head to head/Design Tools

Normal Map Bench vs Spline

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Normal Map Bench

Create Normal Maps Online

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Free

what it is

Normal Map Bench turns a height texture into a clean tangent-space normal map, right in your browser. Inspect the result under a movable light, tune strength, smoothing and gradient filters (Sobel or Scharr), then export a PNG in OpenGL (Y+) or DirectX (Y-) format. Built for 3D artists and game developers who need quick, private texture conversion: no upload, no account, no remote processing.

Spline

3D design for the web, no 3D degree required

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Spline makes interactive 3D scenes as approachable as a Figma frame: model, animate and embed 3D directly into websites with drag-and-drop ease. The tool behind half the floating 3D blobs on modern landing pages.