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V-Ray vs Toon Boom Harmony

V-Ray logo

V-Ray

3D & CAD

Professional 3D rendering software

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Toon Boom Harmony logo

Toon Boom Harmony

Animation

Creating worlds of Animation

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: V-Ray licences are subscription only with no perpetual option listed for any product; Toon Boom Harmony licensing is subscription only across Essentials, Advanced and Premium tiers, with no perpetual license option offered on the pricing page

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which V-Ray and Toon Boom Harmony actually diverge.

Attributes where V-Ray and Toon Boom Harmony differ
AttributeV-RayToon Boom Harmony
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionone-time
PlatformsWindows, MacOS, LinuxWeb
Category3D & CADAnimation
Founded1997Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Toon Boom Harmony

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 Toon Boom Harmony
  • Real time and ray traced rendering inside CAD and 3D applicationsnot Toon Boom Harmony

Toon Boom Harmony

No use cases recorded yet. See the Toon Boom Harmony 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

Toon Boom Harmony

  • Licensing is subscription only across Essentials, Advanced and Premium tiers, with no perpetual license option offered on the pricing page
  • Access beyond the 14 day free trial requires purchasing a subscription through the shop

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

Toon Boom Harmony

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Toon Boom Harmony review.

Which should you pick?

Choose V-Ray if

  • You need ray tracing.
  • You work on Windows, MacOS, Linux.
  • You also want global illumination.
V-Ray review

Choose Toon Boom Harmony if

Nothing in the data separates Toon Boom Harmony from V-Ray on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Toon Boom Harmony review

Questions people ask

Is V-Ray or Toon Boom Harmony better?
Neither clearly leads. V-Ray starts at $29/month and Toon Boom Harmony at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, V-Ray or Toon Boom Harmony?
V-Ray starts at $29/month and Toon Boom Harmony at On request.
Does V-Ray or Toon Boom Harmony run on more platforms?
V-Ray runs on Windows, MacOS, Linux. Toon Boom Harmony 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 Toon Boom Harmony is typically brought in for.
What can V-Ray do that Toon Boom Harmony cannot?
V-Ray covers Ray tracing, Global illumination, GPU rendering, CPU rendering.
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