Chaos updates V-Ray, Corona and Enscape subscription plans
Chaos has launched the Chaos suites, a new set of industry-specific product bundles, aimed at architectural visualization, architectural design, and media and entertainment work like VFX.
They include update versions of existing subscription plans, plus three new multi-product subscription plans: the ArchDesign Collection, the ArchViz Collection and the M&E Collection.
Chaos has also updated the licensing for the apps around which they are built – the Corona, Enscape and V-Ray renderers – ending node-locked licenses in favor of named-user licenses.
How do the changes affect node-locked licenses of Corona, Enscape and V-Ray?
First up, those license changes: Chaos is retiring node-locked licenses, in which a software license is tied to a particular machine, in favor of named-user licenses.
The change, which means licenses are tied to users’ email addresses, used to log in, make it easier for artists to work across multiple machines – for example, in hybrid working – but makes it harder to designate individual machines in a studio as application-specific workstations.
Node-locked licenses are currently used in Corona Solo and V-Ray Solo subscriptions, and Enscape Fixed Seat subscriptions: all of Chaos’s other plans use floating licenses.
Current Corona and V-Ray Solo subscribers will be moved to named licenses on 1 July 2025; Enscape Fixed license holders will be moved to a new subscription on their next renewal.
How do the changes affect existing Corona subscribers?
Aside from the change of license type, there are few mandatory changes for existing Corona and V-Ray subscribers.
Architectural renderer Corona remains available as Corona Solo or Premium subscriptions.
Corona Solo subscriptions include Corona itself, plus the Cosmos asset library – which, as of Corona 12 Update 2, also includes scanned real-world materials from Chaos Scans.
Corona Solo subscriptions cost $59.90/month or $394.80/year.
Corona Premium subscriptions also include full access to Chaos Scans, making it possible to edit as well as render materials, plus fire simulator Phoenix and media viewer Chaos Player.
Corona Premium subscriptions cost $72.90/month or $514.80/year.
How do the changes affect existing V-Ray subscribers?
Architectural and VFX renderer V-Ray remains available as V-Ray Solo and V-Ray Premium subscriptions.
V-Ray Solo subscriptions include V-Ray itself plus the Cosmos asset library – which again, now includes real-world materials from Chaos Scans.
V-Ray Solo subscriptions cost $84.90/month or $514.80/year.
V-Ray Premium subscriptions also include full access to Chaos Scans, Phoenix, Chaos Player, and 20 render credits for online rendering service Chaos Cloud.
V-Ray Premium subscriptions cost $119.90/month or $718.80/year.
The $598.80/year V-Ray Enterprise subscription, for studios that need five seats of V-Ray or more, is no longer listed in Chaos’s online store, although it is still available via resellers.
We’ve contacted Chaos to find out whether V-Ray Enterprise subscriptions will continue to be offered, and will update if we hear back.
What are the new options for Corona and V-Ray users?
There are also two new industry-specific bundles that add Chaos Vantage – Chaos’s real-time renderer for scene exploration – and crowd animation tool Anima to existing subscription plans.
The ArchViz Collection adds Vantage and Anima to Corona Premium or V-Ray Premium plans.
The Corona edition costs $748.80/year for a named-user license; $946.80 for a floating license.
The V-Ray edition costs $838.80/year for a named-user license; $1,149.60/year for a floating license.
As far as we can see, the latter is identical to the other new bundle, the M&E Collection.
It also includes V-Ray, Vantage, Phoenix, Anima, Cosmos, Chaos Scans and Chaos Player, and also costs $838.80/year for a named-user license, or $1,149.60/year for a floating license.
We’ve contacted Chaos to check whether there are any differences beyond the names of the subscription plans, and will update if we hear back.
How to the changes affect Enscape users?
There are more changes for users of real-time architectural renderer Enscape, whose original developer merged with Chaos in 2022.
It was previously available as Fixed Seat licenses, which cost $84.90/month or $562.80/year, or Floating licenses, which cost $958.80/year.
Chaos has now brought those options in line with Corona and V-Ray, launching new, slightly more expensive, Enscape Solo and Enscape Premium subscriptions.
Enscape Solo subscriptions include Enscape and its new cloud-based Chaos AI Enhancer, and cost $574.80/year.
Enscape Premium subscriptions also include “Basic tier” access to Veras, the AI visualization tool that Chaos acquired earlier this year, and cost $634.80/year for a named-user license, or $994.80/year for a floating license.
There is also a new product bundle, the ArchDesign Collection, which raises Veras access to the “Pro tier”, and adds Enscape building performance analysis plugin Impact and real-time rendering tool Envision.
ArchDesign Collection subscriptions cost $694.80/year for named-user licenses, or $1,138.80/year for floating licenses.
The old Enscape website has also now been redirected to Chaos’s website.
Read more about the new ArchDesign, ArchViz and M&E Collections on Chaos’s blog
See current subscription pricing on Chaos’s website
(Also includes details of three-year subscriptions for some plans)
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