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Tripo v3

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tripo-ai/tripo · by Tripo AI · feed-forward-3d-reconstruction

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Tripo AI

Text-to-3D (untextured mesh)

  • $0.01 / credit Historical 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02
    10 credits per generation ($0.10 effective). 1 credit = $0.01 USD, pure pay-as-you-go. Adding a texture pass…

    10 credits per generation ($0.10 effective). 1 credit = $0.01 USD, pure pay-as-you-go. Adding a texture pass in the same call is 20 credits total ($0.20) — see generation-textured. Page is JS-rendered; credit counts cross-checked against Tripo's developer docs and third-party trackers, hence confidence: estimated.

  • $0.01 / credit Current 2026-09-03 → present

Text/Image-to-3D (with texture)

  • $0.01 / credit Historical 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02
    Text-to-3D with standard texture = 20 credits ($0.20). Image-to-3D and multi-view-to-3D are 20 credits (no…

    Text-to-3D with standard texture = 20 credits ($0.20). Image-to-3D and multi-view-to-3D are 20 credits (no texture) or 30 credits (with texture) — $0.20-$0.30.

  • $0.01 / credit Current 2026-09-03 → present

Standalone texture pass (HD)

  • $0.01 / credit Historical 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02

    Re-texture an existing model: standard 10 credits ($0.10), HD 20 credits ($0.20), 8K Ultra 30 credits ($0.30).

  • $0.01 / credit Current 2026-09-03 → present

Retopology (Smart Mesh v2)

  • $0.01 / credit Historical 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02

    Smart retopology v2.0 = 30 credits ($0.30); Basic v1.0 = 10 credits ($0.10).

  • $0.01 / credit Current 2026-09-03 → present

Auto-rigging

  • $0.01 / credit Historical 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02

    Auto-rig = 25 credits ($0.25). Animation retarget is a separate 10 credits ($0.10) per animation.

  • $0.01 / credit Current 2026-09-03 → present

Part segmentation

  • $0.01 / credit Historical 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-02

    Intelligent part segmentation = 40 credits ($0.40).

  • $0.01 / credit Current 2026-09-03 → present

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Capability profile

How Tripo v3 rates across core capability dimensions, with the task-level evidence behind each rating.

geometry quality Strong

Tripo v3.0 Ultra generates up to ~2M polygons with "sharp edges and coherent surfaces" (vendor). Community 3D Arena leaderboard ranks Tripo v3.1 #1 as of Aug 2026 (186,939 votes) — the strongest independent signal available, though it measures perceived quality, not a geometry metric.

prompt alignment Strong

Top of the community preference arena on real prompts. Handles text, image and multi-view conditioning; multi-view improves fidelity to a specific reference.

texture quality Moderate

Standard / HD / 8K texture passes offered as separate operations. PBR output supported. No independent texture-quality benchmark.

topology control Strong

Explicit topology control: Smart retopology v2 (quad), a P1.0 "Smart Mesh" line for game-ready efficient topology at a target polygon count.

rigging and animation Strong

Built-in auto-rig (25 cr) plus animation retarget (10 cr/animation) — more of the asset pipeline in one API than most competitors.

input flexibility Strong

Text, single image, and multi-view all supported as first-class inputs.

generation speed Strong

Positioned as the speed leader — third-party coverage cites ~8 seconds average to a usable mesh, "top choice for game developers in 2026".

Benchmarks

Benchmark Score Config Source
3D Arena (community blind-pairwise Elo) — Tripo v3.1 ranked #1 on the community 3D Arena leaderboard as of 2026-08-03 (186,939 votes; seasons reset to 1000 Elo). Preference signal, not a geometry metric — but it is the only cross-model independent 3D-gen benchmark that exists. source ↗

Operator guidance

The default pick for cost-sensitive, high-volume 3D asset generation with the widest built-in operation set (geometry + texture + retopo + rig + segmentation) and the cheapest credit rate ($0.01). Choose Rodin instead when maximum fidelity / polygon budget matters more than speed or cost; choose Meshy 7 when image-to-3D geometry alignment specifically is the priority; choose Hunyuan3D via an aggregator when you want open-weights and the lowest per-generation price and don't need rig/segmentation.

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