A render that fails at 1 a.m. costs you the whole night if you only find out in the morning. Free tells your phone when a render starts, finishes or fails on one machine. Pro catches everything else, on every machine you render on.
RenderBuddy is in beta, and every Pro feature is free until launch. These are the prices planned for launch. Paid plans aren't open yet.
For one PC and the basics. Good for students, hobbyists and anyone rendering on a single machine.
$01 machine
For when a lost night costs real money. Every alert, live progress and remote control, on every machine.
$4.17/ month$49.99 a year, paid yearly. Or $4.99 month to month.
$4.99/ monthPaid monthly. Or $49.99 a year and save 16%.
There's nothing to buy yet. Join the Discord to hear the day RenderBuddy launches.
| What you get | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $4.99 a month, or $49.99 a year |
| Machines | 1 | Unlimited |
| Alerts on your phone | ||
| Render started, finished or failed | Included | Included |
| Black frames | Not included | Included |
| App not responding | Not included | Included |
| Machine offline or RenderBuddy closed during a render | Not included | Included |
| Machine back online | Not included | Included |
| Live view and control | ||
| Render status: rendering, stopped or finished | Included | Included |
| Live progress: frame, percent, time left | Not included | Included |
| CPU, GPU and VRAM load | Not included | Included |
| Preview the current frame, end-to-end encrypted when you pair by QR code | 10 a month, low resolution | No monthly limit |
| Stop a render from your phone | Not included | Included |
| Start an Unreal render from your phone | Not included | Included |
Yes. RenderBuddy is free while it's in beta, with every Pro feature included. The prices on this page are the ones we plan to charge at launch, and paid plans aren't open yet. Downloads and the store apps are coming soon, and launch news goes to the Discord first.
A PC running the RenderBuddy Agent, paired with your phone. Rendering in Unreal, Houdini and Blender on the same PC still counts as one machine. Free covers one machine. Pro covers as many as you pair.
One machine, a push when a render starts, finishes or fails in Unreal Engine, Houdini or Blender, the render's status in the app (rendering, stopped or finished), and 10 low-resolution previews of the current frame a month. That's enough to stop walking back to your desk to check. Pro adds the alerts for what goes wrong in between (black frames, an app that stops responding, a PC that drops offline), live progress and machine load, previews with no monthly limit, and stop and start from your phone, on every machine.
Pro is planned as a subscription you can pay monthly or yearly. We'll explain how switching and cancelling work before paid plans open, here and on the Discord.
Not yet. The Agent runs on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) today, on both plans. Mac and Linux are on the roadmap. Tell us on the Discord which one you need. The phone app is for iPhone and Android.
No, on either plan. RenderBuddy sends the state of your render, like progress and frame numbers. On Pro it also sends your machine's load. On both plans it sends a small preview of the current frame when you ask for one. When you pair by scanning the QR code, that preview is end-to-end encrypted, so only your phone can open it. Your .uproject, .hip and .blend files never leave your PC. More on privacy and security.
Launch news, including when paid plans open, goes to the RenderBuddy Discord first.