
About Maya
Maya is a powerful 3D animation and character design software that has been helping filmmakers, artists, and 3-D professionals create interactive virtual worlds, complex character models, and eye-catching effects and animations. Maya can automatically generate realistic effects on models to simulate natural phenomena.
It is used in both the video game and film industries as the industry-standard software for animated movies, computer games, and commercials.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A fantastic multi-tool for all things 3D.
Reviewed on 2024/08/30
I've been using it for over 10 years and it has never disappointed me, regardless of what level of...
I've been using it for over 10 years and it has never disappointed me, regardless of what level of detail I needed to execute for a project. Fantastic all-rounder.
Pros
The vast amount of functionality within one program, from modelling to nwrapping to texturing and baking/rendering. It has everything you need to complete a full work pipeline.
Cons
The unwrapping functionalities are a bit outdated compared to software that are made for it specifically, though this is to be expected from a "multi-tool" software.
- Industry: Animation
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Almost like Blender
Reviewed on 2024/06/09
Pros
- Tutorials provided for easy learning in the Home Screen
- Shapes at the top of the headlines to use
Cons
- Easy to get confused with program
- Easily can lose file if input wrong button coordinates
- Industry: Computer Games
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Great tool for 3D modellers
Reviewed on 2025/01/09
Though it's not the most user friendly software with old UI but it's has robust UV features and...
Though it's not the most user friendly software with old UI but it's has robust UV features and powerful Integrated Arnold renderer and Xgen (it's difficult to set up and pretty buggy but looks great when it works. Have created props and models using maya plus beauty renders for the portfolio.
Pros
3D modelling, UV & robust retopology tools. Integrated features like Xgen and arnold renderer.
Cons
Random crashes, navigation and the old style UI.
- Industry: Retail
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Great way to make animations, crashes a lot
Reviewed on 2018/01/09
Pros
I love that you can create and build 3D models and make animations. It's easy to make animations with the automatic in-between keys that Maya puts in.
Cons
Maya freezes a lot and uses up too much memory on my laptop. It heats up my laptop and has unexpected crashes. Sometimes something wrong goes with the model and I can never fix it again. Other times the model stops working and I have to open a whole new file to copy and paste the model in to reanimate it.

- Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
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Best game character modeling and animation software
Reviewed on 2021/10/16
Maya has been my very good friend since my school days. I use it to model characters for Unity 3D...
Maya has been my very good friend since my school days. I use it to model characters for Unity 3D game engine. With patience and determination you can push through the steep learning curve and get a good mastery of Maya.
What Maya offers is far greater than the difficulties faced while learning it. I always advice beginners not to rush it and take their time to better understand it. But it quite easy for people already familiar with other modeling and animation software to use Maya.
Pros
Maya is all in one 3D design software. From designing of complex models to detailed texturing then to rigging and animation, Maya is a richly packaged software to satisfy its users.
The yearly update always introduces new feature to make usage easy. Also, the ability to export modeled character directly to Unity 3D for game and virtual reality development makes Maya my choice of game character development software.
Models designed in Maya is supported by most gaming and texturing software.
For beginners, there are enough tutorials to get you started at least for basic modeling and animation, and there is a large support community in case you run into any technical problem.
Cons
Maya is a robust software which makes it hard to wrap your mind around it within a short period of time especially for beginners. It took me years to learn, and as a matter of fact, there are still some functions that I'm yet to master. So it takes time to have a mastery of Maya because of how robust it is.
Also, it is heavy in size and it eat up all the storage space and also there is a need for good graphics card to run it well on your PC. Cant be used on most low end PC.
Maya FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Maya.Q. What type of pricing plans does Maya offer?
Maya offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$215.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
$1,700 - Annually $4590 - Every 3 year
Q. Who are the typical users of Maya?
Maya has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000
Q. What languages does Maya support?
Maya supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Maya support mobile devices?
Maya supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Maya integrate with?
Maya integrates with the following applications:
Amazon Redshift, Daz Studio, Houdini, OctaneRender, RenderMan, SyncSketch, V-Ray, eyecad VR
Q. What level of support does Maya offer?
Maya offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum
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