Tripo
Generates 3D models from text or images. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web. The stack builder picks it for AI 3D models.
What it is known for
- Strengths: text or image to 3D model; auto-rigging and PBR texturing up to 8K; quad-mesh retopology and print-ready export.
- For: indie developers and studio pipelines; film, ecommerce, industrial design, 3D printing.
- Runs on: web browser, nothing to install; API; plugins for Blender, Unity and Unreal.
- Learning curve: easy: type a prompt or upload an image, nothing to install.
- Works with: GLB, FBX, OBJ and USD export, STL and 3MF export for printing, Blender plugin, Unity plugin, Unreal plugin and Godot, Cocos and Roblox.
Read on October 9, 2026 from tripo3d.ai.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 200 credits/mo (about 13 models); public models, non-commercial |
| Pro | $20/mo billed yearly | 3,000 credits/mo (about 200 models); private models, commercial use; $240 a year billed yearly |
| Max | $90/mo | 25,000 credits/mo (about 1,660 models); commercial use |
Checked by hand against tripo3d.ai/pricing on October 7, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Pro.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Tripo is named in these steps:
- AI 3D models, step 2 of 4, when less than $15 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Meshy, and the best score takes it.
- AI 3D models, step 4 of 4, otherwise: Pro ($20/mo billed yearly); the step also names Meshy, Sloyd and Rodin, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
Signals and what people say
- GitHub: 7,228 stars, as of October 26, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 7, 2026: 0 stories
Change log
- October 7, 2026: Max moved from $89.90 to $90, on tripo3d.ai/pricing.
- October 7, 2026: Pro moved from $19.90 to $20, on tripo3d.ai/pricing.
- October 7, 2026: prices now read on tripo3d.ai/pricing, Tripo's own page (before: costbench.com/software/ai-3d-generation/tripo-ai).
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from costbench.com/software/ai-3d-generation/tripo-ai.
Logo: Nameryn monogram (no free mark on file), CC0 1.0.