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Sketchfab for jewelry vs a jewelry 3D viewer

If you are weighing Sketchfab for jewelry, the difference to look at is what the viewer knows about jewellery. 3JD renders gems with refraction and dispersion, detects metals and stones from a CAD file, opens Rhino and MatrixGold .3dm files directly, and adds AR ring try-on and a ring builder to the embed. Last checked: 8 October 2026, against Sketchfab's own pages, listed under Sources.

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Who each tool is for

3JD is for jewellery businesses that want a 3D viewer which renders gems and metals as jewellery, and that want try-on and a ring builder from the same file. See a 3D jewelry viewer for your website for how the embed works.

Sketchfab hosts and embeds 3D models of any kind, on a free Basic plan, a Pro plan and an Enterprise plansrc, and accepts OBJ, FBX, glTF/GLB, STL, PLY, Collada, USD/USDZ and moresrc.

Feature by feature

Capability3JDSketchfab
Rhino and MatrixGold .3dm filesOpen directly, with their units and layersRhino .3dm is not listed among the supported formats, which include OBJ, FBX, glTF/GLB, STL, PLY, Collada and USD/USDZsrc
Viewer embed on your siteYes, locked to the domains you listBasic embeds on every plan; advanced embed customisation, including removing the Sketchfab logo, on Enterprise onlysrc
AR without an appUSDZ export for AR Quick Look on iPhone and iPadApp-free AR is listed on the plans pagesrc
Ring size estimateUS, UK and EU sizes, with a calibration stepNot listed on their site
Ring builderYes, priced on the server as the sum of its partsA ring builder with pricing is not listed; the Viewer API, used to build configurators, is on the plans pagesrc
Shopify or WooCommerceA Shopify connection and theme section, and a WooCommerce plugin, for the ring builderNot listed on their site
Free planYes, with 25 credits a monthBasic is free: 100 MB per model and 10 uploads a monthsrc
Paid plansFrom $99/month, listed on the pricing pagePro at $15 a month billed yearly ($180 a year), with 200 MB per model and 50 uploads a month; Enterprise by quote, with 500 MB per modelsrc

The embeds guide covers publishing the viewer, and export and share covers links, passwords and QR codes. To look at a GLB as the 3JD viewer renders it, open the free GLB viewer.

When to choose Sketchfab

Sketchfab is the broader platform. Its Basic plan is free and includes embedssrc, it accepts a long list of formats, from OBJ and FBX to glTF/GLB and USDZsrc, and it is a public home for 3D models of any kind, not only jewellery. If you want to host and share many kinds of 3D work in one place, or start for free with a general viewer, it suits that job.

3JD is built for jewellery, and that shapes what it is not:

  • A general-purpose home for any kind of 3D model. The studio's materials, lighting, try-on and ring builder are set up for jewellery.
  • A public gallery of work. A designer showcase gallery is on the roadmap, not live.

Questions

Can I embed a 3JD viewer on my own website?

Yes. Publish an embed and paste one snippet into your page. The viewer embed is locked to the domains you list, so it only loads where you allow it.

Which 3D files can I upload?

GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, 3DM and STL, plus Collada and PLY. Rhino and MatrixGold .3dm files open directly, with their units and layers.

Can I share a design privately?

Yes. A design can be shared as a link, and on a paid plan the link can be password-protected.

How current is this comparison?

Last checked: 8 October 2026. The 3JD column comes from the product itself. Every Sketchfab fact comes from Sketchfab's own website, is marked with a link to its page, and is listed under Sources; where their site does not list something, the table says so.

Sources

  1. Sketchfab plansretrieved 2026-10-08
  2. Sketchfab supported 3D file formatsretrieved 2026-10-08

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