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Mari vs ArmorPaint: catalog facts
Mari	ArmorPaint
Best for: Texture artists working on film and VFX assets	Best for: Artists who want an open-source alternative to Substance Painter
Paid Commercial software with a free trial available.	Paid Prebuilt releases are offered from the download page; the source code is on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
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	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
Paid professional software aimed at studios Specialised for texturing rather than modelling or rendering	Smaller user base and fewer tutorials than commercial texturing tools
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Mari foundry.com/products/mari Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ArmorPaint armorpaint.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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