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  "limits": {
   "note": "Max export 4K (Essential), 8K (Standard), 16K (Business)."
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/hunyuan3d-studio.json"
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   {
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   {
    "slug": "rodin",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/rodin.json"
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   {
    "slug": "krea",
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    "type": "tool",
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   {
    "slug": "marble",
    "name": "Marble (World Labs)",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/marble.json"
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   {
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   {
    "slug": "meshy",
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   {
    "slug": "mixar",
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   {
    "slug": "sloyd",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/sloyd.json"
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   {
    "slug": "spline-ai",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/spline-ai.json"
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   {
    "slug": "trellis",
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   {
    "slug": "tripo",
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "API key access on Standard and up."
  },
  {
   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Plans page lists 'commercial licensing' only on Business. Terms say you own your assets but grant Blockade a broad licence and need written consent for some commercial uploads; unclear for lower plans."
  },
  {
   "field": "licence",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
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   "field": "lifecycle",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "field": "likeness_cloning",
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
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  {
   "field": "limits",
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   "confidence": "high",
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  {
   "field": "made_by",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "note": "Terms: a Delaware corporation with a notice address in Indianapolis, Indiana."
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  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Equirectangular 360 images, exported up to 16K; HDRI on Business."
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  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://www.blockadelabs.com/tos",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
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   "field": "pricing",
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   "confidence": "medium",
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   "note": "Two unlabelled price sets shown with '$' only (USD assumed); the lower is 20% less, probably the annual-billing rate. No free plan listed on the plans page."
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   "field": "skill_level",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": null
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   "field": "tasks",
   "url": "https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/plans",
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Output is a 360-degree panorama image (skybox/HDRI) rather than a 3D mesh; no vocab task fits exactly."
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 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
}