Gaea vs TerreSculptor
Gaea
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| Figure | Gaea | TerreSculptor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Map Generators | 8.3 (#4) | 7.7 (#11) |
| Spec score · 3D modeling software | 8.1 (#69) | 7.7 (#105) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Gaea provides bridges for Unreal Engine and Houdini; the Gaea2Houdini plugin requires a Professional or Enterprise license. | The feature list names direct game engine support for CryEngine 3, Godot, Strike Engine, Unity, and Unreal Engine 2 through 5. |
| Purpose | Gaea is a terrain design platform for VFX, games, and virtual production. | TerreSculptor is terrain software for creating and editing heightmaps, weightmaps, splatmaps, masks, digital elevation models, and more. |
| Support | Support, maintenance, and minor updates are included at no additional cost, and the company says it does not offer a guaranteed support SLA. | The maker offers support through Discord, a Facebook group, and support email. |
| System requirements | Gaea requires Windows, a CPU supporting AVX2, and at least 16 GB RAM; GPU compute requires CUDA 12.5 or higher or HIP 6.0 or higher, though CPU-only use is supported. | The requirements page lists Windows 7 SP1 through Windows 11, an AMD or Intel processor, OpenGL 3 support, and Microsoft .NET 8 for version 4.8. |
Plans
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
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.
TerreSculptor
TerreSculptor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.