I have been interested in learning a piece of 3d modeling software for a while, but choosing a program is pretty difficult since there are a lot of programs wit

I have been interested in learning a piece of 3d modeling software for a while, but choosing a program is pretty difficult since there are a lot of programs with non-obvious differences and there doesn't really seem to be one standard. Blenders main feature seems to be that it is free. Maya has more features and is more of a "full stack" 3d program but is apparently pretty messy and difficult to learn. Modo is a more streamlined version of maya. C4D and houdini are more for motion graphics than for anything else. Solidworks and autocad are really only for product design. I have no idea where 3ds Max fits in. 3dcoat and zbrush are for sculpting instead of modeling. And then you also have to choose from a ton of renderers.