Vray 3.6 vs KeyShot 7

fa2020

Hi,
I'm an industrial designer who designs many assets as a freelancer. I use Rhino and its nurb modeling technique in my works but sometimes I use polygonal modelings in 3ds max too. Designing a precise model isn't the only thing I want to achieve. I have to render a photo-realistic and artistic shots too. So, I have to opt out a proper renderer. My choices are Vray 3.6 or KeyShot 7. I can afford one of them. Please help me to decide. I do close-up renders. Sub-surface scattering is very important materials for my works. I use procedural maps too. Which of Vray 3.6 or KS 7 is better for me? I have a medium knowledge of Vray.
Please guide me.
Thanks.

musashidan

Although KS has come along nicely in recent versions I would go with Vray. Although they both offer photoreal results and Vray is magnitudes easier to use these days, Vray is going to be much more powerful in terms of features in and of itself, and in that you are using it within a 3D application. KS does have a material editor of sorts with procedurals and you can use geo as direct light sources but, Vray is hands down more powerful/flexible in these features due, again, to he fact that you're leveraging the 3D software's features.

LaurentiuN

V-ray all the way for photo-realistic stuff.

oglu

im expert in vray but if i would have to learn a new renderer i would go with redshift....

musashidan

@oglu have you tried 3.5/3.6? So much more responsive than 3.4. And there's the new hybrid rendering.

oglu

yes we are on the 3.6 nightlies...

gnoop

Red shift or Octane , Octane is super easy to setup.   

HAWK12HT

Hi @fa2020 I would go for Vray but you are using rhino too so not sure how is vray support on rhino, also I would suggest looking into GPU based renders such as redshift and octane as it will surely cut down render times unless you are already on xeon machine. 
Note Vray is coming to Unreal engine and Unreal announced DATASMITH tech, basically its for people like us in industrial / product design fields. You can directly transfer millions of polygons of cad data into Unreal and render it all real time.