Sketchup

SketchUp (formerly Google Sketchup) is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, civil and...

• Sketchup is for 3D modeling, not rendering. Adobe Felix doesn't have 3D modeling features; it is for rendering only. thesuperdaine • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Web Android

ZBrush

IDEAS BORN IN CLAY. ZBrush is a digital sculpting and painting program that has revolutionized the 3D industry with its powerful features and intuitive workflows....

Commercial Mac Windows

Paint 3D

Paint 3D is Microsoft's totally rebuilt and enhanced version of http://alternativeto .

Free Windows Windows S

LuxRender

LuxRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxRender simulates the flow of light according to physical...

Free Open Source Windows Linux

POV-Ray

The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for...

Free Open Source Windows Linux

RenderMan

PhotoRealistic RenderMan, or PRMan for short, is a proprietary photorealistic RenderMan-compliant renderer. It primarily uses the REYES algorithm but is also fully...

Free Personal $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux

Mitsuba

Physically based renderer. Mitsuba is an extensible rendering framework written in portable C++. It implements unbiased as well as biased techniques and contains...

Free Mac Windows Linux

Keyshot

KeyShot is an interactive raytracing and global illumination program developed by Luxion for both PC and Mac that breaks down the complexity of creating photographic...

• They serve the same purpose. Keyshot is free. thesuperdaine • Aug 2017 Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows

appleseed

appleseed is a modern, open source, physically-based rendering engine designed to produce photorealistic images, animations and visual effects.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux

Clara.io

Clara.io is a full-featured cloud-based 3D modeling, animation and rendering software tool that runs in your web browser. With Clara.io you can make complex 3D...

Freemium Web

Kerkythea

Powerful, feature-rich and fast standalone raytracing renderer. Exporters from Blender and Google SketchUp are also available. Allows network rendering of images and...

Free Mac Windows Linux Sketchup Blender

Cycles Renderer

Cycles is Blender’s ray-trace based production render engine and in development since 2011.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux

Sunflow Rendering System

Sunflow is an open source rendering system for photo-realistic image synthesis. It is written in Java and built around a flexible ray tracing core and an extensible...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux

Picogen

A free Terrain Synthesizer and RendererPicogen is an outdoor ray tracing system, a free Terrain Synthesizer and Renderer targeting large-scale terrain with realistic...

• Discontinued No recent releases since 2010. See https://code.google.com/archive/p/picogen/downloads

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Indigo Renderer

Indigo Renderer is an unbiased, physically based and photorealistic renderer which simulates the physics of light to achieve near-perfect image realism. With an advanced...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux