3DS Max is $300 a month
Maya is $200 month
Cinema4D is $150 a month
These companies have only a fraction of the userbase that Blender has, yet they rake in BILLIONS in profit each and every year.
Blender has millions of users worldwide but only made €3 million in revenue and €0 in profit last year.
Only around €1.2 million came from individuals and generic small donations.
The rest came from corporate sponsors and other
But that wasn't enough to cover the expenses:
€2.7 million staffing costs alone.
The little that was left over had to be split across:
- rent
- travel costs
- office costs
- accounting costs
- advisory costs
- transaction fees
- conference costs
- other various expenses
The reservation for 2025 is in the negative: €-73 k.
To keep Blender alive and get better features faster, Blender needs to not only survive, but to grow a much bigger team.
The only way to do that is with more funding.
Everyone who have downloaded Blender should try donating at least once if you haven't already!
@lunityy Awesome! I'm looking to get both myself. I love Ghost of Tsushima and I've good things about this game. The phone has an impressive camera selfie sensor now.
@imamarisss if you look at it this way that you can now change lightbulbs easily too then the ladder will most def be helpful and reaching other things is just a plus side LOL