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Render Farm Pricing Explained: GHz-Hours, OB-Hours, Node-Hours and Per-Machine Billing

render — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 03:40:00 +0000

Executive SummaryFour billing units, one cost per frame

GHz-hour • OB-hour • Machine-hour

Render farm pricing uses four common billing units: GHz-hours for CPU work, OctaneBench-hours (OB-hours) for GPU work, node-hours for whole render servers, and machine-hours for GPU servers you rent and run yourself. The listed rate only becomes comparable once you convert it to cost per frame for your own scene. Multiply the frame time by the unit the farm counts, apply the rate for your priority, then add VAT, minimums, idle time and any storage or software charges the farm lists.

Same job, different units: iRender’s measured 300-frame Octane job on 4x RTX 5090 (5.23 card-hours) costs about $59 on iRender and between about $11 and $108 at other farms’ listed rates, before VAT.
OB-hours convert to card-hours: OTOY lists one RTX 5090 at 1,730 in OctaneBench 2025.2, so $0.003 per OB-hour works out to about $5.19 per card-hour.
GHz-hour rates are not like for like: farms may count the GHz in a node differently and rarely say how, so a lower GHz-hour rate does not prove a lower bill.
Rented machines bill while switched on: setup, scene checks and idle time count on machine-hour services, which matters most for short jobs.
Measured jobs on iRender: iRender’s own published Octane and Redshift benchmarks cost about $0.06 to $0.43 per frame at its hourly rates, roughly 1.7 to 2.1 times the same card-hours at a $0.003 OB-hour rate.
What to do next: render three sample frames locally, note the frame time and the hardware, then run the numbers in a cost calculator for two or three farms.

A client wants a 300-frame walkthrough by Friday, and you have four render farm pricing pages open. One quotes GHz-hours, one OB-hours, one node-hours and one an hourly rate for a whole GPU server. None of those numbers answers the question the client asked: what will this cost?

This guide explains how render farm pricing works for each unit, then converts all of them to cost per frame using rates listed on each farm’s page on 9 November 2026. The worked examples use one measured job published by iRender plus stated assumptions, so you can repeat the method with your own scene.

Figure 1.1Render farm pricing • Four billing units

Figure 1.1: the four billing units used on render farm pricing pages and what each one counts. The GHz-hour example follows the worked example in Super Renders Farm’s pricing documentation; the OB-hour example uses OTOY’s listed OctaneBench 2025.2 score for one RTX 5090 and a 6-minute frame (illustrative inputs).

1. Why is render farm pricing so hard to compare?

Render farm pricing is hard to compare because farms bill in different units. CPU farms usually count GHz-hours, GPU farms count OctaneBench-hours, some count whole nodes, and rental services bill the hours a machine is switched on. A rate only means something once you turn it into cost per frame.

1.1. The four billing units at a glance

The table below lists the unit each farm uses, sorted alphabetically. Several farms use two units at once, GHz-hours for CPU and OB-hours for GPU. Others sell a whole server by the hour. Because of that, a lower number on one page can still mean a higher bill.

Billing unitsListed rates, checked 9 November 2026

Render farm pricing: billing unit by farm

How each farm counts usage on its own pricing page, sorted alphabetically. Rates are examples from each page, in the currency the page uses.

Farm	Billing unit	Example listed rate	Billing increment
AnimaRenderCPU servers	Server-hour in AnimaPoints (1 AP = $1)	$6.20 per hour for a Dual AMD EPYC 7642 server; $4.95 for a Threadripper 3970X server	Per second
Fox RenderfarmCPU, GPU tab	Node-hour for CPU	$1.224 per node-hour (Ordinary) down to $0.734 (Diamond, over $10,000 recharged); GPU rates not shown in the page text	Not stated
GarageFarmCPU and GPU	GHz-hour and OB-hour	CPU $0.024 / $0.036 / $0.072 per GHz-hour; GPU $0.004 / $0.006 / $0.012 per OB-hour (low / medium / high)	Per second
GridMarketsCPU and GPU	Machine-hour in credits (US$1 = 1 credit)	Rates not readable in the page text	Per second
iRenderRented GPU servers	Machine-hour for a whole server you run	$10.8 per hour for 1x RTX 5090 ($9.72 when paying for 3 hours or more); $8.2 for 1x RTX 4090 ($7.38)	Per second while the machine runs, per iRender’s FAQ
Ranch ComputingCPU and GPU, EUR	GHz-hour and OB-hour excluding tax	CPU €0.011 / €0.013 / €0.015 per GHz-hour; GPU €0.005 / €0.007 / €0.009 per OB-hour (first price column)	Not stated
RebusFarmCPU and GPU	GHz-hour and OB-hour paid in RenderPoints (1 RP = $1.18)	1.41 cents per GHz-hour and 0.53 cents per OB-hour	Not stated
Super Renders FarmCPU and GPU	GHz-hour and OB-hour	CPU from $0.004 per GHz-hour at Standard (2x Fast, 4x Fastest); GPU $0.003 per OB-hour at every priority	Per second
XesktopRented GPU servers	Machine-hour for a whole server you run	$1.99 per hour for 1x RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB; $3.98 for 2x	Per second

Key takeaway:The same farm can sell CPU time in one unit and GPU time in another. Before comparing render farm pricing, write down the unit, the priority level and the currency of every rate, then convert all of them to cost per frame for your scene.

1.2. What the listed rate leaves out

A pricing page also states, or leaves out, several things that move the final total. These include tax, the priority level, whether waiting time is billed and whether idle time counts. Section 6 covers them. For now, keep one rule in mind: compare totals for a known job, not rates.

2. How do GHz-hours work on CPU render farms?

A GHz-hour is one CPU core running at 1 GHz for one hour. The farm multiplies the cores in the node by their clock speed and by the render time, then charges a rate per GHz-hour. It suits CPU engines such as Corona and V-Ray CPU, where many cores work on one frame.

2.1. The formula, with a worked example

Super Renders Farm’s pricing documentation gives the formula as cores x clock speed x render time. Its own example is a frame that takes 15 minutes on a 64-core machine at 3.5 GHz. That frame uses 64 x 3.5 x 0.25 = 56 GHz-hours. At its Standard rate, listed from $0.004, the frame costs $0.224.

The same 56 GHz-hours would cost $0.79 at RebusFarm’s listed 1.41 cents (read as US cents), or €0.62 at Ranch Computing’s low-priority €0.011. However, those three bills are not for the same work. That is the catch with GHz-hour render farm pricing.

2.2. Why a cheaper GHz-hour rate does not prove a cheaper bill

The GHz figure is a clock speed, not a measure of work done. A modern core at 3.5 GHz finishes more work per hour than an older core at the same clock. Farms also count differently. The pages rarely explain how they arrive at the GHz figure for a node, for example whether they use base or boost clock.

GarageFarm, for example, lists CPU rates from $0.024 to $0.072 per GHz-hour. That is six times Super Renders Farm’s $0.004 at the low end. The pages do not publish enough detail to say whether the two farms count the same GHz in the same way. So a GHz-hour rate is only comparable inside one farm, between its own priority levels.

If you render Corona or V-Ray CPU scenes, the Corona render farm guide and the V-Ray render farm guide list which farms support each host app.

3. How do OB-hours work on GPU render farms?

An OB-hour is GPU time weighted by the card’s OctaneBench score. A card that scores 1,730 uses 1,730 OB-hours in one hour of rendering. The farm multiplies those OB-hours by its rate, so faster cards cost more per hour but finish sooner.

3.1. What OctaneBench measures

OctaneBench is OTOY’s benchmark for OctaneRender. Its results page scores each GPU relative to a GTX 980, which sits at 100. On 9 November 2026 the page listed OctaneBench 2025.2 scores of 1,730 for one RTX 5090 and 1,307 for one RTX 4090. It also listed 1,641 for an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition.

3.2. Converting an OB-hour rate into a card-hour price

Multiply the OB-hour rate by the card’s score to get the cost of one card for one hour. At Super Renders Farm’s $0.003 per OB-hour, one RTX 5090 costs about $5.19 per hour. Super Renders Farm lists $5.17 per hour for one RTX 5090, close to that figure. Its own documentation counts the card as 1,731 OB, which shows that farms can use slightly different scores for the same GPU.

The same conversion gives about $6.92 per RTX 5090 hour at GarageFarm’s low priority and about $9.17 at RebusFarm. Ranch Computing’s low-priority €0.005 gives about €8.65. These figures assume every farm scores the card at 1,730. Super Renders Farm’s documentation and GarageFarm’s pricing page both name OctaneBench 2025.2.1; the other pages do not state a version. RebusFarm lists its rate as “0.53 cent/OBh” without saying whether the cent is in US dollars or RenderPoints, so these figures assume US dollars.

3.3. Where OB-hours mislead

OctaneBench measures Octane. Redshift, Cycles and V-Ray GPU scale differently from card to card. As a result, an OB-hour price is a fair way to bill hardware, but a rough way to predict your own frame time. For Redshift or Blender jobs, see the Redshift render farm guide and the Blender render farm guide.

4. What does node-hour pricing mean?

Node-hour pricing charges a flat rate for each render server per hour, whatever its benchmark score. The bill is nodes x hours x rate. To compare it with GHz-hour or OB-hour pricing, you need the node’s exact hardware, because that decides how many frames it finishes in an hour.

4.1. Two examples from pricing pages

Fox Renderfarm lists CPU node-hours from $1.224 (Ordinary) down to $0.734 (Diamond, for accounts that have recharged over $10,000). Its page states that each node includes 64GB of RAM by default and that larger RAM costs extra. It also notes that some rendering software carries additional charges, shown when you submit a task.

AnimaRender sells server-hours in AnimaPoints, where 1 AP costs $1. It lists $6.20 per hour for a Dual AMD EPYC 7642 server and $4.95 for a Threadripper 3970X server, billed per second. The page also states that the final cost of a render does not depend on server type, so ask which figure applies to your job.

4.2. What to check before trusting a node-hour rate

Ask for the CPU or GPU model, core count, RAM and the number of nodes your job can use at once. A low node-hour rate on older hardware can cost more per frame than a higher rate on newer hardware. Render one sample frame on the trial before you budget the rest.

5. How does per-machine billing work on a rented GPU server?

Per-machine billing charges an hourly rate for a whole GPU server that you start, use through remote desktop and shut down yourself. You pay while it runs, so scene checks and idle time count. In return, you control the software, the plugins and the render settings.

5.1. Two services that bill this way

Xesktop lists one RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) at $1.99 per hour and two cards at $3.98, with per-second billing and no monthly minimum. It says the server is billed only while it runs, and its homepage lists volume discounts down to $0.99 per hour.

iRender’s pricing page lists RTX 5090 servers with 1, 2, 4 or 8 cards, from $10.8 per hour for one card to $62 for eight. Paying for 3 hours or more lowers those rates by about 10%, for example to $9.72 and $55.80. RTX 4090 servers start at $8.2 per hour. iRender’s pricing page lists its data center as Uptime Tier III with ISO 27001, ISO 20000 and ISO 9001 certifications, and the company provides an NDA document for projects that need one (checked November 2026).

5.2. How billing and saved machines work on iRender

iRender’s user documentation sets out the cycle. Billing on pay-as-you-go runs from the moment the machine starts running until you press Shutdown, and the documentation states that the boot step is not charged. Boot takes about 7 to 10 minutes for a machine under 50GB, 10 to 15 minutes between 50GB and 100GB, and more than 18 minutes above that.

The machine itself persists between sessions. According to the documentation, iRender saves the working environment after each session, including installed software, settings and files kept on the local C drive. On the next boot you continue in the same setup, so software is installed once, not every session. The documentation recommends keeping only software on the C drive, since a larger machine boots more slowly.

What does not survive is work that never reached a disk. Anything still unsaved in an open application is gone after shutdown, and iRender’s FAQ adds that shutdown purges temporary data caches. The documentation also warns that a forced Reset may cause data loss. It advises saving render output to the C drive, because output written to a network drive may not save if the connection drops. Results then go to the OUTPUT (Y:) drive before you shut down, so you can download them.

5.3. The limitation that matters for cost

The meter runs whenever the machine is on, whether or not it is rendering. Forgetting to shut down after an overnight batch costs real money, so the platform offers a Schedule Shutdown option. The video below walks through the start, render and shutdown cycle.

Video from the iRender YouTube channel: iRender Quick Start 2026: Cloud GPU Render Farm Setup Guide.

5.4. What the higher hourly rate buys

A rented server earns its cost when the job needs software an automated farm will not run, or when the work is interactive. Lumion, Enscape, D5 Render and Twinmotion are real-time renderers that run on a workstation GPU. Lumion’s knowledge base states that conventional render node functionality is not available in Lumion, so a full remote machine is the practical route for it. Check the other apps’ own cloud guidance before you choose. For a long Corona or V-Ray CPU batch, a GHz-hour farm that bills only render time may cost less. The table below sets out what each model gives you for the money.

Two billing modelsFrom iRender’s documentation and farm pricing pages, November 2026

What the machine-hour rate buys

A rented GPU machine (iRender as the example, per its own documentation) against a job-queue farm billed in OB-hours or GHz-hours.

Factor	Rented GPU machine (iRender example)	Job-queue farm
Price for the same workTable 6.1 example	Higher per card-hour $9.50 per card-hour on the 4-card machine in the measured Octane job ($38 per hour), or $9.72 on one card at the 3-hour rate	Lower at low or standard priority about $5.19 to $9.17 per RTX 5090 hour in USD; GarageFarm medium and high priority cost more
Software you can runApps, plugins, versions	Anything you install with your own licences, including real-time apps such as Lumion, Enscape, D5 Render and Twinmotion	The farm’s supported list checked against your app, engine and plugin versions
Setup across sessionsRepeat jobs	Install once the working environment is saved after each session, and boot time is not billed	Upload and validate per job GarageFarm and Super Renders Farm state that queue time is not billed
Interactive workLook-dev, fixes, test frames	Full remote desktop adjust the scene and re-render on the same machine	Edit locally, then re-submit each fix means a new upload and job
Hardware per jobGPU and VRAM	You choose the machine 1, 2, 4 or 8 RTX 5090 cards with 32GB each; VRAM does not add up across cards	Assigned by the farm by priority and node availability
Billing riskWhen nothing renders	Meter runs while on idle time counts; Schedule Shutdown helps	Billed per job runtime queue and idle time not billed at GarageFarm and Super Renders Farm
Long projectsWeeks of work	Prepaid blocks of 3 hours or more about 10% off the hourly rate, per iRender’s pricing page	Volume credit packages for example RebusFarm and Fox Renderfarm tiers

Key takeaway:In this example iRender’s rented machine costs more per card-hour than most job-queue rates, while Xesktop’s rented card costs less, so the billing model alone does not set the price. iRender’s higher rate earns its keep when you need software a farm does not run, interactive changes on the same machine, or the same environment across many sessions. For a one-off Octane or Cycles batch with a supported setup, a job-queue farm is often the cheaper route.

6. How do you turn any unit into cost per frame?

Take one frame time from a test, convert it into the farm’s unit, apply the rate, add overheads, then divide by the frame count. The table below takes one measured GPU job, a 300-frame Octane sequence that iRender rendered on its own 4x RTX 5090 machine, and prices the same work at each farm. It shows how far render farm pricing can spread for the same work.

6.1. One job priced at listed rates

Same job, seven setupsMeasured render time from iRender; other rows are conversions

One measured GPU job priced at listed rates

iRender’s published Octane benchmark: 300 frames at 1920×1080, 15.6 seconds per frame on a 4x RTX 5090 machine (1h 18m 24s). That is 5.23 card-hours, or 9,042 OB-hours at OTOY’s 1,730 score. Rented machines include 0.25 hours for opening the scene and copying results; boot is not billed on iRender. Rates as listed on 9 to 10 November 2026, before VAT and package discounts.

Farm and setup	Rate used	Units billed	Job cost	Cost per frame
GarageFarmOB-hour, low priority	$0.004 per OB-hour	9,042 OB-hours	$36.17 ($54.25 medium, $108.50 high)	$0.12
iRender 5i, measured4x RTX 5090, machine-hour	$38 per hour (job under 3 hours, so no 3-hour rate)	1.56 hours (1.31 measured rendering + 0.25)	$59.15	$0.20
iRender 3i, estimated1x RTX 5090, machine-hour	$9.72 per hour (3+ hour rate)	Up to 5.48 hours (5.23 card-hours + 0.25)	Up to $53.23	Up to $0.18 one card avoids multi-GPU losses, so the real time is likely shorter; about 5.5 hours of waiting
Ranch ComputingOB-hour, low priority	€0.005 per OB-hour excluding tax	9,042 OB-hours	€45.21	€0.15
RebusFarmOB-hour	0.53 cents per OB-hour currency of the cent not stated; USD assumed	9,042 OB-hours	$47.92 before RenderPoint package discounts	$0.16
Super Renders FarmOB-hour	$0.003 per OB-hour	9,042 OB-hours	$27.13	$0.09
Xesktop1x RTX PRO 6000, machine-hour	$1.99 per hour	5.76 hours (9,042 / 1,641 OB, + 0.25)	$11.46	$0.04 OctaneBench speed only; about 5.8 hours of waiting on one card

Key takeaway:Only the iRender 5i row is a measured run; every other row converts the same card-hours into each farm’s unit, assuming its nodes render with the same efficiency. On this job iRender costs about $59, against $11 to $48 elsewhere at low or standard priority, while finishing in about 1.5 hours on a machine the user controls. GarageFarm’s high priority, at $108.50, costs more than iRender. Repeat the method with your own frame time.

The table holds the frame time fixed and changes only the rate and the unit. In a real comparison, the frame time changes too, because each farm runs different hardware. Use it as a template rather than a ranking.

6.2. Why eight GPUs are not eight times faster

Multi-GPU rendering scales below linear, and how far below depends on the engine. In Puget Systems’ 2022 test with up to seven RTX 4090 cards, OctaneBench reached about 6.9x a single card. V-Ray GPU reached about 6x, and Redshift peaked at 4.5x. For an 8-card RTX 5090 machine, an iRender article states about 7.5x to 7.8x for Octane and 7.2x to 7.6x for Redshift, without published test details, so treat those as provider figures.

That matters when you choose a machine size. In the measured job above, the 4-card 5i machine cost $38 per hour. The 8-card 9i lists $62 per hour for runs under 3 hours, so it only saves money if eight cards finish this job at least 1.63 times faster than four. With near-linear Octane scaling, as in Puget’s OctaneBench result, eight cards would take about 41 minutes and cost about $58, roughly the same as the 5i. With Redshift-type scaling the 9i would cost more. Your engine’s scaling decides whether a bigger machine saves money, so render one test frame on 4 and on 8 cards before you budget the job.

6.3. What do measured jobs cost on a rented machine?

iRender publishes more real render times on its YouTube channel, each recorded on one of its machines, so those runs can be priced directly. The table below converts six of them at the listed hourly rate, without the 0.25-hour allowance used in table 6.1. It also shows what the same card-hours would cost at OB-hour rates, as a rough cross-check.

Measured jobsProvider tests published by iRender, priced at listed rates on 10 November 2026

iRender’s published benchmarks, priced

Render times from iRender’s own YouTube benchmarks (1920×1080, Cinema 4D), priced at the hourly rate for runs under 3 hours. Boot is not billed; opening the scene and copying results would add a few minutes.

Benchmark	Machine and render time	iRender cost	Per frame	Same card-hours at OB-hour rates
Octane, 300 framesVideo published Sep 2026	5i, 4x RTX 5090, 1h 18m 24s (15.6s per frame)	$49.65 at $38 per hour	$0.17	$27.13 to $36.17 9,042 OB-hours at $0.003 to $0.004
Octane, same scene4x RTX 4090, Sep 2026 comparison	5S, 4x RTX 4090, 1h 34m (18.8s per frame)	$47.00 at $30 per hour	$0.16	$24.57 to $32.76 8,191 OB-hours
Octane, 320 framesVideo published Aug 2026	9S, 8x RTX 4090, 1h 2m	$53.73 at $52 per hour	$0.17	$32.41 to $43.22 10,805 OB-hours
Redshift, 301 framesCloth simulation, Sep 2026	3i, 1x RTX 5090, 1h 46m 30s (21.3s per frame)	$19.17 at $10.8 per hour	$0.06	$9.21 to $12.28 3,071 OB-hours
Redshift, 150 framesVideo published Oct 2026	5i, 4x RTX 5090, about 1h 42m (40.84s per frame)	$64.66 at $38 per hour	$0.43	$35.33 to $47.10 11,776 OB-hours
Redshift, 360 framesVideo published Aug 2026	9S, 8x RTX 4090, 1h 18m	$67.60 at $52 per hour	$0.19	$40.78 to $54.37 13,593 OB-hours

Key takeaway:On these measured jobs, iRender’s hourly rate works out to about 1.7 to 2.1 times the same card-hours at Super Renders Farm’s $0.003 per OB-hour, and about 1.2 to 1.6 times GarageFarm’s low-priority $0.004. The comparison assumes a farm node with the same GPUs and the same multi-GPU scaling, which this table cannot verify. Times come from iRender, not from RadarRender.

The measured jobs make the price gap concrete. A 300-frame Octane sequence on a 4x RTX 5090 machine cost about $0.17 per frame at iRender’s hourly rate, against roughly $0.09 to $0.12 for the same card-hours at OB-hour rates. In return, the job ran on a machine the user controlled directly, without a farm’s submission step, validation pass or job queue. The premium buys control, not raw price per card-hour. The video below records the Octane run from the first row.

Video from the iRender YouTube channel: C4D Octane Render Farm Benchmark: 300 Frames on 4x RTX 5090 in 1h 18m.

6.4. The extra costs to add

Beyond the rateFrom each farm’s own pricing page, 9 November 2026

Costs that change the final bill

Items to check on a pricing page before you upload, with an example of how a farm states each one.

Cost item	Question to ask	Example from a pricing page
Tax and VATCriterion 9	Does the listed rate include tax?	GarageFarm: prices exclude VAT, and UK customers pay 20%. Ranch Computing lists prices excluding tax.
Priority levelSpeed versus price	Which tier did you price?	GarageFarm: high priority costs 3x low. Super Renders Farm: CPU Fast is 2x and Fastest 4x, while GPU costs the same at every priority.
Queue and start-up timeTime you wait	Is waiting or node start-up billed?	GarageFarm: queue time, node acquisition and software installation are not charged. Super Renders Farm: no charge for uploading, queuing or downloading.
Storage and transferData handling	Are uploads, downloads or storage billed?	RebusFarm: lists data storage, upload and download as free of charge. GarageFarm keeps project data 28 days after the last completed render.
Hardware and software extrasRAM, licences	Does more RAM or a given renderer cost more?	Fox Renderfarm: nodes include 64GB RAM by default, larger RAM costs extra, and some rendering software carries additional charges shown at submission.
Idle time on rented machinesMachine-hour services	Does the meter run when nothing renders?	iRender: its FAQ states billing is per second while the machine runs, and you turn it off to stop billing. Xesktop also bills per second while the server runs.
Volume pricingPrepaid credit	Do larger top-ups change the rate?	RebusFarm: 5% to 60% off RenderPoint packages. Fox Renderfarm: node-hour rate falls by accumulated recharge. GarageFarm: bonus credits on larger purchases.

Key takeaway:Two farms with the same headline rate can end at different totals once tax, priority and waiting time are counted. Read these lines on each pricing page and add them to your estimate before you compare.

6.5. A five-step estimate before you upload

Render three sample frames locally: one simple, one average and one heavy.
Note the frame time, the CPU or GPU, and your render engine version.
Convert the average frame time into each farm’s unit, using its own GHz or OctaneBench figures where published.
Apply the rate for the priority you need, then add tax, minimums and setup time.
Run the trial on two farms and compare the real per-frame cost with your estimate.

The RadarRender render farm cost calculator runs steps 3 and 4 for several farms at once. The render farm comparison page lists hardware, software support and the evidence behind each listing.

7. FAQ: render farm pricing

What is the difference between a GHz-hour and an OB-hour?

A GHz-hour measures CPU work: Super Renders Farm defines it as one CPU core running at 1 GHz for one hour, so the count is cores times clock speed times hours. An OB-hour measures GPU work against OctaneBench, OTOY’s benchmark, so a card that scores 1,730 uses 1,730 OB-hours in one hour. Both units let a farm charge for different hardware with one price list. Neither tells you how fast your own scene will render, which is why you still need a frame time from a test.

How do I calculate render farm cost per frame?

Render a few sample frames and note the time per frame and the hardware. Convert that time into the unit the farm bills: GHz-hours for CPU, OB-hours for GPU, or hours for a node or a rented machine. Multiply by the rate for the priority you plan to use. Then add tax, minimums, setup or idle time and any software or storage charges. Divide the total by the frame count. The RadarRender cost calculator runs these steps for several farms at once.

Why can two farms with similar rates produce different bills?

Rates hide three differences. Farms may count the work differently, and their pages rarely explain how a node’s GHz or benchmark figure is set. Hardware differs, so the same frame can take longer on an older node. Extras differ too, such as VAT, priority multipliers, RAM surcharges and whether queue or setup time is billed. Converting every quote to cost per frame with the same test scene is the only fair way to compare render farm pricing.

Are queue time, uploads and storage charged on a render farm?

It varies by farm, so read the pricing page. GarageFarm states that queue time, node acquisition and software installation are not charged. Super Renders Farm states there is no charge for uploading, queuing or downloading output. RebusFarm lists data storage, upload and download as free of charge. On machine-hour services the meter usually runs while the server is on, so time spent copying files or checking a scene costs money there.

Is renting a whole GPU server cheaper than a render farm?

Not by default. A rented server bills while it is switched on, including idle time, so short jobs lose more to overhead. iRender, for example, does not bill boot time and saves the machine environment between sessions. Its strengths are control and software coverage: you install your own tools once, and it can run real-time renderers such as Lumion, Enscape, D5 Render and Twinmotion, which job-queue farms generally do not support. For long batch renders in Corona, V-Ray or Cycles, a benchmark-billed farm may cost less. Compare both on cost per frame.

Do render farms offer free trials?

Several do, with limits. On 9 November 2026, GarageFarm listed $25 in trial credits, Super Renders Farm a $25 starter credit, RebusFarm 25 RenderPoints, Fox Renderfarm a $25 free trial, Ranch Computing a €30 trial offer for a first project and GridMarkets 5 free credits. AnimaRender offers a free demo render with watermarked output. iRender lists a 100% bonus on the first top-up, and its FAQ mentions a free trial on request through support. Use trial credit to render your sample frames, since that gives you the frame time every price estimate needs.

See more: Render Farm Comparison: Pricing, Hardware and Evidence

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RebusFarm, Buy RenderPoints, read 9 November 2026.
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Lumion, knowledge base article on render nodes, read 9 November 2026.
OTOY, OctaneBench 2025.2 results, read 9 November 2026.

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Enscape vs Lumion for Slow PCs: Which Punishes Weak Hardware More?

Radarrender — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:38 +0000

Lumion punishes weak hardware harder at the entry point, while Enscape punishes it through your CAD model. Lumion 2026 runs exclusively on Windows, listing 6GB of VRAM as its absolute minimum and requiring at least 8GB for 4K rasterization or 1080p ray tracing. Enscape lists a 4GB dedicated GPU with Vulkan 1.1 support as its minimum and runs inside Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Archicad, or Vectorworks, meaning the CAD application and Enscape compete for the exact same system memory. On a graphics card under 6GB VRAM, Enscape is the only option between the two that satisfies official minimum requirements. On a 6GB to 8GB card, both software will run, but Lumion hits a strict wall on 4K and ray tracing, whereas Enscape slows down progressively as your CAD scene grows. Because both applications render on a single GPU, adding a second graphics card provides zero performance gain.

Criteria	Enscape	Lumion (Lumion Pro 2026)
Software Type	In-CAD Plugin	Standalone Application (Import Model)
Operating System	Windows; macOS (Apple Silicon only)	Windows only (Mac not officially supported)
Minimum VRAM	4GB dedicated GPU (Vulkan 1.1)	6GB VRAM
Threshold for 4K / Ray Tracing	Dependent on CAD scene size & texture load	8GB VRAM for 4K raster or 1080p ray tracing
Recommended Hardware	~RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM	10GB VRAM, 32GB System RAM (e.g., RTX 3060)
Weak Hardware Penalty	Shared RAM/VRAM resource contention with CAD	Hard entry gates; feature lockouts or launch failure
Storage Requirement	Lightweight plugin footprint	105GB for full commercial installer
Multi-GPU Scaling	Single GPU only	Single GPU only
SaaS Upload Render Farm	Unsupported	Unsupported
Remote IaaS Workstation	Supported (via Remote Desktop)	Supported (via Remote Desktop)

Which one actually runs on a 4GB graphics card?

Only Enscape runs on a 4GB graphics card. Chaos Enscape lists a 4GB dedicated GPU with Vulkan 1.1 support as its baseline minimum, whereas Lumion Pro 2026 sets its absolute entry bar at 6GB of VRAM.

At the 4GB minimum mark, Enscape handles small to medium-sized scenes and moderate export resolutions reliably. However, pushing complex geometry or high-resolution texture maps will quickly max out your card’s frame buffer.

If you are running Enscape on a laptop with a 4GB card, ensure Windows is actively directing the plugin to your dedicated GPU rather than an integrated graphics processor. Laptops frequently revert to integrated graphics to save power, which leads to immediate startup crashes in real-time engines.

Lumion offers a lightweight viewing tool called Lumion View, which features lower system requirements and accepts integrated GPUs with ray tracing support (such as Intel Arc or Radeon 760M with a PassMark score of 5,500+). However, Lumion View requires a constant internet connection and cannot render 4K outputs at its minimum tier. For the core Lumion Pro 2026 authoring suite, a 4GB card simply fails to meet official requirements.

How does Lumion punish a weak PC?

Image Source: Lumion

Lumion punishes weak hardware through unyielding hardware gates. If your graphics card falls below 6GB of VRAM, the application fails to satisfy basic runtime checks. If your card has less than 8GB of VRAM, key production features like 4K rasterization and 1080p ray tracing become unavailable or unstable.

There are three distinct tiers:

Minimum Tier: PassMark G3DMark 8,000+, 6GB VRAM, 16GB System RAM, CPU Single-Thread CPUMark 2,200+ (e.g., NVIDIA GTX 1060, Quadro K6000, AMD RX 580). Note: Lumion explicitly states that the Minimum tier is not recommended when purchasing new hardware.
Recommended Tier: PassMark G3DMark 14,000+, 10GB VRAM, 32GB System RAM, CPU Single-Thread CPUMark 2,600+ (e.g., NVIDIA RTX 3060, AMD RX 6700 XT).
High-End Tier: PassMark G3DMark 22,000+, 16GB VRAM, 64GB System RAM, CPU Single-Thread CPUMark 3,000+ (e.g., NVIDIA RTX 3090, RTX A6000, AMD RX 6800 XT).

8GB VRAM threshold represents a significant bottleneck for budget hardware. While a 6GB card can open Lumion and allow you to edit basic scenes, client deliverables usually demand 4K still renders or ray-traced flythroughs. Attempting 4K output on a 6GB card results in severe memory overflow, forcing the engine to spill texture data into system RAM and causing frame rates to collapse.

On the other hand, Lumion’s standalone architecture provides a distinct operational advantage over plugin-based tools. Once you import your model into Lumion, you can close your primary CAD software completely. This frees up system RAM and CPU cycles, giving Lumion exclusive access to your system’s resources.

Storage space presents another hurdle for older machines. The full commercial installer for Lumion 2026 requires 105GB of disk space (or 12GB for the trial version). On an older laptop equipped with a small SSD, storage capacity can become a hardware bottleneck of its own.

How does Enscape punish a weak PC?

Image Source: Chaos Blog

Because Enscape operates as a live plugin inside host CAD platforms like Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Archicad, or Vectorworks, both applications compete for the exact same pool of System RAM and VRAM.

Enscape relies on a live-link mechanism that synchronizes every geometry update, material edit, and object placement in real time between your CAD viewport and the render engine. When running a massive Revit project containing complex parametric families, linked structural models, and heavy detail components, Revit itself can consume 12GB to 16GB of System RAM and several gigabytes of VRAM before Enscape even initializes. This dual-application load can cause Enscape to freeze during scene synchronization on low-spec hardware, even if your graphics card technically satisfies the 4GB VRAM minimum.

To manage performance on weak hardware when using Enscape:
Create a dedicated 3D export view in your CAD app specifically for Enscape.
Hide unnecessary categories, linked background models, and internal MEP elements.
Reduce repetitive geometric components and high-poly entourage models.

For small to medium projects, Enscape’s workflow remains far more agile on a 4GB to 6GB card than Lumion’s, as it eliminates the tedious model export and import cycle.

What about a 6GB or 8GB card, where both run?

On a graphics card equipped with 6GB to 8GB of VRAM, both Lumion and Enscape will launch and function. Choosing between them comes down to the specific output deliverables your project requires.

Production Scenario	6GB VRAM Card Performance	8GB VRAM Card Performance
Full HD (1080p) Still Image	Both run smoothly on small to medium scenes.	Both run easily with full texture sets.
4K Still Image Export	Enscape succeeds; Lumion hits severe VRAM limits.	Lumion reaches minimum 4K threshold; Enscape handles comfortably.
Ray Tracing (1080p)	Enscape RT works on small models; Lumion RT locks out.	Both support ray tracing; Lumion has zero extra memory margin.
4K Walkthrough Video	Enscape renders slowly; Lumion risks driver crashes.	Both render; Lumion requires strict scene asset management.

An 8GB card sits precisely at Lumion’s baseline requirement for 4K rasterization and 1080p ray tracing. While it enables those features, it leaves no safety margin for dense 3D foliage, high-resolution displacement maps, or complex atmospheric scattering.

Will a second graphics card or more system RAM help either one?

Installing a second graphics card will not speed up Enscape or Lumion. Both tools are real-time engines built to process viewport geometry and frame buffers on a single primary GPU. Multi-GPU configurations like SLI or NVLink are not utilized by these engines, and VRAM does not stack across multiple cards. To improve render performance, you must replace your primary card with a single GPU that offers higher raw compute performance and a larger VRAM capacity.

Adding system RAM, however, provides measurable stability gains for both applications:

Enscape: Upgrading from 16GB to 32GB or 64GB of RAM prevents system thrashing when running heavy CAD files alongside the live rendering engine.
Lumion: Lumion’s official specifications demand 16GB of System RAM as a minimum, recommending 32GB for standard scenes and 64GB for high-end master plans.

Can I run Enscape or Lumion on a remote machine instead of upgrading?

Yes, you can run both Enscape and Lumion on remote hardware, provided you lease a dedicated remote workstation that you control directly via Remote Desktop.

Traditional SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) render farms, where you upload a scene file and wait for rendered frames to download, do not support Enscape or Lumion. Because both engines are real-time applications requiring an active display server and interactive user input, they cannot execute inside headless command-line render pipelines.

To run these applications in the cloud, you need an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider that grants full access to a remote Windows server.

iRender provides a practical option for real-time visualization workflows.

iRender offers hourly server rentals featuring high-spec hardware, such as the GPU Cloud Workstation 3i powered by a single RTX 5090 (32GB GDDR7) or dedicated RTX 4090 (24GB) instances paired with high-frequency CPUs like AMD Threadripper Pro. Because both Enscape and Lumion rely heavily on single-GPU speed and high VRAM capacity, a high-spec single-card server addresses both rendering bottlenecks at once.

FAQ

Is Enscape lighter than Lumion on a laptop?

At the entry level, yes. Enscape lists a minimum requirement of a 4GB dedicated GPU supporting Vulkan 1.1, whereas Lumion Pro 2026 requires at least 6GB of VRAM and runs exclusively on Windows. However, because Enscape operates inside your CAD application, both programs share your laptop’s system RAM and VRAM.

Can Lumion run on a 4GB graphics card?

No, Lumion 2026 does not support 4GB graphics cards. Lumion Pro sets its absolute entry requirement at 6GB of VRAM, with 8GB required for 4K rasterization or 1080p ray tracing. If your system only has 4GB of VRAM, Enscape is the only supported option between the two, unless you offload your Lumion rendering to a remote workstation with a higher VRAM capacity.

Do Enscape and Lumion use more than one GPU?

No. Neither Enscape nor Lumion supports multi-GPU scaling. Both applications process geometry, textures, and ray tracing on a single primary GPU. Installing a second graphics card will not increase rendering speed or combine VRAM. Performance improvements require upgrading to a single card with more VRAM and higher compute performance, or adding system RAM to assist with large scene loads.

Can I use a render farm for Enscape or Lumion?

Traditional SaaS render farms that rely on scene uploads do not support Enscape or Lumion, as both engines require an active display interface and real-time user interaction. However, you can rent a dedicated remote workstation (IaaS) equipped with a high-spec GPU, connect via Remote Desktop, and run your own licensed software.

Which is better for a Mac user with a weak computer?

Lumion 2026 is not officially supported on macOS. Enscape offers a native macOS version, but it requires an Apple Silicon processor (M1, M2, M3, or later). If you are using an older Intel-based Mac, neither application is officially supported for local rendering. Intel Mac users must either run Enscape on supported Apple Silicon hardware or access a Windows-based remote GPU workstation via Remote Desktop.

See more: Revit + V-Ray Rendering Is Painfully Slow: A BIM-to-Render Speed Guide

Part of our guide: for a full overview of cloud options, see the Lumion render farm guide.

Part of our guide: for a full overview of cloud options, see the Enscape render farm guide.

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The Best Blender Render Farm for Architecture in 2026: Cycles on the RTX 5090

Radarrender — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:56 +0000

If Cycles does not list your RTX 5090, the Blender version is the reason. Blender 4.4, released on 18 March 2025, is the first version whose release notes add GeForce RTX 50 series support for GPU rendering, because Blackwell cards use the sm_120 architecture and that binary only entered the default Cycles CUDA set in 4.4. On 4.3 or older the card simply does not appear. Once you are on a supported build, start with OptiX rather than CUDA on this card, since OptiX uses the dedicated ray tracing hardware. For architectural work the 32GB of VRAM matters most on texture heavy interiors, and because Blender is free and widely supported, almost every render farm will take the job.

Why doesn’t Cycles detect my RTX 5090 in an architectural project?

Image Source: Cycles

Because of the Blender version. Cycles supports the GeForce RTX 50 series from Blender 4.4 onward, so 4.3 or anything older will not list the card at all. Blender 4.4 was released on 18 March 2025 and its official release notes list Blackwell support under GPU rendering.

Cycles ships precompiled CUDA binaries for every GPU architecture it supports, and Blackwell cards such as the RTX 5090 use the sm_120 architecture. That binary entered the default Cycles set in the 4.4 release, which was compiled with CUDA toolkit 12.8 or later. A 4.3 build never contained it, so there is nothing for the renderer to load. Check your own machine in Preferences, then System, and see whether the card appears in the Cycles device list. If it does not, the version is almost always the cause rather than the driver.

CUDA or OptiX for architectural scenes on the RTX 5090?

Start with OptiX. OptiX is NVIDIA’s ray tracing API and can use the dedicated RT hardware on RTX cards, while CUDA runs on the general purpose CUDA cores. For a path traced interior with a lot of indirect light bouncing off white walls and glossy floors, which describes most architectural work, OptiX is the sensible default to reach for first.

Then verify it on your own scene. Results shift with the scene, the Blender version and your render settings, so a backend chosen from a spec sheet is a guess. Render one representative frame on OptiX, render the same frame on CUDA, and keep every other setting identical while you do it, because a comparison with a changed sample count or a different denoiser tells you nothing. On an RTX 5090, start with OptiX for path traced interiors, then test CUDA on the same frame if the result looks off.

What does 32GB of VRAM change for a Blender architectural scene?

It raises the ceiling on the two things that break arch-viz scenes in Blender: texture heavy interiors and dense landscaping. A 4K set for floors, brick and fabric, downloaded furniture assets that nobody has optimised, thousands of scattered trees and grass clumps for the site plan, plus repeated apartment units across a tower, all land in the same memory pool. Going from 24GB to 32GB is roughly 33% more headroom, which often means keeping full resolution textures instead of downsizing them the night before a client presentation.

Should an architect render Blender Cycles scenes locally or on a farm?

Local rendering is enough for single stills and for the whole modelling stage. A farm starts to pay off when the work turns into volume: a set of twenty angles for a sales brochure, a building walkthrough, or a client deadline that lands two days early. One still overnight is a workstation job. Twenty stills overnight is not.

Power and heat belong in this calculation too, since the RTX 5090 carries a 575W TDP against 450W on the RTX 4090, and a week of long renders in a small studio turns into a real electricity bill and a real temperature problem. For architecture students the cheapest path usually stays local: Blender is free.

Which render farms handle Blender architectural projects?

Because Blender is free and widely used, all six farms below serve Blender users to some degree. That is a real advantage over Lumion or D5 Render, where SaaS farms cannot run the software at all and your options collapse to renting a whole machine.

The choice splits into two service models. A SaaS farm takes your .blend file, distributes the frames across its own machines, renders them and sends the images back. You never touch the operating system, and you never pick the Blender version, the farm does. An IaaS service rents you the whole machine by the hour. You install Blender yourself, at the exact version your project needs, with your own addons, and you switch the machine off when you are done. For arch-viz work that distinction matters more than it does for a generalist, because architectural pipelines lean on addons and on external asset libraries far more than a simple character render does.

Fox Renderfarm: Runs a SaaS pipeline where scenes are submitted through an automated manager and frames are distributed across the fleet. Confirm the supported Blender versions and how your arch-viz addons are handled before you submit, since an unsupported addon is the usual reason an interior scene fails.

GarageFarm: A SaaS provider that is well established in the Blender community, with automated scene parsing and human support when asset paths or linked libraries break. That support matters for arch-viz specifically, because furniture libraries and external texture sets are exactly what go missing on upload.

iRender: Uses an IaaS model where you rent a full remote desktop node by the hour. You install your own Blender build, your own arch-viz addons and your own asset libraries directly on the machine, which removes the version and addon guesswork entirely. RTX 4090 24GB servers start from around $8.20 per hour, and the single card RTX 5090 32GB node is listed at $10.8 per node hour, falling to $9.72 from three hours. The operational drawback of IaaS is billing accountability: the node keeps charging until you shut it down manually, and you rent CPU and GPU together with no way to pick your own balance between them.

RANCH Computing: A SaaS farm with automated pre-flight checks on asset paths and scene integrity. It publishes supported card tiers, include RTX 5090 nodes, so it is one of the few SaaS options where the hardware question has a published answer. Verify that your Blender version and addon set match their current server-side deployment.

RebusFarm: A SaaS farm structured around an integrated submitter plugin installed into the host application, with jobs queuing automatically across available nodes. That workflow suits a batch of twenty exterior angles better than it suits a one-off hero still. Check their portal for current GPU listings and for the Blender versions the submitter supports.

SuperRenderFarm: A SaaS farm to evaluate on the same three points as the others: supported Blender versions, addon handling, and per-frame pricing.

SaaS has genuine strengths for this workload. Frame distribution is automatic, which is exactly what a twenty angle batch or a walkthrough wants, and it is the one thing a single rented machine cannot do for you. There is no machine to forget about, so the bill cannot run overnight because you closed the laptop lid. Submission is simple enough that a student can use it on the first try. For a sequence of finished frames with no exotic dependencies.

IaaS earns its place when the scene has dependencies. If your arch-viz workflow relies on a specific Blender version, a particular addon for greeble, scattering or CAD import, or a linked library structure that assumes certain paths, being able to install and configure everything yourself removes an entire class of failure. It also lets you sit in the viewport on the rented machine, which matters during the lighting stage rather than the final render stage.

iRenderrents whole RTX 4090 and RTX 5090 machines by the hour, where you install your own Blender build and your own arch-viz addons. They are having a 100% bonus on a first deposit made within 24 hours of registration, and an education discount for students and teachers.

What should I check before sending a Blender arch-viz job to a farm?

The Blender version, the addons, the external asset paths, and the billing model. Match your local Blender version to what the farm supports, because a scene saved in a newer build can behave differently on an older one. Check every arch-viz addon against the farm’s supported list, since unsupported addons are the most common reason Blender jobs fail on a farm. Use Blender’s pack resources function so textures and linked files travel with the scene instead of pointing at a drive the farm cannot see.

FAQ

Which Blender Cycles version supports the RTX 5090?

Blender 4.4, released on 18 March 2025, is the first version that supports the GeForce RTX 50 series in Cycles, and the official 4.4 release notes list Blackwell support under GPU rendering. Builds from 4.3 and earlier contain no CUDA binary for the card’s sm_120 architecture, so Cycles does not list the device at all.

Why doesn’t Blender see my new graphics card?

Almost always because the Blender version predates the card. For the RTX 5090 you need Blender 4.4 or newer. Open Preferences, then System, and check whether the card appears in the Cycles device list. If it does not, upgrade Blender first, then update the NVIDIA driver.

Should I use CUDA or OptiX in Cycles on an RTX 5090?

Start with OptiX. OptiX is NVIDIA’s ray tracing API and can use the dedicated ray tracing hardware on RTX cards, while CUDA runs on the ordinary CUDA cores. For path traced architectural interiors, OptiX is the reasonable starting point.

Is 32GB of VRAM necessary for Blender architectural rendering?

Not necessary, but useful when your scene is pressing against 24GB, which usually means texture heavy interiors with 4K materials.

Which render farm is best for Blender architectural projects?

Because Blender is free and widely used, the six farms commonly mentioned, Fox Renderfarm, GarageFarm, iRender, RANCH Computing, RebusFarm and SuperRenderFarm, all serve Blender users. Rather than asking which farm is best, ask three questions: which Blender versions it supports, how it handles your arch-viz addons, and whether it bills per frame or per machine hour.

See more: Why Redshift GPU Renders Take Unexpectedly Long in Cinema 4D (And How to Fix Out-of-Core Bottlenecks)

Part of our guide: for a full overview of cloud options, see the Blender render farm guide.

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Rate And Review Super Renders Farm 2026

Radarrender — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:00:14 +0000

Super Renders Farm is a US-based company that has been part of the commercial cloud rendering market for a long time – the team has been operating since 2010, and in 2026 the company completed its formation as Super Renders Farm LLC, headquartered in Santa Ana, California. They offer a cloud rendering service based on the model of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), and among the SaaS farms we track, this is the most fully managed one: you upload your project, their system renders it, and you download the frames – you never remote into a machine, install software, or manage a license yourself.

Super Renders Farm is an official partner of Chaos (V-Ray, Corona), Maxon (Cinema 4D, Redshift) and AXYZ design, which you can verify on those vendors’ own partner pages.


Super Renders Farm homepage - captured August 27, 2026

Company Name	Super Renders Farm
Website	https://superrendersfarm.com/
Country	USA
Type of render farm	CPU and GPU
Free Trial	$25 in free render credits

We first reviewed Super Renders Farm in 2021 and updated this page several times since. For 2026 we rewrote the review completely, because since our last update this service has changed more than any other render farm we track – new hardware generation, a much wider software list, new pricing transparency, and a new legal structure. We will go through each criterion and point out what is new.

The first thing we want to review is the workflow and UI/UX. As a fully managed SaaS render farm, what you need to do is prepare your project on your local computer, then send it through the web uploader, their desktop client app, or SFTP for very large projects. The farm can also pull your files in from Google Drive or Dropbox. After upload, scene analysis runs automatically and the job goes to the queue. Similar to other SaaS farms, your job is rendered frame by frame, and finished frames can be downloaded from the web, over SFTP, or automatically downloaded to a folder on your computer by the client app – convenient if you want the farm to work like a background process overnight.

Transferring files in terms of speed and data size is a crucial factor for any render farm. Super Renders Farm does not set a hard limit on upload size, but they recommend staying under about 300 GB per web upload and switching to SFTP or the client app above that, which is a reasonable guidance for heavy production projects. One thing we have to give a minus point for: .zip archives are not accepted at all – you must repack your project as .tar, .tar.gz or .7z, or skip archiving and send files over SFTP. It is a small quirk, but you will meet it on day one if your studio zips everything by habit. On the positive side, rendered output stays available for download for 45 days after the job completes, and this retention window is published on their pages instead of hidden in a support answer.

When evaluating an excellent render farm, the first criterion we rely on is the types of software they are supporting, and this is where the 2026 update matters most. Super Renders Farm now publishes one of the widest version ranges we have seen: 3ds Max 2013-2027 and Maya 2014-2027 with no skipped years, Blender 2.79 up to 5.2 with Cycles and EEVEE ready, Cinema 4D from R14 to 2026, Houdini 21.0 and later, After Effects 2024-2026 under Adobe’s render licensing, Nuke 10.0-12.2, and SketchUp and Rhino via V-Ray. For Houdini, the Karma, Karma XPU, Mantra and Redshift engines are ready on every node. One detail worth spelling out for Karma XPU: it renders on NVIDIA GPUs and is sensitive to driver and CUDA versions, so on a self-managed machine the version matching is your problem – on a managed farm like this one, the node images come pre-matched, which is exactly the kind of setup risk the model removes. Arnold, V-Ray and Octane for Houdini are provisioned on request – you should contact support to confirm before uploading. In terms of renderers overall, V-Ray, Corona, Redshift (through the 2026 line), Arnold, Octane and RenderMan for Maya are all covered, and the render engine licenses are included in the price, so there is no separate license cost on your invoice. Interesting to note: while some render farms have been retiring old software versions recently, Super Renders Farm went the opposite way and widened its coverage down to 3ds Max 2013 and Maya 2014 – good news if your studio maintains long-running projects on pinned versions. One limitation for pipeline developers: there is no public render API yet, so submission is through the GUI and client app only – in practice, render jobs cannot be triggered automatically from scripts or pipeline tools, so studios wanting scheduled or event-driven submission will need a person clicking until an API ships.

The next criterion to consider is the hardware used in Super Renders Farm’s system. According to their latest information, the GPU fleet now runs NVIDIA RTX 5090 cards with 32 GB of VRAM each – a notable step up from their previous RTX 4090 setup, and the current Blackwell flagship generation. We also appreciate that they disclose the exact GPU model at the billing tier, since several farms in this market only describe their GPU nodes in general words. For CPU rendering, the infrastructure runs more than 20,000 CPU cores on dual Intel Xeon machines with up to 256 GB of RAM, which remains the backbone for V-Ray, Corona and Arnold jobs – and the practical path for scenes too large for any GPU’s VRAM.

Another factor that has a substantial impact on our evaluation process is Services and Support.

First, we would like to talk about Super Renders Farm pricing. The CPU costs 0.4 cents/GHzh while the GPU costs 0.3 cents/OBh (OctaneBench-hour – a GPU benchmark unit that several farms bill in, which makes direct comparison possible). Put side by side in the same units: RebusFarm advertises 1.41 cents/GHzh for CPU rendering and, per our RebusFarm review, around 0.53 cents/OBh for GPU, while Ranch Computing lists 0.011-0.016 EUR per GHz-hour and 0.005-0.01 EUR per OBh. On like-for-like units, Super Renders Farm’s published rates come in clearly below both – and the engine licenses are already included in the price.

The pricing page publishes the per-unit rates directly - captured August 28, 2026

There are no plan tiers: every customer pays the same rate, and volume discounts are applied automatically on credit purchases, from 5% up to 30%, with no coupon codes. Purchased credits never expire – a real difference from credit that comes with a clock elsewhere (GarageFarm’s trial credit, for example, is valid for 30 days) – so the farm is easy to keep on standby for burst use. Their pricing FAQ also states the failure policy in plain language: customer-side errors are not refunded, but when a failure is caused by the farm’s own system, replacement credits are issued for the affected work. Compare that with Ranch Computing, whose terms state that the service is not refunded in whole or in part and that remaining credits are lost when an account is deleted – of the two written positions, Super Renders Farm’s is clearly the more customer-friendly. Like other good farms, they also provide a cost calculator to estimate the total render cost before uploading your project.

The cost calculator estimates a job from project type before any upload - captured August 28, 2026

Secondly, when it comes to support, Super Renders Farm supports customers via 24/7 live chat directly on their website, email, and a US phone line. In the fully managed model, support is really part of the product: their team handles software setup, plugin provisioning and license questions for your job. For confidential projects, an NDA option is available through a dedicated page.

Compared to our previous review, the changes add up to the biggest improvement we have recorded for this service: the fleet moved from RTX 4090 to RTX 5090, the software matrix went from narrow to one of the widest published, and pricing and discounts became fully public. This momentum is the reason Super Renders Farm enters our Top Render Farms list in 2026 and receives an upgraded certification this year.

Before we close, the minus points in one place, so you can weigh them against everything above:

No .zip uploads – archives must be repacked as .tar, .tar.gz or .7z (or sent unarchived over SFTP).
No public render API yet – submission is GUI and client-app only, so no scripted or automated job submission from pipeline tools.
No TPN or ISO certification – studios whose client contracts require that paperwork should factor it in; the NDA option and the published retention windows cover most other confidentiality needs.

None of the three affects the rendered frames themselves, but each one is the kind of detail you want to know before the first deadline, not during it.

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Overview Octane And The Octane Cloud Render Farm

Radarrender — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 04:14:30 +0000

In the VFX sector, Octane is the most widely used renderer and the fastest spectrally accurate GPU-accelerated renderer. We will go over an overview of Octane and the Octane Cloud render farm in this article with Radarrender.

Octane render: what is it?

In 2012, the New Zealand-based OTOY firm launched Octane. Everyone in the VFX business is quite familiar with octane because it is frequently used in advertisements, movies, and rendering for buildings. Filmmaking, interior design, the 3D creative sector, and Octane, a well-known render engine used for C4D, are just a few of the businesses that use Octane render engine.

What makes working with Octane appealing to renderers?

The lighting and texturing are excellent features, and the other materials, shaders, camera, and motion blur are thoughtfully rewarded in Octane’s stunning output. Because Octane is quick, controllable, and enjoyable to use, you can get results that are more photorealistic than with any other engine. Octane offers its users simple render options so they can spend more time on the actual creative process and less time troubleshooting settings. Octane is simple to learn, yet it offers a wide range of complicated capabilities that support OSL script, volumetric shading, and much more to allow it to be used in a wide range of applications.

Octane is a quick, intelligent activity that is among the best for GPU cloud rendering. On the other hand, you can use LiveViewer to speed up your work with Octane. Users can observe a rendered scene in real-time thanks to this feature. especially when rendering is handled by the GPU in octane. When an object is modified, lighting is added, or the texture composition changes, IPR updates instantly. Octane reduces the cost of hardware upgrades.

What renderers don’t like about working with Octane?

Although the plugin interaction with Cinema 4D, their preferred 3d software, has been done nicely, Octane occasionally crashes, and there is room for development. More tools for integrating Cinema 4d’s tools into the Octane workflow are something would like to see.

“Despite the fact that Octane’s parameters are kept to a minimum, I occasionally wish I had the ability to deviate from the unbiased method, for instance by splitting the numbers for reflection and refraction. I’ve never felt that finding the most recent versions on the forums and then having to search them for patches was the best way to keep my software up to date”, a 3D artist shared.

What issues is the product addressing, and how does that help you?

Simply put, Octane has made it possible for me to significantly raise the caliber of my work. Octane’s elegance and speed have completely changed the way people work with textures, lighting, and sophisticated elements that require lengthy render times, such as displacement or subsurface scattering. A creative is liberated from lengthy render durations spent patiently trying to construct a render by being able to see and alter their renders fast in a live render viewer, which cannot be overstated. Due to Octane’s rapid render times and user-friendly workflow, you may work considerably more productively in the time you save.

Octane cannot use a normal render farm. Currently, one of the biggest drawbacks of using Octane is that you struggle with extremely large projects or deadlines. You need a render farm to make progress and meet deadlines. Octane offers ORC (Octane Render Cloud), its own version of a render farm. However, it was super expensive. There are other render farms you can use. However, this violates the EULA (End User License Agreement), and getting caught can mean losing your license. It would suck.

Top 3 Octane cloud render farm

We had a list summary top 3 Best Render Farms for Octane Renderer in the article, you can read and choose a render farm that helps you speed up when working with Octane Renderer.

Conclusion

Octane is the faster render engine in 3D rendering. Octane supports high-resolution textures, mesh emitters, IES files, and a sun/sky system. You can rotate or position an HDRI file in your scene, or turn any object into a mesh light by enabling the emission property of the material. Octane allows you to manipulate the lighting in the scene according to your choice.

Part of our guide: for a full overview of cloud options, see the Octane render farm guide.

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Best Render Farms for Daz Studio & Iray

render — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:05 +0000

3D modeling is a vast technology that has been used in many areas, to name a few, games, films, architecture, illustrations, engineering, and advertising. The process and tools used for modeling will be different for each application. Besides some popular 3D software like Cinema 4D, Maya, 3ds Max, and Blender which almost everyone can use, there are quite a few software suitable for specific tasks. Mention to human creation, Daz Studio is definitely the best and the most popular software. With tons of tools and assets, Daz Studio create and render 3D scene to produce images as well as animations. Visualization is done using mainly the advanced Iray rendering which come free with Daz Studio itself.

Iray is a physically based render engine that simulates how light works in the real world. In other words, it can create very photorealistic renders. One of Iray’s highlight is its ultilization of RT Cores to accelerate ray tracing performance in real time. Moreover, as Iray is based on NVIDIA’s latest technology, we must have an NVIDIA graphics card to take advantage of the fast GPU rendering speeds. However, not all NVIDIA cards can do real-time ray tracing. Only RTX cards, which includes dedicated ray-tracing-acceleration RT cores, supports real-time ray tracing.

Due to special technology, Daz Studio & Iray have the same situation as Lumion and Enscape, that there is a few render farms supporting them. Among the top render farms we usually mentioned in our previous articles, only iRender supprt these software while the Big 4 (Fox Renderfarm, Rebusfarm, Ranch Computing, Garage Farm) does not. So we have been looking around and found out solutions for Daz Studio and Iray users. Let’s find out Best Render Farms for Daz Studio & Iray in this article.

Evaluation method

To review and evaluate which render farm deserves to be one of the Best Render Farms for Daz Studio & Iray, I will take many factors into consideration: Easy of use (Interface, Workflow, Upload method); Compatibility with software versions and plugins; Rendering speed; Price; Customer Support; etc.

In terms of Rendering Speed, I will do a small test on these Render Farms. The test file is DAZ Studio Retro Test Scene from Jay Versluis (thanks him a lot for his contribution in Daz3D community). I will use the latest version of Daz Studio: 4.16 and the built-in Iray. On my local GTX 1050 computer, the test scene took about 52 minutes to finish, CPU & GPU enabled. Let’s see how long it takes on these Render Farms below with the same settings.

1. iRender

iRender is the only render farm in Top 5 best render farms supporting Daz Studio and Iray. It is the best render farm for Daz Studio & Iray. They provide high-performance machines for GPU-based and CPU-based rendering on the Cloud, their products are very impressive. First coming to their website, the interface and instructions are very friendly and easy to understand. I think a beginner can fully understand what they offer within 1 hour. They have website instructions, video tutorials and documents to help you get started. Almost all information can be found up there. Even if you have questions or need some guidance, their support is awesome. Just drop a question and they will guide you from A to Z. iRender’ support team, which is available 24/7, supports users by email, live chat, skype, and even by any personal contact which is convenient to us.

Back to the products, they provide both powerful CPU and GPU servers. Their main products are GPU servers with RTX 3090 – one of the most powerful graphics card at the moment, especially RTX 3090 is the latest card of NVIDIA RTX series, which is perfect for real-time raytracing with Daz Studio and Iray. Currently, they offer 5 GPU packages: 1/2/4/6/8x RTX 3090. I think these various options will let their customers have a wide choice for their projects and budgets. Anyone, from a freelanceer, hobbist to studio can use their service, this is definitely a big plus. Moreover, the configuration and price are listed clearly, we will know other important information affecting the performance like processors, RAM, storage and operating system.

What if we want to customize the configuration? Do they allow that? Yes, we can. However, we have to meet their requirements. Some needs us to be Prime Customers, some requires us to use for a long-term period (at least some days), I think it is fair enough. And some we can get it free (I like free things!). This flexibility make me wonder how can they do it. The answer lies in their Cloud Service Model. Unlike traditional render farm, iRender offer servers in the IaaS model. Simply explained, they offer you the infrastructure (remote workstation), you will connect to it, customize the workstation to your own pipeline. This kind of workflow is a huge advantage for artists who have the need to fully control the whole process, to edit the project while rendering, or use special software like Daz Studio & Iray, Lumion, Enscape or special pipeline like Blender Python Scripting.

However, iRender has one thing that might be inconvenient to Daz Studio users. We have to upload the library, or at least all assests needed for the project to their server. I think it is fine if the library is up to 100 GB, but hundreds of GB or some TB of library will be a trouble. Some Daz Studio users might hesitate to upload that huge amount of data. Luckily, iRender develops and provides a free transferring tool – Gpuhub Sync (up to 1TB or even more), which can be accessed even when the server is turned off. Also, the application and data will be saved and ready for next use. So basically we only need to set up the working environment in 1st time connecting to the server, in the next session, we can just go in and start rendering right away, certainly saving us tons of time and money.

Another thing that I really like about iRender is their various promotions and discounts. Currently, they offer free trial, bonus for new users, volume discounts, discounts for long-term rental, educational promotion, referral program, and discount of specific server. We really can make use of them for more time rendering.

iRender's test result:

1x RTX 3090: 2 mintues 53.97 seconds
2x RTX 3090: 1 mintues 27.99 seconds
4x RTX 3090: 45.39 seconds
6x RTX 3090: 33.5 seconds
8x RTX 3090: 27.31 seconds

2. Xesktop

Xesktop provides powerful GPU servers for rental, we will access the server via Remote Desktop application and use it as if it is our own computer. After logging in the account, we can create a fresh system instance with Windows 10. We will need to install the software and use our own licenses. The instance will be saved and preserved after the initial setup and ready to use any time.

Xesktop offers 2 types of GPU servers: 10x GTX 1080Ti and 8x Tesla V100. Although we can install and render on any of the popular 3D software, I think their servers are more suitable for multi-GPU-support software in terms of performance and price. But, for Daz Studio & Iray which support multi-GPU rendering, they are both a preferred choice. 10x GTX 1080Ti is better for usual 3D work and software that can utilize all 10 GPU cards, while 8x Tesla V100 is more suitable for AI training, heavy 3D projects and software that support 8 or less GPU cards. Though each server is better for specific needs, and 8x Tesla V100 server is faster than 10x GTX 1080Ti, they are interchangeable, and will both do a good job. Especially when we can create multiple instances to reduce time. The price is not too much different too.

I have to give a big shoutout to Xesktop’s support. Their website and interface is super friendly and easy to use, especially for new users. They introduce and guide step by step when we logging in the account for the first time. Important information, server specifications and useful instruction links are clearly listed and pinned right above the Web Manager. That is why I can immediately understand the workflow and what needs to be taken. Their customer support is amazing too, available 24/7 by email, skype and live chat. They will reponse almost right away to any inquiries.

Bacially, the service model of Xesktop is the same as iRender. However, Xesktop still have some differences. The first difference is that we still have some limitations with the server, like we can not customize the hardware according to our needs as the specs of server is fixed. I think this is a somehow a disadvantage. The second difference is that we must save any project data and output data on U: which is a network drive and dedicated storage, while iRender recommend to do so in C drive or desktop. After experiencing both farms, we found that iRender’s data retrieval speed is faster. The reason for this second difference must lie in each farm’s technology. We should experience both service to find out which solution is better for our needs.

Xesktop has another disadvantage (same as iRender): we have to upload the library, all assets needed for projetcs to the server. Moreover, its transferring method is kinda limited. Unlike iRender developing their own tool, Xesktop uses third party FTP services, cloud drives (i.e. Dropbox or Google Drive). For FTP connection, we have to launch the instance for the first time to create the storage, only after that can the storage work properly. For Dropbox, we must request Xesktop support to set up the sync folder as Dropbox can’t use a network drive for the sync folder location.

Xesktop's test result:

10x GTX 1080Ti: 50.56 seconds
8x Tesla V100: 34.60 seconds

Evaluate the test results of iRender and Xesktop

As we can see from the results, server 6x RTX 3090 and 8x RTX 3090 of iRender have the shortest time to render. They both are faster than Xesktop’s fastest server – 8x Tesla V100. 3 remaining servers of iRender (1x RTX 3090, 2x RTX 3090 and 4x RTX 3090), on the other hand, are slower than both Xesktop servers. Overall, iRender ranks 1 in terms of rendering speed. However, the price of Xesktop is more reasonable: $6/hour for 10x GTX 1080Ti, $8/hour for 8x Tesla V100, compared to the lowest $3.8/hour to the highest $28/hour of iRender servers. Artists choose which render farm according to their needs, for who only care about the speed, iRender is perfect while Xesktop is more preferred for who want to optimize the cost.

Note: The test result is only for the reference because it is a quite simple test scene. The rendering time will vary in projects with different assests, settings, etc. Therefore, the best way to evaluate which farm is the right one for you is experience both iRender and Xesktop, test some frames/scenes and decide by yourself.

3. Other Solutions

Other than two Best Render Farms above, there is still some other render farms that do support Daz Studio & Iray, to name a few, Anima Render, Render4you, Xiruim. However, they do not have dedicated workflow and automatic system.

Anima Render

Anima Render will provide a remote access to the server via VNCviewer, and we will connect to it to do the render on the server. However, we need to inform in advance for them to prepare the server. They will pre-intall Daz Studio, or we can choose to install the software by ourself. Anima Render provide 2 types of server: 5x GTX 1080Ti and 5x RTX 2080Ti, but the price is quite expensive compared to other farms. Another minus point is that the application and data are not stored as the servers reboot from time to time, so we have to re-install everything every time we go in. This is very inconvenient because Daz Studio library, assets are usually heavy, and seems to be impossible if library, assets are up to 1TB or even more.

Render4you

At Render4you, we will create the job and summit the scenes (in some major 3D applications: Maya, Cinema 4D, 3Ds Max, Blender, etc) from our local computer to the farm through their application called “cloudinterface”. Unfortunately, it is impossible to submit directly from Daz via cloudinterface at the moment. However, they offer another solution that we will send them the file to render via Wetransfer, they will test some frames and estimate the cost for the whole project, if we accept the price, they will render for us. Their servers are 10x RTX 2080ti, 10x RTX 3060, 10x RTX 3090 and a few more with similar specifications.

Xiruim

Xiruim is quite similar to Anima Render, but remote access is via Anydesk. They offer 3x GTX 1080Ti, 4x GTX 1080Ti, 7x GTX 1080Ti and 4x RTX 3090.

Besides “Remote Connection” Render Farm, we still have an other option: send projects right from Daz Studio application via Iray server.

+ RevUp Render: They provide the Iray bridge to GPU cloud based servers. We just simply put the Iray bridge information into our Daz settings and it summits the rendering to the cloud. A lot of Daz users recommend this farm in Daz3D discussion forum. Unfortunately, they do not support Daz studio & Iray anymore due to licensing issues with Nvidia.

+ Other private Iray servers like Jack Tomalin’s Iray Render Server.

In Summary

To sum up, after evaluating many factors, we have selected the two Best Render Farms for Daz Studio and Iray: iRender and Xesktop. Based on test results, iRender is the fastest render farm while Xesktop has a more reasonable price. However, test results are for reference only, I strongly recommend you to experience by yourself and choose the farm that suits your project and needs most. Currently, there are thousands of render farms out there, if you know a good solution that has not been mentioned in this article, do not hesitate to share it with us by email “admin@radarrender.com”. We will review and update the top render farm from time to time. Thank you and have a nice day!

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Best Render Farms for Octane Renderer

render — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:47:14 +0000

Nowaday, GPU rendering enables the use of graphics cards for rendering in place of CPU, which remarkably speeds up the rendering process. The principle of GPU rendering is running across multiple cores on multiple data, focusing parallel processing on one specific task while freeing up the CPU to emphasize different sequential serial processing jobs. To shorten the rendering time of GPU, there are a wide variety of render engines utilizing GPU rendering. Especially, leveraging multiple GPUs simultaneously to render can be 5 or 10 times faster than that of a single GPU. One of the outstanding names that has been widely used by 3D artists worldwide is Octane Render of OTOY Inc.

Because of Octane’s popularity in the 3D world, there are hundreds of render farms out there that provide Cloud Rendering services to solve the big problem of computer performance for rendering. However, having too many options to choose from makes 3D artists confused and wonder which will be the most suitable Render farm for them? Every render farm can advertise that they support rendering with Octane well with the cheapest price, that they are the best render farm for this renderer, but who knows how many percent is the truth. Therefore, in order to give Radarrender’s friends, all 3D addicts worldwide, the most specific, clear, and fair answer to this above question, we decided to conduct a comprehensive test on many leading render farms currently to find out the Best Render Farms for Octane Render in 2022.

Hoping that spending a quick glance on our effort could help you make the most suitable choice for your needs and save much time, effort, and money for your upcoming rendering. We have conducted the test and given reviews of some other render engines that make use of multi-GPU rendering such as Best Render farms for Redshift renderer 2022, and Best renderfarms for Blender, Eevee vs Cycles here if you might be interested. And if the software that you are using hasn’t been shown up. Don’t worry, there will be a series of reviews about each software afterward. Stay tuned to update the latest articles from us!

Assessment scope and method

To be more specific, 3 out of 5 render farms rated as the most worthwhile render farms to use in 2022 in our previous article including iRender, Ranch Computing and Rebusfarm have surpassed hundreds of other competitors to sit on Top best render farms for Octane render 2022. Unfortunately, the other 2 leading renderfarms, Garagefarm and Fox renderfarm, do not support rendering with Octane Render. Hopefully these 2 render farms will soon add Octane Render to the list of supported software so that users could have more options in the future.

The 3D software and render engine used for the evaluation is Cinema 4d R23 and Octane renderer 2020.2.5. As we all know, OctaneRender® is one of the world’s first and fastest unbiased, spectrally correct GPU render engines, delivering quality and speed unrivaled by any production renderer on the market developed by graphics software company OTOY Inc. This renderer advances state of the art graphics technologies with groundbreaking machine learning optimizations, out-of-core geometry support, massive 10-100x speed gains in the scene graph, and RTX ray tracing GPU hardware acceleration. Octane now has integrated and supported up to 21 types of 3D software with various versions. There are 2 types of Octane licenses including Studio and Enterprise Subscription. Studio Subscriptions allow artists and studios full access to OTOY’s acclaimed OctaneRender VFX software and ecosystem through low monthly or annual subscription offerings on a maximum of 2 GPUs while Enterprise Subscriptions offer network/ offline rendering and enable to use more than 2 GPUs.

When it comes to the evaluating process, we bring the same test project including 12 frames with 3000 x 1500 resolution to those chosen render farms and render the project normally until we get the final render output and then calculate the relation between render time and cost, their strengths and weaknesses also to rank these render farms.

For those who would like to have a quick look through our test result:

iRender – Total Cost: $2.88, Render time: 15.6 min
Ranch Computing – Total Cost: $13.67, Render time: 2.98 min
Rebusfarm – Total Cost: $17, Render time: 6.49 min

iRender Farm

iRender is one of the leading render farms specializing in providing high-performance machines for rendering. Rendering is managed on the Web basis. There are some points that make this renderfarm unique. Firstly, unlike others, the whole concept of using here is to allow users to connect, take full and flexible control over their powerful physical server online via Remote Desktop connection, using 100% performance of the selected server, not share it with anyone to speed up render time. Users could flexibly switch between those powerful servers without re-installing the software or re-uploading the files as well.

Moreover, the hardware configuration that this render farm offers is impressive, consisting of cutting edge graphics cards from Nvidia such as RTX 3090 and RTX 3080. This render farm can be considered as the most suitable render farm for Octane Render. The servers range from 1/ 2/ 4/6/8 RTX 3090/3080 and even servers with 8 monster RTX 3090 and the CPU is AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX @ 3.90GHz. If users have Octane Studio subscriptions, the most suitable server is servers with 2 RTX 3090 while servers with 4/6/8 RTX 3080/3090 will be ideal for Octane Enterprise Subscription. Downloading and uploading files to/from the server is also done quickly and easily via their 2-way synced tool named Gpuhubsync. That free transfer file tool is free and unlimited storage. Moreover, iRender supports all versions of Octane render. Having this highly customized feature, iRender is suitable for jobs with large size and complex pipelines and tight deadlines, in which users could take control of the robust servers and customize the scene files directly like they do on their local computer if there’s any change in the assets or materials,etc.

Finally, the render cost in this test is much cheaper than all other render farms that’s not mentioned iRender has many other promotions currently such as Bonus 50% for new customer’s first recharge, Bonus 5% to 15% for recharge from $118 to $1500, or discount 20% to 40% for daily/weekly rental. If users could take advantage of these promotions, the cost of rendering will be surprisingly cheap!

However, the workflow of rendering in iRender is more complicated compared to others for the first time. As mentioned above, users need to manually install software on a new machine (as shown in our testing video). Fortunately, software installation is one time only then all installed data is automatically stored and saved for later usage. Moreover, users need to use their own software license to render in iRender, which is somewhat inconvenient if you still want to use your Octane license on your local computer. Finally, although having no queue time, there is still a chance that users will have to wait if the servers that they are going to use are fully used by others. Rarely happens doesn’t mean it won’t happen! Any users using iRender should be careful with this feature to have the best plan for your rendering.

iRender test results

+ The total number of frames: 12

+ The queue time: No queue time

+ The installing software time: 45.3 minutes (one time only)

+ The render time: 15.6 minutes (excluded the installing software time)

+ Cost: 2.8 $

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 21.6 hours and $240.

Based on the testing result, this render farm ranks number one out of all the rest and becoming the cheapest render farm in terms of Price. The rendering cost is 6-time-cheaper than Rebusfarm and 5-time-cheaper compared to Ranch Computing. That is not to mention other promotions such as 50% bonus for the first deposit, 20-40% discount if renting by day/week etc. When it comes to Render time, the renderfarm is in 3rd place. That’s quite reasonable because in this test, we use only 1 node. iRender allows users to use multiple nodes simultaneously (10++ nodes). Users are able to choose to use 2 or 3 or more nodes so that the render time could be down to 2 or 3 times or more accordingly. Another highlight when experiencing this render farm is “no queue time” at all! Waiting is not happiness in the case of rendering!

Ranch Computing

Regarding RANCH Computing, it is also a big name providing a high-performance rendering service for both CPU and GPU-based rendering. Customers could easily access the RANCH Computing farm and utilize the power of a dozen render nodes to speed up the rendering process. They offer their GPU farm service with 2 types of graphic cards including mainly RTX 2080 Ti and one of the best graphic cards in 2021, RTX 3090 as well. Users could leverage the huge number of render nodes to speed up the render time. They offer a maximum of 14 nodes for GPU-Low (0.009 per OB hour), 28 nodes for GPU-Medium (0.012 per OB hour), and 56 nodes for GPU-High (0.016 per OB hour). The rendering performance in the test is extremely impressive to us. Leveraging the huge number of nodes, our 12 test frames were rendered as fast as a wind. The render time is 5-times faster than that of iRender and 3-time faster than Rebusfarm.

Rendering is on the web basis which is quite clear and friendly for users to manage the rendering process. The first step is to download the free and easily-to-use online tool RANCHecker and integrate it into 3D software to prepare and check the scene carefully for smooth rendering after that. This plugin will gather all assets used by your scene, verify the rendering parameters, change file paths if necessary, and warn you in case of possible issues. The rest of the workflow is quite normal including Uploading files, Waiting for the queue list, Rendering and Downloading the results. Fortunately users could submit the project directly from the local computer onto the RANCH. Downloading frames from a secure and fast FTP account is also a strength of this renderfarm.

Nevertheless, same like other renderfarm, users have to queue before being served, which may be vague when waiting for your turn and do not know exactly how long it will take even though Ranch illustrates clearly the queue part. Moreover we noticed that Ranch only supports a limited version of Octane render. To be more specific, for Cinema 4D software from R16 to R24, this render farm only supports one version of Octane is Octane 2020.2.5. Lastly, Ranch has few promotions or discounts. Currently they only give customers volume bonus 10% for all recharges.

Moreover, users are currently able to send a job with under 50GB of data. Rendering very heavy projects put a lot of strain on the RANCH systems, it is therefore mandatory to contact RANCH before submitting any project bigger than 50 GB (uncompressed size of archive generated by the RANCHecker) to check whether RANCH is possible to render your project or not. And finally, the rendering cost at this render farm is relatively expensive compared to others such as iRender. Users should carefully consider whether it is worth investing a large amount of money in exchange for high- speed?

Ranch Computing’s test results:

+ The number of frames: 12 frames

+ The queue time: 1.78 minutes (highest priority)

+ The render time: 2.98 minutes (excluded the queue time)

+ Cost: $13.67

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 4.13 hours and $1,139.

The capability to leverage the huge number of nodes help Ranch Computing has the fastest render time. As mentioned above, the render time is approximately 5-time faster than that of iRender and 3-times faster than Rebusfarm. However, the Rendering Expense is such a pain when this render farm holds the 2nd place in terms of the most expensive renderfarms (just less expensive than Rebusfarm). Therefore, if you are having a really tight deadline and high budget is not a problem then you could consider going with this renderfarm. Otherwise, iRender is still a better choice in both Price and Render speed.

Rebus Farm

Final representative in top render farms for Octane render is Rebusfarm. With the experience of more than ten years in the field of 3D rendering, Rebus has been improving a lot to be one of the most trusted render cloud services. Its CPU is Intel i9-7980XE, 2.60 GHz, 18 cores while GPU rendering is the strong points of this renderfarm. Their GPU is the powerful Quadro RTX 6000 which has 48GB of DRAM onboard. This will perform better in memory-hungry professional workloads.

Rendering process on Rebusfarm will be managed on a web basis and using their powerful C4D Render Farm is just one click away. After installation Cinema 4D Render Farm Software 3.0, users will find it inside the Cinema 4D menu. The Farminizer scans all project assets to deliver renderings in the easiest and fastest way. To be more specific, what users need to do first is prepare a project on the local computer, then uploading and downloading files can be automatically or manually managed by the convenient RebusFarm add-on called “Rebusdrop”. Users can monitor their cloud rendering jobs and can start, pause, and cancel all jobs at any time using this tool. Especially, the job will be rendered frame by frame, so it will automatically be downloaded to a folder chosen in advance. That will be wonderful and time-saving if your files are big.

However, a huge drawback of this render farm is related to the Price, Priority and Queue, which means the higher the priority is, the less time you have to queue and the more expensive price you have to pay. The job priority ranges from Standard (0.552 cent/Obh + 0.1 cent/Obh) to Priority 7(2.698 cent/Obh + 0.1 cent/Obh). If you choose the standard option, you might have to sit quietly, cross your fingers and see your files remain not to be rendered, even hours and don’t even know how long it will take. So if you are in a hurry and the farm is full, you will have no choice but to pay more and wait for your turn in the queue.

In addition, Rebus farm does not have many promotions or discounts. Currently they give customers volume discounts from 5% when recharging 500$ to 60% when recharging 50,000$. Rebusfarm pricing is considered as “pricey” when compared with other render farms. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that this render farm has the most expensive rendering cost (6 times more expensive than iRender) while the rendering speed is not the fastest.

Rebus Farm’s test results

+ The number of frames: 12 frames

+ The queue time: 0.45 minutes (highest priority)

+ The render time: 6.49 minutes (excluded the queue time)

+ Cost: $17 ( equivalent to 14.43 RP)

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 9 hours and $1, 416.

With powerful hardware configuration, unsurprisingly this render farm ranks number 2 out of 3 in Render Time. However, the rendering cost is the most expensive out of 3. Being the most expensive but not the fastest, Rebusfarm is not the best render farm for Octane but still in the top if you need a fast render solution.

In conclusion those above mentioned render farm including iRender, Ranch Computing and Rebusfarm are top rendefarms for Octane Rendering. In particular, the render cost on iRender is the cheapest (5-time cheaper than Ranch Computing), meanwhile, the render time on Ranch Computing is the shortest (5 time shorter than iRender). Therefore, if you have a straightforward project and small-to-medium scale and a decent budget, Ranch is suitable for you. On the other hand, iRender should be your choice when your project is larger, complicated or needs much customization or adjustment. The render time on iRender could be much faster than the test above if users could take advantage of multiple nodes simultaneously rather than using only 1 node as in our test.

We need to reconfirm again that when evaluating the price and cost, the queue time of Rebusfarm, and Ranch Computing is excluded and those render farms also say that the queue time is not being charged. However, by allowing users to choose the Priority render with higher price, users are directly paying to be rendered faster and are indirectly paying for this queue time. Therefore, queue time is also an important criterion for choosing the renderfarm. The less the better. Here in our test, both 3 renderfarms don’t make customers have to wait for a long time to render their project and more especially iRender has no queue time and users don’t have to pay more to be rendered faster.

See more:

Part of our guide: for a full overview of cloud options, see the Octane render farm guide.

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5 Best Render Farms for Redshift renderer

render — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:58:24 +0000

If you work in fields such as 3D graphic design, animation, VFX, architecture, or video editing, encoding, then the concept of “Render farm” is totally familiar. There are many huge technology computing names that provide Cloud Rendering services to solve the big problem of computer performance for rendering. Each Render farm has its own advantages and disadvantages, providing a variety of services and choices, which brings the highest efficiency to customers. Continuing the mission of finding the most suitable render farm for 3D designers’ projects, let’s go into detail, find out What are the Best Render Farms for Redshift Render.

So first let’s come to the reason why Radarrender decided to go with this topic. The first important reason is that we have tried to find out on different media sites like Google, Youtube, etc and almost every render farm claims that they support rendering with Redshift well, that they are the best render farm for this Renderer, but there has never been a specific, clear, and fair comparison between these render farms before, which makes 3D designers feel confused and might probably make the wrong choice. Besides, we also receive hundreds of requests from 3D designers around the world asking us to refer/ recommend to them one suitable render farm for their Redshift project. Therefore, we decided to conduct this test to give users the most overview, easy-to-understand comparison among render farms, so that designers can compare with their own needs to make the most suitable choice.

Definitely, the concept of “Best of all” is vague here. Every renderfarm could claim that they are the best. We all know that each render farm has its own strengths and weaknesses. Maybe this render farm supports this software well, but it is not suitable for other software, or that render farm supports this 3D software well but only for small to medium projects, you will have problems if your files are too big and complicated. Therefore, Radarrender will go with you into details of each single software and give you the most accurate conclusions. We have made the test and give reviews of Best Lumion cloud rendering and Best renderfarms for Blender, Eevee vs Cycles here if you might be interested. And if the software that you are using hasn’t been shown up. Don’t worry, there will be a series of reviews about each software afterward. Stay tuned to update the latest articles from us!

Assessment scope and method

To be more specific, the main representatives of this review are 5 Render farms that we rated as the most worthwhile render farms to use in the previous article including Garagefarm, Fox Renderfarm, iRender, Ranch Computing and Rebusfarm. By evaluating factors such as: Ease of use, Business model, Compatibility with software versions and plugins, Price, Rendering speed and some other factors, these 5 render farms have surpassed hundreds of other competitors to sit on top 5 best render farms 2022. The render engine to do the evaluation here is Redshift renderer. To be more detailed, this project was designed on Cinema 4D software R21 version and rendered using the Redshift 3.0.44 render engine. As we all know, Redshift is a production for 3D rendering and the world’s first fully & powerful multi-GPUs-accelerated, biased renderer. This render engine is built to meet the specific demands of contemporary high-end production rendering. Tailored to support creative individuals and all-sized studios, Redshift today offers a suite of powerful features and integrates with industry-standard CG applications including Cinema 4D. The test project includes 11 frames with 1920 x 1080 resolution. When it comes to the evaluating process, we bring this same test project to these 5 render farms and render the project normally until we get the final render output and then calculate the relation between render time and cost, their strengths and weaknesses also to rank these render farms.

For those who would like to have a quick look through our test result:

iRender– Total cost: $2.1, Render time: 11.73 min
Ranch Computing – Total cost: $11.71, Render time:3.63 min
Fox Renderfarm – Total cost: $4, Render time: 10 min
Rebusfarm– Total cost: $13.57, Render time: 6.42 min
Garagefarm – Total cost: $3.06, Render time: 12.9 min

iRender Farm

Clearly, multi-GPU rendering is the strong point of iRender, especially for GPU-based renderers such as Redshift. The hardware specs of this render farm are impressive, which consist of cutting edge graphics cards and flagship products from Nvidia such as RTX 3090 and RTX 3080. The servers range from 1/ 2/ 4/8 RTX 3090/3080 and even servers with 8 monster RTX 3090 and the CPU is AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX @ 3.90GHz.

Rendering is managed on the Web basis. Unlike other renderfarms, the whole concept here is to allow users to connect, take full and flexible control over their powerful physical server online via Remote Desktop connection, using 100% performance of the selected server, not share it with anyone to speed up render time. Users could flexibly switch between those powerful servers without re-installing the software or re-uploading the files as well. Having this highly customized feature, iRender is suitable for jobs with large size and complex pipelines and tight deadlines, in which users could take control of the robust servers and customize the scene files directly like they do on their local computer if there’s any change in the assets or materials,etc. Download/upload files to/from the server is also done quickly and easily via their 2-way synced tool named Gpuhubsync. Moreover, iRender supports all versions of Redshift and provides a free Redshift license for Prime users too. Finally, the render cost is cheaper than 4 other render farms because iRender has many promotions such as Bonus 50% for new customer’s first recharge, Bonus 5 to 15% for recharge from $118 to $1500, or discount 20% to 40% for daily/weekly rental. If users could take advantage of these promotions, the cost of rendering will be surprisingly cheap!

Nonetheless, rendering in iRender requires more steps for the first time. As mentioned above, users need to manually install software on a new machine, fortunately, one time only then all installed data is automatically stored and saved for later usage. Moreover, users need to use their own software license to render on iRender, which is somewhat inconvenient if you still want to use your Redshift license on your local computer. Or you could choose to become their Prime to get the free Redshift license! Moreover, here in our testing, we first have the intention to test the most powerful server which is 6 RTX 3090 but this server is temporarily full so we decided to test on server with 4 RTX 3090 instead!

iRender’s test result:

+ The total number of frames: 11

+ The queue time: No queue time

+ The installing software time: 10.27 minutes (one time only)

+ The render time: 11.73 minutes (excluded the installing software time)

+ Cost: 2.1 $

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 17.7 hours and $190

Based on the testing result, this render farm ranks number one out of all the rest and becoming the cheapest renderfarm in terms of Price. The rendering cost is 5-time-cheaper than Ranch computing and 4-time-cheaper compared to Rebusfarm. That is not to mention other promotions such as 50% bonus for the first deposit, 20-40% discount if renting by day/week etc. When it comes to Render time, the renderfarm is in 4th place. That’s quite reasonable because in this test, we use only 1 node. iRender allows users to use multiple nodes simultaneously (10++ nodes). Users are able to choose to use 2 or 3 or more nodes so that the render time could be down to 2 or 3 times or more accordingly. Another highlight when experiencing this render farm is “no queue time” at all! Waiting is not happiness in the case of rendering!

Ranch Computing

Regarding RANCH Computing, they provide both CPU and GPU-based rendering. The GPU types including mainly RTX 2080 Ti and some RTX 3090 as well. Moreover, users could leverage the huge number of render nodes to speed up the render time. A maximum of 14 nodes for GPU-Low (0.009 per OB hour), 28 nodes for GPU-Medium (0.012 per OB hour), and 56 nodes for GPU-High (0.016 per OB hour). That’s the reason why the render time of this render farm is the shortest.

Rendering management is also on the web. The first step is to download the free online tool RANCHecker and integrate it into 3D software to prepare and check the scene carefully for smooth rendering after that. This plugin will gather all assets used by your scene, verify the rendering parameters, change file paths if necessary, and warn you in case of possible issues. The rest of the workflow is quite normal including Uploading files, Waiting for the queue list, Rendering and Downloading the results. Fortunately users could submit the project directly from the local computer onto the RANCH. Downloading frames from a secure and fast FTP account is also a strength of this renderfarm.

Despite still having to wait for the rendering turn, Ranch’s dashboard allows users to know how many jobs are being queued, or how many jobs are currently being rendered at a specific percentage of the rendering process. And moreover, Ranch provides Priorities, which sort the projects in the waiting list and attribute a maximum of nodes per project. Here in our testing, after choosing the highest priority, our job started rendering in less than a minute after submitting the project.

Nevertheless, same like other renderfarm like Rebusfarm or Garagefarm, users have to queue before being served, which may be vague when waiting for your turn and do not know exactly how long it will take even though Ranch illustrates clearly the queue part. Moreover we noticed that Ranch only supports a limited version of Redshift render. To be more specific, for Cinema 4D software from R17 to R24, this renderfarm only supports one version of Redshift is Redshift 3.0.5. Lastly, Ranch has few promotions or discounts. Currently they only give customers volume bonus 10% for all recharges.

Ranch Computing’s test result:

+ The number of frames: 11 frames

+ The queue time: 0.65 minutes (highest priority)

+ The render time:3.63 minutes (excluded the queue time)

+ Cost: $11.71

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 5.5 hours and $1,064

The capability to leverage the huge number of nodes help Ranch Computing has the fastest render time. The render time is approximately 4-time faster than GarageFarm and 3-times faster than Fox Renderfarm. However, the Rendering Expense is such a pain when this render farm holds the 2nd place in terms of the most expensive renderfarms (just less expensive than Rebusfarm). Therefore, if you are having a really tight deadline and high budget is not a problem then you could consider going with this renderfarm. Otherwise, iRender is still a better choice in both Price and Render speed.

Fox Render Farm

Hardware configuration is a quite strong point of Fox renderfarm. The machine specifications for the GPU nodes are various from GTX 1080 Ti and 2080 Ti (GPU region 1) to RTX 3090 (GPU region 11), Tesla T4 (GPU region 12). Different regions have different nodes to choose from and CPUs with 16 and 24 physical cores. Because Redshift can make use of multi GPU cards to render faster, we choose GPU region 11 to have a test on the most powerful GPU card currently is RTX 3090 and the default configuration is 2 RTX 3090 while the number of nodes is not being shown. When it comes to rendering management, Fox Render Farm gives users 2 ways either on the Web or the Desktop Client application (here we used Web management). Rendering needs to follow only 4 steps which include uploading assets, submitting a job, analyzing scenes, and finally rendering. Regarding uploading/downloading files, this render farm provides a quite convenient file transfer application called Raysycn and can be considered a high-speed transmission solution. Here in our test, the files appear quickly in a minute on the web management waiting to be submitted, analysed and rendered. Fox supports Redshift for various versions including 2.6 and 3.0, depending on the version of C4d.

However, one of the weaknesses of this render farm as mentioned above is that users are not able to select the number of nodes they want to use. In fact, the number of graphics cards in one node of Fox Render Farm is fixed with 2 cards. As a result, we find it hard to utilize the rugged power of a single node with more-than-2 GPU for rendering. Moreover, the price will only become cheaper once the accumulated recharge of users reaches a specific big amount ranging from $500 to $10 000, and currently there is no other discount or bonus promotion for normal customers. Therefore, this makes rendering costs more expensive if your project does not need that large amount to be rendered. Another small weakness is that you must re-upload the file if you change from one region to other regions and the files after rendering won’t be automatically downloaded to your PC.

Fox ‘s test result:

+ The number of frames: 11 frames

+ The queue time: 0.43 minutes (highest priority)

+ The render time: 6.42 minutes (excluded the queue time)

+ Cost: $13.57 ( equivalent to 11.5 RP)

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 9,7 hours and $1, 233.

With powerful hardware configuration, unsurprisingly this render farm ranks number 2 out of 5 in Render Time. However, the rendering cost is the most expensive out of 5. Being the most expensive but not the fastest, Rebusfarm is not the best render farm for Redshift but still in the top if you need a fast render solution.

Garage Farm

Garage farm offers CPU specs: Intel E5-2699V4, 2.20 GHz, 22 cores, available in 1x CPU, 2x CPU, 4x CPU configuration, 60-240GB RAM (likely to own up to 88 cores per node but honestly, Garage Farm has quite outdated graphics cards 8x Tesla K80 and 8x Tesla P100 16GB vRAM for rendering via GPU. Rendering management is Web-based. However there are too many steps to prepare for the job and get the final results which make users a little bit discouraged. It takes time to figure out how to use the Garage Farm service ranging from installing the renderBeamer app and then learning to prepare a job on the interface of the software and integrating the Garage Farm app to the software so that users can use the plugin for setting the mode, camera settings and render settings. The rest steps include upload the job (it takes more time) and then submit the job & monitor the render progress.

Every cloud has a silver lining fortunately! This render farm supports all official versions of Redshift. Generally, their plugin automatically detects which version users are using in their project and uses exactly the same version to render this project on their farm. Moreover, all the rendered frames will be automatically and immediately downloaded as soon as the file is ready if users enable this function. That’s really convenient! Despite GPU-rendering is not the strong point of this renderfarm, we still quite satisfied because we can easily choosing the plan among low priority (0.0025 / per OB hour), medium (0.0038 / per OB hour) or high priority (0.0050 / per OB hour) corresponding to 10 nodes, 25 and up to 50 nodes to speed up the render time.

Garagefarm ‘s test result:

+ The total number of frames: 11

+ The queue time: 6.88 minutes (highest priority)

+ The render time: 12.9 minutes (excluded the queue time)

+ Cost: $3.06

→ Rendering 1000 frames would take around 19.5 hours and $ 278

This test result comes at no surprise. The GPU cards of Garagefarm are not so strong, even when we did choose the highest priority to render the job, it still takes this render farm the longest time to finish rendering. Moreover, we still have to queue around 7 minutes before rendering starts. However, cheap rendering costs somewhat ease our waiting. This renderfarm is the second cheapest out of the 5 renderfarms.

In conclusion, the render cost on iRender is the cheapest (5-time cheaper than Ranch Computing), meanwhile, the render time on Ranch Computing is the shortest (3-time shorter than iRender). Therefore, if you have a straightforward project and a decent budget, Ranch is suitable for you. On the other hand, iRender should be your choice when your project is larger, complicated or needs much customization or adjustment. The render time on iRender could be much faster than the test above if users could take advantage of multiple nodes simultaneously rather than using only 1 node as in our test.

Note that when evaluating the price and cost, the queue time of Rebusfarm, Garagefarm and Ranch Computing is excluded and those render farms also say that the queue time is not being charged. However, by allowing users to choose the Priority render with higher price, users are directly paying to be rendered faster and are indirectly paying for this queue time. Therefore, queue time is also an important criterion for choosing the renderfarm. In our test, iRender has no queue time. The project was rendered almost immediately on Fox Renderfarm, Ranch Computing and Rebusfarm ( after choosing highest priority) whereas queue time on Garage was quite much ( 6.88 minutes) despite the highest priority being chosen.

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REDSHIFT RENDERERにベストレンダーファーム

render — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:00:04 +0000

3Dグラフィックデザイン、アニメーション、VFX、アーキテクチャ、または動画編集、エンコーディングなどの分野で作業している場合、「レンダーファーム」の概念はよく知られています。レンダリングのためのコンピューターパフォーマンスの大きな問題を解決するためにクラウドレンダリングサービスを提供する多くの巨大なテクノロジーコンピューティング名があります。各レンダーファームには自分の長所と短所があり、さまざまなサービスと選択肢を提供し、顧客に最高の効率をもたらします。 3Dデザイナーのプロジェクトにベストレンダーファームを見つけるという使命をし続け、詳細を見て、Redshift Renderer にベストレンダーファーム を見つけましょう。

それでは、最初に、Radarrenderがこのトピックを採用することにした理由を見てみましょう。最初の重要な理由は、Google、Youtubeなどのさまざまなメディアサイトで、ほとんどすべてのレンダーファームは、Redshiftのにベストレンダーファームを適切にサポートしていると、このレンダラーにベストレンダーファームであると主張しています。これまで、これらのレンダーファーム間で具体的、明確、かつ公正な比較が行われたことはありませんでした。これにより、3Dデザイナーは混乱し、おそらく間違った選択をするかもしれません。さらに、世界中の3Dデザイナーから、Redshiftプロジェクトに適したレンダーファームの1つを紹介する・進めるように求める何百ものリクエストが寄せられています。そのため、ユーザーがレンダーファーム間で最も概要の、わかりやすい比較を行うようにこのテストを実施することにして、デザイナーが自分のニーズと比較して最適な選択をできます。

間違いなく、「何よりも」という概念は曖昧です。すべてのレンダーファームは、彼らが最高であると主張することができます。各レンダーファームには自分の長所と短所があることは誰もが知っています。このレンダーファームはこのソフトウェアを十分にサポートしているかもしれませんが、他のソフトウェアには適していません。または、レンダーファームはこの3Dソフトウェアを十分にサポートしていますが、中小規模のプロジェクトにのみ、ファイルが大きすぎて複雑な場合に問題が発生します。したがって、Radarrenderは、各ソフトウェアの詳細を調べ、最も正確な結論を提供します。興味があれば、ここでテストを行い、Blender、Eevee vs CyclesのベストレンダーファームとベストLumionクラウドレンダリングとのレビューを行いました。また、使用しているソフトウェアがない場合、心配しないでください、後で各ソフトウェアについての一連のレビューがあります。私たちからの最新の記事にご期待ください！

評価の範囲と方法

具体的には、このレビューの主な代表者は、Garagefarm、Fox Renderfarm、iRender、Ranch Computing、Rebusfarm、前回の記事で2022年に最も価値のあるレンダーファームとして評価した5つのレンダーファームです。使いやすさ、ビジネスモデル、ソフトウェアのバージョンとプラグインの互換性、価格、レンダリング速度、その他のいくつかの要因などの評価要素により、これら5つのレンダーファームは他の何百もの競合他社を上回り、トップ5ベストレンダーファーム2021にランクインしています。ここで評価を行うレンダーエンジンはRedshiftレンダラーです。より詳細には、このプロジェクトはCinema 4DソフトウェアR21バージョンで設計され、Redshift 3.0.44レンダーエンジンでレンダリングされました。ご承知のとおり、Redshiftは3Dレンダリングのプロダクションであり、世界初の完全かつ強力なマルチGPU高速化された、バイアスレンダラーです。このレンダリングエンジンは、現代のハイエンドプロダクションレンダリングの特定の要求を満たすように構築されています。クリエイティブな個人やあらゆる規模のスタジオをサポートするように調整されたRedshiftは、今日、強力な機能のセットを提供し、Cinema4Dを含む業界標準のCGアプリケーションと統合します。テストプロジェクトには、1920 x1080の解像度の11フレームが含まれています。評価プロセスに、この同じテストプロジェクトをこれらの5つのレンダーファームに持ち込み、最終的なレンダー出力が得られるまでプロジェクトを通常どおりにレンダリングし、レンダリング時間とコストの関係、長所と短所を計算して、これらのレンダーファームをランクします。

私たちのテスト結果をざっと見たい人のために：

iRender– 総コスト：$2.1、レンダリング時間：11.73分
Ranch Computing – 総コスト：$11.71、レンダリング時間：3.63分
Fox Renderfarm – 総コスト：$4、レンダリング時間：10分
Rebusfarm – 総コスト：$13.57、レンダリング時間：6.42分
Garagefarm – 総コスト：$3.06、レンダリング時間：12.9分

REDSHIFT RENDERERにベストレンダーファーム

iRender

明らかに、マルチGPUレンダリングはiRenderの長所で、特にRedshiftなどのGPUベースのレンダラー。このレンダーファームのハードウェア仕様は印象的で、RTX 3090やRTX 3080などNvidiaの主力製品と最先端のグラフィックカードを含んでいます。サーバーは1/2/4/8 RTX 3090/3080で、モンスター8 RTX 3090もあり、CPUはAMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX @ 3.90GHzです。

レンダリングはWebベースで管理されます。他のレンダーファームとは異なり、ここでの全体的なコンセプトは、ユーザーがリモートデスクトップを介してオンラインで強力な物理サーバーに接続し、完全かつ柔軟に制御できるようにすることです。選択したサーバーの100％のパフォーマンスを使用して、他のサーバーと共有しないで、レンダリング時間を短縮します。ユーザーは、ソフトウェアを再インストールしたり、ファイルを再アップロードしたりすることなく、これらの強力なサーバーを柔軟にかえることができます。この高度にカスタマイズされた機能を備えたiRenderは、大規模で複雑なパイプラインと厳しい期限のあるジョブに適しています。ユーザーは、強力なサーバーを制御し、アセットやマテリアルなどを変更する場合、ローカルコンピューターでするのと同じように、シーンファイルを直接カスタマイズできます。サーバーとから・にファイルをダウンロード・アップロードするのも、Gpuhubsyncという双方向同期ツールを介してすばやく簡単に実行されます。さらに、iRenderはRedshiftのすべてのバージョンをサポートし、Primeユーザーにも無料のRedshiftライセンスを提供します。最後に、レンダリングコストは他の4つのレンダーファームよりも安いです。iRenderには、新規顧客の最初のチャージに対する50％のボーナス、$ 118から$ 1500へのチャージにたいする5から25％のボーナス、または日・週レンタルに対する20％から40％の割引など、多くのプロモーションがあるためです。ユーザーがこれらのプロモーションを利用できれば、レンダリングのコストは驚くほど安くなります！

ただし、iRenderでのレンダリングには、初めてより多くの手順が必要になります。上記のように、ユーザーは新しいマシンにソフトウェアを手動でインストールしなければなりませんが、一度だけ、インストールされたすべてのデータが後で使用できるように自動的に保存されます。さらに、ユーザーは自分のソフトウェアライセンスを使用してiRenderでレンダリングする必要があります。これは、ローカルコンピューターでRedshiftライセンスを使用したい場合は多少不便です。または、無料のRedshiftライセンスを取得するために彼らのプライムになることもできます！さらに、テストでは、最初に6 RTX 3090の最も強力なサーバーをテストするつもりですが、このサーバーは一時的にフルになっているため、代わりに4 RTX 3090のサーバーでテストすることにしました。

IRENDERのテスト結果：

+ フレーム数：11

+ キュー時間：キュー時間なし

+ ソフトウェアのインストール時間：10.27分（1回のみ）

+ レンダリング時間：11.73分（ソフトウェアのインストール時間を除く）

+ コスト：$2.1

→ 1000フレームのレンダリングには約17.7時間と $190かかります

テスト結果に基づいて、このレンダーファームは1位にランクされ、価格の点で最も安いレンダーファームになります。レンダリングコストは、Ranch Computingよりも5倍安く、Rebusfarmよりも4倍安くなっています。それは、最初の預金の50％のボーナス、日・週で借りる場合の20-40％の割引など、他のプロモーションは言うまでもありません。レンダータイムに関しては、このレンダーファームは4位です。このテストでは1つのノードしか使用しないため、これは非常に合理的です。 iRenderを使用すると、ユーザーは複数のノード（10 ++ノード）を同時に使用できます。ユーザーは、2つまたは3つ以上のノードを使用するため、レンダリング時間はそれに応じて2倍または3倍以上に短縮できます。このレンダーファームを体験するときのもう1つのハイライトは、「キュー時間なし」です。レンダリングの場合、待つことは幸せではありません！

Ranch Computing

RANCH Computingは、CPUベースとGPUベースのレンダリングを両方提供しています。 GPUタイプはかなり時代遅れのGTX 1080Tiです。ただし、ユーザーは多数のレンダーノードを活用してレンダリング時間を短縮できます。 GPU-Low（OB時間あたり0.009）に14ノード、GPU-Medium（OB時間あたり0.012）に28ノード、GPU-High（OB時間あたり0.016）に56ノードが最大あります。これが、このレンダーファームのレンダリング時間が最短である理由です。

レンダリング管理もWeb上にあります。最初のステップは、無料のオンラインツールRANCHeckerをダウンロードし、それを3Dソフトウェアに統合して、その後のスムーズなレンダリングのためにシーンを注意深く準備およびチェックすることです。このプラグインは、シーンで使用されるすべてのアセットを収集し、レンダリングパラメータを確認し、必要に応じてファイルパスを変更し、問題が発生した場合に警告します。ファイルのアップロード、キューリストの待機、レンダリングと結果のダウンロードなど、残りのワークフローは普通どおりです。幸いに、ユーザーはプロジェクトをローカルコンピューターからRANCHに直接送信できます。安全で高速なFTPアカウントからフレームをダウンロードすることも、このレンダーファームの強みです。

レンダリングの順番を待つ必要がありますが、Ranchのダッシュボードを使用すると、キューに入れられているジョブの数、またはレンダリングプロセスの特定の割合で今レンダリングされているジョブの数を知ることができます。さらに、Ranchは優先度を提供します。これは、待機リスト内のプロジェクトを並べ替え、プロジェクトごとに最大ノードを割り当てます。テストでは、最高の優先度を選択した後、プロジェクトを送信してから1分も経たないうちにジョブのレンダリングが開始されました。

ただし、RebusfarmやGaragefarmなどの他のレンダーファームと同様に、ユーザーはサービスを受ける前にキューに入れる必要があります。これは、Ranchがキューの部分を明確に示していても、順番を待つときにあいまいになり、正確にどのくらいの時間がかかるかわからない場合があります。さらに、RanchがRedshiftの限定バージョンのみをサポートしていることに気付きました。具体的には、R17からR24までのCinema 4Dソフトウェアに、このレンダーファームはRedshift3.0.5の1つのバージョンのみをサポートします。最後に、Ranchにはプロモーションや割引がほとんどありません。現在、彼らはすべてのチャージに対して10％のボリュームボーナスしか顧客に与えていません。

RANCH COMPUTINGのテスト結果：

+ フレーム数：11フレーム

+ キュー時間：0.65分（最高の優先度）

+ レンダリング時間：3.63分（キュー時間を除く）

+ コスト：$11.71

→ 1000フレームのレンダリングには約5.5時間と $1,064かかります

多数のノードを活用する機能により、RanchComputingのレンダリング時間が最速になります。レンダリング時間は、GarageFarmの約4倍、FoxRenderfarmの約3倍です。ただし、このレンダーファームが、最も高価なレンダーファームで2位になり（Rebusfarmよりもわずかにやすい）、レンダリングコストは非常に苦痛です。したがって、締め切りが非常に厳しく、予算が問題にならない場合は、このレンダーファームを使用することを検討できます。それ以外の場合は、価格とレンダリング速度の両方でiRenderの方が適しています。

Fox renderfarm

ハードウェア構成は、Fox renderfarmの長所です。 GPUノードのマシン仕様は、GTX 1080Tiと2080Ti（GPUリージョン1）からRTX 3090（GPUリージョン11）、Tesla T4（GPUリージョン12）までさまざまです。リージョンが異なれば、選択できるノードも異なり、16と24物理コアを備えたCPUがあります。 RedshiftはマルチGPUカードを使用してレンダリングを高速化できるため、現在最も強力なGPUカードであるRTX 3090をテストするように、GPUリージョン11を選択します。デフォルト構成は2 RTX 3090ですが、ノード数が表示されていません。レンダリング管理に関しては、Fox Render Farmは、Webまたはデスクトップクライアントアプリケーションのいずれかで（私たちはWeb管理を使用する）ユーザーに2つの方法を提供します。レンダリングは、アセットのアップロード、ジョブの送信、シーンの分析、そして最後にレンダリングを含む4つのステップに従うだけです。ファイルのアップロード・ダウンロードに関して、このレンダーファームは、Raysycnと呼ばれる便利なファイル転送アプリケーションを提供します。これは高速伝送ソリューションと見なすことができます。テストでは、ファイルは、Web管理に1分ですばやく表示され、送信、分析、およびレンダリングされるのを待ちます。 Foxは、C4dのバージョンに応じて、2.6と3.0を含むさまざまなバージョンのRedshiftをサポートします。

ただし、前述したこのレンダーファームの弱点の1つは、ユーザーが使用するノードの数を選択できないことです。実際、Fox RenderFarmの1つのノードにあるグラフィックカードの数は2つのカードで固定されています。その結果、2つ以上のGPUを備えた単一ノードの強力なパワーをレンダリングに利用することはできません。さらに、ユーザーのチャージが $500から $10 000の範囲の特定の大きな金額に達した場合にのみ価格が安くなります。現在、通常の顧客向けの他の割引やボーナスプロモーションはありません。したがって、プロジェクトがそれほど大量にレンダリングされる必要がない場合、レンダリングコストが高くなります。もう1つの小さな弱点は、あるリージョンから別のリージョンに変更したときにファイルを再アップロードする必要があり、レンダリング後のファイルがPCに自動的にダウンロードされないことです。

FOXのテスト結果：

+ フレーム数：11

+ レンダリング時間：10分

+ コスト：$4

→ 1000フレームのレンダリングには、約15.1時間と $364かかります。

この結果により、Foxは、価格とレンダリング時間について、5つのレンダーファームの中で3位にランク付けされています。この結果は私たちを満足させます。プロジェクトが小さく、シンプルで、シーンの調整・カスタマイズは必要ない場合、Foxは、かなり妥当なレンダリングコストでiRenderおよびRanch Computingの適切な代替選択肢になります。

4. Rebus Farm

Rebusfarmは、CPUがIntel i9-7980XE、2.60 GHz、18コアであり、GPUが48GBのDRAMを搭載した強力なQuadro RTX 6000です。これにより、メモリを大量に消費するプロのワークロードでパフォーマンスが向上します。 RebusfarmでのレンダリングプロセスはWebベースで管理されます。ユーザーが最初にローカルコンピューターでプロジェクトを準備しなければなりません。次に、ファイルのアップロードとダウンロードは、「Rebusdrop」と呼ばれる便利なRebusFarmアドオンによって自動または手動で管理できます。ユーザーはクラウドレンダリングジョブを監視でき、このツールを使用していつでもすべてのジョブを開始、一時停止、キャンセルできます。特に、ジョブはフレームごとにレンダリングされるため、事前に選択したフォルダーに自動的にダウンロードされます。ファイルが大きい場合、それは素晴らしく、時間の節約になります。 Rebusfarmは、Redshift 2.0、2.5、2.6と3.0を含んで、さまざまなバージョンのRedshiftをサポートします。

ただし、このレンダーファームの大きな欠点は、価格、優先度、キューに関連しています。つまり、優先度が高いほど、プロジェクトのレンダリングが速くなり、支払うコストが高くなります。ジョブの優先度は、標準（0.552セント/ Obh + 0.1セント/ Obh）から優先度7（2.698セント/ Obh + 0.1セント/ Obh）までです。まず、標準オプションを試してみます。ただし、約30分待ちますが、それでもファイルがレンダリングされないままであり、どのくらいの時間がかかるかわかりません。次に、最も高い優先度を選択し、その後1分以内にレンダリングが開始されます。したがって、急いでいてファームがフルになった場合は、追加料金を支払ってキューの順番を待つしかありません。

さらに、Rebusfarmには多くのプロモーションや割引がありません。現在、$500のチャージに対する5％から $50,000のチャージに対する60％までのボリュームディスカウントを顧客に提供しています。

REBUSFARMのテスト結果：

+ フレーム数：11フレーム

+ キュー時間：0.43分（最高の優先度）

+ レンダリング時間：6.42分（キュー時間を除く）

+ コスト：$13.57（11.5 RPに相当）

→ 1000フレームのレンダリングには、約9.7時間と $1,233かかります。

強力なハードウェア構成により、当然のことながら、このレンダーファームはレンダータイムで2位にランクされています。ただし、レンダリングコストは5つの中で最も高くなります。最も高価ですが、最速ではないRebusfarmはRedshiftに最適なレンダーファームではありませんが、高速レンダリングソリューションが必要な場合は依然としてトップです。

5. Garage Farm

Garage farmはCPU仕様がIntel E5-2699V4、2.20 GHz、22コアで、1x CPU、2x CPU、4x CPU構成、60-240GB RAMで（ノードあたり最大88コアを所有でき）利用可能でありますが、正直なところ、GPUレンダリングにはグラフィックカードの8x Tesla K80と8x Tesla P100 16GB vRAMがかなり古いです。レンダリング管理はWebベースです。でも、ジョブの準備と最終結果を得るには手順が多すぎるため、ユーザーは少しがっかりします。renderBeamerアプリのインストールしたり、ソフトウェアのインターフェイスでのジョブの準備したり、ユーザーがプラグインを使用してモード、カメラ設定、レンダリング設定をせっていするようにGarage Farmアプリをソフトウェア統合したりする、Garage Farmサービスの使用方法をわかるには時間がかかります。残りの手順には、ジョブのアップロード（時間がかかる）、ジョブの送信、レンダリングの進行状況の監視が含まれます。

幸いなことに、このレンダーファームは、Redshiftのすべての公式バージョンをサポートしています。通常、プラグインは、ユーザーがプロジェクトで使用しているバージョンを自動的に検出し、同じバージョンを使用してこのプロジェクトをファームにレンダリングします。さらに、レンダリングされたすべてのフレームは、できると自動的かつ即座にダウンロードされます（ユーザーがこの機能を有効にした場合）。本当に便利です！ GPUレンダリングはこのレンダーファームの長所ではありませんが、レンダリング時間を短縮するように、10ノード、25ノードと最大50ノードに対応する低優先度（0.0025 / OB時間）、中優先度（0.0038 / OB時間）、または高優先度（0.0050 / OB時間）からプランを簡単に選択できるため、まだ満足しています。

GARAGEFARMのテスト結果:

+ フレーム数：11

+ キュー時間：6.88分（最高の優先度）

+ レンダリング時間：12.9分（キュー時間を除く）

+ コスト：$3.06

→ 1000フレームのレンダリングには約19.5時間と $278かかります

このテスト結果は当然のことです。 GaragefarmのGPUカードはそれほど強力ではありません。ジョブのレンダリングに最高の優先度を選択した場合でも、このレンダーファームがレンダリングを完了するのに最も長い時間がかかります。さらに、レンダリングが開始される前に、まだ約7分キューに入れる必要があります。ただし、安価なレンダリングコストにより、私たちの待機をいくらか緩和します。このレンダーファームは、5つのレンダーファームの中で2位に安いです。

結論として、iRenderのレンダリングコストは最も安く（Ranch Computingより5倍安い）、一方、Ranch Computingのレンダリング時間は最も短い（iRenderより3倍短い）。したがって、単純なプロジェクトと適切な予算がある場合は、Ranchが適しています。一方、プロジェクトが大きく、複雑で、多くのカスタマイズと調整が必要な場合は、iRenderを選択した方がよいです。テストのように1つのノードのみを使用するのではなく、ユーザーが複数のノードを同時に利用する場合、iRenderでのレンダリング時間はテストよりもずっと速くなります。

価格とコストを評価して、Rebusfarm、Garagefarm、Ranch Computingのキュー時間は除外されることに注意して、これらのレンダーファームは、キュー時間が課金されていないとも言っています。ただし、より高い価格で優先レンダリングを選択できることで、ユーザーはより速くレンダリングされるように直接支払い、このキュー時間に対して間接支払います。したがって、キュー時間もレンダーファームを選択するための重要な基準です。私たちのテストでは、iRenderにはキュー時間がありません。最高の優先度を選択した後、Fox Renderfarm、Ranch Computing、およびRebusfarmではプロジェクトがほぼ即座にレンダリングされましたが、Garageではキュー時間がかなり長かった（6.88分）。

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Top 5 Most Trustworthy Render Farms

render — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:56:31 +0000

Radarrender has introduced many rankings of the Best render farms by comparing the correlation between Price and Affordability, Speed and Performance, Ease of use, Form of business (SaaS, PaaS or Iaas),etc. However, there is a factor that is rarely noticed by 3D artists but greatly affects the rendering process which is Trustworthy Render Farms. People say that What a company says to customers is just advertising while what customers say to their friends is the truth. Any render farm can say that they are committed to serving their customers with all their best but how they really treat customers remains unknown until we start using their services, and especially when we have problems then we will know how professionally and nicely they respond to us. Sometimes 3D artists get into so many troubles because of choosing the wrong render farm but have gone too far to draw back, which causes them to waste much more time, effort, and money. That’s the reason why we decided to write about the Top 5 most trustworthy render farms as a reference for 3D artists to evaluate which render farm is best suited for their needs.

The results of the evaluation are based on the use of service throughout the career of 3D artists of Radarrender, and especially this time, we have prepared a test file to challenge the customer support of those render farms. This file was designed on Cinema 4D R21 and rendered using Redshift 3.0.44 render engine. However, this file was made with an error purposely and was unable to be rendered. We bring this error file to the chosen render farms and render the project normally until we get an error and ask for help and support.

Criteria for trustworthy render farms

There aren’t any definite metrics for finding the most prestigious render farms for your specific needs but here are some factors we believe need considering including Public recognition, Willingness to support, Transparency with Clients, Refund policy, and Security and Privacy regulation. After many days of researching and experimenting with dozens of different render farms out there, Radarrender gives out the Top 5 Trustworthy Render Farms that we consider as the most prestigious ones including Fox Render farm, GarageFarm, iRender, Ranch Computing, and finally, Rebusfarm. And note here that we’re not playing favorites. These render farms are randomly listed in alphabetical order! Moreover, by exploring every single criterion, one render farm might be the champion of one aspect but not the rest. Therefore, we recommend that you should consider all criteria and see what matters to you the most and make your own decision.

1. Public recognition

Public recognition means the reputation that a company has achieved in its market so far or simply, how customers feel or think about a company when they hear the name of this render farm. Anybody can create a render farm. Can they create one that lasts and has satisfied customer needs for years and receive the customers’ recognition? All those 5 Render farms are long considered as the most prestigious render farms in the industry. Out of all, Ranch Computing and Rebusfarm are 2 of the names with the longest history. They both have more than ten years of experience in providing render solutions for customers. These 2 render farms are both pioneers, laying the first foundations for rendering services for 3D artists and have enough time to create a good brand in the hearts of customers. Next-generation is Fox Renderfarm and Garagefarm. They have a team of experienced staff in the field of computer graphics. With professional services and industry-leading innovation, they provide cloud rendering services to a wide range of entertainment studios and animation studios. Seeing Testimonials of Fox Renderfarm and Garagefarm reviews, it’s fair to say that they have been doing great in satisfying their customers. The last and also the one that left a quite great impression on us is iRender. This render farm is the youngest player in this playground. Established in 2019 in Vietnam with only 2 years of experience but they have been referred to as one of the best online render farms by many 3d artists, studios, and organizations (Lumion website, CGdirector, All3dp, etc).

2. Willingness to support

The next primary criteria to consider whether one is prestigious or not is How this render farm supports their customers. Are they available timely to assist the customers? Are they real humans or robots? Do they have convenient support channels? Are they willing and patient to answer customer inquiries? etc. First, let’s come to Fox renderfarm. We were quite impressed by their good customer service. After registering, users will receive an email from their Fox greeting and asking whether we need any assistance or not. When we ask them any questions, they immediately answer our questions and issues via live chat. But if your problems are about the technical issue, it takes Fox team a while to check and answer later. Fox render farm supports customers 24/7 through live chat on their website or Skype with real humans, not robots.Therefore, we consider Fox as an excellent render farm in terms of supporting customers.

Garagefarm service support is also a considerable strength. Whenever you have a question, click on the live chat icon (preferred channel of communication) that is available on the user interface. Garage Farm staff are online 24/7 and will give detailed instructions through documents for customers. Depending on user priority level, you will get the support speed. To illustrate, you will get full and premium support if you choose the medium priority and high priority respectively while you only get limited support if you choose the low priority. They ensure 10 people 1st line support, available 24/365 including holidays with any communication via live chat (24/7), Skype (realtime chat), and email (get a response within 1 hour). They also got additional support available for large productions.

iRender possesses enthusiastic staff and experienced experts who support customers directly and immediately whenever we need help with a diversity of communication methods. It is the renderfarm with the widest range of customer contact methods including: 24/7 live chat, Hotline, Skype, WhatsApp, email etc. We intentionally ask for support after their working hours but still get support and reply within seconds via live chat on their website with real human support. More importantly, right after we register our account, we receive their greeting email which provides us with the instructions and tips to use the service. And one of the special things is that their customer support agent will actively find the way to contact customers, send us the message on any platform that we are available (in our case is Whatsapp) to ask whether we have any questions or need any support or not. This would help a lot if you are not afraid of a stranger to contact you. This agent will directly support the customer for the entire process of using the service. iRender is ISO 9001 certified to deliver products that consistently meet customer requirements and a service that is dependable and can be relied on.

For Ranch Computing and Rebusfarm, they don’t really have outstanding customer support. Ranch Computing’s website shows that they are available from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (GMT+1 / Paris, France) to answer questions by email/telephone. During the weekend, RANCH can help on Skype or by email in case of an emergency. However, when we contacted them for help in their working time, it took Ranch Computing hours or even days for them to answer all my questions that we needed to know about their service. And so does Rebusfarm. RebusFarm supports customers via 2 methods including live chat and email. RebusFarm says “Our experienced service team supports you and your render job 24/7”, but we do not receive their answer for a while after asking a question and the live chat sometimes is off-line and doesn’t receive the message from users.

3. Transparency with Clients

When it comes to transparency with clients, we would like to mention in the field of Price and the Kind of Service that one render farm offers. We will take into consideration some smaller factors, for example, do they clearly state the cost for rendering or provide users with sufficient information related to the service that users are using or not? Because the model of business that Fox render farm, Garagefarm, Ranch Computing, and Rebusfarm are following, which is SaaS (Software-as-a-Service). This model provides users with access to a vendor’s cloud-based software. All you need is to upload your job to their system and get the output after waiting for the render farm provider rendering. These 4 render farms all have intuitive and dynamic cost estimators. In which, users will provide information such as The name and versions of the software, the number of frames, the local computer configuration, rendering time on the user’s computer, etc. From there, it will give you an estimated cost and render time when using their render farm. They all operate on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. That means you are only paying for what you have used. No other hidden cost. That’s the aspect that renderfarms are transparent with their customers.

However, from the experience of using many different render farms from small to big projects, we can all understand that all the estimation is just relative and the cost can be higher in almost all cases, even double or triple the beginning estimation is normal. Garage farm has a note for users that the estimates provided by the calculator may not be accurate and users should do an actual test on the farm instead”. So do Fox renderfarm, Ranch, and Rebusfarm, they say that the Cost Calculator is a rough estimation and recommend users send 2-3 test frames to verify render time and costs. Moreover, admittedly, users will not know what exact machine specs are. Any render farm can do marketing campaigns and show that their machine specs are the cutting edge CPUs and GPUs, but who knows what they currently own in their render farm.

Moreover, another aspect that makes users confused is The Pricing quotation of those render farms. Due to the various generations of hardware, online render farms try to find a common calculator for Rendering Benchmark. Fox renderfarm, GarageFarm, RanchComputing and RebusFarm are showing their price per GHz hour or Core hour for CPU pricing and OBh for GPU Rendering Benchmark. This cost calculation is confusing for a first-time user. Users often find it hard to understand how the render farm pricing works and render farms find it hard to estimate the rendering cost. We have an article analysing clearly How the renderfarm pricing works if you might be interested in.

The one that is highly appreciated in terms of radically transparency with Clients is iRender. The costs are also based on the usage known as a “Pay-as-you-go” model. iRender only charges the usage time, without any hidden costs. While users may be confused and do not know exactly what SaaS-based render farms offer in terms of hardware (both CPU and GPU). Things changed when it comes to this render farm, the one with IaaS-based. Customers can simply check CPU & GPU specs, machine configurations once users connect with their servers.

4. Refund policy

Apparently, a concise and clear return policy gives customers a feeling of security; that what they are paying is guaranteed to be what it is represented to be. And in actual use, if users have rendering problems or for some reason cannot render and request a refund, how that render farm will behave is still a mystery until you actually experience their service. All the 5 render farms state clearly their Refund/Return policy on their websites that Users all have a possibility to test the Service using trial credits and can use trial credits to get familiar with the software and to get a cost and time estimation before committing. They provide relevant documentation that is easily accessible. It covers all necessary aspects of the software to aid you in becoming a competent user of the Service. And in case that users are not completely happy with the quality and results obtained through the Service, users can contact the support and request an explanation within specific days after completed usage. They will investigate your case and will present their position. They all declare that in case of a mistake or a technical issue on render farm’s side, they will offer a full or partial refund or some other form of compensation.

In order to understand and test the refund process for customers of these render farms, we have signed up for a personal account, depositing the account as usual. Transfer the files to each render farm and start the rendering process. However those files already contain some errors that cause the files to not be rendered or the output of the render files have errors, or crash. From doing this, we could check the customer supportability of the customer service team and the technicians of each farm. Most importantly, to see if we ask for a refund of the deposited amount, how will these render farms behave?

During our usage on Garagefarm, if there are any problems or questions, we can reach them through their live chat to describe the problem we are facing, they answer us almost immediately, check the system, and send us any documentation or guide to solve the problem. When we submitted a refund request, they agreed to refund in good faith. The refund process is not so complicated and time-consuming. According to the terms of their return treatment, users will receive a response to their refund request within no more than 14 days of submitting the refund request. But it didn’t take that long, within a few hours we received their refund receipt.

When it comes to Fox renderfarm, their refund process is quite convenient for customers in which they use Skype. As referred to at the beginning, our test files have some errors that make the files can’t be rendered. While uploading, their system could detect some errors on our files but surprisingly we didn’t receive any support from their technicians to fix these errors. They told us to review the files and fix them ourselves. When we asked for a refund, they first informed us that they couldn’t refund for the quite unreasonable reason: “It is very complicated to make a refund, and our bank often checks it and refuses to do it.” and recommended that we should leave the credits for future use. After we insisted on requesting it, they agreed to a refund. The entire refund process takes 5 days.

Next is iRender. This render farm treats customers quite nicely and flexibly. As stated above, an iRender staff, called Customer Support, will directly support users via any messaging app that is convenient for users. Once we tell their customer support that we have an issue related to rendering and describe the issue, the technician guys will connect with the server (with our permission) to check, support, and consult us to fix the problem directly and immediately. All the credits that were spent for checking will be added back to the user’s account. This is like how they state they only charge you for the time users use their machine and can render normally. We did ask for a refund of the amount that we bought. We quickly received their apology for the issue that we had. They refunded our deposit only a few hours after our refund request in an atmosphere of openness and goodwill. Even more surprising, in addition to refunding the amount we deposited, they still gave us the exact amount of iRpoints we deposited to our account so that we can use it for upcoming projects. Truly excellent! This is really a smart way that few render farms can do today. They don’t put the short-term profit first and can both satisfy customers and retain customers for future usage.

Ranch Computing also treats customers nicely. As referred above, users can reach their customer support via 2 methods including Email or Skype. However, Skype is also not highly recommended by them. If you get into any trouble or want to request a refund, you need to send them an email that describes what problem you are experiencing, the project number, the version of the software and render engines that you are using, etc, so that they can easily forward it to their technical team. The refund process is also quite fast. We will have to wait for Ranch to investigate what went wrong first to understand and find a solution. First, they offered to refund the render points to our account. But when we insisted on getting a refund in cash, they agreed and the whole refund process lasted within one and a half days.

The last one is Rebusfarm. It’s quite convenient for customers in terms of contacting for a refund because they proceed with the refund right on their live chat. They agreed to refund in the form of cash, not render points. However, from the time they agreed to refund, the user’s account will be immediately deducted to 0 render points while they didn’t even ensure when they will proceed with the refund, they said that “when the responsible apartment had the time to refund, they will do it”. They also did not provide any receipt or proof of refund despite our request. The only way to know if we have been refunded is to wait until the money has actually been deposited into our account.

5. Security and privacy regulations

Last but not least, Security and Privacy regulation is one of the important factors that need to be considered. It does really matter, especially for large studios, or major film and cinematic producers, or even individuals if your project contains sensitive material. Does the render farm that you have been using put the customer’s security and privacy as their priority? How can users be sure that all of their information is kept confidential? Is that render farm recognized by reputable organizations in the world for information security or not? If your company or studio has strict and high requirements for privacy, this part is for you. All those 5 render farms provide users with full, clear, transparent dedicated information regarding their Terms and Conditions, Privacy and Confidentiality Policy, files storage, etc on their official websites. Moreover, all these 5 renderfarm have Non-disclosure agreements available for customers to protect their rights and interests.

As we all know, content and data security have always been a global concern in general and in the movie and TV industry especially. We have seen a serial high-profile pre-release leak in 2017 which caused huge damage to Hollywood’s major production studios and to the health of the whole industry. Therefore, a prestigious render farm needs an assessment process with detailed security requirements on the physical security, asset management, content life-cycle, enterprise security, risk assessment, policy & procedures, human resources processes, and most importantly, infrastructure. Fox renderfarm and iRender have sent us the copy of their certification to prove that they are both ISO 27001 certified. Fox is also a TPN accredited provider, which ensures that these 2 renderfarm keep users’ information safe and secure. For Garagefarm, Ranch Computing, and Rebusfarm, we did research on their websites but no information was found. We also contacted their customer support to get more information but got no answer. Some said that they need more time to answer our question and will let us know as fast as possible but still got no response until now.

This article is written based on what the Radarrender team has been using the render farms services, then rate and review them unbiasedly. It should come as no surprise that the render farm rankings changed with our previous reviews. It is because every 3-6 months, we reuse the render farms and update the rankings.

If we are missing a recommendation for your specific use case or you have any questions, feel free to comment below or send us an email via admin@radarrender.com.

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Render Farm Pricing Explained: GHz-Hours, OB-Hours, Node-Hours and Per-Machine Billing

1. Why is render farm pricing so hard to compare?

1.1. The four billing units at a glance

Render farm pricing: billing unit by farm

1.2. What the listed rate leaves out

2. How do GHz-hours work on CPU render farms?

2.1. The formula, with a worked example

2.2. Why a cheaper GHz-hour rate does not prove a cheaper bill

3. How do OB-hours work on GPU render farms?

3.1. What OctaneBench measures

3.2. Converting an OB-hour rate into a card-hour price

3.3. Where OB-hours mislead

4. What does node-hour pricing mean?

4.1. Two examples from pricing pages

4.2. What to check before trusting a node-hour rate

5. How does per-machine billing work on a rented GPU server?

5.1. Two services that bill this way

5.2. How billing and saved machines work on iRender

5.3. The limitation that matters for cost

5.4. What the higher hourly rate buys

What the machine-hour rate buys

6. How do you turn any unit into cost per frame?

6.1. One job priced at listed rates

One measured GPU job priced at listed rates

6.2. Why eight GPUs are not eight times faster

6.3. What do measured jobs cost on a rented machine?

iRender’s published benchmarks, priced

6.4. The extra costs to add

Costs that change the final bill

6.5. A five-step estimate before you upload

7. FAQ: render farm pricing

What is the difference between a GHz-hour and an OB-hour?

How do I calculate render farm cost per frame?

Why can two farms with similar rates produce different bills?

Are queue time, uploads and storage charged on a render farm?

Is renting a whole GPU server cheaper than a render farm?

Do render farms offer free trials?

Sources

Enscape vs Lumion for Slow PCs: Which Punishes Weak Hardware More?

Which one actually runs on a 4GB graphics card?

How does Lumion punish a weak PC?

How does Enscape punish a weak PC?

What about a 6GB or 8GB card, where both run?

Will a second graphics card or more system RAM help either one?

Can I run Enscape or Lumion on a remote machine instead of upgrading?

FAQ

The Best Blender Render Farm for Architecture in 2026: Cycles on the RTX 5090

Why doesn’t Cycles detect my RTX 5090 in an architectural project?

CUDA or OptiX for architectural scenes on the RTX 5090?

What does 32GB of VRAM change for a Blender architectural scene?

Should an architect render Blender Cycles scenes locally or on a farm?

Which render farms handle Blender architectural projects?

What should I check before sending a Blender arch-viz job to a farm?

FAQ

Which Blender Cycles version supports the RTX 5090?

Why doesn’t Blender see my new graphics card?

Should I use CUDA or OptiX in Cycles on an RTX 5090?

Is 32GB of VRAM necessary for Blender architectural rendering?

Which render farm is best for Blender architectural projects?

Rate And Review Super Renders Farm 2026

Overview Octane And The Octane Cloud Render Farm

Octane render: what is it?

What makes working with Octane appealing to renderers?

What renderers don’t like about working with Octane?

What issues is the product addressing, and how does that help you?

Top 3 Octane cloud render farm

Best Render Farms for Daz Studio & Iray

Best Render Farms for Octane Renderer

Assessment scope and method

iRender Farm

iRender test results

Ranch Computing

Ranch Computing’s test results:

Rebus Farm

Rebus Farm’s test results

5 Best Render Farms for Redshift renderer

Assessment scope and method

iRender Farm

iRender’s test result: