G2 Vendor Directory

Substance Designer

by Adobe

56

Reviews

4.5

Star rating

#26

Rank in 3D Rendering

Pros and cons

Pros

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

Cons

    Traffic & LLM citations

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    Winning from

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    Key stats

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    67

    Small Business

    2

    Adoption by company size

    SegmentShare of reviews
    Small Business71.4%
    Mid-Market25.0%
    Enterprise3.6%

    Quarterly history

    QuarterReviewsStar rating
    2026 Q115.0

    Satisfaction ratings

    Ease of Use8.0
    Ease of Setup8.6
    Quality of Support8.9
    Meets Requirements8.9

    What reviewers say

    Incredibly Powerful Procedural Texturing with Full Material Control

    5.0

    “Substance Designer is an incredibly powerful tool for creating high-quality, procedural textures. It gives full control over materials, allowing me to build complex, reusable textures from scratch with precision.”

    Project Manager

    BEST TOOL FOR DESIGN PROCEDURAL MATERIAL

    4.5

    “Substance designer helps ne to create endless procedural materials and combinations for my 3D projects . This software made specifically for game artists. This software gives you the freedom to create your own unique materials for your needs”

    3D Artist

    Best experience in creating texture assets for 3D

    5.0

    “What I admire most about Substance Designer is the ease with which you can create incredible textures with minor discomfort than other applications. The ability to get all the texture maps you need or the finished material for your substance painter at a glance”

    3d game designer