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Unity vs Blender: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 15th, 2025
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Features in Game Development
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Best performer
34
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
4
34
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews842
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
4.7
User reviews942
Ease of use
3.7
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.2
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Designed for automotive, transportation, film, architecture, and other industries, a game engine that helps create human machine interface, customize splash screen, build AR simulations, and more.

3D artists, animators, filmmakers, designers, VFX studios, game developers, and architects.

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Amanda E
Co-Founder
5.0

Amanda: Hi, my name's Amanda. I'm a coding coach at Code Wiz - Westford based out of Massachusetts. We're an organization that uses Unity to teach kids how to code and how to do game development. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars. Prior to using Unity, we used a couple of other gaming development platforms such as Roblox Studio and Minecraft Creator, and those are great products, but we didn't get the same physics ability to do light wave, transfer tracing, and other more advanced features that Unity offers. We chose to switch to Unity because of those more advanced features and the way that the kids could create games that looked like video games, that looked like actual marketable things. It's something that has advanced technologies, but it's still easy to use. Unity has a beginner course when you first download the software. That taught us and my coworkers how to use the app, and then we were able to seamlessly transition to teaching our kids that. Everything is set up very intuitively and it's easy to use. I would say use Unity because they have prime in advanced game development softwares while avoiding some of the intricacies of higher level computer languages as well. It's easy to use, it's easy to learn, and it's very simple to create amazing looking projects.

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Kaitlin C
Ceo
3.0

Kaitlin C.: My name's Kaitlin and I am a graphic designer for a promotional product and workforce development company, and I give Blender a 3 out of 5. And other products that we had been using, and one that was more cost-effective and more easily available to our clientele and our employees as they're low income, so. Join the more accessible 3D aspects, it's in this day and age, with 3D printers and other... It just seemed more fun to be doing things the natural 3D on the screen, as opposed to the two dimensionals that was much more catered towards that. And that was one of my favorites aspects. It was just really hard to adapt from one program to another for me and a few others that were trained solely on the other program. And so, it was just the learning curve was there's not much out there on that can learn how to use it as opposed to some other software, so it was just a complicated transition.

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Unity

Top Features
18/34
  • 3D Digital Asset Management
  • 3D Imaging
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Application Management
  • Bug Tracking
  • Cloud Backup
  • Configuration Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Data Import/Export
  • Debugging
  • Gamification
  • Mobile Access
  • Pre-Built Modules
  • Progress Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Workflow Management
  • 2D Drawing
  • 3D Games
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Animation
  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Content Library
  • In-App Purchase
  • In-Game Analytics
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • IT Asset Management
  • Multi-player Gaming Network
  • No-Code
  • Physics Simulation
  • Player Management
  • Prototype Creation
  • Real-Time Data
  • Virtual Reality
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Blender

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Unity
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Blender
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Unity
  • By Unity Technologies
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2005
Blender
  • By Blender Foundation
  • Located in Netherlands
  • Founded in 2002
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