Blender vs. Cinema 4D

Blender

94 Reviews and Ratings

Cinema 4D

22 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Blender	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite available in under the GNU General Public License. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Blender Cloud is a related service accessible via subscription, and is a training and content platform providing access to expertise from the Blender Institute for advancing one's use of Blender.	$11.50 per month
Cinema 4D	Score9.5 out of 10	N/A	Maxon, headquartered in Germany, offers Cinema 4D, an animaton suite for 3D artists, which the vendor states is suitable for beginners and seasoned professionals alike, who can take advantage of Cinema 4D’s wide range of tools and features to achieve stunning results for demanding, fast-paced 3D production.	N/A

Pricing

Blender

Cinema 4D

Blender Cloud Membership: $11.50
per month

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Pricing Offerings
Blender	Cinema 4D
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Blender	Cinema 4D
Considered Both Products	Open Source Verified User Chose Blender Again, Blender wins over its competition in the number of users and its large community because it is free software. Whether you like it or not, that's a kickstart that makes a noticeable difference. But, indeed, its competition is usually much more powerful and professional, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blender Blender is just as good as Cinema 4D. One huge advantage Blender has is that its free and you don't have to worry about upgrades or license upgrades when wanting to download or purchase the latest version Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Lopez Animation and VFX Engineer at ENZO (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Blender In addition to being free to use, Blender is competent and complete enough to do the same things as these programs. While some stabilization is still needed in some aspects, many of these They work quite well and practically the same as them. In addition, Blender has a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blender Most obvious answer for why we have chosen blender over others is cost. The cost of other software is too high but because blender is free it helps to put our money and resources in the right places. It also helped us to get quality output without additional cost as octane is … Incentivized Helpful? Yaco Lioi Cofundador in Corporate at Yalm (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Blender We selected Blender for most of use cases because it's availability and ease of use. Having no commitment in terms of plans or pricing also gives us more freedom to try it out, and we ended up staying with Blender. Incentivized Helpful? Zeel Pandya SAP ABAP Consultant in Information Technology at AeonX Digital Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Blender As already mention , a Wide range of features and complete set of tools without paying anything . Suitable with any operating system. Getting started with Blender is also easy. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blender Blender is a more user-friendly version of these programs; not only that, but the community behind blender is great; posting everything you need on youtube or offering courses has made it so much easier to learn new ways to make renders or assets, also there are plenty of free … Incentivized Helpful?	Maxon Verified User Chose Cinema 4D I've found other modeling programs to be cumbersome and difficult to wrap your head around at first. While Cinema 4D isn't an "install and run" kind of program, it does lend itself to being easily learned without the expense of being limited or beginner focused. The integration … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Blender	Cinema 4D
Likelihood to Recommend	9.5 (25 ratings)	9.7 (5 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)