How much does 3D AI Studio cost?

Basic is $19 a month for 1,000 credits. Studio is $29 for 3,500. Pro is $149 for 18,000 and three seats. Yearly billing takes 40% off. Packs are $34 for 2,000 credits, $69 for 5,000 and $399 for 35,000, and never expire.

Is Visual Sandbox cheaper than 3D AI Studio?

Per mesh, no. An image to 3D run is 20 credits there: about $0.38 on Basic, $0.17 on Studio and $0.34 off a pack, against $0.63 for Hunyuan 3D 3.1 here. Below about 30 meshes a month, Basic costs more in total than paying per mesh here. Visual Sandbox costs $0 in a month you do not create.

Which 3D models does 3D AI Studio use?

Its page says it includes Meshy, Tripo, Rodin and more. Visual Sandbox runs Hunyuan 3D 3.1.

Do Visual Sandbox credits expire?

No. There is no monthly reset. Money you add to the balance stays until you spend it.

All comparisons

Visual Sandbox vs 3D AI Studio

Two aggregators. One sells the month, one sells the mesh.

In short

3D AI Studio plans run $19 to $149 a month for 1,000 to 18,000 credits.
An image to 3D run is 20 credits: about $0.38 on Basic, $0.17 on Studio at full use.
One-time packs never expire: $34 for 2,000 credits is about $0.34 a mesh.
Hunyuan 3D 3.1 is $0.63 a mesh here. No plan, no pack.

Our take. Use 3D AI Studio if you make dozens of meshes a month. Use Visual Sandbox for the odd mesh next to your images and video.

See a model's price

3D AI Studio

3D AI Studio is a 3D generation aggregator: 'Meshy, Tripo, Rodin and more' behind one credit balance, with texturing, rigging, animation, an API and MCP.

Pricing: $19 to $149 a month, or packs
Free plan: Free credits on signup
Also does: Meshy, Tripo, Rodin; rigging, animation, MCP

Side by side

The same 9 questions, asked of 3D AI Studio

Visual Sandbox compared with 3D AI Studio, question by question
What is compared	Visual Sandbox	3D AI Studio
What you pay for	Each generation	A monthly credit plan, or a pack that never expires
What the balance is in	Money. One credit is one cent	Credits. Image to 3D is 20, refining is 5, texturing is free
Free tier	None. A $10 minimum top up	Free credits on signup, no card
Cheapest paid tier	There is no plan	Basic, $19 a month, or about $11.40 billed yearly
A month you make nothing	$0	The plan price, or $0 on packs
The price before you run	A dollar figure on every model page, before you sign in	A credit cost per tool, on the pricing page
Working as a team	Not offered	Pro: a team workspace with 3 seats
From the terminal or an agent	A CLI, an MCP server and an API, on the same balance	A REST API and an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT, on plan credits
The catalogue	37 models	Meshy, Tripo, Rodin and more, behind one balance

Key takeaways

Is Visual Sandbox a good 3D AI Studio alternative?

Where we win

No subscription: Nothing to cancel. A quiet month costs $0.
A dollar price before you sign in: Hunyuan 3D 3.1 reads $0.63 a mesh, before any account.
The balance does not expire: Their packs keep too. Ours also never had a plan to lapse.
Three doors an agent can use: The CLI, the MCP server and the API, on the same balance as the web app.
Image, video and audio too: Nano Banana 2 at $0.09, Veo 3.1 at $0.25 a second, in the same balance as the mesh.

Where 3D AI Studio wins

Cheaper per mesh at full use: About $0.38 on Basic, $0.17 on Studio and Pro, $0.34 off a pack. Ours is $0.63.
Several 3D models in one place: Meshy, Tripo, Rodin and more, which is our own shape of business applied to 3D.
Free tools: Texture AI, remeshing and LOD generation cost no credits.
Packs that never expire: $34, $69 or $399, with no subscription.
An MCP connector: For Claude and ChatGPT, on every plan, plus a REST API.

Worth checking

Full use is the condition: Basic at $19 for 50 meshes is $0.38 each. Make 10 and it is $1.90. A pack fixes that.
The prices are animated: The page draws them as spinning digits. We read $19, $29 with a struck $39, and $149 off the roller positions.
Every plan pays for the top tools: Multi-image to 3D and all tools start at Studio, $29.
Basic caps the assets: Up to 100 a month, and image to 3D at 20 credits means 50 in practice.
We have one 3D model: Hunyuan 3D 3.1, no rigging, no animation, no texture pass.

Allowance or balance

Move the slider. The plan moves in steps.

3D AI Studio's plans, priced by the month, against our balance, counted in image to 3D runs at their 20 credits each.

Basic covers 50 meshes. The 51st costs a Studio plan, at **$29**.
In a month you make nothing, we cost **$0** and the plan still bills.
Fill any plan and it beats our **$0.63** a mesh. Below about 30 meshes, Basic does not.

3D AI Studio resets the allowance every month. Our balance carries.

Drag to your meshes a month40

What a month costs

Visual Sandbox: $25.20
3D AI Studio, billed monthly · Basic: $19.00

Basic is cheaper by

$6.20

The money

The break even, per image to 3D run

3D AI Studio prints a credit cost per tool, so the arithmetic is short: divide the plan price by the runs it covers.

$0.63

Visual Sandbox

Hunyuan 3D 3.1, a mesh, in any month.

$0.38

3D AI Studio Basic

$19 for 50 runs, at full use.

$0.34

3D AI Studio pack

$34 for 2,000 credits, 100 runs, never expires.

3D AI Studio plan	A month	Billed yearly	Credits a month	Image to 3D runs
Basic	$19	~$11.40	1,000	50
Studio	$29	~$17.40	3,500	175
Pro	$149	~$89.40	18,000	900, 3 seats

Packs: $34 for 2,000 credits, $69 for 5,000, $399 for 35,000. About $0.34, $0.28 and $0.23 a run, and they never expire. That is the fair like for like against our balance, and it still costs less per mesh than we do.
Refining a mesh is 5 credits, rigging 20, animation 15. Texture AI, remeshing and LOD generation are free.
Yearly figures are the monthly price less the 40% the toggle advertises. A 7-day money-back guarantee applies.

Which one fits

Which one fits you?

Four questions. The answer names 3D AI Studio when it is the right call.

01 of 04

How many meshes a month?

Or use both

3D AI Studio covers the 3D pipeline. We cover everything that is not 3D, and the odd mesh.

01
Buy a 3D AI Studio pack for the steady mesh work.
02
Make the odd mesh here in a quiet month, at $0.63.
03
Run images, video and audio here, on the same balance.

The call

Which one to pick

Pick Visual Sandbox when

You need a mesh now and then, next to your images and video.
You want a per mesh cost you can put on an invoice.
You want an agent to generate through the CLI or the MCP server on the same balance.
You want the price before you sign in.
You do not want another subscription.