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KeyShot pricing
KeyShot publishes 3 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, KeyShot pricing is $1299/year across 3 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
- $1299/year
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
KeyShot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KeyShot Professional | $1299/year | 3 | Entry tier |
| KeyShot Business | $1599/year | 5 | +$300/year, 5 more features |
| KeyShot Enterprise | On request | 6 | Priced on request |
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.
KeyShot Professional
$1299/yearThe entry tier. It covers non-transferable individual seat license, complete 3d visualization toolkit, ai capabilities included.
KeyShot Business
$1599/yearOver KeyShot Professional, this tier adds:
- Transferable individual seat licenses
- Centralized seat management
- Network Rendering options
- 4-hour support SLA
- Designed for team deployment
KeyShot Enterprise
On requestOver KeyShot Business, this tier adds:
- Custom billing options and flexible terms
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- 2-hour support SLA
- Included Network Rendering and VR
- Transferable seats
What the product covers
The full KeyShot 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
- Real-time rendering
- Ray tracing
- Animation
- Material library
- HDR lighting
- VR output
- GPU rendering
- Denoising
Integrations
- SolidWorks
- Rhino
- Creo
- Maya
- SketchUp
Security
- License management
- Floating licenses
Platform
- Windows support
- MacOS support
People bring KeyShot in for product rendering and visualisation, real-time ray tracing for design review, 3d animation and motion graphics, interactive 3d product presentations. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to KeyShot 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. KeyShot starts at $1299/year, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KeyShot (this page) | $1299/year | subscription | - | |
| Carlson Software | $4450/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs KeyShot |
| RealityScan | Free, then $1250/year | Free below a revenue threshold, then per seat per year | - | vs KeyShot |
| CloudCompare | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs KeyShot |
| Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler | On request | quote | - | vs KeyShot |
| MicroSurvey CAD | $2945/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs KeyShot |
| Nomad Sculpt | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs KeyShot |
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 KeyShot badges page.
Before you pay for KeyShot
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: 3 tiers between $1299/year and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare KeyShot against the tools that do have one before committing.
KeyShot runs on windows, and is published by Luxion of Tustin, CA. The full record is on the KeyShot review, and the rest of the category is under best cad tools.
KeyShot pricing questions
- How much does KeyShot cost?
- KeyShot publishes 3 tiers, from $1299/year for KeyShot Professional up to On request for KeyShot Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $1299/year.
- Does KeyShot have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: KeyShot 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 KeyShot Professional and KeyShot Business on KeyShot?
- KeyShot Business costs $1599/year against $1299/year, and adds transferable individual seat licenses, centralized seat management, network rendering options, 4-hour support sla.
- Is the KeyShot Enterprise plan on KeyShot worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom billing options and flexible terms, single sign-on (sso), dedicated customer success manager, 2-hour support sla. It costs On request against $1299/year for KeyShot Professional. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is KeyShot 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; KeyShot starts at $1299/year.
- Which cad tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside KeyShot have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare.
- What am I actually paying for with KeyShot?
- The record lists 17 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for product rendering and visualisation, real-time ray tracing for design review, 3d animation and motion graphics.
- Does KeyShot charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 KeyShot 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 KeyShot 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 KeyShot covering price, platforms and features.