# Tripo AI — AI Compare Ninja

> Generate 3D assets and textures by API from text, image, or multiview input.

## Overview
- **Category:** Design & Image (3D, spatial & digital twins)
- **Status:** Active · checked - An active API with a current 2026 pricing and model matrix.
- **Paid from:** $0.10 / $0.20 / Model (H2/H3 text to 3D)
- **Free access:** Free trial (300 free starting credits ($3), valid for two weeks. After that, every generation is billed using credits.)
- **Website:** https://developers.tripo3d.ai/en/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/tripo-ai

## What it does
- Generate 3D assets from text, image, or multiple views via API
- H2, H3, and P1 models with different price-to-quality trade-offs
- Texturing, low-poly, quad-mesh, rigging, and animation as optional steps
- Composable parameter combinations for custom quality levels
- Transparent per-model credit billing by detail level
- API-first platform for integration into custom pipelines

## In brief
Tripo is a composable 3D API that generates 3D models from text, images, or multiple views. Additional steps such as texturing, low-poly output, quad-meshes, parts generation, and rigging can be combined separately.

H2/H3 models start at $0.10; P1 with texture costs $0.40 to $0.50 per model and bills all extras at a flat rate. 300 free credits are valid for two weeks.


## Limits
Tripo prices one credit at $0.01; 300 free credits are valid for two weeks. A simple H2/H3 text-to-3D task starts at $0.10; the current P1 model with standard texture costs $0.40. Additional parameters exist for H2/H3 only: quads +5, detailed texture +10, smart low poly +10, and generate parts +20 credits. P1 is all-in per task with no parameter surcharges. Separate follow-up steps cost extra: texture model 10 (+10 detailed), mesh segmentation 40, mesh completion 50, smart low poly 30, rig 25, retarget 10 per animation, and conversion/export 5 (+5 with optional parameters). These API prices are separate from any web-app subscription.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H2/H3 text to 3D | $0.10 / $0.20 | Model | 10 or 20 credits without/with texture; H2 and H3 models; Additional parameters cost extra |
| H2/H3 image or multiview to 3D | $0.20 / $0.30 | Model | 20 or 30 credits without/with texture; Image or multiview to model; H2 and H3 models |
| P1 text / image to 3D | $0.50 | Model | P1 text costs 30/40 credits without/with texture; P1 image or multiview costs 40/50 credits; Latest quality model |
| Additional parameters (H2/H3 only) | $0.20 | Usage | quad = true: +5 credits; texture_quality = detailed: +10 credits; smart_low_poly = true: +10 credits; generate_parts = true: +20 credits; H2/H3 only; P1 is all-in per task |
| Starting credits | free | 2 weeks | 300 free credits worth $3; Valid for two weeks from the start; 1 credit = $0.01 per the pricing page; At 40 credits per textured P1 text model, that covers 7 models |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://docs.tripo3d.ai/get-started/pricing.html
- https://platform.tripo3d.ai/docs/billing

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/tripo-ai*