A quick shout-out to the community. Our team from RapidPipeline now offers free access to its 3D processing tools for lecturers and students. We've always been dedicated to open source projects, and educational access, and we hope this helps you with your 3D projects.
The new free educational plan includes plug-ins for Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, Substance 3D Painter, and Unreal Engine 5. You just need to sign up with your school email.
Features include mesh optimization, retopology, texture baking, UV unwrapping, 3D format conversion, and more. More info on how lecturers and students can sign up free can be found
here.
A quick overview, in 78 seconds (whew!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LXAsk4tMIThe
Unreal optimization video is kind of cool too.