Maya vs Maya Creative

Compare the features of Maya and Maya Creative. At 1 Flex token a day, get access to professional modeling, animation, and rendering tools.

Maya Creative
AutoCAD
AutoCAD LT
Maya
Maya Creative
Revit
Revit LT
Maya
Maya

3D modeling

Comprehensive mesh, surface and curve modeling workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
Complete Modeling ToolkitCheckmarkCheckmark
Sculpting ToolsetCheckmarkCheckmark
Symmetrical modeling workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
Polygon reduction and retopology workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
Advanced Boolean workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
OpenSubdiv supportCheckmarkCheckmark
Paint EffectsCheckmark

UV and texturing workflows

Comprehensive UV Editing workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
Complete UV ToolkitCheckmarkCheckmark
Unfold 3D integrationCheckmarkCheckmark
Full UV set supportCheckmarkCheckmark
3D Texture PaintingCheckmarkCheckmark
2D and 3D procedural texturesCheckmarkCheckmark
PSD file supportCheckmarkCheckmark
Transfer MapsCheckmarkCheckmark
Adobe Substance integrationCheckmark

Animation and rigging

Comprehensive character animation workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
Complete Graph EditorCheckmarkCheckmark
Dope SheetCheckmarkCheckmark
Non-linear Time EditorCheckmarkCheckmark
Camera SequencerCheckmarkCheckmark
Unlimited animation layersCheckmarkCheckmark
Blue Pencil 2D workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
Set Driven Key toolCheckmarkCheckmark
Expression EditorCheckmarkCheckmark
Editable Motion TrailsCheckmarkCheckmark
Ghost EditorCheckmarkCheckmark
Complete skeleton and skinning toolsetCheckmarkCheckmark
HumanIK full-body animation systemCheckmarkCheckmark
Quick RigCheckmarkCheckmark
Complete contraint systemCheckmarkCheckmark
Complete set of deformersCheckmarkCheckmark
Component Tags and Falloff supportCheckmarkCheckmark
Parallel rig evaluationCheckmarkCheckmark
GPU accelerated deformationCheckmarkCheckmark
Cached PlaybackCheckmarkCheckmark
Performance Profiler and Evaluation ToolkitCheckmarkCheckmark

Motion graphics

MASH motion graphics toolsetCheckmarkCheckmark
3D Type workflowsCheckmarkCheckmark
SVG vector graphics support CheckmarkCheckmark

Rendering and imaging

Arnold rendererCheckmarkCheckmark
Maya Software rendererCheckmarkCheckmark
Hardware rendererCheckmarkCheckmark
Render SetupCheckmarkCheckmark
Render View with interactive renderingCheckmarkCheckmark
Hypershade CheckmarkCheckmark
ShaderFXCheckmarkCheckmark
Color managementCheckmarkCheckmark
Maya Toon ShaderCheckmark
Vector rendererCheckmark

Dynamics and effects

Bifrost procedural effects platform (read-only)Checkmark
Bifrost procedural effects platform Checkmark
Bifrost Fluids and BOSS Checkmark
XGenCheckmark
Interactive Grooming Toolset Checkmark
Maya Fluid EffectsCheckmark
Maya FurCheckmark
Maya nHairCheckmark
Maya nParticlesCheckmark
Maya nClothCheckmark
Rigid and soft-body dynamicsCheckmark
Bullet PhysicsCheckmark

Pipeline integration

MEL scriptingCheckmarkCheckmark
Python scriptingCheckmarkCheckmark
PySideCheckmarkCheckmark
Customize UI for proprietary toolsCheckmarkCheckmark
Write custom plug-ins with SDKCheckmark
Microsoft .NET API supportCheckmark
PyMel install optionCheckmark
Load third-party plug-ins and toolsCheckmark

Data and scene management

USD for MayaCheckmarkCheckmark
Node EditorCheckmarkCheckmark
File referencingCheckmarkCheckmark
Alembic supportCheckmarkCheckmark
File Path Editor UICheckmarkCheckmark
Open Maya Ascii (.ma) and Maya Binary (.mb) filesCheckmarkCheckmark
Save Maya Ascii (.ma) and Maya Binary (.mb) filesCheckmarkCheckmark
Open Maya LT (.mlt) filesCheckmarkCheckmark
Send to Unity exportCheckmarkCheckmark
Send to Unreal exportCheckmarkCheckmark
Send to Mudbox exportCheckmarkCheckmark
Send to MotionBuilder exportCheckmarkCheckmark
Send to Flame import/exportCheckmarkCheckmark
Send to 3ds MaxCheckmarkCheckmark
Game Exporter CheckmarkCheckmark
ATOM animation export/importCheckmarkCheckmark
Unreal Live Link for Maya supportCheckmark

OS support

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