To get a clearer picture:
1. How many user licenses do you have?
2. How many render nodes would you need to outfit your render farm?
Thanks,
Lon
People seem to be reading the first line of render node pricing and having a freak out when they see $350 dollars per node rather than reading any further.
Joe, the upgrade from 2 to 3 for a ui license with 1 render node is 420 dollars, for a ui license and 11 render nodes it’s 980 dollars so a 560 dollar difference for another 10 render nodes, or 56 dollars per license which is pretty close to what you wanted.
1 interactive, 30 render nodes…
I saw the $210/node for 30 nodes…
I did not see upgrade. Looking for that now.
There’s a bit of feedback for the chaos guys so, a few people seem to be arriving at the same conclusion so best highlight the upgrade policy a bit more obviously 
yep, point taken…
I see flexible term licensing at the bottom… That is a subscription, no? You have to pay every year or the software stops working?
Have all the licenses gone to subscription? Usually prices of software drop significantly when they move to subscription… The comapny gives back to the users with lower prices in exchange for a guaranteed revenue stream…
I don’t see a way to buy perpetual license render nodes for 3.0.
I see:
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max User
+ 11 V-Ray Render Nodes 3.0 for $980
Then the next 19 render nodes seem to be $140 a year each, or $2660 per year.
So total is $3640 (per year?)… This gives us what we have now with VRay 2 that cost about $1k. 360% price increase!
I could get 20 nodes for $2200 a year (boy that makes a lot of sense) for a total of $3180 or a 318% price increase.
Then the freelancers with one license get theirs cheaper… So the medium sized studios get screwed… These are the medium sized shops using and talking about your software in articles, and generally increasing sales.
I really think per node pricing is a step back a decade. Just because a studio has a bunch of render nodes doesn’t mean it is made of money. We have set budgets for software. Cloud render farms are worthless for real work, as you spend hours waiting for test renders.
I really hope you guys don’t go to this per node junk for Phoenix… That is whole reason we went with Phoenix over fume…
Yes. I calculated a 300% price increase, which will be hard to justify to accounting. I read above that the time of unlimited render notes was over, but that was never the case. My understanding was, if I were to purchase another seat, I would get 10 more nodes. So, 1 license + 10 nodes, is how it worked. If I wanted to add an 11th node, I would have to purchase another 1 license, which would get me 10 more nodes.
I’m not sure I follow your numbers.
Upgrade price from 1.5 to 2.0 = $550
Maximum Upgrade price from 2.0 to 3.0 (with 11 render nodes) = $980
(980/550) * 100 = 178.18%
I’m no math wiz, am I missing something? If you need more than 11 render nodes per user, then I would suggest you contact Vray sales personally. They have mentioned several times that they will be willing to work with you if you have large demands.
Regards,
Andrew
In our case, once everything is carried out as planned over the next couple of months and all is up and running:-
Currently 2 Vray 2.0 licenses, we would need to get an additional NEW vray license in the next month or so…
Plus 45 nodes
We’ve literally just in the last couple of months invested in a pile of blades for a not insignificant amount of money.
If I’d known about this costing I would most certainly have gone with less machines that had more power.
Then it would be best to email us to sales.software@chaosgroup.com and see what would be the best thing to do.
Best regards,
Vlado
So if I want to upgrade a single v2 license to v3 with 11 rendernodes that’s gonna cost me 700 euro. Well, I really can live with that 
BUT:
If I decide to buy VRay for Sketchup, Modo, Cinema4D, etc, can these rendernodes be used for ALL VRay licenses, or do I need to buy 11 rendernodes for all other Vray plugins ?
What will be future upgrade pricing for these 11 rendernode licenses ?
Do I have 11 rendernodes for both Backburner AND Distributed rendering ?
The new pricing is a poor decision by Chaos Group. I suspect it will drive many people to using a pirated version of VRay, to the point where they will be making less money from licences than with the current model.
I realise you are running a business, but I would highly recommend you think about changing the number of bundled render licences to at least 3 per copy.
its still super cheap compared to renderman… :d
Hm, I would not even dream to compare V-Ray to rman; they are totally different beasts.
Best regards,
Vlado
I just have a quick question regarding upgrade pricing …
At the moment I’m a freelancer with 1 workstation, and 1 render-node, so the “V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max User license + 1 V-Ray Render Node 3.0” for 300 euros would be fine for now, BUT if in the future I buy additional render-nodes, could I upgrade to “V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max User + 6 V-Ray Render Nodes 3.0” for an additional 200 euros, or would I have to purchase “5 V-Ray Render Nodes 3.0” for 300 euros?
I’m tempted just to pay the 500 euros for the license + 6 nodes to be future proof, but would like to know either way anyway.
Thanks,
Dean
It would best to email us to sales.software@chaosgroup.com - the guys will be able to give you more accurate information for your specific case.
Best regards,
Vlado
So what?!! I don’t get this comparing lark - yes it is cheaper but still more expensive than I was paying before. I just don’t get why one license has one render node, ok, kill the unlimited if you want, but at least give us 3/5/10 nodes per license *something*. And stop comparing products!
You did not really read all replys, did you? There are bundles for 6 and 11 nodes respectively. If you take a close look and actually contacted sales you would prolly realise that the price increase is FAR less dramatic then you might think.
For example the update from 1 existing 2.0 license to 1 3.0 GUI and 6 Renderslaves is 500 Euros. Compared to 400 Euros for the standard 1.5 to 2.0 upgrade and you get 6 slaves. I really fail to see how this licensing change would put Chaos anywhere even remotely near Adobe or Autodesk. That’s just ridiculous.
Regards,
Thorsten
I don’t think its ‘ridiculous’ to be upset about a price increase and having to pay more!
If I buy one license I get one render node included for 300 Euros.
If I buy one license and want 6 render nodes its 500 Euros…
SO I have to pay more now, where as before it was included - I don’t understand why you are all defending them?! They saw a chance to make more money out of nothing - easy pickings we are…