3D rendering software

V-Ray is used to create high-quality 3D visualizations in multiple industries. In design and architecture, V-Ray allows you to communicate your ideas to customers, engineers, and construction companies.

With a high-quality V-Ray render, you can win your clients at an early stage, gain their trust, and make better design decisions. V-Ray gives you the freedom to create multiple concepts, promote your projects, and ensure internal buy-in through conceptual, design and marketing visualizations. And, with V-Ray’s real-time capabilities, you can instantly explore and create quick iterations of your projects from the earliest design stages. 

For the media and entertainment industries, photoreal 3D rendering is fundamental in the creation of sequences and animations that tell stories. V-Ray empowers artists to create characters, environments, models, and products that look true-to-life.

As a ray-tracing software, V-Ray generates an image by tracing rays of light from a camera through a virtual plane of pixels and simulating the effects of the objects it runs into. Think of V-Ray as a virtual camera within your 3D modeling platform. It simulates physical light distribution and materials, and captures the final photo or video. 

Learn more about ray-traced, rasterized and real-time rendering.

V-Ray’s pricing starts at $60, depending on the 3D modeling platform and the billing plan you select. You can choose from four payment options – monthly, annual, 3-year term, and perpetual. You can also combine V-Ray with Chaos Phoenix, Chaos Vantage, Chaos Cloud, Chaos Scans, and Chaos Player in a single collection for $699.

With a term license, you can always run the latest V-Ray software version and features, while the perpetual license gives you access to future updates limited within the current product version. You can cancel your subscription at any time.

Special discount pricing for students is available for most versions of V-Ray with free upgrades for the duration of the license. Students can purchase a one-year license starting at $99 per platform, or master their skills across multiple host platforms with the V-Ray EDU collection for $149.

V-Ray is easy for beginners and powerful for experts. It is designed to get you started rendering quickly. By using the default settings, you can create a stunning 3D visualization in just a few steps. To help you get familiar with V-Ray, we've prepared free learning materials including free scenes, webinars, quick video tutorials, courseware and more. 

V-Ray has a large and helpful community. You can ask questions and share ideas by joining the conversation in our forum. You can also search our knowledge base for useful articles or get expert support from our friendly Support team.

You can download V-Ray and try it free for 30 days to see for yourself how easy it is to deliver great results. No credit card is required. After signing up for the free trial, head over to the download section and get the products you’d like to test out.

Find out how to install V-Ray.