Spline vs Tripo AI

Spline is a 3D design platform with sculpting, animation, parametric modeling, real-time rendering, AI editing, motion, and a built-in render engine. It can export 3D-print files and ship experiences to the web, Apple, and Android. Integrations include Webflow, Framer, Wix Studio, HTML/JS, React, Next.js, Swift, and Kotlin. The free plan costs $0.00 per month and includes limited personal files, unlimited viewers, watermarked web exports, and Spline Library access. Paid plans add export and higher-resolution options. Hobby costs $15.00 per month billed annually with 2,000 monthly credits; Pro costs $30.00 per month billed annually with 3,000 credits; and Max costs $70.00 per month billed annually with 10,000 credits. Enterprise has custom pricing and can provide private teams, centralized licensing and billing, SAML Single Sign-On, code and self-hosted exports, priority support, onboarding, and training. Enterprise customers can request a trial. Spline lists ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance.

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.