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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/game-development/3ds-max-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/game-development/3ds-max-profile/alternatives/) # 3ds Max User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.6/5 - Total reviews: 113 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 3.7/5 - Customer support: 4.1/5 - Value for money: 4.0/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 80 reviews (71%) - 4 stars: 24 reviews (21%) - 3 stars: 7 reviews (6%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - Agents can present virtual tours of new listings to impress international buyers and reduce the time from viewing to offer by providing immersive visual experiences. - Many important features, especially with AI nowadays, that help customer support and maintenance through the lifecycle of a design project. - Great experience I learned a lot about 3d design, animation, rigging, textures, and physics. ### Most mentioned cons - It is complicated, costly and time-consuming at best, but the output we get at end covers up for everything. - Not the best user-friendly interface, a bit complex for non-architect / designer natives. - the least thing that I like is that the software has so much orders you must know ,and the second thing that they was giving the students three years of free using but now they give them just a year why?! ## 3ds Max customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 113 (page 1). ### 3DS Has it all for professionals. But one thing... - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Roldan A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It was a good experience. 3DS Max was the very first software I have used. During that time there is not much tutorial found in YouTube, so I have to figure out things on my own. But, yes, it was very much doable. Persistence is key to learning. You cannot be lazy in reading documentations. But with todays copious amount of learning videos and institutions, it shouldn't be easy to learn 3DS Max. Persistence and time are keys to learning. It takes time and persistence as 3DS Max is not an easy software to learn. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - This is a more than 20-year old software and pretty much mature and almost have all that you need. I've used this software since 2007 and I'm amazed at how this renders objects on it's own.- Best used from simple projects to a more complex and gaming characterizations and 3D movies.- The level of customizability can be done up to the DNA level. - The rendering quality is just amazingly stunning, even on it's own rendering engine, couple it with third-party rendering software, it makes object render output even more elaborate. #### Cons - One major issue I have with 3DS Max is the learning curve. It's harder to learn than, say, Cinema 4D. It is kind of verbose and complex to learn. I need a bit of persistence to learn it.- It has a very heavy native payload. It has like 8 to 9GB of payload on it's own. So, now if you add more libraries and other third-parties the load will even be more heavy. --- ### Amazing software for 3D Modelling but quite expensive - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Pretty easy to use for architectural modelling and stuff, has simple ui. Great for animation and stuff. Integration with AutoCad is also present, rendering time is also fast and efficient #### Cons Quite costly, compared to softwares like Blender, Needs heavy computing power. Object Mapping seems a bit hard to learn. #### Reasons for switching to 3ds Max Wanted to explore other options out there since Cinema 3d had some restrictions --- ### Not for gaming and animation Modelling - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Yogesh M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It's a useful tool for creating plans and precise interior and exterior designs. #### Cons It's a difficult software to learn plus the material creation and render part is not great. It's not a very powerful and intuitive tool. --- ### My favourite tools - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Arts and Crafts - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered it's a tool that has enabled me to create very realistic architectural models #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's still a major tool for 3D creation and still very useful in Vfx, with its new Boolean modifier that allows more complex assets to be modelled, for example. #### Cons this tool has a very attractive interface with lots of buttons and very flexible windows, its character rigging system is very detailed to set up #### Reasons for choosing 3ds Max Its default rendering engine gives a fantastic result #### Reasons for switching to 3ds Max this tool requires very powerful computers to run properly --- ### Best software for material mapping but has fallen behind in rendering - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mike H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 3ds Max is very easy to create animations and map materials. Very good for high end renders. Its also good at processing very large file sizes #### Cons There isn't preset lighting and the render times are much longer than other software when wanting quick renders #### Reasons for choosing 3ds Max We kept 3ds max as it is the easiest software to material map and quickly animate --- ### The key to realistic renderings - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lindsay W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love the flexibility of 3ds Max. Whether it's architectural or character design, this program can render great results. I currently use this program for architectural modeling, but there are many times where I enjoy the ability to custom design something very unique within the same program. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the familiarity with the interface. It's consistently stayed similar over the past 15 years that I've used this program. The interface is easy to understand, but also requires a level of expertise to run the software. This program is the best 3d modeling and rendering software on the market as it's proven itself over and over. #### Cons The price is the main downside for this software. It's definitely an investment year over year. #### Reasons for choosing 3ds Max If you're a professional, 3d max is the program for you. All other programs offer quick solutions, but nothing is as in-depth or customizable. --- ### 3ds Max is nice software 3D for profesional - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. nice & perfect software for 3d makers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros all tool & 3d rendering is nice and perfect for work in the project. #### Cons so expensive, so I don't recommend it for a beginner #### Reasons for switching to 3ds Max because I want to use software with lower pricing. --- ### 3ds Max, the ideal tool for 3D modeling and animation - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Géovanny N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I find 3ds Max to be an extremely comprehensive 3D modeling and animation software that offers many advantages. First of all, I like its intuitive and easy-to-use user interface, which makes the creation process faster and easier. In addition, its extensive library of models and authoring tools allow me to work on a variety of projects, such as video games, animated movies, commercials and architectural visualizations. The animation tools are also very advanced and allow me to create fluid and realistic movements for characters and objects. In addition, it can handle large file sizes and high resolutions, providing fast and efficient performance. Finally, its compatibility with many other 3D authoring programs makes it easy to integrate into my production pipeline. #### Cons I find that while 3ds Max is a top-notch 3D design software, it also has some potential drawbacks. For example, the full version can be expensive for me as a beginner. Also, the user interface can seem a bit complex for new users like me, with many menus and options to explore. Finally, some modeling and animation tools may require a longer learning curve to fully master. --- ### Important of 3dsmax - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ali A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Architecture & Planning - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered A great experience over 3 years helped me solve many problems #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The most thing I liked is the ease of dealing with the program and the multiplicity of interfaces a wonderful and light feature when using and gives amazing results in the work of projects facilitates the designer to see its design before implementation and facilitates the implementation engineer in the speed and accuracy of implementation after taking out the shop drawing of the design #### Cons The least I liked was the lack of merging the materials in the same file as the sketchup program to reduce the movement of the project and the use of paths to define the materials --- ### Why you need to use 3DS Max - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Zibusisozenkosi M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience with the software has been interesting especially with creating 3D architectural designs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The Architectural modeling process in this software is very interesting because it makes it easy to produce accurate structures. The rendering here is also faster and realistic and it is easy to work around materials in this software. #### Cons The software is not as user friendly as other 3D modeling software and that it has a lot tools and one can not know all of them. --- ### this is a must have software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Federico A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Printing - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. just great, i created some great pieces, assets and scenes with it and rendered most #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros the vray engine, it absolutely wins above other engines of the same kind and feature #### Cons its hard at first to understand the interface, it is not so dynamic. Only at first, of course --- ### The best 3D software for all professionals - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bacheter J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered 3DS Max allows me to do all my work in VFX with total guaranteed exceptional final quality. it is a tool that is fast, efficient and reliable. Compared with earlier versions, the latest version is more stable and has better performance in both functionality and modeling. The renderings are of excellent quality. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What surprised me most pleasantly is that in the new versions, 3DS max has a smart archiving tool that is available to you. Thus, the data relating to the management of your project will be easily accessible. You can make changes from anywhere. They will be immediately taken into account. Each member of your team will have access to project information. it's just fabulous. #### Cons The only problem with 3DS max is its rather exorbitant price which is not within everyone's reach, especially novices. --- ### Father Of All Geometry - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Architecture & Planning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered 9 out of 10 . because it crashes some time :D #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros it's like an open arena to achieve all your imaginary world in it ! so all you have to do is just to use it ! and the results will blow your mind every single time #### Cons need a really strong hardware as some projects or files get really heavy to be rendered with normal PCs --- ### One of the leaders in this field - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Thomas M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Greatest thing in my tool set as for manufacturing, also for rendering. I can do entire mechanism in a day, and as soon I throw it for 3D printing, my client is already watching the generated renders with great photo realism. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Well, as an industrial designer, this is my daily driver. I currently do a complete 3D mechanism models in it for 3d printing. I can say once you set the units and find the tolerances that work for you, it is a simple process. As another cool feature I can point that from the assembly file for printing, you can make another copy and set it for the product renders you can use for presentation purposes and that's great. #### Cons hard to learn the rendering engines and parameters, but it's not only on this software. Just too much stuff you have to know how it works and keep track of your settings. --- ### 3ds Max - highs and lows - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mihai C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. After a few years using it, it turned out being great, I've created successful game assets and product presentations. I also like about it that it supports the majority of the plugins offered by the market that enhance its options, like realistic renderings. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like about 3ds Max that it's easy to use, friendly interface and comprehensive official tutorials. You can go from sketch to finish even on professional projects like triple A games, and even in movie industry. #### Cons The interface lacks antialiasing, it lags sometimes on low-poly objects and the shading viewport model could use some work. --- ### 3Ds Max Overall Experience Is Ok... - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: samarth T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Only thing I love about 3ds max is I start My carrier with this Software. my overall Experience is good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros For architectural Use Its very good Software. Especially For walkthrough Animation. Working Fantastic with Some of Render engine Like V'ray. #### Cons For Animation Industry or Gaming Industry This Software is Very Heavy taking too much render time . Not preferable. --- ### 3ds Max Review: An In-Depth Look at the Industry-Leading Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adnaan E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered 3ds Max is an incredibly powerful 3D modeling and animation software that is industry-leading. It provides users with a wide range of tools and features to help create complex 3D models and animations. While the learning curve may be a bit steep and the price tag may be a bit high, it is an excellent choice for professionals who need a powerful and feature-rich 3D modeling and animation software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 3ds Max is a powerful and feature-rich 3D modeling and animation software that is an industry leader. It features an intuitive user interface, powerful tools for creating complex 3D models and animations, and a range of interactive features to help streamline the process. The software is also well-supported by a vast online community of users, providing helpful tutorials and resources. #### Cons 3ds Max can be a bit daunting for beginners, as the learning curve is quite steep. Additionally, the cost of the software may also be prohibitive for some users, as it is quite expensive. --- ### I enjoy this application and recommended people to use it - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Afnan H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I really enjoyed this app and I still using it of course ,I think it is the most amazing 3D software ever ,it is allows you to use the render software you want to ,they didn't force you to use specific render software, I really recommended it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I have used this software for more than four years ,first of all they give you one year free using if you are a student or a teacher so it is very helpful, and the second thing which is the most important thing the reality that the software give you is very high even if you don't advanced in it, you can import files from AutoCAD and illustrator so it is make the work more easy than beginning from zero. #### Cons the least thing that I like is that the software has so much orders you must know ,and the second thing that they was giving the students three years of free using but now they give them just a year why?! --- ### 3ds max one of the best programs to make 3d - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Fabian M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Online Media - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Modeling and rendering photorealistic projects #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros allows you to do the entire creative process of modeling, lighting and texturing in one place #### Cons the new versions have the characteristic of being very heavy programs when loading #### Reasons for switching to 3ds Max To adjusting shadows and color correction of luts, etc. --- ### easy hard program - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mina M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The 3ds Max program is mainly used in all artistic and design works. The wonderful tools and effects give designers the opportunity to unleash their imagination and come up with innovative designs in various fields. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There is no doubt that it is one of the most enjoyable programs used in design and creativity. One of the most important features of a free version for students for 3 years, it gives the student an environment for imagination and creativity. Displaying artworks in a realistic image. #### Cons For a program that needs a computer with special specifications, and here are these specifications: A powerful and very fast processor (Intel Core i5) and above. Very strong and fast RAM (Ram 8GB) and above. A strong graphics card and suitable for the specifications of the device. Large storage space on the hard disk. --- ### IY_3dsMax - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ilker Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Packaging and Containers - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I make animations purely as a hobby, sometimes I come up with nice things for my cousin's schoolwork. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros As 3d animation, it gives incredible professional results. I like that even though it has been updated for years, there is no change in its use. Therefore, it is not very difficult to master, but it may take some time. #### Cons The interface is a bit complicated, this is the reason why it is difficult to have so many features.The price is a little high, I don't think there is anything else apart from that. --- ### the best of 3D designer and modeler - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alex E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered the modeling of the textures is easy and very realistic #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros the software presents several modeling options with a defined library and also, the software has its own rendering engine #### Cons for the moment we haven't found any bugs or problems yet. we are still experimenting --- ### 3ds max is best for modellers to make complicated models easy - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: vijay k. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall its a good software for modelling heavy and granger sets #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Models modelling heavy models and Retopo models from zbrush #### Cons Can improve interface more better like maya --- ### 3d modelling has never been easier - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall Max can make working a lot easier not just for professionals but beginners as well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Max is well-rounded software with a lot of tools and functionalities to make modelling and animation easy and reusable. It is used in gaming as well as industrial areas. #### Cons The software is very heavy, it is because of the variety of functionalities it provides but if it could be made to decrease the load on the CPU a little it would be even great. --- ### 3d veteran - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Erwin C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Architecture & Planning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, it is still doing it's job versus all the other 3d software out there. I don't think i will stop using this. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The best thing i like about 3ds Max is the ease of use during the design and concept phase of the project. It is also accurate when you do intricate geometric shapes. The lighting component is powerful and gives great results. #### Cons It is a big software that requires a PC with robust processing capabilities. It also could use a better free flowing form component . Also, it lags when in shading viewport. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/game-development/3ds-max-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- 3ds Max Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice