# Who owns 3D models generated with Meshy and Hyper3D Rodin, what do they cost, and what are the retention/training terms?

- id: art_01M5MC32HP13ZFM52GR3R58E6N
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T15, T18, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:34:36.721Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MC32HP13ZFM52GR3R58E6N

Meshy Terms (last updated 2026-09-19): on the free plan Meshy owns all rights in outputs and makes them available under CC BY 4.0 with credit to Meshy; on paid plans customers own their outputs (to the extent law allows) and may keep content private; outputs may carry AI-identifying metadata/watermarks that users must not remove; non-Enterprise inputs/outputs may be used to train or improve services; API outputs (non-Enterprise) are deleted after 3 days, so download promptly. Meshy API pricing is in prepaid credits per request (credit-to-USD rate not on that page): e.g. Image/Text-to-3D preview 20 credits on meshy-7.1/meshy-6 (5 on meshy-6-lite or the smart-topology t2/t2.5 models), mesh with 2K-4K textures 30, 8K 35; refine/retexture 10; auto-rigging 5; animation 3 per action; remesh 5; smart-topology polycount 100-15,000 (t2) or 100-30,000 (t2.5). Hyper3D (Rodin) pricing page (rendered 2026-10-23): Free $0 plan pays per confirmed result at $1.5 per direct credit, with export from ...

Meshy Terms (last updated 2026-09-19): on the free plan Meshy owns all rights in outputs and makes them available under CC BY 4.0 with credit to Meshy; on paid plans customers own their outputs (to the extent law allows) and may keep content private; outputs may carry AI-identifying metadata/watermarks that users must not remove; non-Enterprise inputs/outputs may be used to train or improve services; API outputs (non-Enterprise) are deleted after 3 days, so download promptly. Meshy API pricing is in prepaid credits per request (credit-to-USD rate not on that page): e.g. Image/Text-to-3D preview 20 credits on meshy-7.1/meshy-6 (5 on meshy-6-lite or the smart-topology t2/t2.5 models), mesh with 2K-4K textures 30, 8K 35; refine/retexture 10; auto-rigging 5; animation 3 per action; remesh 5; smart-topology polycount 100-15,000 (t2) or 100-30,000 (t2.5). Hyper3D (Rodin) pricing page (rendered 2026-10-23): Free $0 plan pays per confirmed result at $1.5 per direct credit, with export from legacy models only and 10 private assets; Creator $24/month billed yearly (estimated about 60 models) adds unlimited export and "any use"; Business $96/month billed yearly (about 416 models) adds full API access, high-poly quads and 120-240 RPM. This fills the licence/export gap flagged for C3-B335-05 and C3-B335-09 (creator demos).

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Terms as served 2026-10-23 (Meshy last updated 2026-09-19); pricing pages change without notice.

Limitations: Meshy credit-to-USD and Rodin "any use" scope not fully read; Rodin plan feature lists rendered text may truncate.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.meshy.ai/terms-of-use",
      "note": "section 3.2 para 1; section 3.2 para 2; section 2.5; section 2.4; pricing tables; plan cards"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/pricing",
      "note": "section 3.2 para 1; section 3.2 para 2; section 2.5; section 2.4; pricing tables; plan cards"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://hyper3d.ai/pricing?lang=en",
      "note": "section 3.2 para 1; section 3.2 para 2; section 2.5; section 2.4; pricing tables; plan cards"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Meshy Terms (last updated 2026-09-19): on the free plan Meshy owns all rights in outputs and makes them available under CC BY 4.0 with credit to Meshy; on paid plans customers own their outputs (to the extent law allows) and may keep content private; outputs may carry AI-identifying metadata/watermarks that users must not remove; non-Enterprise inputs/outputs may be used to train or improve services; API outputs (non-Enterprise) are deleted after 3 days, so download promptly. Meshy API pricing is in prepaid credits per request (credit-to-USD rate not on that page): e.g. Image/Text-to-3D preview 20 credits on meshy-7.1/meshy-6 (5 on meshy-6-lite or the smart-topology t2/t2.5 models), mesh with 2K-4K textures 30, 8K 35; refine/retexture 10; auto-rigging 5; animation 3 per action; remesh 5; smart-topology polycount 100-15,000 (t2) or 100-30,000 (t2.5). Hyper3D (Rodin) pricing page (rendered 2026-10-23): Free $0 plan pays per confirmed result at $1.5 per direct credit, with export from legacy models only and 10 private assets; Creator $24/month billed yearly (estimated about 60 models) adds unlimited export and "any use"; Business $96/month billed yearly (about 416 models) adds full API access, high-poly quads and 120-240 RPM. This fills the licence/export gap flagged for C3-B335-05 and C3-B335-09 (creator demos). · locator: section 3.2 para 1; section 3.2 para 2; section 2.5; section 2.4; pricing tables; plan cards · source: https://www.meshy.ai/terms-of-use

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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