Drop & Render
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Drop & Render, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Drop & Render's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Signup credits | Free | No payment details required · Usable on real project frames · Test-frame use recommended · €25 of free render credits on signup |
| Diamond | — | Recommended for companies · Fastest access to new nodes · 250% speed boost · Higher rate only when it speeds the render · Cinebench 2020 0.0012/point/hr · Octanebench 2020 0.0108/point/hr |
| Emerald | — | Recommended for teams · Starts before Sapphire · Gathers extra nodes when available · 150% speed boost · Cinebench 2020 0.0006/point/hr · Octanebench 2020 0.0058/point/hr |
| Sapphire | — | Recommended for solo artists · Best value · Usually starts within minutes · Possible short wait at peak times · Cinebench 2020 0.0004/point/hr · Octanebench 2020 0.0036/point/hr |
The facts
Each one read from Drop & Render's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Applications
- It supports Cinema 4D, Blender, and Houdini, detects the version in use, and covers all versions of each application.checked 14 Nov 2026
- In-app submit
- A Cinema 4D plugin, Blender add-on, and Houdini HDA each submit the open project in one click and handle scene checks so assets do not need remapping.checked 14 Nov 2026
Money
- Billing
- Usage is pay-as-you-go render credits with no subscription, monthly minimum, or contract, and one render credit equals €1.checked 14 Nov 2026
What it does
- Bulk bonus
- One-time credit top-ups add bonus credits, from 5% at €100 up to 70% at €20,000.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Credits and refunds
- Purchased credits do not expire, nothing is charged until you render, and frames that fail on Drop & Render’s side are refunded.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Farm scale
- The company runs its own Dutch datacenter on Nvidia RTX GPUs, and an average job uses 100 to 200 GPUs at once, with tiles for stills and per-frame distribution for animation.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Official partners
- Drop & Render is an official Maxon partner for Cinema 4D and Redshift and an official SideFX partner for Houdini and Karma.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Pipeline integrations
- Link includes the dar CLI and JSON render API, plus Deadline 10, Flamenco 3, and an MCP connection for AI assistants, with no separate API fee.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Render engines
- Supported engines include Redshift, Octane, Arnold, V-Ray, Corona, Karma CPU, Karma XPU, Mantra, Cycles, EEVEE, Physical, and Standard, and farm engine licenses are included.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Retention limit
- Project files and rendered outputs are kept for at most 7 days and then deleted automatically.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Security
- Files stay in Previder’s Netherlands datacenter under GDPR, with AES-256 encryption, HTTPS/TLS upload, and the facility listing ISO 27001, ISO 27017, and ISO 27018.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Support and NDA
- Live chat support from rendering experts is offered at any time, and a non-disclosure agreement can be signed on the site for confidential work.checked 14 Nov 2026
- What it does
- Drop & Render is an online render farm: you submit a 3D project from your application, the farm replicates that setup, and finished frames are delivered back automatically.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Who it is for
- It is built for professionals, with Sapphire recommended for solo artists, Emerald for teams, and Diamond for companies.checked 14 Nov 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Dordrecht / Rotterdam, The Netherlandschecked 19 Oct 2026
- Teams
- Studio accounts share one credit pool, invoicing, and uploaded assets, and team use has no per-seat or extra team charge.checked 14 Nov 2026
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