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ArmorPaint vs Mari: catalog facts
ArmorPaint	Mari
Best for: Artists who want an open-source alternative to Substance Painter	Best for: Texture artists working on film and VFX assets
Paid Prebuilt releases are offered from the download page; the source code is on GitHub.	Paid Commercial software with a free trial available.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Node-based procedural materials and brushes GPU painting at up to 16K textures All 4 strengths for ArmorPaint Node-based procedural materials and brushes GPU painting at up to 16K textures Ray-traced baking on Direct3D12, Vulkan and Metal Live-link plugins for Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity	Handles very large assets with hundreds of UDIM texture maps Node Graph and layer workflows for procedural and hand-painted textures All 4 strengths for Mari Handles very large assets with hundreds of UDIM texture maps Node Graph and layer workflows for procedural and hand-painted textures Paints up to eight channels at once with Multi-channel Paint Includes Smart Masks and ready-made procedural content
Smaller user base and fewer tutorials than commercial texturing tools	Paid professional software aimed at studios Specialised for texturing rather than modelling or rendering
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License not stated	License: Proprietary
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ArmorPaint armorpaint.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Mari foundry.com/products/mari Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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