This is an independent test. Nothing here came from vendor access: both tools were used on my own free and paid accounts. I set out to obtain one knitted-tray model and record what the tested workflows actually charged. I ended up with two Hyper3D generations, one real ZIP, one blocked Download button and two charges that must stay on separate lines. The first run used Hyper3D Gen-2.5. It took 0.5 Hyper3D credit, produced a preview, and then the tested Free account was told to subscribe b...