Best for
Best for teams building explorable 3D environments for previsualisation, virtual production or games.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI 3D Modeling Comparison
Marble vs. Sloyd
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for game developers and creators who want unlimited, parametric-controlled 3D asset generation.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Marble | Sloyd |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; paid from $20 / month Plans are metered in monthly credits: 7,000 on Free, 20,000 on Standard, 40,000 on Pro and 120,000 on Max. From Standard up, top-ups start at $5 for 5,000 credits; API credits are sold separately. | lower value Free tier; paid from $15 / month The Guest tier is personal use only. Plus is $15 / month, or $12.50 billed annually. |
| Free trial | Free plan with up to 4 world generations | Free Guest tier (1 generation per day) |
| Commercial use | Commercial rights from the Pro plan | Paid tiers (Plus and Pro); the free Guest tier is personal use only |
| Output | Explorable 3D worlds as Gaussian splats, meshes or video | Game-ready 3D models from text, images or parametric templates |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| What it makes | Explorable 3D worlds as Gaussian splats, meshes or video | Game-ready 3D assets from text, images or customizable parametric templates |
| Detail and topology | Splats at about 2M or 500k; meshes at about 600k triangles textured, 1M vertex-coloured, plus a 100-200k collider mesh | Clean topology optimized for real-time engines, adjustable polygon counts and manifold geometry for 3D printing |
| Rigging and textures | No rigging or animation, the output is an environment rather than a character. Collider mesh export is included from the Standard plan, textured GLB export requires Pro | Auto-rigging, AI animation and retexturing with up to 4K textures |
| Speed | High-quality mesh export takes up to an hour, limited to 4 requests per hour | Real-time generation in seconds |
| Export and pipeline fit | SPZ and PLY splats, GLB meshes, 360 panorama PNG; guides for Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender and Houdini | FBX, GLB, OBJ, USD and USDZ export; plugins for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Maya and Blender |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Community forum | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Houdini | more entries Unity, Unreal, Godot, Roblox Studio, Maya, Blender |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Marble Free plan; paid from $20 / month Sloyd Free tier; paid from $15 / month
- Free trial Marble Free plan with up to 4 world generations Sloyd Free Guest tier (1 generation per day)
- Company size Marble Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Sloyd Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
- Commercial use Marble Commercial rights from the Pro plan Sloyd Paid tiers (Plus and Pro); the free Guest tier is personal use only
- Output Marble Explorable 3D worlds as Gaussian splats, meshes or video Sloyd Game-ready 3D models from text, images or parametric templates
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Marble
Strengths
- Generates navigable worlds rather than single objects
- Takes text, images, video, 360 panoramas or a coarse 3D layout as input
- Chisel blocks out world structure in 3D before generating
- Worlds can be expanded and composed into larger spaces
- Documented export routes into Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender and Houdini
Limitations
- Commercial rights only from the Pro plan upwards
- Free plan covers only four world generations
- High-quality mesh export takes up to an hour and is rate limited
- High-quality meshes can only be generated on worlds you own
Sloyd
Strengths
- Unlimited generations on paid plans, with no per-model credit caps
- Parametric templates give precise, consistent control
- Auto-rigging, animation and up to 4K retexturing built in
Limitations
- Free Guest tier is personal use only and limited to one generation per day
- Commercial reselling requires the top Pro tier
Plans
Pricing
Marble
- Free $0 7,000 credits per month. Up to 4 world generations, from a text prompt, single image or 360 panorama.
- Standard $20 Per month, 20,000 credits. Up to 12 world generations, plus generation from multiple images, videos or 3D layouts, editing, exporting and community downloads.
- Pro $35 Per month, 40,000 credits. Up to 25 world generations, plus world expansion, high-quality textured mesh export and commercial rights.
- Max $95 Per month, 120,000 credits. Up to 75 world generations for high-volume production.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom plans for large teams and organisations, arranged with the vendor.
Sloyd
- Guest $0 1 AI generation per day. Personal-use license, no commercial use.
- Plus $15 Per month ($12.50 billed annually). Unlimited generations, commercial use.
- Pro $50 Per month ($41.67 billed annually). Adds commercial use with reselling.
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Where this comes from
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Marble https://marble.worldlabs.ai · no check date recorded yet
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