--- title: MeshLab Reviews meta_title: 'MeshLab Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 24 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how MeshLab works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.4 review_count: 24 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: CAD url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad --- # MeshLab Reviews **Vendor:** Meshlab **Category:** [Other CAD Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-cad) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 24 ## About MeshLab A processing system for 3D triangular meshes. It provides a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering, texturing and converting meshes. It offers features for processing raw data produced by 3D digitization tools/devices and for preparing models for 3D printing. ## MeshLab Reviews ### 1. Using MashLab as program for begginers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paula M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2020 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Programs interface is very simple. Setting stl. format (whic I used) is as simple as processing and working on it. The program has many features that simplify the work and allow you to create wanted object, model, etc. I like MashLab because in it you can close 3D point cloud, delete them or even transfer them somwhere elese. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** Sometimes when i want to close 3D point cloud it wont close or it closes with too much extra points which than i have to process extra. It has some bugs in system in some functions which dont work or it shots down the entire program without saving any document or specific part thah has been worked on that point. **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** I definitely recommend it to student and professors working on some 3D objects (scanned human body, scanned object, etc.). **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had the task of closing points of scanned human body, deleting excess points and preparing for transfer to the next program. ### 2. Great tool for visualising meshes! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** amar a. | Research Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2020 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** The simplicity and plug and play approach of the tool. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** Sometimes it crashes randomly, causing loss of work. **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** Should try it out **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've used it to visualise point clouds and also to convert point clouds to meshes. I am using the results in Augmented Reality applciations. ### 3. Handy, well thought. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Florica D. | Florica Duflot, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2019 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Developed by ISTI and CNR, MeshLab is an open source 3D mesh processing software. Its main objective is to provide a complete tool for handling and editing 3D models. For this, it proposes different options of cleaning of the mesh (suppression of the doubles, elimination of the isolated components, coherent unification, automatic filling of the holes, etc.), assembly, smoothing, re-mesh (simplification, subdivision reconstruction of surfaces , etc.), noise suppression and conversion in different formats, which is very convenient. The variety of import / export formats offered by the software is excellent, moreover the function 'printing' is made in high quality (the rendering can go up to 16k x 16k). In addition, MeshLab has other tools such as the measurement tool that can measure linearly the distance between the points of a mesh or as the slicing tool that allows to export flat sections of a mesh format SVG: simple but you had to think about it! **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** Sometimes, it has troubles to rebuild models. Apart from that, I can also quote a bit of lags when the model has plenty of surfaces, but I guess it mostly deals with computer performance. **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** Make sure you have the right computer to edit big structures. **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** It enhances the way I work with 3D shapes, introducing to me a new way of transforming objects. ### 4. Rendering mesh for splitting and combining of models **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yashchenko V. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 22, 2020 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Very good enumeration and visualization of mesh items. Very useful for seeking broken triangles. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** Sometimes not enough zoom in, approaching of models **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** I recommend MeshLab for using in 3D modelling **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Splitting and combining the models ### 5. I used this program for my internship **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zakariae E. | IT Manager and .Net C# developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2020 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** We can use the result of matlab to view 3d object **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** nothing, maybe adding more tools. more functions **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** viewing result of object surface reconstruction ### 6. Raw Data All in One **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 22, 2019 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Its a free program that allows users to edit, clean, repair, inspect, render, and convert meshes, and even merge models into a solid and patch up holes in your 3D model. So it’s very convenient cuz it’s all in one and can process raw data. This software is ideal for processing raw data produced by CAD software and preparing 3D mode **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** There hasn’t been a new program released since two two thousand and sixteen. So, even though meshlab is still one of the best free programs out there, and upgrade is due. **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** Make sure you read go through all the instructions for set up before doing it to save you time. **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Meshlab software is perfect for processing raw data made by CAD software & setting up 3D models for printing. Features include 3D model reconstruction, color mapping and texturing, model visualization, and others. ### 7. The ideal tool to repair 3D objects **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** viviana c. | Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2019 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** I really like Meshlab because it is a very practical software that allows me to repair and sculpt objects in STL format, it is great because I work a lot with all kinds of 3D formats that I always have to redesign. With this program I can soften, clean, render and convert 3D files. The interface is very simple to use, it has a large number of 3D formats compatible with the platform, so I take away the problem of converting objects. Another positive point is that it does not consume many resources on the computer, runs easily on the computer and rarely secures a 3D piece. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** I don't like the navigation that Meshlab has with 3D parts, it is very rough and difficult to handle in many cases. The program does not allow you to create 3D objects from scratch, you can only modify previously designed parts in other programs. The image quality is low, these make it impossible to observe the workpiece in detail. The program does not explain very well all the commands it has, because of this you should look for more information on the internet to better understand all the software. **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** To all users who want to use Meshlab I recommend using this software only to modify 3D parts, refrain from wanting to design a 3D part from scratch because the software is not trained for this. I recommend to all those who have 3D printers that use this software to soften and repair 3D objects it is ideal to use this tool for those cases. **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** This program has helped me a lot because I work with 3D printing and many of the pieces that I download from the Internet bring damages that I can improve with Meshlab, for example render the object so that it has softer edges or simply use the “Repair” tool. ### 8. A free Software for 3D printing and scanning. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2019 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Is a software that deals with the triangular meshes of a design and it's useful to use it for the limitation of size and the reduction of the polygons of the files and 3D elements. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** Some errors may occur when loading a 3D file for 3D printing. When this fails, it's too heavy, so it's necessary to keep its size below 50 MB and less than 1 million polygons. **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides a set of tools to edit, clean, repair, inspect, render, texture and convert meshes. With Meshlab, it's possible to process raw data produced by 3D scanning tools and prepare 3D models for 3D printing. It's very accessible since it's a free software and is available for Windows, OSX and Linux. ### 9. I've been using MeshLab since 2016 and can say that it is a very intuitive software and easy to use! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 15, 2020 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Its intuitive interface and the fact that it is open-source. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** The fact that it doesn't have undo/redo. **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing, cleaning and converting meshes. ### 10. Used mesh labs in a company that I’m working . And it’s great **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Renewables & Environment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2019 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Helped me rebuild a new surface from scratch try the poisson surface reconstruction algorithm. By playing with the params I performed a significant smoothing like frequency cuts and everything **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** It will be great if we get suggestions for errors ... **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** It’s a great open source system for editing meshes. Try it **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Help me render clean and convert different kinds meshes ### 11. Best for 3D modeling **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Semiconductors | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2019 **What do you like best about MeshLab?** Best for creating 3D modeling and triangular meshes .. **What do you dislike about MeshLab?** Could be more smoother on texturing and rendering . As well as need improvement on bug fixes. **Recommendations to others considering MeshLab:** It’s a great tool to build 3D models n meshes. Must use it **What problems is MeshLab solving and how is that benefiting you?** Faced few problems while using transformation filters. ## MeshLab Discussions - [What is MeshLab used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-meshlab-used-for) - [vvbvbvbb](https://www.g2.com/discussions/38161-vvbvbvbb) - 1 upvote - [In the future, will there be an option to undo changes before they become permanent?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/in-the-future-will-there-be-an-option-to-undo-changes-before-they-become-permanent) - 1 upvote - [Will there be any way to import .jpeg textures?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/29953-will-there-be-any-way-to-import-jpeg-textures) - [View MeshLab pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/meshlab/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=4§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-12+12%3A24%3A09+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=511ea9a8-bc51-4380-bf6f-2e086f130545&secure%5Btoken%5D=ed8a7d5ee35f95fc64972657a143de07b18565a0be683797d9c006ab045ce5c8&format=llm_user) ## MeshLab Features **File Support - Additive Manufacturing** - STL Compatible - 3MF Compatible - OBJ Compatible **File Editing - Additive Manufacturing** - Mesh Repair - File Editing **Software Integrations - Additive Manufacturing** - Standalone Slicer - Inetgrated 3D Modeling **Software Type - Additive Manufacturing** - Cloud-based Platform - Downloadable Application **Generative AI - Additive Manufacturing** - AI Text-to-Image - AI Text-to-3D **Building Preparation - Additive Manufacturing** - Material Management - Building Simulation - Slicing Optimization ## Top MeshLab Alternatives - [Blender](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (310 reviews) - [Meshmixer](https://www.g2.com/products/meshmixer/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (21 reviews) - [Autodesk Fusion](https://www.g2.com/products/autodesk-fusion/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (510 reviews)