Tripo AI: Free 3D Model Generator & Pricing

Tripo AI turns text, images and sketches into 3D models for games, 3D printing and AR. The free plan gives 200 credits a month, and Pro costs $20 a month.

Quick answer: Tripo AI is an AI 3D model generator from VAST. You upload a photo, a sketch or a text prompt, and Tripo Studio returns a textured 3D model you can rig, retopologize and export to Blender, Unity, Unreal or a 3D printer. The free plan is enough to test it (about 13 models a month, non-commercial), and Pro at $20 a month adds commercial use and 3,000 credits. Its newest feature, Agentic Canvas, is an AI agent that plans and runs multi-step 3D workflows. We checked every price on the Tripo pricing page on November 4, 2026.

What Tripo AI does

Tripo is built for people who need usable 3D assets fast, not just pretty previews. On its own site, Tripo offers two ways to generate a model:

• High Detail Model: sculpt-style models with up to 2 million polygons for rendering, VFX, product visuals and 3D printing.
• Smart Mesh: clean quad meshes from 500 to 25,000 polygons, meant to drop into games, animation and VR without retopology.
• Texturing: full PBR texture sets (albedo, normal, metallic, roughness) up to 8K, or simple base-color textures for stylized looks.
• Rigging: automatic skeletons for characters and creatures, ready to animate.
• 3D printing tools: smart segmentation splits large models into parts that fit your print bed, with STL, 3MF and OBJ export.
• Game exports: GLB, FBX, OBJ and USD for Unity, Unreal, Cocos, Godot and Roblox.

Tripo says more than 20 million creators have made 200 million models with it. That’s the company’s own figure, but it puts Tripo among the most-used AI 3D generators. If you’re making a game, our guide on how to make a game with AI shows where generated assets fit in.

Tripo Agentic Canvas: what’s new

Tripo launched Agentic Canvas in beta on October 29, 2026, and announced it in a press release on November 2. It’s an AI agent inside Tripo Studio that plans and runs 3D workflows on a visual, node-based canvas, from generation and refinement to export.

• Chat to build a workflow: describe what you want, and the agent lays out the steps as connected nodes.
• Nodes you can edit: texturing, retopology, Smart UV, PBR processing, segmentation and rigging are each a node you can inspect and adjust.
• Reusable pipelines: save, duplicate and reuse a workflow, and batch-process many assets with the same steps.
• AI 3D Lab node: a conversational tool for inspecting and refining a specific asset inside the workflow.

Who can use it: Agentic Canvas is rolling out gradually, with early access for Max and Team users. Tripo says free users can try it for 24 hours. If it appears in the top-left menu of Tripo Studio, your account has it. Tripo itself notes that for a single generation or edit, the standalone Studio tools may be faster, so the canvas pays off mainly when you repeat the same steps across many assets.

Tripo AI Pricing (2026)

Plan	Price	Credits a month	Key extras
Free	$0	200 (about 13 models)	1 task at a time, public models, no commercial use, limited exports
Pro	$20 a month ($240 billed yearly)	3,000 (about 200 models)	Commercial use, private models, 10 parallel tasks, Smart Mesh, batch generation
Max	$90 a month ($1,080 billed yearly)	25,000 (about 1,660 models)	100 parallel tasks, 8K textures, early beta access, Agentic Canvas early access
Team	$55 per seat a month billed yearly ($1,980 a year), or $110 per seat monthly	90,000	Shared workspace and assets, central billing
Credit packs	$10 to $1,000	1,000 to 130,000	Bigger packs include bonus credits

A few things to know. Pro and Max showed the same monthly price with monthly or yearly billing when we checked; the larger discount was on Team seats. New users were offered 50% off the first month. Credit packs are separate from plans: $10 buys 1,000 credits, and the $100 pack adds 2,000 bonus credits to 10,000.

Is Tripo AI free? Yes, there’s a free plan with 200 credits a month, roughly 13 models. Free models are public and can’t be used commercially, so you need Pro for client or store work.

Who Tripo AI is for

Tripo suits indie game developers who need props and characters quickly, 3D printing hobbyists turning photos into printable parts, and e-commerce teams that want 3D product views from a photo. Studios with strict art direction will still clean up and retexture by hand, but Smart Mesh topology cuts that work down. For the bigger picture of where AI is taking games and 3D, see generative AI for video games and our explainer on world models.

Limitations

• Free plan is a test: about 13 models a month, public and non-commercial.
• Credits go fast: high-detail models, retries and 8K textures all draw from the same pool.
• Agentic Canvas is beta: early access is for Max and Team, with a 24-hour trial for free users.
• Hand cleanup still matters: complex characters may need fixes before production use.

Tripo AI is one of the easiest ways to get usable 3D assets from an image or a prompt, and Smart Mesh topology makes the output practical for games, not just previews.

Test it on the free plan, then move to Pro at $20 a month once you need commercial rights. Max only makes sense for heavy batch work or early Agentic Canvas access.