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A note from the people who built it

Your render quote
is your final bill.

We made SkyRender because every other farm we'd used would whisper one price before render and shout another after. Our Cost Calculator tells you what the job will cost up front — and we've spent years making sure that number lines up with what you actually pay.

Start rendering — free credits → See how it works

Built by 3D & VFX artists Trusted by studios & freelancers

Blender3ds MaxMayaCinema 4DRedshiftV-RayArnoldOctaneCorona

SkyRender Connected

Dashboard Upload Download Plugins

thejunkshop_sky · Final

1/1 (Frames: 1) 100%

$1.556

Done

animation_seq_04 · Preview

168/240 (Frames: 240) 70%

$12.84

Rendering

the same number
we quoted: $1.556

QUOTED$1.556 BILLED$1.556

Why SkyRender

A render farm designed by the people who hate render farms.

We're not a logistics company that figured out GPUs. We're animators and VFX artists who got fed up — with surprise invoices, half-finished documentation, and support that takes three days to answer "is my scene rendering yet?"

No surprise costs. Ever.

SkyRender's Cost Calculator estimates every job before it queues. We don't pad, mark up, or “discover” extras after the render — the calculator number is what shows up on your invoice.

QUOTE

$24.80

pre-render estimate

BILL

$24.80

✓ same to the cent

Built by artists who ship.

Our team has been creating 3D animations and visual effects for almost twenty years. We've sat up at 2am watching a frame fail due to a plugin version mismatch. SkyRender exists to make that night go better.

Lead VFX — feature pipeline9 yrs

3D animator — episodic7 yrs

Tech artist — Blender / Houdini8 yrs

One desktop app. Nothing else.

After you sign up and top up credits, you never need to open a browser again. Upload, render, monitor, download — all from SkyRender Desktop on macOS, Windows or Linux. No portals. No file managers. No drama.

DashboardUploadDownloadPlugins

By the numbers

Built for studios that ship.

12,400 Frames rendered per hour at peak

99.7% Uptime over the last 12 months

180 Countries served, all timezones

$0.004 per OBh — the price floor, not the ceiling

How it works

From "open your 3D app" to "downloaded" — without leaving your DCC.

The whole pipeline lives inside SkyRender Desktop and the Sky Sender plugin. After you sign up and top up credits, you'll forget the website exists.

Sign up & install Sky Desktop

Create a free account, then install SkyRender Desktop on macOS, Windows or Linux. The Sky Sender plugin lands inside your 3D app automatically.

Sky Desktop + Sky Sender

Send from your 3D app

Hit the Sky Render button in your toolbar. Sky Sender analyses the scene, packs assets and textures, and uploads it to the farm — without leaving your DCC.

One click. No portal.

Estimate & submit

Use our Cost Calculator to get an estimate before you commit. Pick priority and frames-per-node, then hit Start Render. Top up SkyCredits any time.

Cost Calculator + Start Render

Frames auto-download

Outputs stream into your chosen folder as soon as each frame finishes on the farm. Pause, delete, or re-queue jobs from the dashboard any time.

Live downloads

Software support

Whatever you ship in, we render in.

Major DCCs, all the renderers worth naming, the plugins you actually use. If something's missing, write us — we add what artists ask for.

Blender 3.6 · 5.x

CyclesEeveeRedshiftOctane

3ds Max 2018–2026

V-RayCoronaArnoldRedshift

Maya 2020–2026

ArnoldV-RayRedshift

Cinema 4D 2024–2026

RedshiftOctaneArnoldStandard

Houdini Coming soon

Karma, Mantra, Redshift & Arnold support — in the works.

Unreal Engine Coming soon

Movie Render Queue & Path Tracer — on the roadmap.

Working with studios & production teams

From the artists

Talented people. Stunning frames. Happy Clients.

"“We were stuck on a complicated scene that should’ve taken days to troubleshoot. SkyRender Farm helped us solve it fast and got the renders out the same night. Huge thanks to the team.”"

Elif K.

Freelance 3D animator

"I asked them a question on a Sunday night and got a real answer in ten minutes. That's not customer service — that's a colleague."

Daniel R.

FX TD, boutique studio

"“We moved a deadline up by two days and expected chaos. Instead, every frame landed where it should, on time, without a single support ticket.”"

Maya S.

Motion designer

Pricing

Pay only for the frames we render. That's the whole structure.

No subscriptions. No minimums. No commitment. Top up credits when you need them; whatever's left is yours forever.

50% OFF

Blender

CPU Rendering

0.8cent

($0.008)

per GHZ Hour

CPU: Intel Cascade Lake 3.8 Ghz

GPU Rendering

0.4cent

($0.004)

per Octanebench Hour

RTX-class nodes

Custom Project

Custom solutions and workflows

Custom plugins & scripts

Talk to us →

Pay only for the time you are rendering. With 4,096 GPU nodes and high-density CPU clusters online 24/7, most still frames finish in minutes, full animation sequences in a few hours. Burst-render an entire shot, scale down the moment it's done — no minimums, no idle charges.

Type your scene in.
See the price out.

The calculator lives inside SkyRender Desktop — but you can preview it on the web with a couple of clicks. The number you see is the number you'll be billed.

Honest pre-render estimate — what you see is what you pay
Per-frame billing, rounded to four decimal places
Credits never expire. Refundable any time.
Volume discounts kick in automatically

Open the calculator → Create account

FAQ

Questions we usually get asked twice.

What does "no surprise costs" actually mean? +

The price SkyRender shows you in the Cost Calculator before the job starts is the price we charge after. We've built the estimator on years of real-world render data so it tracks reality — not a sales-pitch number.

Do I need to use the web app for anything? +

Only twice: to sign up, and to top up credits. Everything else — uploading projects, queuing renders, monitoring progress, downloading frames — happens inside SkyRender Desktop on macOS, Windows, or Linux.

Which software and renderers do you support? +

Blender, 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D today — with renderers including Cycles, Eevee, V-Ray, Corona, Arnold, Redshift and Octane. Houdini and Unreal Engine support are coming soon. Plugin coverage includes X-Particles, Phoenix FD, tyFlow, Yeti, Forest Pack, RailClone, Ornatrix, FumeFX, FStorm and more. If yours isn't here, ask us — we add what artists request.

How do credits work? +

Top up any amount, render whatever you want against the balance. Credits never expire and unused balances are refundable. Volume discounts apply automatically once your spend crosses a tier — you don't need to ask.

Who actually runs this? +

We're a small team of working 3D animators and VFX artists — almost twenty years of shipped pipeline experience between us. SkyRender is the render farm we wanted to use ourselves and couldn't find. Real people answer support — usually within minutes during working hours.

Are my files safe? +

All uploads are encrypted in transit and at rest. Project files are deleted from our farm within 15 days of job completion — or immediately on request. You retain full ownership of every frame we render for you.

Is there a free trial? +

Yes. New accounts get free credits to test a real render — no card required. Use them on a single hero frame, a quick animation, whatever you want.

Your render quote is your final bill.