TOP 12 BLENDER CLOUD RENDER FARMS IN 2024

Blender is an incredible tool for creating 3D scenes and visuals for use in all sorts of projects.

Over the years I have found this software to be one of the best creative tools for both of my studios; Sensebellum and Lumenarius.

However, it takes A LONG TIME TO RENDER… It is common for each frame to take many minutes with even the fastest computer. Now imagine you need 1,800 frames rendered for a 60 second video at 4K resolution and it could easily take days or weeks.

A good solution is to use the cloud! I.e. someone else’s computer!

In the past I have used Concierge Render but they have gone out of business since a merger and acquisition.

All I am looking for is a simple and easy to use platform with the following criteria:

  • Easy Upload. No FTP or weird client apps or buggy plugins. Simple!

  • Dashboard is Clear. Was it uploaded right? Where are my files? What is it costing? What is the progress?

  • Straightforward Pricing. I want to think of things in terms of dollars per frame. Hopefully cents. I don’t want to convert render hours to bespoke credits and then back to dollars.

  • Ability to Edit. Frame range, resolution, samples, noise threshold, etc. Having to re-upload each time to simply change what frames being rendered is a mess.

  • Plugins. Things like FlipFluids and ProceduralCrowds are a great feature!

  • Customer Support. Sometimes help is needed. English as a first language is essential.




For these tests I am using x2 files I have prepared. An easy file and a hard file. These represent most of the projects I am using.

Below you can see the final result of the files when rendered correctly.


Easy Render - 1920 x 1920


Hard Render - 3840 x 2160




To truly see which service is the best I ran through the top 12 services available online and have ranked them below.

Each has a few notes on the criteria I was looking for as well as a general score.


1) GarageFarm.NET

Score: 9/10

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: Per Frame, Credits, Tiered

Edits: Everything!

Easy Frame Costs: $0.06 / 1:00 m

Hard Frame Costs: $0.16 / 4:09 m

Plugins: FlipFluids + Many

Pros: Great support, clean interface, many details, excellent pricing.

Cons: None!


2) RenderStreet

Score: 8/10

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: On Demand GPU or Monthly CPU

Edits: Frame Range, Resolution, Noise, Samples

Easy Frame Costs: $0.21 / 2:52 m

Hard Frame Costs: $0.57 / 7:40 m

Plugins: FlipFluids

Pros: Very simple and easy to use. Good support.

Cons: More expensive. 15 minute limit on render time. Pay to upgrade.


3) ConductorTech

Score: 6/10

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: Time Based

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: $0.03 / 1:00 m

Hard Frame Costs: $0.12 / 3:47 m

Plugins: N/A

Pros: Active support. Fair pricing. Used to be ConciergeRender.

Cons: 3 different apps and plugins to manage while using. Unable to change anything related to frames, resolution, samples, etc; need to re-upload each time!


4) DropAndRender

Score: 4/10

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: Unclear

Edits: Frame Range

Easy Frame Costs: $0.22 / 0:33 m

Hard Frame Costs: $9.66 / 5:51 m

Plugins: N/A

Pros: Quick support.

Cons: $9 for a single frame?!?! Involves 3 apps you need to use in conjunction. Confusing and hard to setup.


5) CloudRender.Farm

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: No

Pricing: Unclear

Edits: Frame Range

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: Unable to get to work. Support was semi-active.

Cons: Too simple of an interface. Cannot access downloads without submitting new render. When you do download you only get a broken .html file with an error.


6) Rentaflop

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: No

Pricing: Per Frame

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: $0.04 / 3:00 m

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: None.

Cons: Unable to receive render credits. Broken links on website. Final render contained only 3 out of 100 frames...


7) BlenderGrid

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: No

Pricing: Per Frame

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: Simple?

Cons: Easy file never stopped “analyzing” so I have no idea if it works or not. No support.


8) FoxRender

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: Render Credits

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: None.

Cons: Sketchy FTP file uploader which gave errors on install. Only CPU rendering.


9) HelioRender

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work without payment)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: Render Credits

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: None.

Cons: Unable to redeem trial credits without providing payment first.


10) iRender

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: Yes

Pricing: Render Credits

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: None.

Cons: Installer does not work. They used an installer helper on a trial period. Needed for access to service.


11) RanchComputing

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: No

Pricing: N/A

Edits: None!

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: None.

Cons: Need to convert to bespoke file format before upload. Converter only works on Windows.


12) SuperRendersFarm

Score: 1/10 (Doesn’t work)

Dashboard: Yes

Desktop App: No

Pricing: Credits, Tiered

Edits: Frame Range

Easy Frame Costs: N/A

Hard Frame Costs: N/A

Plugins: N/A

Pros: None.

Cons: File never stopped analyzing.