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Best suited for

Artists starting out in CG and rendering.

Self-taught artists who need more time to improve their skills.

All artists who want to test V-Ray for Maya’s full capabilities and feature set for a limited time.

Students and educators who need unlimited access to V-Ray’s features and capabilities, as well as all product updates.

Expiration period

90 days (renewable)

30 days

1 year

Availability

Free

Free

Paid (at discount prices)

License eligibility

Anyone

Anyone

Students, educators

Technical support

Not included

Included

Included

Number of licenses per user

1 per user

1 per user

1 per student or as many as needed for institutions

Render nodes

1

1

As many as needed for educational institutions

Features

Limitations apply

• Resolution limited to 4K (3840 x 2160)

• No distributed rendering

• No export of render-ready VRScene files

• No V-Ray Standalone

• No batch rendering

• No background Chaos Cloud submission

• No V-Ray SDK

• No V-Ray AppSDKNo ZIP install

• No VRscans support

• Scene pollution (stamping saved scenes)

Fully featured

Fully featured