Sloyd vs Tripo AI

Sloyd generates 3D models from text prompts or images and provides tools to refine them without extensive manual 3D work. Its handcrafted parametric templates use sliders for changing shapes, proportions, and details. Other tools cover AI rigging and animation, image creation and editing, retexturing, 4K texture editing, and skybox generation. Users can set target polygon counts and choose quad topology for manual editing or animation. The authenticated REST API handles asynchronous generation and editing jobs, with controls for polycount, topology, and texture resolution. Native plugins are available for Roblox, Unity, Unreal, Godot, Maya, and Blender. Plugin exports include FBX, GLB, and OBJ; API downloads also include USD, USDZ, BLEND, PLY, STL, and 3MF. The free Guest plan allows one AI generation per day and community-model downloads only. Sloyd Plus costs $15 a month, while Sloyd Pro costs $50 a month; both include commercial use, and marketplace reselling is limited to Pro.

Tripo AI is a 3D creation platform that generates models from text, images, sketches, and multiple views. Its High Detail Model feature can create models with up to 2 million polygons for rendering, visual effects, 3D printing, e-commerce visuals, and game workflows. Smart Mesh produces quad meshes from 500 to 25,000 quads for games, animation, and VR/AR/XR. Editing tools include AI texturing, segmentation, retopology, rigging, animation, and Smart UV unwrapping. Exports include GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, USDZ, STL, and 3MF. The DCC Bridge lists Blender, 3ds Max, Unity, Unreal, Maya, Cocos, Godot, and ZBrush. Developers can integrate generation through an API using API-key authentication; most generation tasks run asynchronously, with clients polling for results. Tripo is available on the web and through its API. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 200 monthly credits, one concurrent task, 15 exports, and 10 stored models. It is limited to non-commercial use, and its models are public. Tripo AI was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.