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Adobe Substance 3D Painter vs Material Maker: catalog facts
Adobe Substance 3D Painter	Material Maker
Best for: 3D artists texturing assets for games, film and product visuals	Best for: Game developers creating procedural PBR materials without paid tools
Paid Paid Adobe product, alone or in the Substance 3D Collection, with a 30-day free trial.	Free Open source; releases are distributed through itch.io and Steam.
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Paints textures and materials directly onto 3D models Real-time preview while texturing All 4 strengths for Adobe Substance 3D Painter Paints textures and materials directly onto 3D models Real-time preview while texturing Non-destructive layer-based workflow Part of the wider Substance 3D Collection	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
Paid software with no free tier beyond the trial Requires an Adobe account All 3 limitations for Adobe Substance 3D Painter Paid software with no free tier beyond the trial Requires an Adobe account Closed source	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 Painter adobe.com/products/substance3d/apps/painter.html 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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