V-Ray Alternatives

V-Ray is described as '2.0 for 3ds Max is a complete rendering solution, which combines the power of the well-known V-Ray award-winning production rendering engine with the flexibility and exceptional speed of the interactive rendering system V-Ray RT and the even more impressive new V-Ray RT' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to V-Ray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Autodesk 3ds Max and Blender apps. The best V-Ray alternative is MoonRay, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like V-Ray are Adobe Dimension, LuxCoreRender, Cycles Renderer and Malt.

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V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max is a complete rendering solution, which combines the power of the well-known V-Ray award-winning production rendering engine with the flexibility and exceptional speed of the interactive rendering...

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V-Ray alternatives page was last updated Jan 4, 2025
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  1. MoonRay icon

    MoonRay

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    MoonRay is DreamWorks Animation’s in-house 3D renderer, used to render all DreamWorks movies since How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

    46 MoonRay alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Render Profile Viewer

    MoonRay Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer

    MoonRay VS V-Ray

     

    • MoonRay is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to V-Ray.

    • MoonRay is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to V-Ray.

    • MoonRay is Free and Open SourceV-Ray is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Adobe Dimension icon

    Adobe Dimension

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    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

    64 Adobe Dimension alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
    Adobe Dimension screenshot 1

    Adobe Dimension Features

    1.  Grid layout
    2.  HD-Rendering
    3.  3D design

    Adobe Dimension VS V-Ray

     

    • Adobe Dimension is the most popular Mac alternative to V-Ray.

    • Adobe Dimension is the most popular commercial alternative to V-Ray.

    • Adobe Dimension is Paid and ProprietaryV-Ray is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. LuxCoreRender icon

    LuxCoreRender

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    LuxCoreRender is a physically based and unbiased rendering engine. Based on state of the art algorithms, LuxCoreRender simulates the flow of light according to physical equations, thus producing realistic images of photographic quality.

    50 LuxCoreRender alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    LuxCoreRender screenshot 1

    LuxCoreRender Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  Ray Tracing

    LuxCoreRender VS V-Ray

     
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    Versatile 3D design tool combining asset compositing and photorealistic rendering with real-time previews. Access Adobe Stock seamlessly and enhance with Photoshop for practical workflows.

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  6. Cycles Renderer

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    Cycles is Blender’s ray-trace based production render engine and in development since 2011. It was originally developed by Brecht van Lommel, and is maintained by an active team of developers today. Since its release as Apache 2.

    22 Cycles Renderer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Cycles Renderer screenshot 1

    Cycles Renderer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Rendering
    3.  3D Renderer

    Cycles Renderer VS V-Ray

     
  7. Malt icon

    Malt

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    Malt is a fully customizable real-time rendering framework for animation and illustration. Designed as a community effort to expand the possibility space of 3d rendering, it provides graphics programmers and technical artist an enjoyable “shadertoy-like” workflow inside Blender...

    46 Malt alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Sample files

    Malt Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer

    Malt VS V-Ray

     
  8. Kerkythea icon

    Kerkythea

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    Powerful, feature-rich and fast standalone raytracing renderer.

    Exporters from Blender and Google SketchUp are also available. Allows network rendering of images and animation

    Supported Features*

    • Bump Mapping
    • Normal Mapping
    • Clip Mapping
    • Bevel Mapping (an.
    45 Kerkythea alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Sketchup
    • Blender
    Kerkythea screenshot 1

    Kerkythea Features

    1.  Ray Tracing
    2.  Rendering

    Kerkythea VS V-Ray

     
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    appleseed

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

    52 appleseed alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    appleseed screenshot 1

    appleseed Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Rendering
    3.  Ray Tracing

    appleseed VS V-Ray

     
  11. Radeon ProRender icon

    Radeon ProRender

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    AMD Radeon™ ProRender is a powerful physically-based path traced rendering engine that enables creative professionals to produce stunningly photorealistic images.

    21 Radeon ProRender alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Radeon ProRender screenshot 1

    Radeon ProRender Features

    1.  Physically-Based Rendering
    2.  3D Renderer
    3.  Rendering
    4.  GPU Acceleration

    Radeon ProRender VS V-Ray

     
  12. MyArchitectAI icon

    MyArchitectAI

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    Create photorealistic renders in under 10 seconds with AI. Upload your Sketchup or Archicad designs and let our AI rendering software do the rest. No installs or 3D modeling experience needed.

    15 MyArchitectAI alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    MyArchitectAI screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  AI-Powered
    2.  3D Renderer
    3.  Rendering

    MyArchitectAI VS V-Ray

     

    • MyArchitectAI is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to V-Ray.

    • MyArchitectAI is Paid and ProprietaryV-Ray is also Paid and Proprietary
    • MyArchitectAI is LightweightV-Ray is not according to our users
  13. Keyshot icon

    Keyshot

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    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 images from 3D models.

    51 Keyshot alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Depth of Field

    Keyshot Features

    1.  HDR Support
    2.  Rendering

    Keyshot VS V-Ray

     
  14. Mitsuba icon

    Mitsuba

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    Mitsuba is a research-oriented rendering system for forward and inverse light transport simulation. It consists of a core library and a set of plugins that implement functionality ranging from materials and light sources to complete rendering algorithms.

    52 Mitsuba alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Mitsuba screenshot 1

    Mitsuba Features

    1.  Rendering

    Mitsuba VS V-Ray

     
  15. Sunflow Rendering System icon

    Sunflow Rendering System

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    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 object-oriented design. It was created as a framework for experimenting with global illumination algorithms and...

    50 Sunflow Rendering System alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Sunflow Rendering System Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  Ray Tracing

    Sunflow Rendering System VS V-Ray

     
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