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Meshy

Text or image to 3D, with texturing and auto-rigging.

3D modelsTextures & materialsAnimation & mocap
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Paid plans from $20/mo
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Overview

Meshy: Text or image to 3D, with texturing and auto-rigging. It scores 94/100 in our art, 3D & animation ranking. Best for: Indie devs who need game-ready 3D props and characters fast.

Meshy generates 3D models from text or images, textures them, and can rig and animate characters. It offers plugins for common engines and DCC tools.

Pros

  • Free plan available
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Beginner friendly
  • Works with Blender, Unity, Unreal
  • Exports GLB, FBX, OBJ
  • Text to 3D

Cons

  • Seamless tiling: limited (Textures are made for a model's surface; a help guide covers prompting for seamless materials)
  • Engine or DCC plugin: limited (Unity plugin requires Pro plan or higher)
  • Retarget to your own rig: limited (Upload your own character and Meshy auto-rigs and animates it; custom skeletons aren't supported)

Meshy pricing

Free
Free

100 credits/mo; outputs CC BY 4.0 (attribution)

ProCheapest paid
$20/mo

1,000 credits/mo; commercial rights

Studio
$60/mo

Team plan; $576 billed yearly

Enterprise
Custom

Custom pricing

Monthly prices in USD as listed by Meshy. Last checked 2026-10-21. Rights: Free plan outputs CC BY 4.0 (commercial use with credit to Meshy); paid plans get a private licence, no attribution

Features

  • Text to 3D Yes
  • Image to 3D Yes
  • PBR textures on models Yes
  • Auto-rigging Humanoid and quadruped Yes
  • Low-poly or retopology Remesh to a target polycount Yes
  • API Yes
  • Seamless tiling Textures are made for a model's surface; a help guide covers prompting for seamless materials Partly
  • PBR maps (normal, roughness…) Yes
  • Upscaling Not confirmed
  • Engine or DCC plugin Unity plugin requires Pro plan or higher Partly
  • Video to motion capture Not confirmed
  • Text to motion Generates 2 to 10 second motion clips from a text prompt Yes
  • Multiple people at once Not confirmed
  • Hand or face tracking Not confirmed
  • Retarget to your own rig Upload your own character and Meshy auto-rigs and animates it; custom skeletons aren't supported Partly
  • Real-time Not confirmed

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

Score breakdown: 94/100

  • Accessibility 17%
    100
  • Output & integration 21%
    100
  • Commercial rights 21%
    100
  • Value 9%
    75
  • Maturity 9%
    100
  • Game focus 9%
    100
  • Features 15%
    74

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

#1 AI 3D Model Generators for Games #1 AI Texture & PBR Material Generators #1 AI Animation & Mocap Tools for Games #2 AI Tools for Unity #1 AI Tools for Godot #1 AI Tools for Unreal Engine #3 Free AI Game Development Tools

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