--- description: Review of Unity Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Unity | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [App Development Software](/directory/4499/app-development/software) > [Unity](/software/236566/unity) # Unity Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/236566/unity Page: 1 / 35\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/236566/unity?page=2) > Unity is an application development software designed to help businesses create and run 2D and 3D games. The platform enables administrators to collaborate with colleagues and gain real-time insights into player behavior. Managers can visualize product concepts to create and publish augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications using computer-aided design (CAD) assemblies and other 3D data. Additionally, Unity allows teams to prototype, test and visualize applications using WYSIWYG editor. Unity lets businesses integrate the system with several third-party applications including Slack, Discord and Jira. ?Pricing is based on monthly and annual subscriptions and support is extended via FAQs, knowledge base, forum and an online contact form > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 839 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 839 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Unity Technologies - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2005 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$40.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Enterprise annual plan available at $200/mo/ seat min 20 seats. Please contact Unity Technologies for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - 2D Drawing - 3D Games - 3D Modeling - 3D Objects - 3D Visualization - API - Activity Dashboard - Animation - Application Development - Building Information Model - Code Development - Collaboration Tools - Content Library - Content Management - Custom Development - Customer Experience Management - Design Management - Game Development Software - Graphical User Interface - IT Asset Management ## Integrations (6 total) - Blender - Jira - Microsoft Visual Studio - Slack - Trello - Visual Studio Code ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [App Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4499/app-development/software) ## Related Categories - [App Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4499/app-development/software) - [Augmented Reality Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4248/augmented-reality/software) - [VR Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4408/virtual-reality/software) - [Game Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4209/game-development/software) - [3D Rendering Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4612/3d-rendering/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[3ds Max](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/411159/3ds-max) — 4.6/5 (113 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Great games to play" — 5.0/5 > **Leah** | *30 August 2023* | Online Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Super fun ease of features awesome games > > **Cons**: Games sometimes are basically the same > > Great I absolutely love how many games choices ----- ### "Develop amazing, immersive and interactive 3D games" — 5.0/5 > **Nabin** | *2 August 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Games built on Unity can be exported for Windows, Linux, OSx, iOS, Android, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and popular AR and VR devices. Comes with a real-time 3D rendering capability and supports programing on C\#. There is a free version for individuals and students making it more accessible to the starters. > > **Cons**: Features like render textures and stencil buffer support are expensive. Difficult to optimize large games for performance. The longer learning curve with an old-fashioned user interface. > > Unity is the leading game development engine that allows game development for major operating systems. ----- ### "Easy to use but powerful at the same time\!" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *3 December 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Good integration, between drag and drop and manual coding is really useful and make implementing stuff much easy and fast. Learning curve also not too bad, an hour of basic feature tutorial and you can start using it. > > **Cons**: For coding process, we need to use external IDE, which is a bit heavy for low end pc, I hope they able to make their own in Unity IDE so editing code process is much faster and using less memory. ----- ### "Perfect Game Engine" — 4.0/5 > **Mahek** | *6 August 2021* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: The collaboration tool offered by unity is the best thing about it we can easily collaborate with other developers on the same project with the pro version of it. The Unity asset store is another amazing thing about unity we and get the free and paid assets from there both 2D \& 3D. It supports various types of tracing for AR and a Web AR and AR experience could be built using unity. > > **Cons**: The errors are difficult to handle some times specifically regarding he memory issue. The issues regarding the os are more complex to understand wen working on a XR experience. The Assets panel is the most difficult thing to understand for a beginner. ----- ### "Easy game development" — 5.0/5 > **Joel** | *8 September 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is easy to work with, easy to learn and has a free entrypoint from where you can get into the software and learn. You only need a pro licence if you realease and earn. > > **Cons**: The way they have split the versions in render pipelines. Sometimes i need to buy several asset types if i need to compile in several render pipelines. > > It is really easy to learn and has a great assetstore where you can buy extentions to make the software even more powerful. You get several types of compiling in the main package so you would not have to pay extra just to compile a android app. So the open structure of the software makes it easy to get in and run the learning material and get going. I have been stuck to Unity since i tried it and love the asset system. ----- Page: 1 / 35\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/236566/unity?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/236566/unity) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data