Compare the Top Architectural Rendering Software that integrates with 3ds Max as of November 2025

This a list of Architectural Rendering software that integrates with 3ds Max. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with 3ds Max. View the products that work with 3ds Max in the table below.

What is Architectural Rendering Software for 3ds Max?

Architectural rendering software is a tool used by architects and designers to create images that simulate how a building or structure will look in the real world. It uses 3D models, textures, lighting and other effects to accurately represent the physical appearance of the design. Rendering software also helps designers visualize the construction process, allowing them to make decisions about materials and layouts before the project begins. Compare and read user reviews of the best Architectural Rendering software for 3ds Max currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    D5 Render

    D5 Render

    D5 Render

    Import models, and enjoy an instant sense of reality throughout the creation process. Outdated rendering tricks are now replaced by common sense. With a gentle learning curve and effortless reach for assets, with D5, it's never been easier or more intuitive to visualize a story. Slow 3D rendering has always been the bottleneck that slowed your workflow. You made an adjustment and then waited for the progress bar to drain your inspiration. Bursts of creativity had to be squeezed into the spaces between renderings. But now, You have D5. With each burst of inspiration, D5 keeps up with every thought and modification to keep you immersed in a seamless workflow. You can fully dive yourself into the creative moment, sculpting with light and truly playing in the worlds you create. D5 GI with Smoothness experience brings you real-time interactivity and near offline rendering quality. No need to compromise, you have the world at your fingertips.
    Starting Price: $38 per month
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    V-Ray

    V-Ray

    Chaos

    Chaos® V-Ray® is a 3D rendering plugin available for SketchUp, 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Rhino, Revit, and more. It is widely used in architectural visualization, advertising, and visual effects for film and television. With V-Ray, artists and designers can explore and share their projects with real-time ray tracing and render high-quality visualizations. V-Ray has a large community of users and is recognized for its incredible versatility. V-Ray has been honored with a Sci-Tech Academy Award® and an Engineering Emmy Award® for bringing fully ray-traced photorealistic CGI to the film and television industries. For more information, please visit chaos.com
    Starting Price: $60 per month
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    Maxwell Render

    Maxwell Render

    Maxwell Render

    Reality means predictable, reliable first-time results. Maxwell Render™ unleashes your creativity without having to struggle with complex computer graphics terminology and countless parameter tweaks. Maxwell Render is specifically made to help architects, designers, and artists to visualize their projects efficiently and accurately with minimum set-up time. Maxwell 5 is the best rendering software for light simulation. The rendering engine combines physically correct lighting with thousands of Maxwell materials to create accurate and extremely realistic images. It is compatible with most 3D or CAD applications. Best lighting engine for designers, architects, and artists from any industry. We constantly strive to improve the realism quality of the render and make the engine faster and easier to use. Maxwell remains unbiased with an easy transition from GPU to CPU, as well as the best cloud rendering service.
    Starting Price: $60
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    Snaptrude

    Snaptrude

    Snaptrude

    The collaborative building design for‍ architects. Snaptrude helps design better buildings faster, by bringing project teams together. Snaptrude is used by designers from some of the world’s leading companies. Planned, designed, and visualize with the entire project team from concept to construction. Share models and document communication in real time. Whether you're designing a house or a city, get it done faster with intelligent automation and parametric modeling. Being fast doesn't have to mean sacrificing creativity or quality. Leverage BIM data to control costs & design sustainably. Gather real-time insights from automated BoQs, site topography, daylight simulation, and more. Import from AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, or Revit & Export directly into Revit, with complete parametric family information, without any data loss. Create flawless architecture that satisfies the client's brief. Brainstorm ideas with your team & rapidly turn them into detailed BIM models.
    Starting Price: $49 per month
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    Helio

    Helio

    Helio

    Fastest and most affordable cloud rendering. Render your 3DS Max or Blender project with V-Ray, Corona, or Cycles with a few clicks. Get your results up to 100x faster with access to the nearly infinite capacity of the cloud. No priorities, no more queues, just fast results. Render animations in the time of one frame. Reduce your render spend up to 3x. Thanks to our intelligent workload scheduling and automated access to the excess capacity of cloud providers, we deliver your rendering jobs more efficiently than anyone else. For an architecture project to visualize the final product. Rendered quickly and reliably on Helio's Render Engine. We keep an eye on your rendering and try to resolve issues automatically so that you can focus on your work. We are there for you via chat, email, or calls. Together we lower emissions and electricity consumption to protect our planet by better-utilizing data centers worldwide and even growing tomatoes with rendering.
    Starting Price: $0.10 per render unit
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    Shapespark

    Shapespark

    Shapespark

    Shapespark turns architectural 3D models into realistic and interactive online walkthroughs and allows to host 3D video meetings inside them. 3D walkthroughs and 3D meetings can be easily shared via links, opened directly in web browsers, and enriched with interactive elements like material and color pickers, HTML content, and more.
    Starting Price: $19/month/user
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    Helio Cloud Rendering
    Get your results up to 100x faster with access to the nearly infinite capacity of the cloud. No priorities, no more queues, just fast results. Render animations in the time of one frame. Collaborating with your team while maintaining constant control over your budget is crucial for ensuring a smooth and efficient project. Intelligent and fast sync of your projects to secure cloud storage lets you work faster. With automated downloads, you can access your results immediately after the render job is done. Intelligent and fast sync of your projects and files to secure cloud storage in the background and only upload the files that have changed as fast as your internet connection. After finishing the render job, results get automatically downloaded to your favorite location, network drive, or storage solution. The results are already there when you want to check them and start the post-production process.
    Starting Price: $0.10 per render unit
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    Chaos Corona

    Chaos Corona

    Chaos Czech

    Chaos® Corona is the only renderer created specifically for architectural visualization. Be an artist, not a technician, and achieve photorealism with greater ease than other rendering software. Usability is Chaos Corona’s most powerful feature. Render setup is as simple as pressing “Render”. Most new users learn Corona in just one day — and fall in love with it in two. We aim to keep Chaos Corona affordable and accessible to as many people as possible, without compromising on its development and features. As a Corona user, you are backed by the award-winning Chaos family. Expand your capabilities with Chaos tools guaranteed to integrate smoothly with your favorite render engine. Easier workflow and greater creativity with control over channels affected by a Decal, cameras working inside volumes, improved DOF highlights, improved Caustics, fast and detailed Listers, and more.
    Starting Price: €24.99 per month
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