World Creator vs ZBrush
World Creator
world-creator.com
ZBrush
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| Figure | World Creator | ZBrush |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.92/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 16 | 7 |
| Spec score · 3D modeling software | 7.8 (#94) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Spec score · Game Texture Software | 7.2 (#30) | 8.5 (#7) |
| Founded | 2008 | 1986 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | Fulda, Germany | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany |
| Integrations | The maker lists Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, Cinema 4D, Octane, Godot, Houdini, CryEngine, Photoshop, Krita, Clarisse, DAZ Studio, 3ds Max, Maya, Quixel Mixer, Substance 3D Designer, Unigine Engine, LightWave, and D5 Render among its pipeline tools. | GoZ connects ZBrush with Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and other supported applications. |
| Rendering | World Creator includes a built-in real-time path tracer for previewing landscapes with lighting, shadows, and atmospheric effects. | Desktop includes advanced BPR rendering, render passes, raytraced ambient occlusion and a ZBrush-to-KeyShot bridge. |
| Support | The license page describes standard support response times of 1–5 business days, professional priority support typically within 24–48 hours, and Studio support guaranteed within 24 hours on business days. | Maxon provides a support center with knowledge-base articles, ticket support, installers, requirements, release notes, training and community forums. |
Plans
World Creator
- Indie Yearly$59 a year
- Professional Yearly$99 a year
- Studio Yearly$179 a year
- Enterprise Yearly$529 a year
- Indie Perpetual$149 a month
- Professional Perpetual$289 a month
- Studio Perpetual$499 a month
- Indie Lifetime$379 a month
- Indie Perpetual$149, paid once
- Professional Perpetual$289, paid once
ZBrush
- ZBrush for iPad Free PlanFree
- ZBrush for iPad SubscriptionPrice not published
- ZBrush for iPad SubscriptionPriced on request
- ZBrush DesktopPrice not published
- ZBrush DesktopPriced on request
- ZBrush for iPad$33.25 a month
- ZBrush$399 a year
In their own words
World Creator
World Creator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
ZBrush
ZBrush is a 3D sculpting and modeling application with desktop and iPad offerings. Its listed tools include sculpting, parametric modeling, animation, rendering and 3D print export. Desktop is listed for Windows and macOS, while a separate supported-platform list also includes Linux. The desktop plan includes ZBrush for iPad and advanced sculpting, modeling, rendering and export tools. Rendering is described as hybrid, with GPU and animation rendering and denoising. Listed workload areas include CPU and GPU rendering, ray tracing, shader execution and geometry processing. Other listed capabilities include rotoscoping, 3D camera tracking, custom test profiles and CLI or automation support. The listed result export formats are none documented, and results are not saved as a file. Headquarters are listed as both Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and Friedrichsdorf, Germany; the maker is listed as founded in 1986.