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3DCoat vs Material Maker: catalog facts
3DCoat	Material Maker
Best for: 3D artists who sculpt and texture models in one program	Best for: Game developers creating procedural PBR materials without paid tools
Paid Paid software with a 30-day trial and a free unlimited learning mode.	Free Open source; releases are distributed through itch.io and Steam.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Sculpting, retopology, UV mapping and texturing in one application Voxel and polygon workflows combined All 4 strengths for 3DCoat Sculpting, retopology, UV mapping and texturing in one application Voxel and polygon workflows combined GPU node system for procedural materials and masks Free learning mode with no time limit	Over 200 nodes, with custom nodes in GLSL Exports materials for Godot, Unity and Unreal All 3 strengths for Material Maker Over 200 nodes, with custom nodes in GLSL Exports materials for Godot, Unity and Unreal Large community library of materials and brushes
Commercial licence needed for production work Wide feature set takes time to learn	Texture painting tool is still experimental Node-based workflow takes time to learn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for 3DCoat 3dcoat.com Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Material Maker materialmaker.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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