Auddomate Render vs Corona

Corona is a famously easy, realistic CPU renderer for interiors, made by Chaos. Auddomate Render is a free spectral renderer that runs in your browser, on your graphics card. Here's how they compare.

Checked 21 October 2026

Auddomate Render 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 accuracy37 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 or OBJ. 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 21 October 2026.

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Questions

Is Auddomate Render good for interiors?

Corona is the better choice for interiors and architecture today, with LightMix, a large asset library and few settings to learn. Auddomate Render is built for products, glass and liquids, and does its work on your graphics card.

How much does each cost?

Corona starts at $414 a year (Solo). Auddomate Render is free to render with, for good. Pro, when it opens, will be $12 a month or $96 a year.

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