Chaos Vantage vs Fusion
Chaos Vantage
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Fusion
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| Figure | Chaos Vantage | Fusion |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Vfx Tools | 8.2 (#5) | 8.3 (#4) |
| Integrations | Chaos lists integrations with 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, and USD-supported content creation tools. | Fusion Connect sends clips from DaVinci Resolve and Avid Media Composer timelines to Fusion and updates the timelines when the composition is rendered. |
| Maker | Chaos says it is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, and has offices in 11 cities worldwide. | Blackmagic Design identifies itself as a manufacturer of creative video technology. |
| Purpose | Chaos Vantage is a real-time ray-tracing renderer for visualization and previsualization across architecture, filmmaking, and automotive work. | Fusion is node-based compositing software for visual effects artists, broadcast and motion graphic designers, and 3D animators. |
| Rendering | It produces photorealistic stills and animations with fully ray-traced quality in real time. | Blackmagic says Fusion supports rendering across an unlimited number of networked computers at no additional cost and with no per-node render license fees. |
| Support | The product page offers dedicated customer support and training resources during the free trial. | Blackmagic offers product support through its community forum, email support engineers and telephone support offices. |
Plans
Chaos Vantage
- Chaos Vantage standalone — annualPrice not published
- Chaos Vantage standalone — monthlyPrice not published
Fusion
- DaVinci ResolvePrice not published
- DaVinci ResolvePriced on request
- Fusion Studio$295 a month
- Fusion Studio$295, paid once
- DaVinci Resolve (includes Fusion page)Free
In their own words
Chaos Vantage
Chaos Vantage has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Fusion
Fusion is node-based compositing software for visual effects artists, broadcast and motion graphic designers, and 3D animators. Users connect image-processing tools as nodes and adjust individual parts of a composition. Its tools cover compositing, keying, painting, animation, virtual reality, and stereoscopic 3D. Fusion can import and render 3D models and scenes within a composite without pre-rendering assets or transferring between applications. Fusion Connect sends clips from DaVinci Resolve and Avid Media Composer timelines to Fusion and updates those timelines after a composition is rendered. Lua and Python scripting can create custom tools, exchange data with other applications, and automate tasks. Blackmagic says rendering can use an unlimited number of networked computers without additional cost or per-node render license fees. Fusion Studio includes a bin server for shared assets, and the product page describes team review and approval through DaVinci Resolve. A free DaVinci Resolve download includes the Fusion page. Fusion Studio is listed at $295 a month. Studio version 21.1 requires a Fusion Studio or DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle, or an activation key. Fusion Studio downloads are listed for Mac OS, Linux, Windows x86, and Windows ARM.