Alternatives to Marmoset Toolbag
All-in-one 3D application for texture baking, texturing, painting and real-time rendering. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Marmoset Toolbag
All-in-one 3D application for texture baking, texturing, painting and real-time rendering.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Marmoset Toolbag.
Adobe Substance 3D Painter
A commercial 3D painting application for applying textures, materials and masks to 3D models in real time.
Adobe Substance 3D Painter paints textures and materials onto models with a non-destructive layer workflow, but it requires an Adobe account and paid subscription.
ArmorPaint
A stand-alone application for physically based texture painting on 3D models, running on the GPU.
ArmorPaint is open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, with GPU texture painting, ray-traced baking and live-link plugins, though it has fewer tutorials.
3DCoat
A 3D application for voxel sculpting, retopology, UV mapping, PBR texture painting and rendering.
3DCoat combines sculpting, retopology, UV mapping and PBR texture painting with rendering, adds Linux support, and has a free learning mode with no time limit.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Adobe Substance 3D Designer
Node-based tool for authoring procedural 3D materials, patterns, image filters and environment lights.
Material Maker
An open-source node-based tool for authoring procedural PBR materials and textures for game engines.
Blender
The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.
ZBrush
Sculpt detailed digital models using brush-based tools.
KeyShot
Commercial real-time 3D rendering software for producing product visuals from CAD data.
