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Spline
Browser-based 3D that benefits from generated assets rather than competing with them.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — Google has not replaced it
Google's version overlaps, but does not finish the design job, so this one still earns its $9/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Generative 3D still needs an editor to make it usable. Google, December 16, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Blender.
- What the call is worth $108/yr
- $9/mo at the entry paid tier — $108 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Since
- December 16, 2024
- List price
- $9/mo
- Per year
- $108
The backstory
Spline makes interactive 3D scenes for websites without a traditional 3D pipeline. Text-to-3D models generate meshes, but a mesh is not a scene — lighting, interaction, materials and export still need a tool. Spline added its own generation features and came out ahead.
Escape hatches
B 
Blender Free, vastly more powerful, much steeper.
blender.org open_in_new V 
Vectary Similar browser-based 3D.
vectary.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.