Alternatives to SculptGL

Digital sculpting tool that runs in a web browser with no installation. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as SculptGL.

  • Nomad Sculpt

    Sculpt and paint 3D models with a touch-oriented modeling application.

    PaidProprietaryiOSAndroidWindowsmacOS

    Nomad Sculpt is a paid touch-oriented sculpting app for iOS, Android, Windows and macOS with painting on models, installed locally rather than in a browser.

  • ZBrush

    Sculpt detailed digital models using brush-based tools.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    ZBrush is a paid desktop sculpting tool for Windows and macOS with detailed brush-based workflows, requiring hardware suited to model complexity instead of a browser.

  • Blender

    The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Blender is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, and adds rigging, animation and rendering alongside sculpting, at the cost of a long learning curve.

  • 3DCoat

    A 3D application for voxel sculpting, retopology, UV mapping, PBR texture painting and rendering.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    3DCoat is a paid desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux that combines voxel sculpting with retopology, UV mapping and PBR texture painting in one program.

Also worth comparing

These listings name SculptGL as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Adobe Substance 3D Modeler

    A 3D sculpting and modelling app for Windows that works on the desktop and in VR.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    SculptGL is a free, open-source sculpting tool running in the browser with dynamic topology and OBJ, PLY and STL export, but it lacks production pipeline features and VR.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.