# Beeble alternatives and OTOY Studio vs Beeble

Beeble is the specialist for relighting live-action footage. Beeble Studio and its VFX Pass Generator turn footage into PBR passes (normals, base color, roughness, specular, metallic, alpha and depth) for relighting in Nuke, Blender or Unreal, and SwitchX 2.0 in Beeble Cloud outputs up to 4K at 10-bit. OTOY Studio runs Beeble SwitchX as one node among 111 models, at 720p or 1080p with an alpha matte, and adds 3D and Gaussian splats. Choose Beeble for compositing-grade passes and 4K. Choose OTOY Studio when relighting is one step in a pipeline that also generates the background, a 3D scene or a splat.

## Side by side

| | OTOY Studio | Beeble Cloud | Beeble Studio (desktop) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relighting | SwitchX: relit, recomposited video at 720p or 1080p plus an alpha matte | SwitchX 2.0 up to 4K, 10-bit MOV, 20-second clips (4K on Professional) | SwitchLight 3 passes, up to 4K |
| PBR passes | Not offered | VFX Pass Generator: 8 passes, up to 2K, PNG sequence or MP4 | Multi-channel 16-bit EXR with PBR passes, alpha and depth |
| Node canvas | Yes | Yes, Canvas, with SwitchX, SwitchLight and third-party models | No |
| Other models | 49 video, 23 image, 32 3D and splat, 7 audio | Seedance 2.5, Kling 3 Omni, MiniMax H3, Wan 3.0, Gemini Omni Flash, FLUX 3, Nano Banana and more | Beeble's own models |
| 3D and splats | Image-to-3D and Gaussian splats | 3D Relight and a 3D Scene Generator | No |
| Runs on | Browser | Browser | Windows or Linux with an NVIDIA GPU (12 GB VRAM minimum). No Mac |
| Free plan | 100 credits a month, commercial use allowed | 90 credits a month, non-commercial, no SwitchX or Canvas | 7-day trial |
| Paid plans | €26, €112 and €220 per month (€19, €95 and €200 annual) | Creator $19, Professional $75 per month ($16 and $60 annual) | Indie $42, Standard $250 per month, billed annually |
| SwitchX price | 74 credits (€0.74) per run | Credits on Cloud plans. API from $0.10 per generation | n/a |

Beeble prices from beeble.ai, checked October 20, 2026. Beeble Studio Indie allows commercial use only for organizations under $200K annual revenue.

## Where Beeble is better

- **Passes for compositing.** Normals, albedo, roughness, metallic, specular and depth let a compositor relight in Nuke or 3D. OTOY Studio returns a finished relit video, not passes. See [AI video relighting](https://otoy.studio/answers/ai-video-relighting).
- **Resolution and bit depth.** SwitchX 2.0 in Beeble's own app reaches 4K at 10-bit.
- **Local processing.** Beeble Studio runs on your own GPU, for footage that cannot leave the building.
- **Finishing tools.** SDR to HDR in ACES EXR, matting with MatAnyone and CorridorKey, Despill, and plugins for Nuke, Blender and Unreal.

## Where OTOY Studio is better

- **The rest of the shot.** Generate the new background with an image or video model, a 3D scene, or a Gaussian splat of a real location, then composite the subject into it with SwitchX on the same canvas. See [how to make a Gaussian splat](https://otoy.studio/answers/how-to-make-a-gaussian-splat).
- **3D and splats.** Meshy, Rodin, Hunyuan3D and splat training from photos or video. Beeble does not make meshes or splats you can export.
- **Commercial use on the free plan.** Beeble's free plan is non-commercial and does not include SwitchX.
- **Mac and any browser.** Beeble Studio needs Windows or Linux with an NVIDIA GPU.

## Using both

A common split is to rough out and approve the shot in OTOY Studio, with SwitchX at 1080p, then run the final plate through Beeble Studio or Beeble Cloud when the compositor needs 4K or passes. Outputs from either tool are ordinary video files that work as inputs in the other.

_Last verified 2026-10-20. Prices and model lists come from OTOY Studio's billing configuration, exported 2026-10-20._