Sketchfab
Sketchfab is a browser-based WebGL platform for hosting, viewing, and embedding 3D models, founded 2012 in Paris by Cedric Pinson and Alban Denoyel; Epic Games acquired it July 21, 2021. As of July 2026 it's an Epic subsidiary limited to hosting/viewing -- the Sketchfab Store (buying/selling licensed assets) closed October 22, 2024, with commerce folded into Epic's unified Fab marketplace alongside Quixel and the Unreal/ArtStation marketplaces. Free Basic: 10 uploads/month, 100MB file cap, app-free AR viewing included. Pro is $15/mo billed annually (200MB cap, 50 uploads/mo); Premium is $79/mo billed annually or $129/mo month-to-month (500MB cap, 200 uploads/mo, white-label embeds); Enterprise is custom-quoted. Accepts 30+ upload formats (OBJ, FBX, Collada, glTF/GLB, STL) converted to a proprietary glTF viewer scene. Institutional users include the Smithsonian's and British Museum's public 3D scan archives. Current version/status: Store closed Oct 22 2024; hosting/viewer platform still live (July 2026). License: proprietary SaaS. Pricing: Free Basic (10 uploads/mo, 100MB cap, app-free AR included); Pro $15/mo billed annually (200MB, 50 uploads/mo); Premium $79/mo billed annually or $129/mo month-to-month (500MB, 200 uploads/mo, white-label embeds); Enterprise custom-quoted. Maintained by Epic Games (acquired July 21, 2021; operated as subsidiary alongside Fab, Quixel, Unreal Ma
Pick Sketchfab when you need a free, zero-setup embeddable 3D/AR viewer for a web portfolio or product page -- the glTF pipeline and app-free AR (included even on the free tier) beat hand-rolling three.js or <model-viewer>. Don't pick it to sell licensed assets: that business moved to Fab in October 2024, so Sketchfab itself is a dead end for commerce -- go to Fab or CGTrader instead. Sketchfab's own acknowledged weak spot: its public VR docs still cite Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and Google Cardboard/Daydream -- hardware Meta and Google discontinued years ago -- proof Epic's roadmap money went to Fab, not the viewer. Known weakness: Its own commerce layer is gone -- the Sketchfab Store closed in October 2024 and all buying/selling now routes through Epic's separate Fab marketplace, so creators monetizing content can't do it on Sketchfab itself anymore.