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Instant Terra vs World Machine

Instant Terra

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World Machine

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FigureInstant TerraWorld Machine
Price from—$119/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Plans published49
Spec score · Game Map Generators6.6 (#25)8.5 (#3)
HeadquartersMontpellier, FranceSeattle, Washington, United States

Plans

Instant Terra

  • Instant Terra$149, paid once
  • Instant Terra Unlimited$199, paid once
  • Instant Terra PROPriced on request
  • Educational editionPriced on request

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World Machine

  • Indie$119 a month
  • Professional$299 a month
  • Studio Site$1,999 a month
  • BasicFree
  • BasicFree
  • Indie$119, paid once
  • Indie to Professional upgrade$180, paid once
  • Professional$299, paid once
  • Studio Site$1,999, paid once

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Instant Terra

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World Machine

World Machine is procedural 3D terrain-generation software for artists creating realistic or stylized landscapes, including game, film, and visualization work. Its node graph offers more than 100 devices for terrain, erosion, rivers, masks, materials, and outputs. Simulations cover flow-based and thermal erosion, snow accumulation, river channels, lakes, and coastal erosion; Dragontail Peak adds terrain with overhangs, cliff faces, and caves. Exports include heightfields, meshes, masks, and PBR textures in standard formats, with listed file types including RAW, EXR, TIFF, PNG, TER, OBJ, glTF, and GLB. Compatible tools named by the maker include Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, Blender, Maya, and Cinema 4D. Professional and higher editions support tiled builds for worlds larger than memory and can resume builds after interruption. The free Basic edition has the Indie toolset but caps each output asset at 1025×1025 pixels and is limited to non-commercial use. Paid plans are Indie at $119 a month, Professional at $299 a month, and Studio Site at $1,999 a month. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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