3DEqualizer4 vs Gaea
3DEqualizer4
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Gaea
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| Figure | 3DEqualizer4 | Gaea |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €146/mo | $99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 7 |
| Spec score · Visual Effects Software | 8.0 (#12) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Purpose | 3DEqualizer4 is a 3D tracking solution for merging live-action footage with digital visual effects. | Gaea is a terrain design platform for VFX, games, and virtual production. |
| Support | The vendor says support requests are handled by the developer responsible for that part of the software and typically receive a response within a few hours. | Support, maintenance, and minor updates are included at no additional cost, and the company says it does not offer a guaranteed support SLA. |
Plans
3DEqualizer4
- 3DEqualizer4 - 1 Week Subscription€65, paid once
- 3DEqualizer4 - 12 Months Subscription€146 a month
- 3DEqualizer4 - 3 Months Subscription€169 a month
- 3DEqualizer4 - 1 Month Subscription€197 a month
- 3DEqualizer4 - Permanent License€7,699, paid once
Gaea
- Indie$99 a month
- Professional$199 a month
- Enterprise$299 a month
- Community EditionFree
- Indie$99, paid once
- Professional$199, paid once
- Enterprise$299, paid once
In their own words
3DEqualizer4
3DEqualizer4 has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Gaea
Gaea is a Windows terrain design application for VFX, games, and virtual production. It builds terrain from procedural forms, imported data, or hand-drawn elements, then applies simulations for erosion, debris, glaciers, rivers, snow, and vegetation. It can produce terrain-aware color, textures, masks, material zones, vegetation data, and flow maps. Exports include heightfields, meshes, point clouds, textures, masks, and other terrain data. Bridges connect Gaea with Unreal Engine and Houdini; the Gaea2Houdini plugin requires a Professional or Enterprise license. Gaea also offers node-based compositing and a hybrid render engine.
The Community Edition is free for non-commercial use. The listed perpetual-license prices are $99 a month for Indie, $199 a month for Professional, and $299 a month for Enterprise; each is described as a one-time price. Gaea requires Windows, an AVX2-capable CPU, and at least 16 GB of RAM. CPU-only operation is supported; GPU compute needs CUDA 12.5 or higher or HIP 6.0 or higher.