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Hunyuan3D

Tencent's open-weight 3D generation model.

3D models
Free
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Overview

Hunyuan3D: Tencent's open-weight 3D generation model. It scores 75/100 in our art, 3D & animation ranking. Best for: Local, free 3D generation if you have a capable GPU.

Hunyuan3D is Tencent's open-weight image and text to 3D model. You can run it locally or use Tencent's hosted version. Its license has regional and scale restrictions, so read it before shipping.

Pros

  • Free plan available
  • Open source
  • Text to 3D
  • Image to 3D
  • PBR textures on models
  • Low-poly or retopology

Cons

  • Commercial use is restricted
  • Needs technical skills
  • Auto-rigging: limited (Via Tencent Cloud's auto-rigging API for T-posed characters or animals; not in the open model)

Hunyuan3D pricing

Open source
Free

Open source, self-hosted (Tencent community license)

Monthly prices in USD as listed by Hunyuan3D. Last checked 2026-10-21. Rights: Tencent Hunyuan 3D community license: not valid in the EU, UK or South Korea; products over 1M monthly active users need a separate licence from Tencent.

Features

  • Text to 3D Yes
  • Image to 3D Yes
  • PBR textures on models Yes
  • Auto-rigging Via Tencent Cloud's auto-rigging API for T-posed characters or animals; not in the open model Partly
  • Low-poly or retopology Low-poly mode and smart retopology in Hunyuan3D Pro (hosted) Yes
  • API REST API in open release; hosted via Tencent Cloud and third parties Yes

Checked against Hunyuan3D's own site, docs and pricing page. How we check

Score breakdown: 75/100

  • Accessibility 17%
    74
  • Output & integration 21%
    58
  • Commercial rights 21%
    50
  • Value 9%
    100
  • Maturity 9%
    100
  • Game focus 9%
    100
  • Features 15%
    93

Based on price, free plan, commercial rights, exports and features. How we score

#12 AI 3D Model Generators for Games #40 Free AI Game Development Tools

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