hunyuan3D

The strongest open 3D generation line — and the fastest engine in Sculpty

TRELLIS 2

Microsoft's research-frontier image-to-3D model, available in Sculpty

Treatstock

The print network behind Sculpty's Order a Print — a partner, not a rival

The rest of the category

Other tools worth knowing.

3D AI Studio

Multi-engine platform

The other multi-engine platform — closest thing to a direct Sculpty rival

Luma Genie

Luma's text-to-3D generator, with AR preview and broad format export

Kaedim

AI plus human artists — production-spec assets for studios, at studio prices

Hi3D

Highest raw geometric detail in image-to-3D — formerly Hitem3D

Sloyd

Procedural generation with AI on top — game-ready topology in real time

CSM AI

Cube — generation plus the asset-management workflow around it

Alpha3D

2D product images to AR-ready GLB, aimed at e-commerce

Masterpiece X

Text and image to 3D with animation built in, plus an API

SPAR3D

Open-weight image-to-3D in under a second, with point-cloud editing

Zoo Text-to-CAD

CAD

Text to real parametric CAD — B-Rep geometry, not a mesh

Adobe Substance 3D

Texturing

The professional texturing standard, with AI assists layered in

Project Bernini

Autodesk's experimental text-and-image-to-3D research preview

Spline

Browser-first 3D design and animation, with AI assists

Vizcom

Texturing

Sketch to photoreal render, built for industrial designers

Backflip AI

CAD

3D scans to parametric CAD in one click

Roblox Cube 3D

Platform-native mesh generation for Roblox experiences

Polycam

3D scanning

The best-known 3D scanning app, with an AI material generator

KIRI Engine

3D scanning

Mobile photogrammetry on both Android and iOS, free to capture

Genie 3

Real-time interactive worlds from a prompt — streamed, not exportable

HunyuanWorld

Open-source 3D scene generation from text or images

Skybox AI

Text to 360° skyboxes — panoramic backdrops, not walkable space

Odyssey

Streamed interactive worlds, generated as you move

Shapeways

The long-standing print bureau, strongest on exotic materials

Craftcloud

Aggregator that shops your model across suppliers for the best quote

Xometry

Industrial on-demand manufacturing with AI-driven instant quoting

Sculpteo

European print bureau with quick turnaround for Europe and North America