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How we compare. Honestly.

The renderers below are excellent, and most can do far more than Auddomate today. Here's where we're the better choice, where we aren't yet, and what each one costs.

Checked 29 October 2026

Where Auddomate is strong

Nothing to installOpen a tab and render, on almost any computer, at home or on a borrowed one.
Free to renderThe whole studio is free, for good. Pro, when it opens, is $12 a month.
Spectral lightEvery ray carries real wavelengths, so glass splits light into color and colored light mixes the way it does outside.
Proof you can run38 checks measure Auddomate against pbrt-v4, the open reference renderer. Run them on your own computer and see the numbers.
Caustics from the sunLight is traced out from the sun through glass and liquid, so the patterns on the table come out sharp in seconds.
Your work stays yoursModels and renders never leave your computer. Unlike cloud 3D tools, there's no upload and no account.

Where others are ahead

Building scenesAuddomate can't model, arrange or animate. You build the scene in your 3D app and bring it in as glTF, OBJ or USD.
MaterialsNo node materials or procedural textures yet, and no sheen, thin film, smoke or fog, hair or displacement.
LibrariesNo library of ready-made materials, models or studios to drag in.
Speed at scaleOne graphics card, through the browser. No network rendering or render farms, and very large scenes are limited by what the browser lets us use.
PipelinesPlug-ins for Cinema 4D, Blender and 3ds Max send your scene in one click, but there are few render passes and no light mixing after the render.
Track recordThe tools below have decades of production work behind them. Auddomate is young, and new features arrive every week.

Side by side

Pick a renderer to see it next to Auddomate, line by line, with when to choose each.

Auddomate and KeyShot

The standard for product shots, especially from CAD.

AuddomateKeyShot

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a year$1,299 a year (Professional), or $1,599 (Business)

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodA 14-day trial. Students and teachers pay $95 a year

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installA desktop app, with plug-ins that bring models in from CAD and 3D apps

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsWindows and macOS

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsDispersion on glass, gem and optics materials

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appArrange and light the scene inside the app

MaterialsMatte, glossy, metal, clear coat, glass, translucent materials like wax and jade, colored liquids and glow, with color, roughness and normal mapsA large library, a material graph, and more material types than us

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserCPU or GPU, with network rendering on Business

Choose KeyShot if

you start from CAD, want a huge library of ready materials, or need a mature product-shot workflow with a big company behind it. It costs more than thirteen times what Pro will, and for many teams it's worth it.

Choose Auddomate if

you want spectral light you can verify, on any computer, without a $1,299 subscription.

KeyShot details from keyshot.com/pricing and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs KeyShot: the full comparison

Auddomate and Blender Cycles

Free, open source, and part of a complete 3D suite. Made by the Blender Foundation and its community.

AuddomateBlender Cycles

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a yearFree

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodEverything. It's open source

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installInside Blender, a complete 3D app

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsWindows, macOS and Linux

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsRGB. Spectral rendering is a community project, not part of Blender

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes, including shadow caustics through glass

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appEverything: modelling, sculpting, animation, simulation, compositing

MaterialsMatte, glossy, metal, clear coat, glass, translucent materials like wax and jade, colored liquids and glow, with color, roughness and normal mapsNode materials, procedural textures, subsurface, volumes, hair and displacement

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserSeveral graphics cards, command-line rendering and render farms

Choose Blender Cycles if

you want one free app that does everything, and you're ready to learn it. It's the strongest free alternative to us, by a distance, and far more complete.

Choose Auddomate if

you already model elsewhere and want physically exact light in seconds, without learning Blender.

Blender Cycles details from blender.org and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs Blender Cycles: the full comparison

Auddomate and V-Ray

A production renderer for architecture, film and design. Made by Chaos.

AuddomateV-Ray

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a year$540 a year (Solo)

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodA free trial

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installA plug-in for most major 3D and CAD apps

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsWherever your 3D app runs

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsDispersion on refractive materials

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appIn your 3D app

MaterialsMatte, glossy, metal, clear coat, glass, translucent materials like wax and jade, colored liquids and glow, with color, roughness and normal mapsNode materials, the Chaos Cosmos asset library, subsurface, volumes, hair and displacement

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserCPU or GPU, distributed rendering and cloud rendering

Choose V-Ray if

you work in architecture or production, need render elements, light mixing and a pipeline, and want a renderer studios have trusted for over twenty years.

Choose Auddomate if

you want spectral, verified light for objects and products, free, without a host app.

V-Ray details from chaos.com/vray and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs V-Ray: the full comparison

Auddomate and Corona

A famously easy, realistic CPU renderer for interiors. Made by Chaos.

AuddomateCorona

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a year$414 a year (Solo)

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodA free trial

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installA plug-in for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsWherever 3ds Max or Cinema 4D runs

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsDispersion on refractive materials

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes, with a dedicated caustics solver

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appIn 3ds Max or Cinema 4D

MaterialsMatte, glossy, metal, clear coat, glass, translucent materials like wax and jade, colored liquids and glow, with color, roughness and normal mapsA physical material, a large asset library, subsurface, volumes and displacement

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserYour processor. Animations can use the GPU through Chaos Vantage

Choose Corona if

you render interiors and architecture in 3ds Max or Cinema 4D and want realism with few settings, plus LightMix to relight after rendering.

Choose Auddomate if

you render products and glass, want your graphics card to do the work, and don't want a host app.

Corona details from chaos.com/corona and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs Corona: the full comparison

Auddomate and Octane

A spectral GPU renderer inside most 3D apps. Made by OTOY.

AuddomateOctane

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a year€19.99 a month, billed yearly, or €23.95 monthly

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodNo free plan on its price page

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installA plug-in for most 3D apps, or standalone

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsWindows and Linux with NVIDIA graphics, and Octane X on Macs

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsSpectral

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appIn your 3D app

MaterialsMatte, glossy, metal, clear coat, glass, translucent materials like wax and jade, colored liquids and glow, with color, roughness and normal mapsNode materials, subsurface, volumes, hair and displacement

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserSeveral graphics cards, and up to 10 network render nodes

Choose Octane if

you want spectral GPU rendering inside Cinema 4D, Houdini or Blender, with a full material system. Of every tool here, it's the closest to us in spirit, and much further along.

Choose Auddomate if

you want spectral light free, on any graphics card, with checks you can run to see that it's right.

Octane details from home.otoy.com and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs Octane: the full comparison

Auddomate and Redshift

A fast production renderer, built into Cinema 4D. Made by Maxon.

AuddomateRedshift

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a year$369 a year, or $63 a month. Included with Cinema 4D subscriptions

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodA free trial

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installA plug-in for Cinema 4D, Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini, Katana and Blender

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsNVIDIA, AMD and Apple graphics, or the processor

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsBuilt for production speed

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appIn your 3D app

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserSeveral graphics cards and render farms

Choose Redshift if

you make motion design or heavy production scenes and speed on big frames matters more than every last photon. If you have Cinema 4D, you already own it.

Choose Auddomate if

accuracy matters more than raw speed: glass, liquids and light you want to trust.

Redshift details from maxon.net/redshift and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs Redshift: the full comparison

Auddomate and Maverick

A standalone spectral renderer for products. Made by RandomControl.

AuddomateMaverick

Price to startFree. Pro will be $12 a month, or $96 a year€395.99 once (Indie), or from €19.99 a month. Studio is €795.99

Without payingThe whole studio, for goodNo free plan we could find

How you run itIn a browser tab. Nothing to installA desktop app

Works onAny computer with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari and a graphics card from the last few yearsWindows, with an NVIDIA RTX graphics card

LightSpectral: every ray carries real wavelengthsSpectral

CausticsTraced out from the sun, through glass and liquidYes

Proof of accuracy38 checks against pbrt-v4, which you can run yourself in the studioNone published that we know of

Building the sceneSend it from Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max in one click, or import glTF, GLB, OBJ or USD. You arrange the scene in your 3D appArrange and light the scene inside the app. Studio opens CAD files

MaterialsMatte, glossy, metal, clear coat, glass, translucent materials like wax and jade, colored liquids and glow, with color, roughness and normal mapsA material editor, volumes and displacement

ScaleOne graphics card, through your browserYour NVIDIA graphics card

Choose Maverick if

you're on Windows with an NVIDIA RTX card and want a standalone spectral product renderer you can buy outright, with CAD import in Studio.

Choose Auddomate if

you're on a Mac or an AMD or Intel graphics card, or you'd rather not pay before you render.

Maverick details from maverickrender.com and its documentation, checked 29 October 2026.

Auddomate Render vs Maverick: the full comparison

A different job

Browser 3D design tools

Spline and Vectary also run in the browser, and they're lovely tools. They're built for designing 3D and putting it on websites, with real-time previews, sharing and embeds, and their projects live in their cloud.

Auddomate is built for one thing: the final, physically exact still or video of a model you made elsewhere, rendered on your own computer. If you need interactive 3D on a web page, use them. If you need the glass in your product shot to be right, use us. Plenty of people will want both.

How we made this page

From the sourcePrices come from each maker's own price page, in the currency they list, for one person, before tax. Where a maker sells several plans, we show the cheapest one for a single artist.

Fair to themEvery renderer here does something better than we do, and we've tried to say so plainly. Where we couldn't confirm a detail, we left it out rather than guess.

Tell us if we're wrongPrices change and features ship. If anything here is out of date or unfair, write to hello@auddomate.com and we'll fix it.

KeyShot, Blender, V-Ray, Corona, Octane, Redshift, Maverick, Spline and Vectary are trademarks of their owners. Auddomate isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

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