RenderMania

RenderMania is a cloud-based rendering platform and online community for 3D artists, studios, and educators. It provides scalable rendering power, an asset library, project management, and integrations with popular 3D tools. Users can submit renders through a web interface or via plugins for Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, and Houdini, and access both real-time previews and offline path tracing.

RenderMania originated in the early 2010s as a small startup focused on affordable cloud rendering. It expanded into an integrated platform with collaborative workflows by the mid-2010s, added regional compute nodes, and broadened plugin support and asset sharing features to serve studios and schools.

Key features include cloud rendering with pay-as-you-go and subscription options, multi-region compute, GPU-accelerated path tracing, industry-standard formats, a material library, a node-based editor, asset management, version control, collaboration tools, and API access for automation.

Pricing is tiered, with a free tier for new users and hobbyists, paid plans for freelancers and studios, and enterprise options for larger organizations.

Users report strong scalability and ease of use, though some note cost at scale and occasional queue delays.

See also: RenderMan (Pixar)