• Features: Lots of high quality models by professional designers
• Number of 3D Designs: 15,000+
• Model Licenses: Various
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: Unity Asset Store

• Features: Extensive how-tos, guides and online classes, thriving community
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Instructables

• Features: Actual stuff, from humanity’s ventures into space.
• Number of 3D Designs: 298
• Model Licenses: None
• Pricing: Free

Visit: NASA 3D Resources

• Features: User and platform curated collections, thriving community. The de facto home for 3D models for 3D printing.
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Thingiverse

• Features: Themed collections, plays nicely with SketchUp
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: None
• Pricing: Free

Visit: 3D Warehouse

• Features: Models of exacting industry quality, offers file conversions if you can’t find a suitable filetype.
• Number of 3D Designs: 500,000+
• Model Licenses: Various
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: TurboSquid

• Features: High quality engineering models, engineering challenges and competitions.
• Number of 3D Designs: 2,090,000+
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free

Visit: GrabCAD

• Features: Models of historic and cultural significance
• Number of 3D Designs: 51
• Model Licenses: Non-commercial
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Smithsonian X3D

• Features: Slick 3D and VR model previewer embeddable on social media
• Number of 3D Designs: 1,500,000+
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Sketchfab

• Features: Tied to an easy-to-use 3D modeler tool with an active community
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: TinkerCAD Things

• Features: Community design challenges, 3D design job boards and original high quality designs
• Number of 3D Designs: 550,000+
• Model Licenses: Various
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: CGTrader

• Features: Your all-purpose-free 3D-model-site
• Number of 3D Designs: 15.000
• Model Licenses: Vary
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Free3D

• Features: Photo-realistic renders
• Number of 3D Designs: 185,006
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Freemium

Visit: 3dsky

• Features: Guaranteed 3D printable objects, community design challenges and varied model categories
• Number of 3D Designs: 30,000+
• Model Licenses: Non-commercial
• Pricing: Free

Visit: MyMiniFactory

• Features: High quality 3D scenes and objects from a community of specialized designers
• Number of 3D Designs: 387
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Evermotion

• Features: Robust advanced search that lets you filter by license
• Number of 3D Designs: 2,500
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons, Public License & custom OpenGameArt
• Pricing: Free

Visit: OpenGameArt

• Features: Detailed categorization of models
• Number of 3D Designs: 45,000+
• Model Licenses: None
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Archive 3D

• Features: 3D models and textures
• Number of 3D Designs: 50.000 +
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free

Visit: CADNow

• Features: Engaging community with artists for hire.
• Number of 3D Designs: 18,731
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Blendswap

• Features: Facilitates workflow for 3D designers and saves costs
• Number of 3D Designs: 100+ Million
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free

Visit: Trace Parts

• Features: Also crawls 3D printing news sources for a handy overview page of what’s going on in 3D printing.
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: n/a

Visit: STLFinder

• Features: Monthly community competitions, Ambassador programme
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: Pinshape

• Features: Search tool allows you to filter by file type
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: n/a

Visit: Yobi3D

• Features: Wealth of high quality interiors and architectural models
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Non-commercial
• Pricing: Free

Visit: 3D Model Free

• Features: Broad marketplace with diverse categories
• Number of 3D Designs: 100,000 +
• Model Licenses: Non-commercial
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: 3DExport

• Features: Highly engineering focused library of CAD models
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free

Visit: 3DContentCentral

• Features: Wide variety of resources beyond 3D models
• Number of 3D Designs: 8,744
• Model Licenses: Various
• Pricing: Free

Visit: ShareCG

• Features: Cloud-based file management system with generous storage allowance
• Number of 3D Designs: 100,000+
• Model Licenses: Various
• Pricing: Freemium

Visit: Clara.io

• Features: Curated collections, custom 3D model commissions
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: Cults

• Features: Curated collections, backed by Ultimaker
• Number of 3D Designs: 12,000+
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: YouMagine

• Features: Informative resource for Octane 3D modelling app
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: PixelLab

• Features: Professional game assets crafted by a working game studio
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Creative Commons (CC0 01.0)
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: Kenney

• Features: Sharing-centric portal for architectural visualizations
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Personal, Commercial
• Pricing: Freemium

Visit: FlyingArchitecture

• Features: Higher degree of control, with full photogrammetry sets and meshes available too
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a, 4 freebies
• Model Licenses: Personal, non-commercial
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: 3D Digital Doubles

• Features: Photo-realistic 3D models + more freebies found on the sites’ blog.
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: Viz-People

• Features: Eerily photo-realistic models ideal for scene setting
• Number of 3D Designs: 4
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: Renderpeople

• Features: Meticulously curated collection of models, some exclusive to the platform
• Number of 3D Designs: 6312
• Model Licenses: Varying Creative Commons
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: Design Connected

• Features: Special focus on full human scans and anatomy
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: 3D Scanstore

• Features: Specialized repository of professional CAD and BIM modeling
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: None
• Pricing: Free and paid

Visit: Syncronia

• Features: High quality product models from recognized brands
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Personal and Commercial Use
• Pricing: Free/Paid

Visit: Dimensivia

• Features: Simple, frustration free design
• Number of 3D Designs: 1,900
• Model Licenses: n/a
• Pricing: Free

Visit: 3Delicious

• Features: High quality 3D models filling a specific, yet essential niche.
• Number of 3D Designs: 139, 45 freebies
• Model Licenses: Personal use
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: blankRepository

• Features: Quality-driven fountain of guaranteed 3D printable files
• Number of 3D Designs: 68 Free 3D Models / 6.000 Paid
• Model Licenses: None
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: 3DShook

• Features: Sorted collections, tie into major game engines
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• Model Licenses: Royalty Free Use
• Pricing: Paid, 3 freebies

Visit: Bitgem

• Features: Feature rich 3D modeler, engaging collaboration tools
• Number of 3D Designs: n/a
• License: Non-exclusive license to access, use, edit, download, alter, change, modify, distribute
• Pricing: Free (registration required)

Visit: Orchard

• Features: Astonishingly high quality renders of people.
• Number of 3D Designs: 75 objects/packs, 2 freebies
• Model Licenses: Personal use
• Pricing: Paid, some freebies

Visit: HumanAlloy

• Features: Quality home decoration for your 3D printer
• Number of 3D Designs: 11
• Model Licenses: Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: gCreate

• Features: Become a scientist from the comfort of you home computer!
• Number of 3D Designs: 19,000+
• Model Licenses: Non-Commercial
• Pricing: Free

Visit: MorphoSource

• Features: Puts the planet’s natural history at your fingertips.
• Number of 3D Designs: 1,800+
• Model Licenses: Various Creative Commons
• Pricing: Free

Visit: GB3D Type Fossils