--- title: Substance Designer Reviews meta\_title: 'Substance Designer Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 56 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Substance Designer works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 56 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: 3D Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/3d-design --- # Substance Designer Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Substance Designer but has limited features. Are you part of the Substance Designer team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Substance Designer is a node-based non-destructive application for creating materials. Edit complete texture sets fast with the non-linear workflow and see your changes apply simultaneously to all your outputs. Unleash the power of Substance Designer and focus on what really matters: your art. * * * Seller [Adobe](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adobe) Discussions [Substance Designer Community](https://www.g2.com/products/substance-designer/discuss) Languages Supported English, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Vincent GAULT (Tech Artist / Community Manager chez Allegorithmic) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/substance-designer/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Blender](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Blender") Blender 4.6/5(319) ](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/reviews) [ ![3ds Max Design](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "3ds Max Design") 3ds Max Design 4.3/5(284) ](https://www.g2.com/products/3ds-max-design/reviews) [ ![Maya](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Maya") Maya 4.3/5(267) ](https://www.g2.com/products/maya/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/substance-designer/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 56 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/15/2021 "easy node based way of creating materials" 4/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? node based way of creating materials because it's very clear to understand and very easy to work with substance designer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? sometimes I feel if the UI can little bit improved, then that would be better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Substance Designer: its really good and very supportive tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? problems I have used substance designer for fabric material creation process. in that when we assign the texture maps they are not locally imported, they get the global location. so when we move the file for any folder then all the connections are lost. Advantages I used 8k maps with it and it they all work perfectly, I can easily handle the setup with predefined nodes presets s those are very easy. high compatible with Substance painter Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Games](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Games") UC Verified User in Computer Games Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2021 "Substance Designer Review, Great for Game Artists" 5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? The most helpful thing about substance designer is the endless possibilities of material creation. The different options it has for slider settings and how to control your height map is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? The one downside of substance designer is that I feel like you have to go the extra mile with nodes when it comes to color plugins to get the right colors for your materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? Substance designer is helping me do quick solving when it comes to creating tillable textures and trim sheets. The benefits is that I can use alot of randomization in part of the nodes so everything doesnt look so procedural. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2021 "Having a platform specifically for texturing makes delegating 3D projects wayyy easier" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? Creating textures on the fly with the node editor is so much easier than having to painstakingly make textures manually through photoshop and other means Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? Some more direct integration to 3d toolsets like blender and maya would be helpful. Rather than individually exporting textures and then re loading all of them in the used platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Substance Designer: Its amazing, but doesnt directly connect to 3d toolsets, working out of more than the one app takes longer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating textures is alot faster with substance designer over blenders built in cycles node editor. I just wish it could directly integrate as an add on to blender. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film") UM Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/20/2021 "Solid procedural workflow for surfacing" 4/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? The best thing about designer is the realtime feedback. I like being able to iterate so quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? It can be a little hard to get into at first. It is complex by nature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? Building a library of smart materials is a game changer. Also now people are making procedural modelling with displacement, it's getting so powerful! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/1/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in E-Learning](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in E-Learning") UE Verified User in E-Learning Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/24/2021 "Excellent" 5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? User Interface is fantastic, clean and simple Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? Doesn't have much in the way of introductory tutorial. Better tooltips that explain how to use different tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Substance Designer: Use online tutorials first Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? Has developed my understanding of PBR workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Animation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Animation") UA Verified User in Animation Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/26/2021 "lots of great features for both individual and professional use" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? I really love the easy to learn design and endless features to create great materials Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? i wouldn't really say there is much to dislike about the program, anything i dont understand i can find tutorials for Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? as someone who only really focussed on diffuse texturing alone, substance designer and it's counterpart programs have really helped me gain a grasp of the different maps i can use in making a great material Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Animation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Animation") UA Verified User in Animation Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2021 "Substance Designer is an amazing tool" 5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? Designer gives you the freedom to create your own unique material of any sort. It really is a powerful tool! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? The negative part is that it takes some time to learn and comprehend fully. And I could not upload the screenshot to show I am a current user of Substance Designer in this review... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? I can create my own environmental tileable material with a node-based workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Games](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Games") UC Verified User in Computer Games Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/23/2021 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "I Recommended for all the substance Designer is a best software to make all kinds of materials" 5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? I say the one word i like substance designer for the make own Textures for Using any objects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? When i creat heavy material,i am facing my pc going to slow down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Substance Designer: The substance Designer is very usefull and help for create own material Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? I realized that i can make easily Material if i want to make. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Games](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Games") UC Verified User in Computer Games Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/26/2021 "very good program!" 5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? I like how easy it is for unreal to take it from substance and work with models Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? It sometimes can take a little too long to open Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? models look amazing in unreal and being able to have materials I have made saved to it so I can reuse them at a moments notice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Animation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Animation") UA Verified User in Animation Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/23/2021 "easy to use and very powerful" 5/5 What do you like best about Substance Designer? nodes and the learning curve is very easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Substance Designer? I find the program runs slow when the nodes get extremely large Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Substance Designer solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating interesting surface designs and the ability to change them on the fly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Substance Designer? 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 Substance Designer ](https://www.g2.com/products/substance-designer/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Substance Designer used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/substance-designer-what-is-substance-designer-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/substance-designer/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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