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Chaos V-Ray

Chaos V-Ray

The ultimate 3D visualization toolkit

V-Ray is a fast, easy, and cost-effective way to generate highly realistic images of your designs.

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What is V-Ray?

The 3D Rendering Plugin for All Leading 3D Software Titles

Features

Hybride Rendering

Choose between ultra-fast GPU rendering, precise CPU rendering, or a mix of both.

The ArchViz Collection

The complete suite for professional ray-traced presentations.

Prachtige 3d render van een strand vergezicht.

Choose the most comprehensive ArchViz Collection and gain access to:

  • Hyperrealistic rendering
  • Water, fire and smoke simulation
  • Realistic crowds and traffic simulation
  • Scene exploration in raytraced quality

For a fraction of the total price!

In Practice

See how others are using V-Ray in real-world projects. Get inspired and discover new ways to apply it.

System requirements

V-Ray on macOS?
Note! Only some of the applications on offer are available on macOS. The render plugins for SketchUp, Cinema 4D, Maya and Houdini are available on macOS. The remaining plugins are Windows only.
Software
  • Operating system Windows 10 or 11 – 64bit
  • Host software SketchUp 2023 – 2025
  • 3ds Max 2020 – 2025
  • Rhino 6 -8
  • Revit 2020 – 2025
  • Blender 4.2 – 4.5 LTS
  • Maya 2020 – 2025
  • Cinema 4D 2023 – 2025
  • Houdini 18.5 – 19
  • Nuke 12 – 13
  • Unreal 4.25 – 4.27
Recommended hardware requirements
  • Processor Intel 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with AVX2 support
  • RAM 64GB
  • TCP/IP Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported
  • Video card Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta- and Turing-based NVIDIA card(s) or NVIDIA RTX with the latest driver. Minimum 2 GB VRAM.

 

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Pricing

Chaos V-Ray is available for commercial use and in the following subscription bundles types (excl. 21% VAT).

V-Ray Solo

€379,20 per year
Regular price: €474 per year
BLACK FRIDAY UNTIL DEC 2
  • Named user license
  • Per month: € 78,65
  • Per 3 year: € 1422
  • V-Ray Rendering plugin
  • Cosmos Object library

V-Ray Premium Suite

€527,04 per year
Regular price: €658,80 per year
BLACK FRIDAY UNTIL DEC 2
  • Floating license
  • Per month: € 109,90
  • Per 3 year: € 1976,40
  • V-Ray Rendering plugin
  • Cosmos Object library
  • Scans Material library
  • Phoenix Simulation
  • Player (sequence viewer)
  • 20 Cloud Rendering Credits

ArchViz / M & E Collection

€642,24 per year
Regular price: €802,80 per year
BLACK FRIDAY UNTIL DEC 2
  • Named user license
  • Per 3 year: € 2408,40
  • Per 1 year – floating: € 872,64 (normally € 1090,80)
  • Per 3 year – floating: € 3272,40
  • V-Ray Rendering plugin
  • Cosmos Object library
  • Scans Material library
  • Phoenix Simulation
  • Player (sequence viewer)
  • 20 Cloud Rendering Credits
  • Vantage Realtime scene explorer
  • Anima Crowd and Traffic animation

Upgrades

… ,then you will have the following conversion options:

  • from V-Ray Solo to:
    • V-Ray Premium
    • ArchViz Collection
  • from V-Ray Premium to:
    • ArchViz Collection
  • from V-Ray Enterprise to:
    • ArchViz Collection

You will then always pay the prorated difference in value of your current subscription and the one you want.

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Educational licences

V-Ray is available for educational use within the V-Ray Education Collection, at reduced prices.

Note: Educational licenses are only available to students and teachers of non-commercial, government-subsidized full-time education programs. Institutions with a clear commercial focus can only receive commercial licenses.

Add-ons

Photorealistic Scanned Materials

Materials that would take hours to create by hand are perfectly scanned. Enjoy over 2,500 ready-to-use materials that integrate seamlessly into your V-Ray workflow with simple drag-and-drop functionality.

Available in the following options:

  • Monthly License: € 190,- excl. VAT
  • 1-Year License: € 380,- excl. VAT
  • 3-Year License: € 975,- excl. VAT

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Questions or more information?

If you’d like more information about Chaos V-Ray, please contact us.