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Material Maker vs Adobe Substance 3D Painter: catalog facts
Material Maker	Adobe Substance 3D Painter
Best for: Game developers creating procedural PBR materials without paid tools	Best for: 3D artists texturing assets for games, film and product visuals
Free Open source; releases are distributed through itch.io and Steam.	Paid Paid Adobe product, alone or in the Substance 3D Collection, with a 30-day free trial.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS
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	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
Texture painting tool is still experimental Node-based workflow takes time to learn	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Account 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 Adobe Substance 3D Painter adobe.com/products/substance3d/apps/painter.html Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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