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Maya

3D animation and character design software

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Maya - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Maya overview

What is 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.

Starting price

215flat rate /
per month

Alternatives

with better value for money

Pros & Cons

Ease of Use

Integrations

Pricing

User Interface

Maya’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

4.6

(38)

Maya pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

1-2(1)

3-4(10)

5(27)

What do users say about Maya?

Autodesk should look into cutting their prices, even if that could involve creating cut-down versions of Maya for specific specialties (a version for animation, a version for modelling, etc).

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Who uses Maya?

Based on 38 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Animation

Internet

Human Resources

Computer Games

Others

Use cases

Animation

3D CAD

Maya's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Maya users:

3D modeling

4.5

(8)

Media import

4.4

(7)

Rendering

4.6

(8)

2D drawing

4.3

(4)

Video editing

4.7

(3)

All Maya features

Features rating:

4.7

(38)

2D drawing

4.3

(4)

3D modeling

4.5

(8)

Animation

(0)

Animations & transitions

4.9

(8)

API

(0)

Content library

5.0

(5)

Drag & drop

4.5

(2)

Media import

4.4

(7)

Rendering

4.6

(8)

4.7

(3)

Text overlay

4.7

(3)

Video content

4.5

(2)

Video editing

4.7

(3)

Maya alternatives

Maya

4.6

(38)

Starting from

215

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

3.7

Features

4.7

Value for Money

3.9

Customer Support

4.2

AutoCAD

4.7

(3.2K)

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Starting from

250

/user

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.1

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.2

Customer Support

4.2

3ds Max

4.6

(113)

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Starting from

205

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

3.7

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.0

Customer Support

4.1

CreateStudio

4.8

(578)

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Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.6

Features

4.7

Value for Money

4.8

Customer Support

4.8

Maya pricing

Value for money rating:

3.9

(38)

Starting from

215

Per month

Flat Rate

Pricing details

Subscription

Free trial

Free plan

Pricing range

User opinions about Maya price and value

Value for money rating:

3.9

(38)

To see what individual users think of Maya's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Autodesk should look into cutting their prices, even if that could involve creating cut-down versions of Maya for specific specialties (a version for animation, a version for modelling, etc).”

Bailey W.

Student

“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.”

Yogesh M.

Game Artist

Maya integrations (5)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 38 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Maya integrations and how users feel about them.

RenderMan

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

V-Ray

Integration rating: 3.0 (2)

“Although SketchUp has all the tools to produce very comprehensive images, rendering them into photorealistic pictures is what ultimately sells projects, and V-Ray is what you need to do it.”