Lumion is 3D rendering software tailored especially for architects, and designers. It is a powerful and effective architectural visualization tool to build a 3D environment and then create amazing images, impressive videos, and so on. Rendering Lumion projects during continuous hours is often a bottleneck for everyone working in the designing field. There are 3 best Lumion cloud rendering services that Lumion recommends

Actually, Lumion is unsupported on many rendering services, even some well-known brand names such as Rebus Farm, Fox Render Farm, and Garage Farm.

We read on the Lumion website that Lumion recommends 3 cloud services to their customers. So today, based on Lumion’s recommendation, Radrrender gonna render on Shadow, iRender, and Cloudalize. It is all the best render farm for single-GPU render engines like Lumion.

Learning more about render farms for lumion: Top 3 best render farms for Lumion 

Let’s watch the following video to find out which cloud service is the Best Lumion Cloud Rendering Service.

Update time: 2021

Last updated: November 2026

RANCH Computing is a high-performance rendering service for CPU and GPU projects and also a provider of hardware solutions dedicated to 3D rendering. RANCH Computing began its activity in March 2007 and is based in Paris, France Since then, Ranch Computing’s aim is to allow any graphic designers, whatever line of business they are in (animation, VFX, architecture, design, video games…), to tackle the rendering process serenely in order to meet their deadlines and their budgets. The business model that RANCH Computing is following is based on SaaS (Software-as-a-Service). This allows customers to have easy access to the RANCH Computing farm and utilize the power of render nodes to speed up the rendering process.

Interface

Firstly, we take a look at the RANCH Computing website and dashboard that they offer their customers. It is evident that their UI/UX is quite clear and friendly for users to start using RANCH Computing services. They make clear each category in the dashboard for each step. To illustrate, in the queue part, users will know how many jobs are being queued, or how many jobs are currently being rendered at a specific percentage of the rendering process. Besides, users also know these jobs are being rendered on CPU farm or GPU farm, as well as the type of software used. The serious drawback in RANCH Computing is that users have to queue before being served on the RANCH farm, you may be vague when waiting for your turn and do not know how long it will take. Regarding your job, to ensure that your project will be rendered as you expect on the RANCH, it needs to be well prepared on your computer. This is the goal of the RANCHecker, a free and simple tool. This plugin will gather all assets used by your scene, verify the rendering parameters, change file paths if necessary, and warns you in case of possible issues (incompatible plugin for instance). Now RANCHecker is currently available for the following software: 3Ds Max, Cinema4D, Maya, and Blender. The rest of the workflow on RANCH Computing is Uploading your files, Waiting for the queue list, Rendering and Downloading your results. 

However, you 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. In addition to the limited storage, The Ranch does currently not support frame numbers greater than 9999.

Support software

In terms of supported software, RANCH Computing gives the list of major software namely 3Ds Max, Cinema4D, Maya, Blender, and Houdini. Moreover, RANCH is highly recommended for Maxwell and Indigo software which is randomly offered by well-known render farms. One of the greatest advantages of RANCH is they support a wide range of software versions, renderers, and plugins for users that allow them to have many options to select. 

Both CPU vs GPU rendering, RANCH gives us to select the latest versions of render engines for the aforementioned software. When it comes to 3Ds Max renderers, there are Arnold, ART, Corona, Vray, Scanline for CPU-based rendering while Arnold GPU, Vray GPU, Redshift, and FStorm for GPU-based rendering. With Cinema4D, you can use Vray, Corona, Arnold for CPU jobs, and Redshift, Octane, Arnold for GPU jobs. Maya is supported with fewer options when Vray, Arnold, and Maxwell are used for CPU-based rendering, while the only Redshift, Vray is used for that of GPU. For Blender, aside from the built-in renderers such as Cycles and Eevee, RANCH also supports Redshift, which is not commonly available across many render farms. For Houdini, in addition to the native renderers integrated in the software, RANCH extends support to Redshift and Arnold, giving users more flexibility for production-level rendering.

Hardware

Hardware is the decisive factor for each render farm to speed up the rendering process. Regarding RANCH Computing, they provide both CPU and GPU-based rendering.

First, we would like to mention the type of CPU on the RANCH Computing farm. Ranch Computing offers powerful AMD CPUs (Turin, Bergamo, Milan) on virtual machines. Their configurations include 42 vCPU with 160 GB RAM, 84 vCPU with 240 GB RAM, and 168 vCPU with 480 GB RAM, all supporting up to 512 threads and 1.5 TB RAM, NVMe storage from 250 GB to 1.5 TB, and 25 Gbps network connectivity. You can select the priority level, including CPU-Low, CPU-Medium, and CPU-High, for which the number of render nodes ranges from 24 to 64

Next, Ranch Computing now offers the latest RTX 3090, RTX 4090, and the powerful RTX 5090 GPUs. The RTX 5090 is the current GeForce flagship, delivering exceptional rendering speed and stability for demanding 3D, VFX, and animation projects. Moreover, you can leverage the number of render nodes that RANCH offers you to speed up your render time. It is because you are likely to select a maximum of 10 nodes for GPU-Low,  20 nodes for GPU-Medium, and 30 nodes for GPU-High.

Pricing

There is no doubt that pricing has an important impact on the ranking render farm list. With RANCH Computing, they offer us a wide variety of price plans depending on the priority level we choose. To commence, the CPU prices are based on the commonly accepted ‘Gigahertz-Hour’ (GHz.h) unit which means the cost of a project is based on how many GHz.h are used to render it. For instance, 

• An AMD 42-Core Server has 42 cores and a clock frequency of 2.45 GHz. 
• If such a server renders for 2 hours, the number of GHz.h charged will be 42 cores x 2.45 GHz x 2 hours = 205.8 GHz.h. 
• If you are using a server with the CPU-Low priority (0.011 RC/GHz.h) for 2 hours, the cost will be 205.8 GHz.h × 0.011 RC/GHz.h = 2.26 RC.
• If 30 identical machines render simultaneously: 2.26 RC × 30 machines = 67.8 RC

Cost by Priority

In contrast, the GPU prices are based on the commonly accepted “OctaneBench-hour” unit which means the cost of a project is based on how many OB.h are used to render it. For example, 

• A GPU with 2 x RTX 3090 has an OctaneBench score of ~1300 points (based on OctaneBench 2020/2025).
• If such a server renders for a half-hour, the number of OB.h charged will be 1300 OB × 0.5 h = 650 OB.h.
• If you are using a server with the GPU-Low priority 0.005 RC/OB.h) for a half-hour, the cost will be 650 OB.h × 0.005 RC/OB.h = 3.25 RC.
• If 10 identical machines render simultaneously: 3.25 RC × 10 machines = 32.5 RC.

Cost by Priority

General speaking, the price list that RANCH offers can be considered “reasonable” when compared to that of other render farms.

Support

Support is a crucial factor when evaluating any render farm. In the past, RANCH Computing was not highly appreciated in this area, but they have now improved by adding a direct live support channel on their website, making them more competitive with top render farms such as iRender, GarageFarm, Fox Renderfarm, and RebusFarm. However, their overall availability is still limited. RANCH provides support mainly during office hours – Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (GMT+1, Paris) – and outside these hours, users can only reach them via email. While they sometimes respond within minutes, there are also cases where replies take much longer, and email remains their most reliable communication method.

Even with the new live support feature, RANCH’s response time is still slower compared to other leading render farms that offer real 24/7 instant support. For this reason, we rate their customer service 2 stars, acknowledging the recent improvements while noting the remaining limitations.

Last updated: November 2026

iRender Farm is a Vietnam-based cloud render farm established in 2019. After 7 years of continuous growth, from being a new name in the global render farm market, iRender has become a truly reliable and competitive platform. Their constant innovation, stable performance, and excellent customer support make them one of the best choices for both individual artists and studios today. 

iRender provides an IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) model that allows users to have full control over their computer and set up a similar working environment with the customer’s personal computer on the remote server to work and render. iRender helps to bring 3D artists, VFX, filmmakers, animation studios, etc. an efficient rendering method with the high computing GPU and CPU infrastructure that can handle all the heavy-duty tasks like a breeze.

The first and foremost impressive thing I have to say that their UI/UX is so friendly and easy-to-use. In the past, I used to experience AWS EC2 service whose business model is the same as iRender farm, but I found it really difficult to use AWS service and had to learn a lot to get used to it. At first, I thought the IaaS-based render farm was also hard to use, but I was wrong. In contrast, I have had a great experience while using the iRender farm service due to their good UI/UX. They gave me detailed instructions which helped me have easy access to the remote server. By creating an image and booting it, users are able to connect to a robust server and use it familiarly as their personal computer.

The next enormous advantage of iRender Farm rendering service is that iRender provides a free tool called iRender GPU (for Windows) and iRender Drive (for MacOS) to help users transfer their files from their local computer to the remote server. These apps make me impressed by iRender because there are few IaaS-based render farms supporting transferring files for free as well as easily expanding the amount of storage. You can upload your files under any format first via the iRender GPU App/iRender Drive, then connect to the server, which saves you time and money. On top of that, they support transferring a large amount of storage that can be 100GB, 1TB of data, or even more which makes big demanding studios satisfy.
Especially for Windows users, the iRender GPU App is a true all-in-one solution. It lets you transfer files, connect to your remote desktop, and manage your projects seamlessly – all without having to open the website. It’s incredibly convenient, especially for someone like me who prefers keeping everything in one place instead of juggling multiple tabs.

Nevertheless, iRender needs more steps in the rendering process for the first time. After connecting to the remote server, users need to manually install the software they want on a new machine, fortunately, one time only. All installed data and software are automatically stored as an image and saved for later usage. That makes iRender farm unique among well-known render farms. In addition to the available image with installed software for the next time, iRender also launched a useful function called CLONING that allows users to clone an original image to other images with the same data. By doing this way, first, you will have a back-up image and second, you are able to use many servers simultaneously to speed up your rendering time without setting up everything from scratch.

Regarding types of software, iRender shows that they support all major software such as 3Ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Blender, Keyshot, Lumion, Enscape, Unreal Engine, Daz, and so on. Yes, you can install and use any kind of software, renderer, or plugin on iRender servers, however, you need to add your license key(s) to their farm. iRender just gives you a high-performance machine, what you do on it is up to you and they don’t have the right to get access to your remote server. However, if you’re their prime customer, you are able to use iRender’s licenses for Cinema 4D and Redshift, which are common GPU-based render engines in the market. From my point of view, if you are using special plugins or software that famous SaaS-based render farms do not support, you can take iRender farm into account and use this service to speed up your rendering time due to their machine specs. Why?

The hardware or machine specs of iRender farm is one of the decisive benefits that have a great effect on users’ behavior. 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 IaaS-based render farms, users precisely know what type of CPU and GPU are contained in the remote server? Is it legal licensing or not?. Regarding iRender farm which is based on the IaaS model, you can simply check CPU&GPU type, as well as the license keys they support, are legal or illegal on the remote server. iRender also can be considered as a leading render farm that constantly improves their service as well as upgrades the newest graphics cards in the world. Their servers now run on RTX 4090 (24GB) and RTX 5090 (32GB) cards, with 1, 2, 4 or 8 GPUs per machine for both models. Depending on your software, you can pick exactly what you need – a single GPU for tools like Lumion, Enscape, or Unreal Engine, or multiple GPUs for renderers such as Redshift, Octane, or V-Ray. It’s great that iRender gives users this kind of flexibility instead of a one-size-fits-all setup.

There is no doubt that iRender ranks first in the top render farms 2026 list, followed by Rebus Farm, Fox Render Farm or Garage Farm. The reason is that iRender not only offers all software that other render farms support (such as 3Ds Max, Maya, Cinema4D, Houdini), but they also offer other software that other render farms cannot support (such as Unreal Engine, Lumion, Enscape, Daz Studio).

One more thing that IaaS models are preferred to use than SaaS models is customization. If your project is straightforward and has a simple pipeline, I certainly suggest you should use a SaaS render farm. However, there are increasing demands of IaaS render farms because users need to take full control of the server and customize their job with large projects and complex pipelines. For example, thanks to IaaS render farms like iRender, you are able to execute your rendering tasks simultaneously with several software such as Cinema4D, Houdini or After Effects on only one server (image). While you need to work separately on each software and sequentially on a SaaS render farm to get the final result, which takes a long time and wastes more money, therefore, SaaS model is not suitable for a 3D team. 

When it comes to pricing, iRender offers a wide range of rental packages at various costs. Currently, iRender focuses more on GPU Rendering, but they still have strong CPUs: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3955WX (3.9-4.2GHz) and AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5975WX (3.6-4.5GHz). You can choose from 1/2/4/8× RTX 4090 or 1/2/4/8× RTX 5090 setups. The table below lists every package and its hourly rate as shown on iRender’s pricing page in November 2026.

iRender only charges the usage time, without any hidden costs. Apart from the pay-as-you-go payment method, you can pay for 3 hours or more in advance and save about 10% on the hourly rate (for example, $7.38 instead of $8.2 per hour for 1x RTX 4090, and $9.72 instead of $10.8 for 1x RTX 5090, as listed on the pricing page in November 2026). The prices of iRender farm can be considered “reasonable” when compared with other farms.

Plus, there’s also a special promotion for first-time top-ups (receive 100% bonus points), which makes it even more attractive if you’re trying iRender for the first time.

The last thing we need to mention is their elite support. iRender farm possesses enthusiastic staff and experienced experts who support us directly and immediately whenever we need help with a variety of communication methods: Live Chat (24/7 on weekdays and 6:00 AM to 11:59 PM UTC+7 at weekends, per the pricing page), WhatsApp, and more. iRender staff make us more satisfied with this cloud rendering service.