Autodesk Maya vs OctaneRender

Likelihood to Recommend

I think it's the best tool for studios that need a pipeline, such as making a feature film, etc. However, there are few convenient plug-ins, so it is difficult to make small turns.

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Director in Manufacturing

Entertainment Company, 51-200 employees

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I have been able to import an environment and create realistic lighting rather quickly by using the power of GPU rendering. Paired with its ability to create instances of geometry, it makes it easy to render a megacity environment in half the time. One issue with this is the clutter that can be made with connecting nodes.

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Professional in Other

Design Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

Complete 3D package
Many features and convenient
You can add scripts and plug-ins

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Salomi Rai

Junior Animator

creative smart pathshalaAnimation, 51-200 employees

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Octane uses GPU rendering so it takes advantage of the video card.
It gives you a good selection of options to tweak and refine your model rendering.
It can use 3D instances so it doesn't overuse computer resources.
There are plugins that can be incorporated into other 3D packages for rendering.
Octane is particularly inexpensive compared to other 3D render packages.
You are able to copy certain sections of nodes in order to create different iterations of the same environment or model. For example, changing the lighting or camera features.

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Design Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Better design of the interface.
Better price.

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Alan Urbina

Designer

Peekaboo Design StudioDesign, 1-10 employees

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Its user interface could use some improvement.
It is node-based so there is a slight learning curve when using it as a beginner.
It doesn't import FBX files.
It requires a 3D model to have UVs in order to import it into Octane.
At times it may not be as stable.

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Design Company, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$205 Per User Per Month

Autodesk Maya Editions & Modules

Edition

Monthly	$205.00¹

Per User Per Month

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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OctaneRender Editions & Modules

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Alternatives Considered

There are list of alternatives of Autodest Maya: SideFX Houdini, Blender. We use them all depending on the task.

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Miroslav Bobryshev

3D Asset Artist / 3D Generalist

Main Road|PostMotion Pictures and Film, 11-50 employees

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Although both have their pros and cons, Octane is far less expensive and it allows for more control over the geometry within a scene with better lighting and camera controls.

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Professional in Other

Design Company, 1-10 employees

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