Blender 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Blender

4.7

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Blender

Blender is a 3D animation software that is used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications and video games. It caters to a wide range of businesses from movie studios to game developers.

Key functionalities of Blender include modeling, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking. It lets users create 3D objects using different methods such as extrusion, subdivision surfaces or mesh editing tools. Teams can animate characters' movements by setting keyframes at specific points in time according to certain actions they perform during gameplay.

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Blender Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Blender Features

Popular features found in Video Editing
3D Video Editing
Audio Capture
Media Library
Split/Merge
Text Overlay
Video Capture
Video Stabilization
More features of Blender
2D Drawing
3D Games
3D Modeling
3D Objects
Animation
Animations & Transitions
Building Information Model
Design Management
Motion Tracking
Prototype Creation
Rendering
Speed Adjustment
Template Management
Video Editing

Blender Integrations

Unity

Integration rated 4.5 from 12 reviews

Blender User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

69%

28%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.7

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.6

Haydn C.

Verified reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Decent 3D modeling

Previously 5

Blender is a decent 3D modeling software but doesnt match Maya Autodesk due to limitations

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

This program can be used on lightweight machines, yes you wont be able to do as much as you can on something like a gaming computer but its still good to do simple 3D modeling.

Cons:

There is no history kept so you cannot make changes to the polygons once you start a new polygon

Reasons for switching to Blender

Creaper option to use with similar features

Abhinav B.

Verified reviewer

Animation

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Blender : Blend your imagination

Blender: it blends your thought with a wide variety of tools Sets . No other software is compatible or even near with this big giant in an open source community

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

As the industry is going to be more professional and cost-effective day by day, the blender offers a wide variety of tools and presets along with plug-ins that suits your ultimate requirement

Cons:

Everyone is moving towards extreme professionalism , While blender is providing from a to Z solutions, coming to the point perfection in all the Stream is yet to be achieved, I guess blender achieved 90% accuracy and 10 yet to be achieved

Reasons for switching to Blender

Because it belongs to the open source community and available free of cost nothing can compare this option

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Blender Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

Software is free for anyone to use. The software is easy to download.

Cons:

The only real con I have for Blender is the learning curve. That can be countered by tutorials on online that take you through the basics of Blender. There is also more indepth tutorials that get way more complicated.

Deni H.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Hollywood quality studio with minimal budget

I really enjoy working with Blender, because there are so many sources of information and learning due to the wide community involved in developing Blender.

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Pros:

Blender is an open source 3d and animation software so we can participate in developing its features in it. And most importantly it's free.

Cons:

We have to learn on our own to determine the right settings in adjustment to the hardware we have.

Reasons for switching to Blender

Initially, I used SketchUp to make interior and building designs, but for hyper-realistic rendering, we have to pay for separate software which is quite expensive. But Blender has it all in one bundle, and all of it is open source or free with very satisfying quality.

Guellord I.

Verified reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

My passion

it's a powerful tool for 3D modeling and 2D drafting in industry, thanks to its features and documentation.

Ratings Breakdown

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Pros:

it's a free tool that's very easy to use since it integrates geometry and simulation nodes, making work more automatic and saving you a lot of time.

Cons:

it's a tool that's frequently updated, and I hope one day its character rigging system will be easier to set up.

Reasons for choosing Blender

is a free, easy-to-use software program with a large online community.

Nabin P.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Free and open source 3D design software

Blender is the best software for creating rich animations and visual effects on a low budget.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The Blender software comes with CPU and GPU rendering abilities, advanced sculpting tools, production-ready visual effects, high-quality animation and rigging, and supports 2D design in 3D scenes. Works great on Windows, Mac and Linux systems too. Offers rich collection of models and elements with Blender cloud membership at $11.5 per month.

Cons:

Blender is a bit complicated to learn. Not suitable for developing games. Models are somewhat noisy and messy to clean.

Reasons for choosing Blender

Blender is cost-effective and more flexible with third-party integration.

Reasons for switching to Blender

Blender is free and open-source that gave us more reliability and freedom.

Jeremy G.

Verified reviewer

Computer Games

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2024

Blender is the entry point to 3d art

My experience has been incredible. Everything I know now about 3d art, I first learned through blender use. I learned with their animation tools, modeling tools, texturing tools, and rendering tools.

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Pros:

I love that blender is free, open source, and the entrance place for a lot of artists. It lends to such an open and fresh creative community of new developers and 3d artists. Blender is also an extremely performant renderer.

Cons:

I think blenders animation tools could use work. They don't really match up to the industry standard like some of their other tools.

Paulo C.

Verified reviewer

Animation

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Blender for 3D Modeling: Robustness and Variety of Features (for Free)

I used Blender for a few personal projects while I was learning more about 3D modeling. I didn’t use it for too long since I eventually moved away from this area, even though I really enjoyed it. Anyway, regarding the tool, I loved it—no crashes during any of my projects, and some of them were quite heavy. It truly offers an endless array of options, from geometric shapes to different types of shadow rendering, light positioning, camera angles, and more. I highly recommend it.

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Pros:

I liked that Blender offers many options for modeling, especially for hard surface modeling. I haven't used it as much for character modeling, but it's an incredible tool for creating environments, objects, armor, and so on. Additionally, I found it to be a software with excellent rendering quality and lighter than others I've used before.

Cons:

Eu diria que a curva de aprendizado no software não é tão simples, pois tem muitas variáveis no uso, porém depois que você aprende, já fica tudo automático.

Mike W.

Verified reviewer

Computer Games

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Blender is a Jack of all Trades

I use blender for modeling, UVs, and other 3d asset work.

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Pros:

Love that it is free and open source. I also am a fan of the philosophy of the team behind it.

Cons:

Blender is kind of a jack of all trades master of none. Many things feel like they need a layer of polish.

Praveen Hans H.

Verified reviewer

Animation

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Why Blender3D is a good 3D software for any beginner

Been using blender for almost 900h, I'll say its a good 3D software WHICH BY THE WAY is free, get constantly update with new things, has a large community which are more then willing to help you and you can download it from steam too. This might be specific but I like to keep a track of "just how much have I used a software"

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Pros:

The thing I like the most about Blender3D is the community, if you are stuck at something there will always be a guy who has the same problem as you and will have a solution for it.

Cons:

Simulations are hard to run, thats the only con, which can be overcome with proxies

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