Best 5 render farms for Corona rendering

In this article, we will review and introduce you to the best 5 render farms for Corona rendering. We will see if the render farms support Corona fully with the latest version, and with all host 3D software.

Chaos Corona is a high-performance (un)biased photorealistic renderer, often used in architectural, automotive, and product visualization. You can use Corona on Windows (3ds max, Cinema 4D, Blender), on macOS (Cinema 4D, Blender), and Linux (Blender).

Corona, unlike V-Ray, can only support CPU rendering. You can use Corona for 3ds Max, Blender (Corona standalone) and Cinema 4D. It also has an alpha version for Archicad.

Why use render farms for Corona?

Render farm is a group of networked computers, used for rendering images, and animations. We often use render farms to render faster, as our computer hardware sometimes cannot meet the deadline.

While many render engines shift to GPU rendering, Corona still persists in its path as a CPU rendering engine. It’s easier to get a powerful CPU than a GPU, but it’s still not enough if your project is complex and needs to be processed within a short amount of time. Therefore, render farms exist to solve the problem of render efficiency. 

See more: Top 5 Best Render Farms For GPU & CPU

Best 5 render farms for Corona rendering

This list is not a ranking. We only introduce them in alphabet order. We will try to list the version of Corona they support, the 3D software and other plugins you can use, and some advantages and disadvantages.

Fox Renderfarm

Fox Renderfarm is from China, established in 2009. It’s a well-known render farm which is the choice of many 3D artists, and is the service for many hits and blockbusters. The approach is still SaaS, but you will proceed with the render on their website. 

• Hardware: 16 cores (hyperthreading available), 64-128 GB RAM
• Pricing: free trial $25 credits, with discount for students. Price starts at $0.06 per core per hour.
• Corona support: Because of its approach as SaaS, you will need to check if their Corona version and 3D software match yours. Below is the list we have collected:

Corona version	3D Software
1.3 – 1.63 1.3 – 5.2 1.3 – 8.2 1.3 – 8.2 1.3 – 8.2 1.3 – 8.2 1.62 – 8.2 2.0 – 8.2 4.1 – 8.2 5.2 – 8.2 6.2 – 8.2 8 – 8.2	3ds Max 2012 3ds Max 2013 3ds Max 2014 3ds Max 2015 3ds Max 2016 3ds Max 2017 3ds Max 2018 3ds Max 2019 3ds Max 2020 3ds Max 2021 3ds Max 2022 3ds Max 2023
Corona_fix 5.0/6.2 Corona_fix 5.0/6.2 Corona_fix 5.0/6.2/7.2 Corona_fix 5.0/6.2/7.2 + Corona 8 Corona_fix 5.0/6.2/7.2 Corona_fix 5.0/6.2/7.2 + Corona 8 Corona_fix 6.2/7.2 + Corona 8 Corona_fix 6.2/7.2 + Corona 8 Corona_fix 6.2/7.2 + Corona 8 Corona_fix 7.2 + Corona 8 Corona 8	Cinema 4D R16 Cinema 4D R17 Cinema 4D R18 Cinema 4D R19 Cinema 4D R20 Cinema 4D R21 Cinema 4D R22 Cinema 4D R23 Cinema 4D R24 Cinema 4D R25 Cinema 4D R26

Note:

• Have Fox Renderfarm Desktop app, which you can use on your own PC and don’t need to go on their website. You can see easily which version of Corona that they support, which plugins they have and some software like above.
• Support many versions of Corona
• Lacking support for Corona for Blender and Archicad 
• Obscure information about hardware
• Only Windows supported, no macOS or Linux

Garage Farm

Garage is a rendering farm from the United Kingdom, which has a history of 12 years in this industry. It’s also a SaaS render farm with their own app to help you work with their farm directly from your own desk. You can download their app renderBeamer to upload and render your jobs.

• Hardware: Tesla K80 12GB vRAM and Tesla P100 16GB vRAM for Garage’s GPU, Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4 for CPU.
• Pricing: free trial $25 credits, with discount for students. Price starts at $0.02 per GHz per hour and $0.0033 per OB hour
• Corona support: Below is the list we have collected:

Corona version	3D software
1.2 – 8+	3ds Max 2013 – 2023+
0.6 – 8+	Cinema 4Đ R18 – R26+,S22 – S26+

Note:

• Support many versions of Corona
• Windows, MAC supported
• Support common software, lacking Blender and Archicad.

iRender

iRender is a render farm from Vietnam, established in 2019. It’s kind of new and still needs some more time for recognition of big names in the industry. However, its approach and development are really impressive. 

The platform of iRender is IaaS, which means you can control and use their remote servers as your computer. Therefore, you can install any versions of Corona (which run on Windows 10 or Linux …), and any 3D software. 

• Hardware: RTX3090/RTX4090 GPU and AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3955WX/AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5975WX CPU
• Pricing: pricing starts at $5.76/hour/node to $42/hour/node. 50% bonus for students and educational purposes.
• Corona support: 

Corona version	3D software
all versions	3ds Max Cinema 4D Blender Archicad

Note: 

• Support all 3D software for Corona
• Support all plugins
• Support Linux remote server
• No macOS remote server. You will need to use your macOS to connect to their Windows or Linux OS remote server for using
• Need to install your app and transfer your license to their servers. 

Ranch computing

Ranch is a company in France that provides high-performance 3d rendering services. It’s a well-established farm which has a long history of 15 years in this industry. They provide a SaaS platform, with a plugin integrated to your modeling software called RANCHecker. It will help you to check if your project is okay. If it’s okay, it will upload through RANCHecher. Then you go to their website and submit it. And now it’s their job to render for you and notify you when it’s done.

• Hardware: CPU: AMD EPYC 7763 CPUs and Dual Xeon E5-2697A V4 (CPUFarm) |GPU: RTX 3090 cards | RAM: 128 – 256 GB
• Pricing: As low as €0.016/GHz & €0.09/OBh. Up to 70% bonus.
• Corona support: Ranch supports some versions of Corona, along with a number of 3D software and plugins.

Corona version	3D Software
8.2	3ds Max 2014 3ds Max 2015 3ds Max 2016 3ds Max 2017 3ds Max 2018 3ds Max 2019 3ds Max 2020 3ds Max 2021 3ds Max 2022 3ds Max 2023
8.1	Cinema 4D R20 Cinema 4D R21 Cinema 4D R23 Cinema 4D R24 Cinema 4D R25 Cinema 4D R26

Note:

• Support Corona latest versions.
• Easy to use
• Lacking support for Blender and Archicad
• Obscure information about hardware

Rebus render farm

Rebus is a company in Germany that provides high-performance 3d rendering services. It has more than 15 years of experience in the field of 3D rendering and gets the trust of many big studios and companies. They provide a SaaS platform. They develop tools called Rebusdrop which can be added to your own software and you can just render from your software. 

• Hardware: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and NVIDIA’s Quadro RTX 6000 GPU
• Pricing: pricing starts at 1.28 cent/GHzh for CPU and 0.48 cent/OBh for GPU rendering. Free trial $27.22, student discount 50%.
• Corona support: Rebus supports many versions of Corona, along with some popular software

Corona version	3D Software
6-7	3ds Max 2013-2023
latest stable version 6-8	Cinema 4D R14-R21, R23, R25 Cinema 4D S22, S24, S26

Note:

• Support last build of Corona 6,7,8
• Many Plugins supported
• Lacking support for Corona for Blender and Archicad

Final words

Corona, along with V-Ray, is fantastic for Architectural rendering. Although the 3D software that can use it is not various, Corona is still supported by many render farms because 3ds max and Cinema 4D are very popular. Blender and Archicad, however, are not a common choice for Corona users. They are also not fully developed, that’s why you can only find support from uncommon render farms.

Hope that this article can help you choose a powerful render farm for your Corona project. Since Corona is CPU intensive, VFXRendering recommend iRender or Rebus. They have AMD Ryzen Threadripper, which can process your rendering much faster. Another reason to select a render farm could be the plugin/addon they support. Of all the render farms above, Fox, iRender and Rebus will be easier to find support for plugins. 

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