External Application Matrix
From Unify Community Wiki
Here is a table of 3D packages showing the features most relevant to Unity. If you are familar with any of the packages please fill in the blank spaces or correct any errors.
| Price range | Platform | Modelling | Animation | bones | Automatic Import | fbx Mesh Export | fbx Animation Export | Texture baking | Normal maps | Two UV maps | |
| Maya 7.0 | Mac/PC | Yes | No | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Cinema 4D 9.5 | Mac | Yes | Yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Cheetah3D | <$100 | Mac | Yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Blender | Free | Mac | Yes | yes | yes | no | no | ||||
| Lightwave 8.5 | Mac/PC | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Modo 102 | Mac/PC | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | ||
| Modo 202 | Mac/PC | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| dim3 Inspire | Free | Mac | yes | no | no | yes | yes | ||||
| Wings3D | Free | Mac | yes | no | no |
