Drop & Render

Can I try Drop & Render before spending money?

Yes. Every new account receives €25 of free render credits on signup. No payment details are required to claim them. You can use those credits to render real frames from your own projects and evaluate the speed, quality, and workflow before deciding whether to purchase more. We recommend using your free credits on a test frame first to verify your scene renders correctly on the farm and to get a realistic sense of the render time and cost for your specific project.

How fast is Drop & Render and how many machines will work on my project?

Drop & Render runs its own dedicated datacenter equipped with the latest Nvidia GPU hardware. On average, each render job has 100 to 200 GPUs working on it simultaneously. That level of parallelization means a single-frame scene that takes 2 hours locally can often complete in under a minute on the farm, and a 500-frame animation that would take weeks locally can be done in hours. Jobs are distributed using tile rendering for single frames and frame-by-frame distribution for animations and sequences. You can also choose your priority level — Sapphire, Emerald, or Diamond — to control how a

How much does it cost to use a render farm?

Drop & Render uses a pay-as-you-go model with no subscription fees, no monthly minimums, and no contracts. You purchase render credits and spend them only when you actually render. Credits never expire as long as your account remains active. The exact cost of a job depends on the complexity of your scene, the render engine you use, and the priority level you choose. You can get an upfront estimate using our pricing calculator at dropandrender.com/pricing — enter your Cinebench or OctaneBench score and the calculator gives you a projected cost and render time before you submit anything. Bul

What is a render farm and how does it work?

A render farm is a network of high-performance computers working together to render 3D images, animations, and visual effects far faster than a single workstation ever could. Instead of rendering one frame at a time on your local machine, the work is distributed across hundreds of machines simultaneously, so a project that would take days locally can often be completed in a matter of hours. Cloud render farms like Drop & Render work entirely online. You submit your project directly from your 3D application, our system replicates your exact setup on the farm, and completed frames are delive

Which 3D software and render engines does Drop & Render support?

Drop & Render supports Cinema 4D, Blender, and Houdini. All versions of each application are supported, and our system automatically detects which version you are using so nothing needs to be configured manually. Supported render engines include Redshift, Octane, Arnold, V-Ray, Corona, Karma CPU, Karma XPU, Mantra, Cycles, EEVEE, Physical, and Standard. Drop & Render is an official Maxon partner for Cinema 4D and Redshift, and an official SideFX partner for Houdini and Karma. All render engine licensing on the farm is covered by us — you do not need to purchase additional licenses to r