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AI 3D model generators, text to 3D and image to 3D generation tools , by Tencent , since 2025

Hunyuan3D (Tencent)

Tencent's open-weight text/image-to-3D model, free to self-host or via APIs

Pricing Freemium not disclosed
Free tier Free rate-limited web demo; free self-hosting of open weights if you supply your own 24GB+ VRAM GPU
Platforms
  • WEB
  • API
  • DESKTOP
Our score 7.0/10

What Hunyuan3D (Tencent) does

Hunyuan3D is Tencent's family of open-source 3D generation models (iterated through versions up to 3.x during 2025-2026) that turn text or images into textured meshes. It's offered as a free rate-limited web demo, downloadable open-weight checkpoints for self-hosting, and pay-per-generation APIs through Tencent Cloud and third-party hosts (Atlas Cloud, fal.ai, Pixazo, 3D AI Studio), making it most useful to developers who want to self-host or resell 3D generation rather than end users wanting one polished app.

What you get: Open-weight text/image-to-3D, Self-hostable (community license), Pro tier up to 1.5M polygons, 4K PBR textures, Rapid tier optimized for 2-3 min turnaround.

Typical jobs: Self-hosted 3D generation pipelines; Low-cost pay-per-call 3D generation via API; Research/fine-tuning on open 3D-generation weights.

Worth knowing: Pricing is fragmented across many third-party resellers hosting the same open weights (Tencent Cloud, Atlas Cloud, Pixazo, 3D AI Studio, fal.ai) at different per-generation rates; figures here are drawn from Tencent's own cloud documentation plus two independent reseller pages for comparison.

Pricing and plan limits

Verified August 2026
Plan Monthly Annual (per mo) Limits
Free web demo / self-hosted Free Free Rate-limited free web demo; open weights can be self-hosted at zero license cost if you supply a 24GB+ VRAM GPU
Tencent Cloud Hunyuan3D 3.1 Pro (API) not disclosed n/a $0.225 per generated 3D model, pay-as-you-go
Tencent Cloud Hunyuan3D 3.0 (API) not disclosed n/a $0.375 per generated 3D model, pay-as-you-go

Where it wins

  • Open-weight model can be self-hosted for zero marginal generation cost given a capable GPU
  • Backed by Tencent's scale, with fast public iteration (3.0 to 3.1 within the same cycle) and wide third-party hosting availability

Where it falls short

  • No single official consumer pricing page - per-generation cost varies more than 10x between resellers (roughly $0.02-$0.375) for access to the same underlying model
  • Self-hosting requires a 24GB+ VRAM GPU, out of reach for most hobbyists without cloud rental
  • No polished end-user web app comparable to Meshy/Tripo - mainly consumed via developer APIs or raw model weights

How we scored it

Full methodology
Criterion Weight Score Contribution
Capability 30% 8.0 2.40
Value for money 25% 7.5 1.88
Ease of use 15% 4.5 0.67
Maturity 15% 7.0 1.05
Support & docs 10% 5.5 0.55
Momentum 5% 8.5 0.43
Weighted total 100% 7.0 7.00

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