--- title: Blender Reviews meta\_title: 'Blender Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 319 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Blender works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 319 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Architecture url: https://www.g2.com/categories/architecture --- # Blender Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Blender but has limited features. Are you part of the Blender team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite that supports the entire 3D pipeline, including modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, and video editing. Designed for versatility, Blender caters to a wide range of users, from hobbyists to professionals, enabling the creation of high-quality 3D content across various media platforms. Key Features and Functionality: - Modeling: Comprehensive tools for creating and editing 3D models, including sculpting and retopology. - Rendering: Integrated rendering engines like Cycles and EEVEE for realistic and real-time rendering. - Animation & Rigging: Advanced animation tools with a robust rigging system for character animation. - Video Editing: Built-in video editor for cutting, splicing, and adding effects to videos. - VFX: Tools for motion tracking, masking, and compositing to create visual effects. - Simulation: Capabilities for simulating fluids, smoke, fire, cloth, and rigid bodies. - Scripting: Python API for custom tools and add-ons. Primary Value and User Solutions: Blender's primary value lies in its comprehensive, all-in-one toolset that eliminates the need for multiple software applications, streamlining the 3D creation process. Its open-source nature ensures continuous improvement and adaptability, driven by a global community of developers and artists. Blender empowers users to produce professional-grade 3D content without financial barriers, fostering creativity and innovation across industries such as film, gaming, and design. * * * Seller [Blender](https://www.g2.com/sellers/blender) Discussions [Blender Community](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Pablo Vazquez (CG Artist at Blender Institute) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Unity](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Unity") Unity 4.5/5(364) ](https://www.g2.com/products/unity/reviews) [ ![Cinema 4D](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cinema 4D") Cinema 4D 4.6/5(137) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cinema-4d/reviews) [ ![3ds Max Design](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "3ds Max Design") 3ds Max Design 4.3/5(284) ](https://www.g2.com/products/3ds-max-design/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 319 real user reviews. 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AK Ashish K. Data Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/22/2022 "Blender" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Blender? That's very good software for creative thinker because if you have some vision that this software provide you features with help of that you can create your own vision into virtual reality.You can make the characters and one of the best thing about it this is free of cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? When you take the measurements of yours characters face and then try to draw with scale then that was very hard second it,s faces the lags like if you render the animation then it consume more memory and rendering stoped. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? If blender provide some more features then this is a best options for the creator who are creating very creative anime or character for those people this is the one of the best source to use them skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vikram S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vikram S.") VS Vikram S. Data Scientist | 3D Illustrator | Graphic designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/16/2022 "Blender for Photo-realistic 3D modelling and Animation" 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? Blender is Open-Source and it has a lot of tutorials available on youtube. It took me less than a month to surprise myself with the outcome. It's very good for 3D modeling and animation. There is no limit to the photorealism you can achieve using blender. It also has advanced composting features and the models can be exported to game engines like Unity or Unreal. It's the perfect tool to learn and can make competitive photorealistic renders if used correctly. It can handle high-quality VFX as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? The animation part needs improvement. Slightly complex animation needs python programming. Also, it's not good for games. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? I've used it for commercial 3D illustrations, and video trailers. I made a trailer for my own book as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/16/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JS Jonathan S. Freelance Artist & Designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/18/2022 "Incredible software that goes from strength to strength" 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? Blender is probably the one piece of design software I could no longer be without. 3D, 2D, Animation, Sculpting, Hard surface, real-time rendering & cyclesX, and material/geometry nodes, it now covers a vast amount and the updates only make it even more incredible to use. If I think of an idea for something I would like to create - Blender is the one piece of software that could usually handle anything I throw at it. Yes, there are more specialised bits of software I use alongside it, but at the centre of most of what I do these days - there is Blender. On top of that, the community around it has grown, is very welcoming and support with plugins, tutorials and content continues to grow rapidly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? I think the only downside I can really think of is that the UI for newcomers can still be a little overwhelming at first. It has improved a lot, but sometimes finding a specific feature isn't so easy. It is still evolving over time but again that does make it tricky after some updates when a feature has been moved to another panel or has been renamed to something else entirely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Blender: There are some great tutorials on YouTube to start with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? Blender became the one piece of software I needed to push on with the 3D design part of my work. When I started as a freelance designer 10 years ago, I didn't originally have enough work to justify investing into a license for competing products such as Maya or 3DSMax. Blender I felt was a good stepping stone at the time, but it soon became apparent that it was more than adequate for my needs and seeing it develop massively over the past 3 years or so has been incredible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Binaya M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Binaya M.") BM Binaya M. Freelance Media Production Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/14/2022 "Best 3d modeling software" 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? Blender is one of the best 3d modeling software which is very powerful and free. Because it is free and there are lots of people using it and creating these various communities which help software to improve and easy to get help from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? There is nothing I dislike about the software but for beginners, the UI can look very complex. There are lots of things in the blender but not everything we will use in our projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? Blender is free so it's easy to pick this software for beginners and it also has a large userbase so learning and getting help from other users are very easy. There are lots of tutorials and different custom modifiers created by the third party so it will help to use the Bender easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Mining & Metals](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mining & Metals") UM Verified User in Mining & Metals Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/8/2023 "Blender is a good and complex tool for image and video manipulation" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Blender? It has so many features and you can do a wide range of diverse affects and creations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? It is very complex and has a large learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? It is allowing us to render drawings for projects we are doing in the field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Vishal K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vishal K.") VK Vishal K. Data Scientist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/13/2022 "Complex but high rich IDE for object or animation creation" 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? The freedom to create any object and the shortcut it provides are awesome. It helps me understand basic concepts from the video release by blender channel. No need to go out and search. It also has rich documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? It's little hard to get the all the concepts because it has so much variation that it takes time to get used to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? Create 3-d object and do animation on top of it. It also provides a lot of addon which can fasten your process I want to learn animation so I am learning a lot from it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AK Aleksandra K. Site dolution Engineer, Designer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/12/2022 "Free and powerfull software" 4/5 What do you like best about Blender? Blender is free software, the possibilities of which are almost equal to any other, commercial software type. Software is a full-featured 3D modeling, rendering, and animation program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? The menu seems unreadable at first. Becoming friends with a GUI with such configuration options requires many hours of practice and browsing through hundreds of options, parameters and positions. It is difficult to learn in a few days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Blender: For those who want a powerful 3D modeling tool without spending a penny on it, this is a real gem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? The main advantage of Blender - apart from availability - is low hardware requirements. Takes up little disk space. In addition, it works surprisingly quickly for an application with such great possibilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Cem O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cem O.") CO Cem O. Creative Director Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/15/2022 "Blender review" 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? It provides users with powerful tools to create, ideate and test ideas quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? Blender needs more workforce, currently, they are a small team trying to catch up with new feature requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? Currently, It helps us with automating 3D asset creation to be used in our AR products. This saves us a lot of money considering the manual workflow before blender. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jatin S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jatin S.") JS Jatin S. Graduate Engineering Trainee Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/29/2022 "Best free app for 3D designers." 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? It is very small and does not consume a lot of space. Also, it has a very powerful engine to render 3d Images. Even ray tracing is also possible. It has a huge variety of textures available to make your renders look super realistic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? It is very power-hungry and drains my laptop battery very fast. Not optimized well for portable devices. Should be run preferably on desktop computers only as it heats up the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? I made some renders for my personal portfolio and was quite impressed with the amount of flexibility it has. Moreover being a free open source app it surprised me with the amount of features it offers over comparable counterparts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/17/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vibhor G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vibhor G.") VG Vibhor G. User Experience Designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/15/2022 "Best out there" 5/5 What do you like best about Blender? Blender is the best 3d software I have been using since last 7 years starting from blender 2.49 and it has all the features which is necessary for movie production, animation, editing, conceptualization etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Blender? the initial phase is a little tough when you try to understand what things are needed and where they are but once you grasp the things you'll find it very easy tk create anything that you can imagine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you? sometimes the preferences and add-ons misbehave, but it's easy to sort it out. Also, script writing is very hard and confusing as you don't get any reference or method to actually make an addon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Blender? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Blender ](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/discussions/new) ![Madhavi S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Madhavi S.") MS Madhavi Sanganabhatla • Last activity over 3 years ago Better user manual on sculpting is needed. 4 Upvotes 2 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/13267-better-user-manual-on-sculpting-is-needed) ![Karthika S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Karthika S.") KS Karthika S • Last activity about 1 month ago How has Blender being free and community-supported impacted your 3D modeling workflow? 1 Upvote 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-has-blender-being-free-and-community-supported-impacted-your-3d-modeling-workflow) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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