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Intro offer · ends Fri 30 Oct 2026

Seedance (Dreamina): First month of Dreamina Basic for $0.29 (98% off); some higher plans 40-50% off the first period

October campaign 21-30 Oct 2026; US prices shown, other markets vary; Basic renews at $15/month (1,575 credits/month); not for users who took the September 90%-off offer

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Promo code · ends Mon 30 Nov 2026

Meshy: 50% off the first month of an eligible monthly plan

New subscribers only; first payment only; Stripe checkout only (not PayPal); one discount per order, so it does not stack with the automatic 50% new-user offer

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Promo code · ends Mon 30 Nov 2026

Meshy: 30% off the first month of an eligible monthly plan

Open to all accounts, not just new ones; one use per account; Stripe checkout only (not PayPal); one discount per order

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Promo code · ends Thu 31 Dec 2026

Meshy: 20% off the first year of an eligible annual plan

New subscribers only; first payment only; Stripe checkout only (not PayPal); one discount per order

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Intro offer

Meshy: 50% off the first month of any monthly plan (Pro, Premium, Ultra, Studio)

New users only; monthly billing; applied automatically

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Sign-up credits

Bake3D: +25% credits on your first credit pack

New accounts; buy the first pack within 72 hours of sign-up; once per account; lost if the pack is refunded

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Sign-up credits

Charisma.ai: 50,000 free credits (about 200 experience minutes) on Pro licence activation

Business customers only; credits last 1 month or until used, whichever is first

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Concept art & 2D assets

ChatGPT#1 in Concept art & 2D assets
Start freePaid: from US$20/mo
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  • Free plan Limited image creation and limited Codex access
PixelLab#2 in Concept art & 2D assets
Start freePaid: from US$12/mo
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  • Free plan No credit card
Leonardo.Ai#4 in Concept art & 2D assets
Start freePaid: from US$12/mo
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  • Free plan 150 fast tokens/day; creations are public
Retro Diffusion#5 in Concept art & 2D assets
Free trialPaid: Pay as you go
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  • Free trial Starting balance for new accounts
Scenario#6 in Concept art & 2D assets
Start freePaid: from US$15/mo
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  • Free plan 50 daily credits; personal/evaluation use only
Ludo.ai#7 in Concept art & 2D assets
Start freePaid: from US$15/mo
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  • Free plan Sprite sheets watermarked
Layer#8 in Concept art & 2D assets
Start freePaid: from US$10/mo
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  • Free plan Start for free (scope unverified)

3D model generation

Meshy#1 in 3D model generation
Offer availablePaid: from US$20/mo
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  • Promo code 50% off the first month of an eligible monthly plan (ends 30 Nov)
  • Promo code 30% off the first month of an eligible monthly plan (ends 30 Nov)
  • Promo code 20% off the first year of an eligible annual plan (ends 31 Dec)
  • Intro offer 50% off the first month of any monthly plan (Pro, Premium, Ultra, Studio)
  • Students and educators Meshy Pro for $5.99/month for 13 months (students); discounted Studio plan (educators)
  • Free plan 100 monthly credits; outputs CC BY 4.0
Tripo AI#1 in 3D model generation
Start freePaid: from US$20/mo
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  • Free plan 200 monthly credits; public, non-commercial
Hyper3D Rodin#3 in 3D model generation
Start freePaid: from US$24/mo
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  • Free plan Credits sold individually
  • Students and educators US$15/mo
Sloyd#5 in 3D model generation
Start freePaid: from US$12.5/mo
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  • Free plan Guest plan: 1 text-to-3D and 1 image-to-3D generation a day, exports of community models only, personal use only
Thrixel#6 in 3D model generation
Start freePaid: from US$20/mo
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  • Free plan 250 Cubes a month; Detailer, Sculptor, Texture and Rig limited to 4 runs each a month; outputs CC BY 4.0
Bake3D#7 in 3D model generation
Offer availablePaid: from US$29/mo
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  • Intro offer 50% off the first month of Pro ($14.50 instead of $29, full 750 credits)
  • Sign-up credits +25% credits on your first credit pack
  • Pay as you go From US$5 for 80 credits; never expire

Textures & materials

Rigging, animation & mocap

Cascadeur#1 in Rigging, animation & mocap
Offer availablePaid: from US$8/mo
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  • Students and educators One-year Cascadeur Pro educational licence for $49
  • Free plan Non-commercial, .casc export only
Rokoko Vision#4 in Rigging, animation & mocap
Start freePaid: from US$10/mo
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  • Free plan 30 seconds of Vision processing per month

Voice & dialogue

ElevenLabs#1 in Voice & dialogue
Offer availablePaid: from US$6/mo
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  • Intro offer First month of Starter for $1 (83% off $6) (ends 1 Nov)
  • Intro offer 50% off the first month of Creator ($11 instead of $22)
  • Students and educators 3 months free across ElevenCreative, ElevenAgents and the API, plus a free year of ElevenReader Ultra
  • Startups Startup Grant: 12 months free with 33M characters
  • Free plan 10,000 credits; non-commercial only
  • Intro price Creator: US$11 first month
Inworld AI#2 in Voice & dialogue
Start freePaid: from US$25/mo
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  • Free plan Pay-as-you-go account
  • Pay as you go US$25 per 1M TTS characters

Music & SFX

Suno#1 in Music & SFX
Start freePaid: from US$8/mo
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  • Free plan No commercial rights
Mureka#4 in Music & SFX
Start freePaid: from US$8/mo
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  • Free plan 4 songs/day on the free model; MP3 only; no commercial rights
Mirelo#5 in Music & SFX
Start freePaid: from €20/mo
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  • Free plan €0/month: 5,000 credits, watermarked exports, non-commercial
Mubert Render#6 in Music & SFX
Start freePaid: from US$14/mo
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  • Free plan 5 downloads/month; non-commercial
AIVA#7 in Music & SFX
Offer availablePaid: from €11/mo
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  • Students and educators Student and school discounts on request
  • Free plan 3 downloads/month; non-commercial
SOUNDRAW#9 in Music & SFX
Offer availablePaid: from US$11.04/mo
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  • Students and educators Academic Plan with discounted access for schools and their students

NPC & AI characters

Convai#1 in NPC & AI characters
Start freePaid: from US$29/mo
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  • Free plan 100 interactions quota
Charisma.ai#3 in NPC & AI characters
Offer availablePaid: Pay as you go
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  • Sign-up credits 50,000 free credits (about 200 experience minutes) on Pro licence activation

Coding assistants

Claude Code#1 in Coding assistants
Offer availablePaid: from US$17/mo
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  • Open-source projects 6 months of Claude Max 20x free (includes Claude Code)
Cursor#2 in Coding assistants
Start freePaid: from US$8/mo
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  • Free plan
GitHub Copilot#4 in Coding assistants
Offer availablePaid: from US$10/mo
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  • Students and educators Copilot Student plan
  • Students and educators Copilot Pro for verified teachers
  • Open-source projects Copilot Pro for maintainers of popular open-source repositories
  • Free plan
Unity AI#6 in Coding assistants
Free trialPaid: from US$10/mo
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  • Free trial Unity Personal: 14-day free trial, then a paid subscription ($10/month per Unity's AI FAQ; currency not stated by vendor). Pro, Enterprise and Industry include monthly credits.
Ludus AI#8 in Coding assistants
Free trialPaid: from US$25/mo
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  • Free trial 14-day Pro trial; free account has no credits

Level & terrain generation

Localisation

Crowdin#1 in Localisation
Offer availablePaid: from US$50/mo
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  • Students and educators Academic licence for public projects; private academic licence at 50% off
  • Open-source projects Crowdin licence for open-source projects
  • Free plan 60K hosted words, 1 private project
Gridly#2 in Localisation
Free trialPaid: from €99/mo
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  • Free trial 14-day Team trial

QA & playtesting

nunu.ai#1 in QA & playtesting
Free trialPaid: from US$200/mo
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  • Free trial 2,000 one-time credits

Trailers & marketing

Seedance (Dreamina)#1 in Trailers & marketing
Offer availablePaid: from US$15/mo
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  • Intro offer First month of Dreamina Basic for $0.29 (98% off); some higher plans 40-50% off the first period (ends 30 Oct)
  • Free plan Daily credits (amount not stated); downloads carry a Dreamina watermark unless subscribed
  • Intro price Basic: US$0.29 first month (promo)
Google Flow (Veo 3.1)#2 in Trailers & marketing
Offer availablePaid: from US$4.99/mo
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  • Students and educators 12 months of Google AI Pro free (includes 1,000 Flow credits/month) (ends 31 Dec)
  • Students and educators 12 months of Google AI Plus free (includes 200 Flow credits/month) (ends 31 Dec)
  • Students and educators Discounted Google AI Pro student plan for up to 4 years
  • Free plan 50 Flow credits per day (a few Veo 3.1 Lite or Omni Flash clips); video may be unavailable to non-subscribers 2-5 PM UTC
Kling AI#3 in Trailers & marketing
Start freePaid: from US$10/mo
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  • Free plan Credits for non-members (amount unverified); outputs carry Kling branding and can't be used commercially
Runway#4 in Trailers & marketing
Offer availablePaid: from US$12/mo
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  • Students and educators 25% off any paid plan
  • Free trial 125 one-time credits

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