Auddomate Render vs V-Ray

V-Ray is a production renderer for architecture, film and design, made by Chaos. Auddomate Render is a free spectral renderer that runs in your browser. Here's how they compare, and when to choose each.

Checked 21 October 2026

Auddomate Render 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 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 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 21 October 2026.

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Questions

Is there a free alternative to V-Ray?

For objects and products, Auddomate Render is free and runs in the browser. V-Ray starts at $540 a year and does far more for architecture and production: node materials, render elements, light mixing, and distributed and cloud rendering.

Can I bring V-Ray scenes into Auddomate Render?

Your models, yes, through glTF or GLB, or in one click with the Send to Auddomate Render plugin for 3ds Max. V-Ray materials can't be exported by 3ds Max, so the plugin sends each one in its base color, keeps its name, and you finish it in the material editor.

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