Best for
Best for developers who want an open, self-hostable 3D generator with text, image and sketch inputs.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI 3D Modeling Comparison
Hunyuan3D vs. TRELLIS
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for developers with their own GPU who want an open, MIT-licensed image-to-3D model to run and adapt themselves.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Hunyuan3D | TRELLIS |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier; open weights available Individuals get 20 free generations per day. Enterprise API access runs via Tencent Cloud, and the model weights are released for self-hosting. | Free, MIT licence Needs your own hardware: Linux and an NVIDIA GPU with at least 24 GB of memory, verified on A100 and H100. |
| Free trial | Free tier (20 generations per day) | Free open weights, plus a Hugging Face Spaces demo |
| Commercial use | Allowed under the Tencent Hunyuan 3D Community License up to 1 million monthly active users; the licence does not apply in the EU, UK or South Korea | Yes, under the MIT licence; some dependencies carry their own licences |
| Output | Textured 3D models from text, images or sketches | Textured 3D assets in GLB, as radiance fields, 3D Gaussians or meshes |
| API | Yes, via Tencent Cloud | Run from the published code and weights; an Azure AI Foundry instance is available |
| Hosting | Not stated | Self-hosted |
| What it makes | Textured 3D models from text, single or multi-view images, and sketches | 3D assets from image prompts in TRELLIS.2, and from text or image prompts in the first release, decoded as radiance fields, 3D Gaussians or meshes |
| Detail and topology | Smart topology optimization, supporting both triangular and quadrilateral meshes | The O-Voxel sparse voxel structure represents open surfaces, non-manifold geometry and enclosed internal structures without a lossy conversion |
| Rigging and textures | Textured meshes with a separate shape and texture generation stage | Native PBR materials with base colour, roughness, metallic and opacity |
| Speed | Minutes per model | On an H100, about 3 seconds at 512 cubed, 17 seconds at 1024 cubed and 60 seconds at 1536 cubed |
| Export and pipeline fit | OBJ and GLB export; works with Unity, Unreal Engine and Blender | GLB export; runs on Linux with an NVIDIA GPU of at least 24 GB and CUDA Toolkit 12.4 |
| Deployment | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise | Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | Community forum | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Not stated |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Not stated |
| Integrations | more entries Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, Tencent Cloud | Hugging Face, Azure AI Foundry |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Hunyuan3D Free tier; open weights available TRELLIS Free, MIT licence
- Free trial Hunyuan3D Free tier (20 generations per day) TRELLIS Free open weights, plus a Hugging Face Spaces demo
- Deployment Hunyuan3D Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise TRELLIS Browser-based, On-premise
- Commercial use Hunyuan3D Allowed under the Tencent Hunyuan 3D Community License up to 1 million monthly active users; the licence does not apply in the EU, UK or South Korea TRELLIS Yes, under the MIT licence; some dependencies carry their own licences
- Output Hunyuan3D Textured 3D models from text, images or sketches TRELLIS Textured 3D assets in GLB, as radiance fields, 3D Gaussians or meshes
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Hunyuan3D
Strengths
- Open model weights available for self-hosting
- Accepts text, single or multi-view images, and sketches
- Free tier of 20 generations per day for individuals
- Large open-source community with over 3 million model downloads
Limitations
- The community licence does not apply in the EU, UK or South Korea
- Commercial use is capped at 1 million monthly active users without a separate licence
TRELLIS
Strengths
- MIT licence for the pretrained weights and most of the code
- Represents open surfaces, non-manifold geometry and internal structures
- Native PBR output with base colour, roughness, metallic and opacity
- Seconds per asset at 512 cubed on an H100
Limitations
- Needs Linux and an NVIDIA GPU with at least 24 GB of memory
- A research release on GitHub and Hugging Face rather than a packaged product with support
- TRELLIS.2 takes images only; text prompting is in the first release
Plans
Pricing
Hunyuan3D
- Free $0 20 generations per day for individuals; 200 free credits for the enterprise API.
- Self-hosted $0 Open model weights under the Tencent Hunyuan 3D Community License, for self-hosting.
- Enterprise API Not stated Pay-as-you-go via Tencent Cloud.
TRELLIS
- Self-hosted Free MIT licence for the model and most of the code. Needs your own NVIDIA GPU.
What users say
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Hunyuan3D
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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TRELLIS
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Hunyuan3D https://3d.hunyuanglobal.com · no check date recorded yet
TRELLIS https://microsoft.github.io/TRELLIS/ · no check date recorded yet
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