Software · head to head
V-Ray vs Fulcrum
Fulcrum
Software
Field operations management for installing, inspecting and maintaining physical work
- From
- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: V-Ray licences are subscription only with no perpetual option listed for any product; Fulcrum requires a minimum of five user licenses per organization
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which V-Ray and Fulcrum actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in V-Ray
- Ray tracing
- Global illumination
- GPU rendering
- CPU rendering
- Materials
- Lighting
- VR output
- Scene intelligence
Only in Fulcrum
Nothing recorded that V-Ray does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
V-Ray
- Photorealistic rendering for architecture and product visualisationnot Fulcrum
- Real time and ray traced rendering inside CAD and 3D applicationsnot Fulcrum
Fulcrum
No use cases recorded yet. See the Fulcrum review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
V-Ray
- Licences are subscription only with no perpetual option listed for any product
- Subscription terms renew automatically
- Cloud rendering runs on separately purchased credits, with the Pro tier at $25.30 a month for 1,000
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
Fulcrum
- Requires a minimum of five user licenses per organization
- Monthly billing is only available during a customer's first 12 months, after which annual billing applies
Pricing, plan by plan
V-Ray
$29/month- V-Ray Solo$60/month
- 1 workstation
- 5 render nodes
- V-Ray Premium$80/month
- Multiple apps
- Cloud credits
Fulcrum
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Fulcrum review.
Which should you pick?
Choose V-Ray if
- You need ray tracing.
- You work on Windows, MacOS, Linux.
- You also want global illumination.
Choose Fulcrum if
Nothing in the data separates Fulcrum from V-Ray on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is V-Ray or Fulcrum better?
- Neither clearly leads. V-Ray starts at $29/month and Fulcrum at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, V-Ray or Fulcrum?
- V-Ray starts at $29/month and Fulcrum at On request.
- Does V-Ray or Fulcrum run on more platforms?
- V-Ray runs on Windows, MacOS, Linux. Fulcrum runs on Web.
- What is V-Ray best used for?
- V-Ray is most often used for photorealistic rendering for architecture and product visualisation, real time and ray traced rendering inside cad and 3d applications. Of those, photorealistic rendering for architecture and product visualisation and real time and ray traced rendering inside cad and 3d applications are not what Fulcrum is typically brought in for.
- What can V-Ray do that Fulcrum cannot?
- V-Ray covers Ray tracing, Global illumination, GPU rendering, CPU rendering.
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