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V-Ray pricing
V-Ray publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, V-Ray pricing is $29/month across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $29/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
V-Ray plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-Ray Solo | $60/month | 2 | Entry tier |
| V-Ray Premium | $80/month | 2 | +$20/month, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
V-Ray Solo
$60/monthThe entry tier. It covers 1 workstation, 5 render nodes.
V-Ray Premium
$80/monthOver V-Ray Solo, this tier adds:
- Multiple apps
- Cloud credits
What the product covers
The full V-Ray feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Ray tracing
- Global illumination
- GPU rendering
- CPU rendering
- Materials
- Lighting
- VR output
- Scene intelligence
Integrations
- 3ds Max
- Maya
- SketchUp
- Rhino
- Revit
- Cinema 4D
- Blender
Security
- License management
- Online activation
Platform
- Windows support
- MacOS support
- Linux support
People bring V-Ray in for photorealistic rendering for architecture and product visualisation, real time and ray traced rendering inside cad and 3d applications. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to V-Ray are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in CAD
Across the 3 cad tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $2945/month. V-Ray starts at $29/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-Ray (this page) | $29/month | subscription | - | |
| Carlson Software | $4450/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs V-Ray |
| RealityScan | Free, then $1250/year | Free below a revenue threshold, then per seat per year | - | vs V-Ray |
| CloudCompare | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs V-Ray |
| Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler | On request | quote | - | vs V-Ray |
| MicroSurvey CAD | $2945/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs V-Ray |
| Nomad Sculpt | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs V-Ray |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the V-Ray badges page.
Before you pay for V-Ray
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $60/month and $80/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare V-Ray against the tools that do have one before committing.
V-Ray runs on windows, macos, linux, and is published by Chaos Group of Sofia, Bulgaria. The full record is on the V-Ray review, and the rest of the category is under best cad tools.
V-Ray pricing questions
- How much does V-Ray cost?
- V-Ray publishes 2 tiers, from $60/month for V-Ray Solo up to $80/month for V-Ray Premium. The cheapest paid tier is $60/month.
- Does V-Ray have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: V-Ray is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between V-Ray Solo and V-Ray Premium on V-Ray?
- V-Ray Premium costs $80/month against $60/month, and adds multiple apps, cloud credits.
- Is the V-Ray Premium plan on V-Ray worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is multiple apps, cloud credits. It costs $80/month against $60/month for V-Ray Solo. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is V-Ray expensive for a cad tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 cad tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $2945/month; V-Ray starts at $29/month.
- Which cad tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside V-Ray have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare.
- What am I actually paying for with V-Ray?
- The record lists 20 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for photorealistic rendering for architecture and product visualisation, real time and ray traced rendering inside cad and 3d applications.
- Does V-Ray charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these V-Ray prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare V-Ray against before paying?
- The closest cad tools in this directory are Carlson Software, RealityScan, CloudCompare, Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler. Each has a side-by-side comparison with V-Ray covering price, platforms and features.