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title: "Meshy 5 legacy: workflow fit, costs and terms"
description: "Tracing old assets and migrating saved Meshy 5 workflows"
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canonical: https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/models/meshy-5-legacy
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# Meshy 5 legacy

Tracing old assets and migrating saved Meshy 5 workflows

- **Availability**: legacy
- **Where it runs**: hosted
- **Costs**: Legacy API credit billing; Meshy documents an October 10, 2026 cutoff.
- **Adult content policy**: restricted

Meshy 5 matters when an old tutorial or saved API recipe still points to it. Meshy's comparison guide records discontinuation in August 2026; the API changelog gives October 10, 2026 as the retirement date and says later meshy-5 requests return an error. Meshy recommends 6 Lite as the successor. Save accepted assets, reference inputs and settings before migrating, then compare a representative asset to catch changes in appearance. An older model can still explain how an asset was made, even after it stops being a usable production choice. Start new work on a supported version.

## Commercial use & license

Proprietary hosted model. Paid-plan users can keep output private and own it to the extent allowed by law, subject to source rights and publication conditions. Free-plan output uses CC BY 4.0; that license does not grant access to model weights.

## Adult content rules

Meshy's acceptable-use policy prohibits creating, uploading or sharing pornographic material. Its relevance to adult-game development is limited to permitted non-explicit props, environments and clothed character references.

[Read the policy](https://www.meshy.ai/acceptable-use-policy)

## What you need

Check saved jobs for ai_model: "meshy-5"; preserve accepted files and settings, then migrate to a supported identifier.

Ranks are recommendations for the task described, based on reviewed documentation. Model ranks cover non-explicit development work. We have not run practical benchmarks. Check content policies and commercial terms separately. [How the ranks work](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/methodology.md)

### Sources & further reading

- [Meshy legacy API retirement](https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/changelog)
- [Meshy web-app discontinuation note](https://help.meshy.ai/en/articles/15697060-meshy-7-vs-meshy-6-vs-meshy-6-lite-which-ai-model-should-you-use)

Last checked 5 October 2026.

## Why consider it

- Helps trace the model behind saved assets and tutorials
- Documented 6 Lite successor for API migration
- Accepted assets provide a reference for comparing replacement output

## Tradeoffs to plan for

- Published discontinuation dates differ between the comparison guide and API changelog
- Meshy documents request errors after October 10, 2026
- Unsuitable as a new project's default

The tier reflects documented fit for the workflow described here and availability. No numeric score or hands-on performance results are provided.

[Compare with other models](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/compare?model=meshy-5-legacy)

## Related guides

AI 3D · Intermediate · 6 min read

### [Choose AI 3D tools with a production acceptance matrix](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/guides/choose-ai-3d-tools.md)

Choose hosted or local AI 3D tools by cost per usable asset, commercial rights, editable structure and performance in your game.

Read the guide → A reading priority