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Adobe Substance 3D Designer vs Material Maker: catalog facts
Adobe Substance 3D Designer	Material Maker
Screenshots	Screenshots
Best for: 3D artists authoring procedural materials and textures for games and film	Best for: Game developers creating procedural PBR materials without paid tools
Paid Included in the paid Adobe Substance 3D Collection plan, with a free trial.	Free Open source; releases are distributed through itch.io and Steam.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Non-destructive node-based workflow Procedural materials with unlimited variations All 3 strengths for Adobe Substance 3D Designer Non-destructive node-based workflow Procedural materials with unlimited variations Widely used standard for material authoring	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
Requires an Adobe subscription Node graphs take 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
Account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Adobe Substance 3D Designer adobe.com/products/substance3d/apps/designer.html Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Material Maker materialmaker.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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