appleseed vs Chaos Vantage
appleseed
appleseedhq.netChaos Vantage
chaos.comSide by side
| Figure | appleseed | Chaos Vantage |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · 3D Rendering Software | 8.2 (#6) | 8.2 (#8) |
| Founded | 2010 | 1997 |
| Integrations | The maker lists native integrations for Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, and Gaffer. | Chaos lists integrations with 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, and USD-supported content creation tools. |
| Intended users | Its core mission is to provide individuals and small studios with a complete, reliable, fully open rendering package. | Chaos says its products are intended for professional use and not consumer use. |
| Rendering | It supports unidirectional path tracing, stochastic progressive photon mapping, light tracing, progressive rendering, interactive rendering, and spectral rendering. | It produces photorealistic stills and animations with fully ray-traced quality in real time. |
| Support | The maker recommends its Discord server or user forum for most questions and says private email may receive a slower response. | The product page offers dedicated customer support and training resources during the free trial. |
Plans
Chaos Vantage
- Chaos Vantage standalone — annualPrice not published
- Chaos Vantage standalone — monthlyPrice not published
In their own words
appleseed
appleseed is a free, open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects, built around physically based global illumination. It is designed for individuals and small studios and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Rendering methods include unidirectional path tracing, stochastic progressive photon mapping, light tracing, progressive and interactive rendering, and spectral rendering. For shading, it supports Open Shading Language and on-the-fly shader compilation. Production tools include motion blur, AOVs, Cryptomatte, adaptive sampling, denoising, and resumable render checkpoints. Native integrations are listed for Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, and Gaffer. It works with OBJ geometry and image formats including OpenEXR, TIFF, HDR, PNG, JPEG, and PSD. Developers can use C++ and Python APIs or extend the engine with external C++ plugins. The listed plan costs nothing and is under the MIT license. The download page lists version 2.1.0-beta, released September 21, 2019.
Chaos Vantage
Chaos Vantage has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.