Cascadeur
Rigging, animation & mocap · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free planFree, non-commercial, .casc export only
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Unreal, Blender
Cascadeur vs Meshy
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Our ranking
In Rigging, animation & mocap, Meshy ranks #1 and Cascadeur ranks #2. No independent quality tests found. Ranked on game-dev fit: commercial use allowed; Godot, Unity, Unreal integrations; API and official MCP server.
Meshy
3D model generation · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial use allowed
- Free plan
- Free plan100 monthly credits; outputs CC BY 4.0
- Ship free-plan output?
- Yes
- Engines
- Godot, Unity, Unreal, Blender, Roblox
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: Cascadeur: commercial on paid plans only terms. Meshy: commercial use allowed terms.
- Free plan: Cascadeur: free plan (Free, non-commercial, .casc export only) pricing. Meshy: free plan (100 monthly credits; outputs CC BY 4.0) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: only Meshy allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: Cascadeur: public API, MCP not stated by vendor. Meshy: public API, official MCP server.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: Cascadeur: Unreal, Blender. Meshy: Godot, Unity, Unreal, Blender, Roblox.
Best for
Hand-keyed character animation with AI posing help
Quick text- or image-to-3D props with texturing and rigging
What it does
Physics-based keyframe animation software with AI-assisted autoposing, inbetweening and mocap cleanup; exports FBX, DAE, USD and glTF on paid plans.
Text-to-3D and image-to-3D model generation with AI texturing; paid plans add animation with 600+ motions. DCC bridge listed for Roblox, Blender, Godot, Unity and Unreal.
Verdict
For hand-keyed character animation with AI posing help; free is non-commercial, and Indie only covers studios under $100k a year in revenue/funding.
For quick text- or image-to-3D props with Godot/Unity/Unreal bridges; free output is CC BY 4.0, so you must credit Meshy unless you pay.
Tasks●
Rigging, animation & mocap
3D model generation, Textures & materials, Rigging, animation & mocap
Engines●
Unreal, Blender
Godot, Unity, Unreal, Blender, Roblox
Free plan
Free plan Free, non-commercial, .casc export only
Free plan 100 monthly credits; outputs CC BY 4.0
Pricing
Free (non-commercial, .casc export only). Indie US$19/month or US$8/month billed annually. Pro US$49/month or US$33/month billed annually. Teams US$49/user/month. source
Free: 100 monthly credits. Pro US$20/month (1,000 credits). Higher tiers listed at US$40 and US$70 (Studio, team) per month; Enterprise custom. source
Export formats●
FBX, DAE, USD, glTF on paid plans source
GLB, FBX, OBJ, USDZ, BLEND, STL, 3MF (API target formats) source
Commercial use●
Commercial on paid plans only
Free and Educational: no commercial use. Indie: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000/year. Pro and Teams: full commercial use. source
Free and Educational: no commercial use. Indie: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000/year. Pro and Teams: full commercial use. source
Commercial use allowed
Paid plans: you own the assets you create. Free plan: assets licensed to you under CC BY 4.0 (commercial use with attribution to Meshy). source
Paid plans: you own the assets you create. Free plan: assets licensed to you under CC BY 4.0 (commercial use with attribution to Meshy). source
Revenue share / caps●
Indie plan: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000 a year.
Not stated by vendor
API
Available. In-app Python scripting API (not a cloud API) source
Available. REST API with OpenAPI spec source
MCP server●
Not stated by vendor. A built-in MCP server in Cascadeur 2026.2 was reported by CG Channel; not confirmed on cascadeur.com source
Official MCP server. Open-source MCP server (npm @meshy-ai/meshy-mcp-server) source
Last checked
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