Alternatives to Putty 3D

3DCoat

3DCoat suits 3D artists who want sculpting, retopology, UV editing, texturing, and rendering in one desktop application.

Tamga suits hobbyists, artists, concept sculptors, and beginners looking for sculpting and rendering tools.

Nomad Sculpt

It suits artists who want sculpting, painting, and built-in rendering on desktop or mobile.

Mixos Mold

Mold suits game artists, motion designers, 3D hobbyists, students, and studios looking for browser-based sculpting.

ZBrush

ZBrush suits people looking for 3D sculpting, modeling and rendering tools, including users who want an iPad option or desktop software.

Instant Meshes suits users seeking a free tool for interactive field-aligned mesh generation, with both a graphical workflow and command-line options.

It suits users who need quad-based mesh retopology and are comfortable with standalone command-line processing or building software from source.

Wrap suits artists and teams processing 3D scans into characters, blendshapes, rigging starting points or virtual fitting-room assets.

Re:Form

Re:Form suits people who want to sculpt in a browser and work with layers, paint, and multiple 3D file formats.

SculptGL suits people seeking a free browser-based sculpting tool with painting, subdivision, and common mesh import and export formats.

It suits beginners learning 3D sculpting through sketches, curves and image-based forms.

MeshMolder suits artists creating or painting 3D models on Windows.

Shapelab

It suits beginner 3D artists and designers making concepts, character blockouts, props, or 3D-printing models.

Vertexix suits 3D artists, game makers, and hobbyists preparing meshes, UVs, textures, or rigged assets.