Texel vs Trumble
Texel
texel.art
Trumble
trumble.appSide by side
| Figure | Texel | Trumble |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $3/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · 3D Texturing Software | 8.1 (#10) | 8.6 (#3) |
| Limit: baking depth | Wifitalents says Texel's baking and projection tools are less deep than full texture suites. | Wifitalents characterizes Trumble's high-to-low baking coverage as narrower than dedicated baking tools. |
| Limit: channel packing | Wifitalents reports that advanced texture channel packing is limited. | Wifitalents reports that advanced texture-channel packing can require extra manual steps. |
| Product | Texel is a collaborative 3D texturing studio for VFX and games that runs in the browser. | Trumble is a free, browser-based creative suite for game developers and artists focused on professional texturing and painting workflows. |
| Rating on Wifitalents | 7.0 out of 10 from 0 reviews | 7.4 out of 10 editorial score; the page does not state a user-review count. |
| Support | The terms page lists an email address for general questions and another for security reports. | The contact page describes Trumble as a small team and warns that response times may vary during early access. |
| What it does | Texel is a browser-based collaborative 3D texturing studio for VFX and game teams. | Trumble is a browser-based 3D texturing suite for game developers that combines painting, baking and export. |
Plans
Trumble
- FreeFree
- Low-Poly$3 a month
- Pro$5 a month
- Mid-Poly$8 a month
- High-Poly$20 a month
In their own words
Trumble
Trumble is a browser-based creative suite for game developers and artists working on texturing and painting. Its Texture tool paints PBR textures directly onto meshes in a 3D viewport, while Paint handles 2D work on alphas, masks and channels. Bake generates normals, ambient occlusion, curvature and other maps in the browser without an offline renderer. Texture packs can be exported for Unreal, Unity, Godot and Roblox. The Texture tool accepts OBJ, STL, FBX, glTF and GLB files, and meshes need proper UVs to be paintable. The suite includes hundreds of materials and textures, and can connect to Google Drive to autosave projects there rather than using Trumble account storage. It runs in modern browsers on Windows, macOS and Linux; no account is needed to get started. The product is in early access and receives regular improvements. Free includes current tools with workspace ads; paid plans start at $5/mo, with higher tiers adding options such as no ads and early access.