Best Material Maker Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from 3D texturing software ranked against Material Maker on the same published basis.
- 1Material Maker vs Mixos Paint
- 2Material Maker vs Surface Labs
- 3Material Maker vs InstaMAT
- 4Material Maker vs Marmoset Viewer
- 5Material Maker vs Trumble
- 6Material Maker vs Mari
- 8Material Maker vs Forge Material Studio
- 9Material Maker vs Texel
- 10Material Maker vs Wafer
- 11Material Maker vs MechaPaint
- 12Material Maker vs ArmorPaint
- 13Material Maker vs AwesomeBump
- 14Material Maker vs LigidPainter
- 15Material Maker vs MeshCoat
- 16Material Maker vs Pigmi
- 17Material Maker vs TextureLab
- 18Material Maker vs VFX Texture Lab
- 19Material Maker vs Blacksmith3D
- 20Material Maker vs ColorMinis
- 21Material Maker vs ShaderMap
Material Maker alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mixos Paint | 6.8 | Free plan | $8.99/mo | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Surface Labs | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 3 | InstaMAT | 6.6 | Free plan | $3/mo | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 4 | Marmoset Viewer | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Trumble | 6.6 | Free plan | $3/mo | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 6 | Mari | 6.5 | Free plan | $57.42/mo | Linux, Windows |
| 8 | Forge Material Studio | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Web, Windows |
| 9 | Texel | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Web |
| 10 | Wafer | 5.6 | No | — | iOS, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | MechaPaint | 5.5 | No | — | Mac, Windows |
| 12 | ArmorPaint | 5.3 | No | — | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 13 | AwesomeBump | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| 14 | LigidPainter | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 15 | MeshCoat | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 16 | Pigmi | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | TextureLab | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | VFX Texture Lab | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Linux |
| 19 | Blacksmith3D | 5.2 | No | — | Windows |
| 20 | ColorMinis | 5.2 | No | — | iOS, Android |
| 21 | ShaderMap | 5.2 | No | — | Windows |
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Questions about Material Maker alternatives
What is the best alternative to Material Maker?
Mixos Paint, number 1 in 3D texturing software with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Surface Labs, InstaMAT, Marmoset Viewer and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Material Maker?
Mixos Paint is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.