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Tripo review
8.3/10★★★★★Fast text- and image-to-3D with clean quad topology, auto-rigging and engine plugins
- Best for
- Game developers and indie studios who need lots of clean, editable assets quickly
- Price
- Freemium · from $20/month
Free: 300 credits a month; free models are public under CC BY 4.0 and can't be used commercially - Platforms
- Web, API
- Made by
- Tripo AI (VAST) · since 2023
What it is
Tripo generates textured 3D models from text or images in seconds, with its H3.1 model for detailed assets and P1.0 for lightweight, game-ready meshes. Tripo Studio adds quad retopology, part segmentation, auto-rigging and stylisation, with plugins for Blender, Unity, Unreal and Godot.
Latest: Tripo raised about 3 billion yuan (around $446 million) across Series B and B+ rounds in September 2026.
What the AI does
- Text-to-3D and image-to-3D (H3.1 and P1.0 models)
- Smart Mesh quad retopology
- PBR textures up to 8K and Magic Brush repainting
- Part segmentation
- Auto-rigging
- API and MCP server
Pros and cons
- Fastest generation in the category
- Clean quad topology that edits well in Blender
- Plugins for Blender, Unity, Unreal, Godot and ComfyUI
- Generous 300-credit free plan
- Free models can't be used commercially
- Auto-rigging is limited to humanoid models
- Less photorealistic than Rodin on hard-surface objects
How it scores
Fast, game-ready output and a full production toolset; no phone apps.
Feature checklist · 9 of 9
- Text-to-3D (from a prompt) (yes)
- Image-to-3D (from a photo or sketch) (yes)
- AI texturing with PBR materials (yes)
- Retopology, remesh or polycount control (yes)
- Auto-rigging for animation (yes)
- Exports GLB, FBX and OBJ (yes)
- Commercial use allowed on a paid plan (yes)
- Developer API (yes)
- Plugins for Blender, Unity or Unreal (yes)
Alternatives
See all Tripo alternatives, ranked →
- Meshy 8.6/10Game developers, 3D-printing hobbyists and creators who want one tool from prompt to finished asset
- Sloyd 7.9/10Indie game and Roblox developers who need many clean, low-poly assets
- Tencent HY 3D (Hunyuan3D) 7.8/10Creators and developers who want strong 3D models for free or at low API cost
- Rodin (Hyper3D) 7.7/103D artists and studios who need the most detailed hard-surface props and materials
Meshy vs TripoTripo vs SloydTripo vs Tencent HY 3D (Hunyuan3D)
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Sources
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AI
A Two-Year-Old Startup Raised $446 Million to Turn Your Words Into 3D Objects
VAST, the company behind text-to-3D platform Tripo, raised ~$446M across Series B and B+ — pushing AI 3D generation into foundation-model territory.
AI
Meshy Builds a 3D Model in a Minute for a Buck. That's Now a $1.5 Billion Company.
Meshy raised nearly $400M at a $1.5B valuation — the largest AI-3D round ever — to turn text and photos into usable 3D models in about a minute.