This page provides a list of 3D rendering software, the dedicated engines used for rendering computer-generated imagery. This is not the same as 3D modeling software, which involves the creation of 3D models, for which the software listed below can produce realistically rendered visualisations. Also not included are general-purpose packages which can have their own built-in rendering capabilities; these can be found in the List of 3D computer graphics software and List of 3D animation software. See 3D computer graphics software for more discussion about the distinctions.
Title
License
Status
Developer(s)
3Delight
Proprietary
Active
Illumination Research (company)
appleseed
MIT[1]
Active
appleseedhq Organization
Arion
Proprietary
Active
RandomControl
Aqsis
BSD
Active
Paul Gregory
Arnold
Proprietary
Active
Solid Angle, Autodesk, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Brazil R/S
Proprietary
Discontinued
SplutterFish LLC
Bella render (software)
Proprietary
Active
Diffuse Logic
C3D Vision
Proprietary
Active
ASCON, C3D Labs
Centileo
Proprietary
Active
Centileo LLC
Chaos Corona
Proprietary
Active
Chaos
Cycles
Apache-2.0[2]
Active
Blender Foundation
D5 Render
Proprietary
Active
Dimension 5 Techs
EEVEE
GPLv2
Active
Blender Foundation
Enscape
Proprietary
Active
Enscape GmbH
Flamingo
Proprietary
Active
Robert McNeel & Associates
Gelato
Proprietary
Discontinued
Nvidia Corporation
Hyperion
Proprietary
Active
Walt Disney Animation Studios
iClone
Proprietary
Reallusion
Indigo Renderer
Proprietary
Active
Glare Technologies
Kerkythea
Freeware
Ioannis Pantazopoulos
Keyshot
Proprietary
Active
Luxion Inc
Light Tracer Render
Freeware
Active
Light Engine
Lumion
Proprietary
Active
Lumion Software
LuxCoreRender
Apache-2.0
Active
Jean-Philippe Grimaldi (lead)
Maxwell Render
Proprietary
Next Limit Technologies
Mental ray
Proprietary
Discontinued
Nvidia Corporation
MoonRay
Apache-2.0
Active
Dreamworks
Octane Render
Proprietary
Active
OTOY Inc.
RenderMan
Proprietary
Active
Pixar
Pixie
GPL and LGPL
Okan Arikan et Al.
POV-Ray
AGPLv3
Active
The POV-Team
AMD Radeon ProRender
Freeware
Active
AMD Inc.
Radiance
Free and open-source
Active
Greg Ward
Raylectron
Proprietary
SoftByte Labs, Inc.
Redshift
Proprietary
Active
Maxon
SolidWorks Visualize
Proprietary
Active
Dassault Systèmes
Substance 3D Stager
Proprietary
Active
Adobe Inc.
Sunflow
MIT
Inactive
Christopher Kulla
V-Ray
Proprietary
Active
Chaos
YafaRay
LGPL
Active
YafaRay
^"appleseed". appleseed - A modern, open source production renderer. appleseedhq Organization. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^"Cycles". Cycles - Open Source Production Rendering. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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