What Is iRender? How the IaaS Model and Pricing Actually Work

What is iRender and how does its pricing work? iRender is a cloud GPU service that rents you a whole dedicated server rather than taking a job submission. You connect over remote desktop to a machine with 1 to 8 RTX 4090 (24 GB each) or RTX 5090 (32 GB each) cards, 256 GB of RAM, an AMD Threadripper Pro, NVMe storage, and a 1 Gbps line, install your own software, and render exactly as you would locally. Billing is by the minute while the server runs. The model is summed up by their own line, “Your renders, your rules”: full control, including full responsibility. The control is why scenes match local output, and the responsibility is why the two cost traps, setup time and idle billing, are yours to manage. Both are covered below, along with how billing and the current promotions work.

Most render farms ask for your scene. iRender hands you a computer. That single difference explains nearly everything else about the service, including why people who love it love it and why people who get burned get burned. This page lays out how the model works, what the hardware actually is, and what you will really pay, so the rest of our articles can point here instead of repeating it.

The IaaS Model, in Practice

IaaS means infrastructure as a service. You pick a machine configuration, boot it, and connect over remote desktop to a clean Windows server that is yours for the session. You install your DCC, your render engine, your exact plugin versions, then transfer your project over the 1 Gbps connection and render. Nothing about your pipeline is translated or approximated by someone else’s submission system, which is why output matches your workstation. Files you leave on the server’s storage persist between sessions, so a large asset library or simulation cache uploads once and stays.

The same control cuts the other way. There is no scene checker saving you from a broken file, no support engineer configuring the render for you, and the first session includes a real setup cost, typically 15 to 30 minutes of installing and arranging before the first frame renders. Subsequent sessions are much faster since your environment is saved.

On data protection, iRender states that its data center is rated Uptime Tier III and holds ISO 27001 (BS7799), ISO 20000 (ITIL) and ISO 9001:2000 certification. Its terms and conditions say client projects are kept confidential, an NDA can be signed on request, and complete render projects are not stored after a job is finished. We have not verified these claims independently.

The Hardware

Component	Spec
GPU	RTX 4090 (24 GB) or RTX 5090 (32 GB) per card, in 1, 2, 4 or 8 GPU configurations
CPU	AMD Threadripper Pro
RAM	256 GB
Storage	NVMe SSD (2 TB class)
Network	1 Gbps transfer line

Two notes worth being precise about. The cards are 24 GB each, and multi GPU configurations multiply rendering throughput, not VRAM per frame, so a frame that needs more than 24 GB of contiguous memory still relies on out of core rendering, which the 256 GB RAM pool exists to absorb. VRAM is per card and does not add up across GPUs, so a scene has to fit in 24 GB on an RTX 4090 or 32 GB on an RTX 5090.

What It Costs and How Billing Works

Billing is hourly and the rate scales with GPU count. On the iRender price page (checked 06 November 2026), a single RTX 4090 machine lists at $8.20 per hour and a single RTX 5090 machine at $10.80 per hour; 2, 4 and 8 card versions of each are priced upward from there. Every package lists 256 GB of system RAM.

• 100% first deposit bonus. New users get their first top-up doubled in render credit, which halves the effective rate of a first project.
• 10% off for 3 hours or more. Paying for a block of three hours or longer drops the hourly rate by 10%, for example $9.72 instead of $10.80 on one RTX 5090.

The cost people forget is idle time. The meter runs from the Connect step until you press Shutdown (iRender’s docs say the boot step is not charged), so time spent uploading caches or a machine left on overnight is billed like rendering. Check the current price page before you budget, since rates and promotions change.

Who the Model Fits, and Who It Does Not

iRender fits GPU heavy work where environment control pays off: exact plugin versions, unusual render managers, multi application pipelines, and very large simulation caches that should upload once and stay put. It also fits anyone whose deadline economics favour renting eight 4090s for an afternoon over owning one more card.

It does not fit someone who wants to submit a scene and walk away. That person should use a SaaS farm and pay the convenience premium happily, and our comparison of the four major farms covers which one. There is no shame in either camp. They are different products.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is iRender a render farm?

Not in the usual sense. A render farm takes your scene and renders it on its own pipeline. iRender rents you a dedicated GPU server you control over remote desktop, with your own software and settings. The result behaves like your workstation with more hardware, which is the appeal for pipeline heavy work and the extra effort for anyone wanting hands off submission.

How much does iRender cost per hour?

On the price page checked 06 November 2026, one RTX 4090 machine lists at $8.20 per hour and one RTX 5090 machine at $10.80, with 2, 4 and 8 card versions priced higher. New users get a 100% bonus on their first top-up, and paying for 3 hours or more takes 10% off. Idle time bills at the same rate, so shutting the server down promptly matters more than the rate itself.

Does iRender have GPUs with more than 24GB of VRAM?

Yes. Alongside the RTX 4090 (24 GB per card), iRender offers RTX 5090 machines with 32 GB per card, in configurations up to 8 GPUs. Multiple GPUs increase rendering speed, not the VRAM available to a single frame, so scenes needing more than 32 GB per frame rely on out of core rendering, which the servers’ 256 GB of system RAM is there to support.

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