RenderDay vs RebusFarm
RebusFarm sells prepaid RenderPoints and states it cannot quote accurately in advance. RenderDay renders a test frame first and commits to one exact number.
RenderDay
A pay-as-you-go cloud render service for Blender. One fixed price, quoted before payment, after a free test render of your own scene. No subscription, no credits, no minimum spend.
RebusFarm
An established render farm founded in 2006, supporting Blender alongside many other 3D applications. Pricing runs on a prepaid RenderPoints system, submitted through a native plugin rather than a browser upload. RebusFarm’s own terms peg 1 RenderPoint to 1 EUR.
Feature by feature
Pricing model
RenderDayOne fixed price, quoted before payment, after a free test render of your own scene. No subscription, no credits, no minimum spend.
RebusFarmPrepaid RenderPoints (1 RenderPoint = 1 EUR by RebusFarm’s own terms). No fixed quote before payment; RebusFarm’s FAQ states it “can’t give an accurate quote in advance” and points to a cost calculator it separately describes as not accurate.
Render engines and software support
RenderDayBlender only: Cycles and EEVEE.
RebusFarmCycles (CPU and GPU), EEVEE, and the standard Blender engine. Supports 17 applications and renderers in total, including Blender, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya, V-Ray, Corona, Redshift, Arnold, and Octane.
Blender version support
RenderDayBlender 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2.
RebusFarmLists 2.79b through 5.1 as of our retrieval date; 4.4, 4.5, and 5.2 are not listed on RebusFarm’s Blender page, which may simply be behind on updates.
Submission method
RenderDayWeb upload only (.blend or .zip); no plugin or desktop app required.
RebusFarmNative in-app plugin, plus two required desktop components (RebusDrop and ControlCenter).
Free trial
RenderDayFree test render of your own scene before you pay; no separate trial credit needed.
RebusFarm25 RenderPoints (about 25 EUR by RebusFarm’s own terms) automatically granted to new accounts. Trial output is watermarked until you buy at least 10 RenderPoints.
Minimum spend
RenderDayNo minimum spend, no credits to manage.
RebusFarmNo minimum turnover. Tiered discounts up to 60% on purchases from 500 to 50,000 RenderPoints, which never expire.
File size limit
RenderDayUp to 5 GB per file.
RebusFarmNot published.
Refunds and discounts
RenderDayFree re-render or full refund for RenderDay-caused failures, with a 7-day window to report.
RebusFarmNo refund guarantee for RebusFarm-caused failures is published. A 50% discount is available for educational projects with proof of enrollment.
Competitor details from RebusFarm’s own pricing and FAQ pages, retrieved 2026-07-31. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.
Which one fits your job
Both cases, on one screen. If the answer is the other one, that is a better outcome than a refund.
Pick RebusFarm if
Choose RebusFarm if your job is not in Blender at all: it also supports 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya, V-Ray, Corona, Redshift, Arnold, Octane, and more, where RenderDay is Blender-only. It also suits a recurring studio workflow better than a one-off job: a plugin built into the 3D app’s interface, a legal entity trading since 2006 (RebusFarm GmbH, Leverkusen), ISO 27001 certification, an NDA available on request, and tiered discounts up to 60% on RenderPoints that never expire.
Pick RenderDay if
- For a single Blender job, the difference is the quote: one fixed price after a free test render of your own scene, before you pay anything. RebusFarm’s own FAQ says it cannot give an accurate quote in advance.
- No subscription, no credits, no minimum spend; jobs start at €2.01
- Preprocessing analyses your file in 1-2 minutes: extracts render settings and detects cameras
- Frames render in parallel across demand-provisioned GPU workers (RTX 5090, L40S), rather than one after another on one machine
- Uploads up to 5 GB per file, .blend or .zip, no plugin required
- Free re-render or full refund for RenderDay-caused failures, with a 7-day window to report
Settle it with your own scene
Upload the file and we will render real test frames of it, then send one exact fixed price. If the number does not work, you have paid nothing.
Median wait for a price is 6 minutes, and nine jobs in ten are priced within 16.