With Tripo AI, turn text, images, or sketches into production-ready 3D assets in seconds all within one seamless workflow. Bring your ideas to life faster, smarter, and easier than ever.
⌄⌄ Scroll to DiscoverTripo is an AI 3D generation platform that turns a text prompt, a single photo, a few multi-view images, or even a rough sketch into a usable 3D model in seconds. Instead of blocking out geometry by hand, you describe or show what you want and the model reconstructs the mesh, textures, and materials for you.
It runs entirely in the browser through Tripo Studio, with a separate Tripo API for developers who want to generate assets programmatically. The output is meant as a fast starting point for games, 3D printing, product design, animation, AR/VR, and concept work assets you can refine further in tools like Blender, Unity, or Unreal.
It is built for speed and for a complete workflow, not just a single render and it is one of the more affordable options in the category.
Go from idea to a previewable model in seconds, so you can try ten directions in the time a manual block-out takes for one.
Generate, segment into parts, texture, retopologize, rig, and animate all in one place, instead of stitching several tools together.
Smart Mesh produces game-ready low-poly geometry with sensible edge flow, removing the manual retopology step for many assets.
A generous free tier for experimentation and paid plans that start low, with annual billing discounts for heavier use.
Export to GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, USDZ and more compatible with game engines, DCC tools, and 3D-printing slicers.
A separate REST API lets you bake 3D generation directly into your own apps, games, and storefronts.
Tripo covers the full path from an input to a refined, export-ready asset.
Describe an object in plain language and get a matching textured mesh useful when you have no reference image.
Turn one photo, or 2–4 multi-view shots, into geometry. Clean backgrounds and clear lighting give the best results.
Newer pipelines can lift a rough hand drawing into a fully realized 3D asset.
Split a complex model into structured, editable parts with clean edges for easier rigging and editing.
Apply 4K, PBR-ready textures in one click, then locally repaint specific areas with the Magic Brush.
Auto-rig characters with clean skeletons and skin weights, export in T-pose, and apply animations.
A summary of what is available across Studio and the API.
Dense geometry up to roughly 500K polygons with crisp edges and coherent surfaces.
Clean low-poly meshes generated in about two seconds game and web ready, no retopo pass.
Output quad-based topology suited to animation and further sculpting, not just triangles.
Physically based materials with a high-quality 4K texture option for production-level looks.
Generate several models at once and export in bulk on paid plans.
One-click send to Blender, 3ds Max, Maya, Unity, Unreal, Cocos, and Godot.
From sign-up to a finished, export-ready asset in a handful of steps. Follow the steps below, or watch the video walkthroughs.
Create a free account and open the workspace in your browser. You start with monthly credits to generate models right away.
Pick Text-, Image-, Multi-view-, or Sketch-to-3D depending on what you have. Clean reference images give the best results.
Select a model v3.1 High Detail or Smart Mesh for game-ready topology set your options, and generate. A preview appears in seconds.
Apply PBR textures and the Magic Brush, segment the model into parts, or auto-rig and animate all in the same workspace.
Download as GLB, FBX, OBJ, STL, or USDZ, or one-click send straight to Blender, Unity, or Unreal.
For batch or production pipelines, call the Tripo API to generate and post-process assets programmatically.
Beginner walkthrough
Production-ready 3D, end to end
Generate then import in minutes
Videos are third-party tutorials from the Tripo creator community on YouTube and may reflect earlier interface versions.
Tripo Studio runs on monthly credits (its "tokens"). Generating a model costs roughly 25 credits, so your plan's credit pool sets how many models you can make each month. Annual billing is discounted up to about 50% off the monthly rate.
Credits refresh each billing cycle. The Tripo API is a separate business line with its own keys and usage-based billing (see below), so Studio credits and API credits are billed independently. Prices shown are indicative as of June 2026 and can change check the official pricing page before subscribing.
A REST API for generating 3D assets programmatically text-to-3D, image-to-3D, multi-view-to-3D, plus re-texturing, format conversion, and part segmentation. It is asynchronous: you submit a task, receive a task ID, then poll a status endpoint (or use a callback) until the model is finished and download URLs are returned.
POST a generation request → get a task ID → poll status until FINISHED, or register an HTTPS callback for terminal/progress updates.
Generation on v3.0/v3.1 starts around 20 credits; detailed geometry adds ~30 and quad remesh ~7.5. Re-texturing is ~20–50 and segmentation ~80. P1 game-mesh runs ~60–80.
Returns GLB with optional PBR textures; convert to GLTF, USDZ, FBX, OBJ, STL, or 3MF. Tune face limit, texture quality, seeds, and quad output.
API keys and billing are separate from Studio subscriptions, with an official Python SDK and plain REST for any language.
# Text-to-3D (REST, async) curl -X POST https://api.tripo3d.ai/v2/openapi/task -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "type": "text_to_model", "model_version": "v3.1", "prompt": "a medieval sword with ornate handle", "texture": true, "pbr": true }' # → returns a task_id; poll for the result curl https://api.tripo3d.ai/v2/openapi/task/{task_id} -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Endpoint paths and parameters are illustrative always follow the official Tripo API documentation for exact routes, versions, and current credit costs.
Tripo ships several generation models tuned for different goals pick high fidelity, game-ready topology, or legacy speed.
The current default. Highest detail and geometry precision with improved textures; text, image, and multi-view input; up to ~500K polygons with PBR. Recommended for most work.
Ultra-high-resolution geometry, arbitrary/freeform topology, sketch-to-3D, and direct T-pose export with skeleton binding.
Game-optimized native 3D diffusion. Clean low-poly topology in ~2s, 48–20K face budgets, orientation control, and seeds for reproducible output.
The earlier, lighter model kept for speed and compatibility, still available across some surfaces and the API.
AI 3D generation is powerful but still early it helps to know where it falls short.
Outputs are an excellent starting point, but final production assets usually need touch-up in a DCC tool.
Complex faces, hands, and highly detailed characters can produce inconsistent results.
Great for ideation and base meshes; precise final control still belongs to traditional modeling and CAD.
Free models are public under CC BY 4.0 commercial use and privacy require a paid plan.
It runs in a mobile browser, but serious uploads, edits, and exports work best on desktop.
Usage is metered in credits; heavy iteration can use them up before the cycle resets.
Model ownership & licensing. On the free Basic plan, generated models are public and released under a CC BY 4.0 license, which requires attribution and does not permit commercial use. Paid plans (Professional and above) unlock private models with full commercial rights, so your assets are not published to the public gallery.
API & access. The API uses per-account API keys, and callback URLs must be HTTPS plain HTTP endpoints are rejected. The API is a separate business line with its own access and billing, keeping developer usage isolated from Studio subscriptions.
Data handling. Inputs (prompts and reference images) are processed to generate your models. For specifics on data retention, privacy, and enterprise terms, review Tripo's official privacy policy and terms of service rather than relying on third-party summaries.
A high-level, fair-use overview of how Tripo sits next to popular alternatives. Each tool has genuine strengths; specs and pricing change often, so verify against each vendor before deciding.
| Tool | Best at | Topology / poly range | Entry price | Notable extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripo | Fast iteration & a full pipeline | Up to ~500K; Smart Mesh low-poly 48–20K | Free, then $19.9/mo | Segmentation, rigging, Magic Brush, 3D-print modes, PBR by default |
| Meshy | Geometry detail & hard-surface | ~5K–100K, dense internal geometry | Free, then paid tiers | Symmetry control, character animation, multi-color 3D printing |
| Rodin (Hyper3D) | High-fidelity detailed assets | High-resolution meshes | Credit-based plans | Strong detail capture and material quality |
| CSM | Separable, editable parts | Varies | Credit-based plans | Breaking objects into distinct components |
| Sloyd | Parametric, editable generators | Optimized real-time meshes | Subscription | Visual editing of parametric model templates |
Where Tripo tends to win: speed, lower entry cost, PBR materials on by default, and an unusually complete in-app pipeline (generate → segment → texture → rig → animate). Where rivals may lead: Meshy for fine hard-surface geometry and printing controls, CSM for part separation, Sloyd for parametric editability.
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