G2 Vendor Directory

PTC Creo vs. Substance Designer

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPTC Creo

by PTC

Substance Designer

by Adobe

Overall rating4.14.5
Review count20556
Ease of use7.88.0
Ease of setup8.58.6
Quality of support8.18.9
Meets requirements8.78.9
NPS44.84536167.272727
Small Business26.5%71.4%
Mid-Market36.3%25.0%
Enterprise37.3%3.6%
Total page views69590
Total LLM citations0134

PTC Creo

Creo helps you deliver your best designs in less time with numerous productivity and usability enhancements. Manufacturers rely on PTC to deliver innovative CAD tools for designing composites, conducting real-time simulation, driving generative design, and streamlining additive and subtractive manufacturing. And Creo continues to expand Model-Based Definition capabilities, as well as several core modeling functions that make Creo easier for every user.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Modeling
  • Modeling Efficiency
  • 3D Modeling
  • Efficiency

Substance Designer

Substance Designer is a node-based non-destructive application for creating materials. Edit complete texture sets fast with the non-linear workflow and see your changes apply simultaneously to all your outputs. Unleash the power of Substance Designer and focus on what really matters: your art.

Pros

  • Material Quality
  • Accuracy
  • Open-Source Software
  • Modeling
  • Texturing
  • Ease of Use