Material Forge

Freemium#13 of 19 in AI Texture Generators

AI-powered PBR material creation for Unreal Engine workflows

7.0/10★★★★☆Editor score

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At a glance

• Editor score
  7.0 / 10
• Pricing
  Free plan
• Best for
  Unreal and UEFN material creators
• Free plan
  Yes
• Seamless tiling
  No
• Facts checked
  22 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Generates materials from text prompts or reference images
  • Creates base color, normal, roughness, metallic, and emissive maps
  • Exports packages and bridges materials to Unreal Engine 5 and UEFN

• Where it doesn't

  • Free access is limited to 100 monthly credits and one concurrent generation
  • Tiling is not supported
  • The workflow is web-based, with a local bridge for Unreal delivery

Our verdict on Material Forge

Material Forge is a browser-based AI tool for creating PBR materials for Unreal Engine 5 and UEFN. It suits artists and developers who want to describe a material with text, guide generation with a reference image, choose specific maps, inspect results in 3D, and download a packaged asset. The material workflow covers base color, normal, roughness, metallic, and emissive maps, with previews on sphere, box, torus, and plane primitives.

Its main strength is the depth of the material workflow rather than a broad platform ecosystem. Users can adjust material properties and UV transforms before downloading a ZIP that includes configuration and generated maps. Export formats include ZIP, JSON, and PNG. The local bridge provides a direct delivery path to Unreal Engine 5 and UEFN, which makes the product especially relevant to those environments rather than to general-purpose image creation.

The published plans show a Free tier with 100 monthly credits and one concurrent generation, followed by Hobby with 1,000 monthly credits and two concurrent generations, and Professional with 3,000 monthly credits and five concurrent generations. Studio is also listed, and the pricing page supports monthly and annual billing. Material Forge is a strong fit for Unreal and UEFN creators who value map generation, material previews, UV controls, and packaged exports. It is less suitable for workflows that require tiling support or a non-browser production environment.

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Material Forge integrations

Material Forge lists 2 integrations on its own site.

• Unreal Engine 5
• UEFN

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