Gaea

Gaea is ranked #27 of 148 in 3D modeling software on The Geeks Club, made by Gaea (Questa, New Mexico, USA). It runs on Windows. There is a free plan.

Gaea plans and pricing

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Community Edition Not published 1,024 × 1,024 single-build resolution · Non-commercial use quadspinner.com · 20 Sept 2026

Indie $99/mo One-time price for a perpetual license 8,192 × 8,192 single-build resolution · One named user · Up to 2 computers · Revenue under $100,000 quadspinner.com · 20 Sept 2026

Professional $199/mo One-time price for a perpetual license 16,384 × 16,384 single-build resolution · 262,144 × 262,144 tiled-world resolution · One named user · Up to 2 computers · Revenue under $1,000,000 quadspinner.com · 20 Sept 2026

Enterprise $299/mo One-time price for a perpetual license 16,384 × 16,384 single-build resolution · 262,144 × 262,144 tiled-world resolution · One machine per license · Revenue over $1,000,000 quadspinner.com · 20 Sept 2026

Community Edition Free Free for evaluation and non-commercial use · create and view terrains up to 4096 × 4096 · export up to 1024 × 1024 quadspinner.com · 3 Oct 2026

Indie $99 once One-time price for a perpetual license Node-locked · one named user on up to 2 computers · annual gross revenue under US $100,000 · 8K resolution quadspinner.com · 3 Oct 2026

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Gaea

Purpose: Gaea is a terrain design platform for VFX, games, and virtual production.
Terrain creation: Gaea supports terrain creation from procedural forms, imported data, and hand-drawn elements.
Simulation: Gaea provides physics-driven terrain simulations including erosion, debris, glaciers, rivers, snow, and vegetation.
Surface and color: Gaea can generate terrain-aware color, textures, masks, material zones, vegetation data, and flow maps.
Exports: Gaea exports heightfields, meshes, point clouds, textures, masks, and other terrain data.
Integrations: Gaea provides bridges for Unreal Engine and Houdini; the Gaea2Houdini plugin requires a Professional or Enterprise license.
Security: QuadSpinner says its Gaea binaries are signed with a code-signing certificate and provides an installer VirusTotal report.
License connectivity: Gaea must connect to the internet at least once every 28 days to refresh its license; offline licenses are available for Enterprise at additional cost.
System requirements: Gaea requires Windows, a CPU supporting AVX2, and at least 16 GB RAM; GPU compute requires CUDA 12.5 or higher or HIP 6.0 or higher, though CPU-only use is supported.
Support: Support, maintenance, and minor updates are included at no additional cost, and the company says it does not offer a guaranteed support SLA.
Commercial use: The Community Edition is for non-commercial use; the Indie edition is listed for individuals or businesses under US $100,000 in annual gross revenue or capital.
Notable restriction: Using Gaea or its assets to train AI systems is prohibited without QuadSpinner’s prior written consent.
Maker: QuadSpinner is a bootstrapped software studio based in Questa, New Mexico, founded in 2008 by Dax Pandhi and Cynthia Najim.
Headquarters: Questa, New Mexico, USA

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best 3D Modeling Software in 2026#27 of 148
Best Visual Effects Software in 2026#9 of 37
Best Game Texture Software in 2026#8 of 28
Best Game Map Generators in 2026#1 of 27

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Sources

quadspinner.com/About· checked 3 Oct 2026
quadspinner.com/Gaea· checked 3 Oct 2026
docs.gaea.app/guides/use-in/bridges/gaea2houdini/inde· checked 3 Oct 2026
docs.gaea.app/install/install-gaea/index.html· checked 3 Oct 2026
quadspinner.com/FAQ· checked 3 Oct 2026
quadspinner.com/Order/· checked 20 Sept 2026
quadspinner.com/Download· checked 3 Oct 2026
quadspinner.com/Order· checked 3 Oct 2026