How dashboard scores and sources work
This directory helps you shortlist game-development tools. It does not provide independently verified benchmarks or a customer-review database.
What the scores mean
The existing 1–10 values are editorial estimates inherited from the previous directory. Their original evidence sources, assessment dates and hands-on test records were not recorded. We cannot substantiate a hands-on testing claim for these scores. They remain visible for comparison and are labeled as estimates.
| Criterion | What it considers | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Price Value | Affordability and included allowances | 12.5% |
| Features | Breadth of relevant capabilities | 12.5% |
| Ease of Use | Setup and learning effort | 12.5% |
| Integration | Compatibility with development workflows | 12.5% |
| Support | Documentation and support availability | 12.5% |
| Output Quality | Expected usefulness of generated results | 12.5% |
| Licensing | Clarity of commercial-use terms | 12.5% |
| Speed | Expected iteration and processing time | 12.5% |
The overall score is the arithmetic mean of all eight criteria, rounded to one decimal place. All criteria have equal weight. No customer rating count or aggregate-review markup is published.
Evidence and review dates
Provider-page desk review: 20 October 2026. All 54 listings were reviewed, prioritizing common 3D, code, image and audio workflows. This order is an editorial choice, not a measured popularity ranking. There are 29 provider-source checks, including usage models, limited free versions and discontinued products; this is not a claim of 29 verified monthly subscriptions. The other 25 have unresolved current pricing: stale amounts and unconfirmed free-tier flags were withdrawn. Every entry below records its source, outcome and date. Capability and integration flags are inherited unless a specific provider fact is stated; no engine compatibility test was performed.
- Meshy.ai: Free / $20/mo Pro — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Pro monthly billing; API credits and plan allowances must be checked separately.
- CSM.ai: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pages could not be retrieved (502). The old $20 price and free-tier claim are unconfirmed.
- Tripo3D: Free / $5/mo Starter — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Starter is $5/month; Professional is $20/month or $13/month billed annually. Free exports have model-version restrictions.
- Kaedim: Contact provider for scope and price — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Current production service invites teams to contact the provider. No public numerical subscription price was confirmed.
- ElevenLabs: Free / $6/mo Starter — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Starter is the regular entry paid plan. Creator is $22/month; its first-month promotion is not the recurring rate. Free does not include a commercial licence.
- Murf.ai: Free trial / $19/mo Creator (annual) — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Creator is $228 billed annually. Free trial has no downloads or commercial rights. Studio, dubbing and API are distinct offerings.
- Speechify Studio: Free / $100/yr Studio Starter — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Studio Starter is $100 per year upfront, not a $29 monthly Reader subscription. Free Studio has no commercial usage rights or cloning.
- Resemble AI: Commercial voice generation discontinued — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider says commercial voice generation is no longer offered. Open voice models remain available for research and development. The $350/month Team plan is detection/security pricing, not a voice subscription.
- Inworld AI: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Current services use product/model-specific usage pricing. A $25 NPC subscription was not confirmed; TTS prices must not be substituted for NPC runtime pricing.
- Convai: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Pricing workspace did not expose readable plan amounts. The old $22 monthly price is unconfirmed.
- Charisma.ai: Usage-based: $5 / 50,000 credits — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
PRO is pay as you go; the provider describes about 200 experience minutes per 50,000 credits. Enterprise development and platform fees are separate.
- Scenario.com: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pricing page was readable but current plan amounts were not exposed. API access is documented for paid Starter and higher plans; the old $15 price is unconfirmed.
- Skybox AI: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider workspace timed out. The old $19 subscription is unconfirmed.
- Leonardo.AI: Free / $12/mo Essential — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Free shows 150 daily tokens and public creations. Essential has 8,500 monthly tokens and private creation. API billing is separate.
- DeepMotion: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Animate 3D documentation confirms a non-commercial freemium allowance, but paid prices were not exposed. The old $19 rate is unconfirmed.
- Cascadeur: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider page returned regional yen pricing. USD paid pricing was not confirmed. Free is non-commercial and exports only .casc; paid plans are needed for standard engine exports.
- Midjourney: $10/mo Basic — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Basic is $10 monthly or $96 annually upfront. Higher plans change relaxed generation, privacy and commercial eligibility.
- GitHub Copilot: Free / $10/mo Pro — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Individual Pro monthly price. Premium usage allowances and organizational plans differ; do not assume unlimited agent usage.
- Tabnine: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pricing page could not be retrieved. The inherited free tier and $12 plan are unconfirmed.
- Suno AI: Free / $8/mo Pro (annual) — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
The displayed $8/month rate requires yearly billing ($96/year). Free songs have no commercial rights; paid usage and downloads have limits.
- Beatoven.ai: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
The pricing endpoint returned 404 and the alternate endpoint was inaccessible. The old $9 rate is unconfirmed.
- Luma AI Genie: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Current pricing endpoint could not be read and did not establish a Genie-specific 3D subscription. Do not substitute Dream Machine video pricing for Genie.
- Hyper3D Rodin: Free / $30/mo Creator — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Creator is $30 monthly or $288 yearly. Free generation previews do not mean every confirmed model export is free; direct credits cost $1.50 each.
- Spline AI: Free / $15/seat/mo Hobby — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Hobby is $15/seat monthly or $12/seat/month billed annually. AI allowances vary by plan; Max is $70/seat monthly.
- Ideogram: $20/mo Plus / usage credits — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Plus is $20 monthly or $180 annually ($15/month equivalent). Pay-as-you-go credits cost $0.01 each. A current free subscription was not confirmed.
- Krea AI: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Page exposed conflicting promotional and annual Basic amounts. Billing basis and checkout price need confirmation; the old $10 claim was withdrawn.
- Cursor: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Current pricing page lists Plus/Premium while official help still describes Pro/Pro+. These sources conflict; the inherited $20 Pro price is withheld pending reconciliation.
- Rosebud AI: Free / $15/mo Indie Dev — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Indie Dev is $15/month. Commercial rights start at 10x Dev ($30/month); downloadable code starts at Pro ($50/month).
- Replica Studios: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pricing endpoint was inaccessible. Product availability and the inherited $39 subscription need confirmation.
- Audo Studio: Free preview / pay as you go — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
No subscription. Credits cost $0.01 each; tools consume 1–3 credits per minute. The $5 first-purchase pack is not a recurring plan.
- Udio: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pricing workspace exposed no readable plan data. The old $10 subscription and export/commercial-use claims need confirmation.
- Soundraw: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider page did not yield reliable current plan amounts. The old $19.90 rate and game-distribution terms need confirmation.
- Masterpiece X: Legacy: $10.99/mo offer — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
The page labels the 3D web generator as legacy. It shows a $10.99/month launch offer and a $15 one-time 750-credit pack; availability and checkout need confirmation.
- Alpha3D: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pricing workspace exposed no readable plan amounts. The old $49 rate is unconfirmed.
- Polycam: Free / $30/mo Basic — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Basic is $30 monthly or $150/year upfront ($12.50/month equivalent). Business and Enterprise are separate per-user annual plans.
- Kits.AI: Free / $10/mo Starter — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
New-account USD pricing. Free has 15 conversion minutes and no download minutes; Starter includes 15 download minutes and two voice slots.
- ElevenLabs Sound Effects: Free / $6/mo Starter — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Sound effects share ElevenLabs plans and credits; this is not a separate $5 subscription. Commercial licensing starts on paid plans.
- NVIDIA ACE: Component-specific licences / deployment costs — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
ACE is a suite, not a single monthly subscription. Some plugins and SDKs use MIT; model licences and cloud/hardware costs vary.
- Latitude / AI Dungeon: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Subscription workspace was inaccessible. A consumer AI Dungeon plan is not evidence of a developer API licence; the old $9.99 API claim was withdrawn.
- Adobe Firefly: Free / $9.99/mo Standard — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Standard subscription; generative credits, premium models and API billing have separate limits.
- FLUX.1 Pro: Usage-based · model-specific rates — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider pricing is pay as you go, with no seat subscription. The calculator default is not evidence of a FLUX.1 Pro-specific rate; the old $0.055/image claim was withdrawn.
- Stable Diffusion (Civitai): Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Civitai hosting credits and memberships are distinct from self-hosted Stable Diffusion model licences. Provider pricing could not be verified; a universal free commercial licence is not established.
- Windsurf (Codeium): Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Windsurf pricing redirects to Devin pricing. Devin Pro is $20/month, but this does not establish an unchanged Windsurf $10 subscription. Verify migration/account terms with the provider.
- Claude Code: $20/mo Pro — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Pro includes Claude Code subject to usage limits. Annual Pro is $200 upfront; API usage is billed separately.
- Move.ai: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Pricing endpoint returned 404. Current product scope, free trial and the old $49 subscription need confirmation.
- RADiCAL: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Original provider URL redirects to Autodesk Flow Studio. The old RADiCAL $19 subscription is not confirmed; verify migration and availability.
- Flow Studio (formerly Wonder Studio): Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Wonder Studio is now Flow Studio. Provider confirms a free tier and credit-based plans, but current paid amounts were not exposed in this review.
- Plask: Free / $18/mo Standard (annual) — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
The displayed Standard rate is billed annually ($216/year). Free includes a 15-second daily capture allowance.
- Mubert: Free / $11.69/mo Creator (annual) — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Creator is labeled non-commercial; the displayed $11.69 rate requires annual billing. Commercial and app/service use require the appropriate higher plan or API agreement.
- Splice AI: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider page shows Sounds $12.99/month billed yearly and Creator introductory pricing. A distinct Splice AI $9.99 subscription was not confirmed.
- Promethean AI: Free limited version / paid pricing unconfirmed — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider confirms a free individual asset-management version with some AI functionality. Paid prices were not recoverable from the reviewed page.
- SpeedTree: $19/mo Indie — Provider source checked; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Indie eligibility requires funding/revenue below $100,000. Pro is $899/year; library add-ons are separate. SpeedTree is not free with an engine subscription.
- GameDriver: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Pricing endpoint was inaccessible. The inherited free tier and $199 plan are unconfirmed.
- modl:test: Pricing unconfirmed — check provider — Needs verification; reviewed 2026-10-20. Provider pricing ↗
Provider endpoint was inaccessible. Current availability and commercial terms could not be confirmed.
Before treating a score as measured evidence
A documented hands-on evaluation must record the product version and plan, engine and hardware, test prompts or fixtures, outputs, processing time, assessor and date. No such test log is currently attached to these scores. Test shortlisted products on the same representative task in your own project.
Pricing and commercial use
Prices are listed in USD and can vary by billing period, region, taxes, credits and API use. A provider-source check applies only to the stated fact and billing basis. An attempted review date is not successful price verification. Promotional prices, annual commitments, self-hosting costs and usage fees are explicitly distinguished. A licensing score is not a guarantee of legal clearance. Review the relevant model, provider terms, inputs and finished outputs.
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