G2 Vendor Directory

Substance Designer vs. Veras

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

MetricSubstance Designer

by Adobe

Veras

by Chaos Software

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count5618
Ease of use8.08.7
Ease of setup8.68.8
Quality of support8.99.5
Meets requirements8.98.2
NPS67.27272761.111111
Small Business71.4%88.9%
Mid-Market25.0%11.1%
Enterprise3.6%0.0%
Total page views90157
Total LLM citations1341,950

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

Veras

Veras, now powered by GPT-6 Astra, lands your photos, sketches, and renders as editable 3D models. Veras is Chaos's AI rendering software for architects, interior designers, and landscape architects. It turns sketches, 2D images, and 3D models into photorealistic renders and animations, directly inside Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Archicad, Vectorworks, Autodesk Forma, and AllPlan, or through the Veras web app. Generate concepts in seconds, then convert AI renders back into real, scaled 3D geometry inside your BIM or CAD model, no exporting, no app-switching. in Revit, SketchUp, and Rhino.

Pros