List of 3D rendering software

3D rendering software products are the dedicated engines used for rendering computer-generated imagery. This is not the same as 3D modeling software, which involves the creation of 3D models, for which the software listed below can produce realistically rendered visualisations.General-purpose packages which can have their own built-in rendering capabilities are not listed here; these can be found in the list of 3D computer graphics software and list of 3D animation software. See 3D computer graphics software for more discussion about the distinctions.

Title	License	Status	Developer(s)
3Delight	Proprietary	Active	Illumination Research (company)
Arion	Proprietary	Active	RandomControl
Aqsis	BSD	Active	Paul Gregory
Arnold	Proprietary	Active	Solid Angle, Autodesk, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Blue Moon Rendering Tools	Proprietary	Discontinued	Exluna, acquired by NVIDIA
Brazil R/S	Proprietary	Discontinued	SplutterFish LLC
C3D Vision	Proprietary	Active	ASCON, C3D Labs
Chaos Corona	Proprietary	Active	Chaos
Enscape	Proprietary	Active	Enscape GmbH
Gelato	Proprietary	Discontinued	Nvidia Corporation
iClone	Proprietary		Reallusion
Kerkythea	Freeware		Ioannis Pantazopoulos
Keyshot	Proprietary	Active	Luxion Inc
Lumion	Proprietary	Active	Lumion Software
LuxCoreRender	Apache-2.0	Active	Jean-Philippe Grimaldi (lead)
Maxwell Render	Proprietary		Next Limit Technologies
Mental ray	Proprietary	Discontinued	Nvidia Corporation
MoonRay	Apache-2.0	Active	DreamWorks
Nvidia Advanced Rendering Center	Proprietary	Active	Mental Images acquired by NVIDIA
Octane Render	Proprietary	Active	OTOY Inc.
RenderMan	Proprietary	Active	Pixar
Rhino Render	Proprietary	Active	Rhinoceros 3D - Robert McNeel & Associates
POV-Ray	AGPLv3	Active	The POV-Team
Radiance	Free and open-source	Active	Greg Ward
Redshift	Proprietary	Active	Maxon
SolidWorks Visualize	Proprietary	Active	Dassault Systèmes
Substance 3D Stager	Proprietary	Active	Adobe Inc.
Sunflow	MIT	Inactive	Christopher Kulla
Unigine	Proprietary free for non commercial use	Active	UNIGINE Company
V-Ray	Proprietary	Active	Chaos

See also

• Comparison of computer-aided design software
• List of 3D computer graphics software
• List of 3D animation software
• List of 3D modeling software
• Rendering engine
• CAD library - cloud based repository of 3D models, textures, HDRIs, or assets.