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Material Maker vs 3DCoat: catalog facts
Material Maker	3DCoat
Best for: Game developers creating procedural PBR materials without paid tools	Best for: 3D artists who sculpt and texture models in one program
Free Open source; releases are distributed through itch.io and Steam.	Paid Paid software with a 30-day trial and a free unlimited learning mode.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
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	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
Texture painting tool is still experimental Node-based workflow takes time to learn	Commercial licence needed for production work Wide feature set takes time to learn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account 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 Material Maker materialmaker.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for 3DCoat 3dcoat.com Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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