Overview
Spline is a browser-based 3D design platform that lets designers build interactive 3D objects, animations, and web experiences without writing code or managing a local GPU pipeline. You work in a collaborative editor that feels closer to a design tool than a game engine, then embed the result live into Webflow, Framer, Wix Studio, or ship it to iOS, Android, and the web. The AI layer — an agent inside the editor plus AI 3D generation and AI texture generation — lets you describe a model or upload a 2D image and get a usable 3D asset, which meaningfully shortens the asset-creation loop. Variables, APIs, and webhooks let a scene react to real application state, so a 3D hero can reflect live data instead of being a static loop. In our evaluation Spline is the best on-ramp for designers adding 3D to marketing sites and for no-code builders who want genuine real-time 3D rather than a video stand-in — professional studios doing photoreal VFX will still want dedicated software.
Key Features
- No-code 3D editor — design scenes, materials, lighting, and animation timelines in the browser with no install.
- AI 3D and texture generation — generate models from text or images and paint AI textures without manual modeling.
- Live web embedding — drop interactive 3D into Webflow, Framer, Wix Studio, React, or Next.js.
- Multi-platform export — ship to Web, iOS, and Android, plus GLTF, USDZ, and STL exports.
- Stateful scenes — Variables, APIs, and webhooks let a 3D scene react to real app data.
- Real-time collaboration — multiple editors work on the same scene with shared projects and a material library.
Pricing
| Plan | Price (annual) | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Limited personal files, unlimited viewers, watermarked web exports |
| Hobby | $15/mo ($12 billed annually) | Unlimited files, no watermark on web exports, 2,000 credits |
| Pro | $30/mo ($25 billed annually) | Video export, app generation, 3,000 credits, webhooks |
| Max | $70/mo ($60 billed annually) | 10,000 AI credits/mo, higher MCP limits, priority |
| Enterprise | Custom | SAML SSO, self-hosted export, version history, priority support |
Comparison
Compared to Figma, Spline extends the collaborative design canvas into real-time 3D and interactivity, whereas Figma stays flat and UI-focused. Against Canva, Spline is far more powerful for immersive 3D but less of a quick-template content tool. Versus Adobe Firefly, which generates 2D images and some 3D, Spline is an editable 3D scene editor you can embed and animate, not just a generator — pick Firefly for quick assets and Spline when the 3D needs to be interactive on a page.