Houdini pricing

Procedural 3D animation, VFX and simulation software from SideFX.

Updated Nov 6, 2026

Plans

Apprentice

$0

More details

non-commercial, watermarked renders

Prices from the official website, United States, in USD, before tax.

Houdini features

What Houdini does, in plain words, from the official Houdini website.

  1. Node-based workflow

    Every action is stored in a node, keeping work procedural.

  2. Procedural environments

    Generate terrain, oceans and clouds with procedural tools.

  3. Scattering tools

    Populate scenes with foliage and rocks using advanced scattering.

  4. Retopology tools

    Retopo tools create production-ready models.

  5. PDG task distribution

    PDG distributes tasks, manages dependencies and builds ML datasets.

  6. Digital assets

    Build shareable digital assets without writing code.

  7. Copernicus and Karma

    Create textures with Copernicus and render photoreal images with Karma.

  8. Solaris USD tools

    USD-based Solaris tools for layout, lookdev and lighting across shots.

Source:sidefx.com/products/houdini ·

How much for your team?

people

Houdini Apprentice for 10 people

$0/month

$0 per year · $0 per person

How this is calculated
  1. Free plan

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United States price in USD, updated Nov 6, 2026. Official pricing page ↗

Houdini pricing questions

  1. Does Houdini have a free plan?

    Yes. Houdini lists a free plan: Apprentice.

More about Houdini

At a glance

Company
SideFX
Pricing model
freemium
Free plan
Yes
Category
CAD & 3D

How the price has moved

Tracking since Nov 6, 2026. No price change recorded yet.

  • Apprentice

    1. Baseline · Nov 6, 2026

      $0 free, non-commercial

United States market, USD. Prices come from the vendor's official pricing page. Data corrections are never shown as price changes.

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