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Karma XPU production-ready
RTX 5090 GPU nodes with NVIDIA 535+ drivers and CUDA 12.x — Karma XPU renders without the driver-compat surprises that block most cloud farms.
Houdini Cloud Rendering
Houdini Cloud Render Farm — Karma, Redshift, Mantra
Render Houdini simulations, FX, and animation on RTX 5090 GPU nodes with NVIDIA 535+ drivers and CUDA 12.x — Karma XPU production-ready. Version-match across Houdini 20.0, 20.5, 21.0. Your .vdb, .bgeo.sc, and .abc caches travel with the scene.
Typical 10-second Pyro, Vellum, or RBD sim at 24fps on Karma XPU: $10–$45 (~$20 typical, depending on cache complexity and resolution).
Questions? Chat with our team — typical reply under 5 minutesHoudini 20.0, 20.5, 21.0Karma XPU on RTX 5090 nodes7 renderers pre-licensed per nodePer-second billing
Upload. Render. Download.
No remote desktop needed.
All render licenses are bundled — V-Ray, Corona, Arnold, Redshift, Octane, Cycles, plus all DCC apps. No license servers, no Multi-User Licenses, no per-seat fees. Render with our licenses.
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Why this farm
Why Houdini artists choose Super Renders Farm
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Caches that survive transfer
Your .bgeo.sc, .vdb, and .abc caches upload alongside the .hip — Scene Analysis verifies every reference before credits run, so missing operators surface before render.
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Multi-renderer pool, version-locked
Karma, Karma XPU, Mantra, Redshift, Octane, Arnold, V-Ray for Houdini — pre-licensed on every node, per-second billing, exact version-match across 20.0, 20.5, 21.0.
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Render-only license utilization
Apprentice, Indie, and FX licensing supported via render-only utilization. Your Houdini license travels with your scene, our nodes execute the render.
Pre-render validation
Pre-render validation — every job, before credits run
Most submitted scenes have at least one issue our pre-render validation catches — broken external references, missing textures, bad output paths, or camera configuration errors. We surface these before render starts, so you don't pay for failed frames. For DCC plugin submissions (Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, C4D), validation runs locally before upload. For web-submitted scenes, it runs on our side before the job enters the render queue.
- Asset paths resolved
Every texture, proxy, and reference is verified reachable on the render node before the first sample fires.
- Camera output set
Resolution, frame range, output path, and AOV stack are confirmed against your scene file — no surprise empty MultiPart EXR.
- License reachability
Engine licenses are confirmed on the assigned node before credits deduct. V-Ray, Redshift, Corona, Octane, Arnold all check pass / fail visibly.
- Scene compatibility
Renderer version, plug-in versions, and required add-ons are matched against the node's installed stack. Mismatch → swap-to-compatible-node, not an error.
Compatibility
Engine version compatibility
| Engine | Versions | Plug-in support | License model |
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| Maya | 2018 – 2026 | mayaUsdPlugin · Bifrost · MASH · XGen | Autodesk Flex (we cover) · Arnold node-locked · V-Ray bundledLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| 3ds Max | 2018 – 2026 | Forest Pack · RailClone · tyFlow · Phoenix FD | Autodesk Flex (we cover) · V-Ray bundled · Corona bundledLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Blender | 3.6 LTS – 4.4 | Geometry Nodes · USD · Cycles X · Eevee Next | Open · V-Ray bundled · Octane bundledLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Cinema 4D | R20 – 2025 | Redshift · MoGraph · X-Particles | Maxon One (we cover) · Redshift bundled · X-Particles bundledLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| V-Ray | 6.x · 7.x | VRayProxy · VRayDistance · VRayLightSelect | Chaos bundled · all hosts (Max, Maya, C4D, SketchUp, Rhino)Licensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Arnold | 7.x | MtoA · MAXtoA · C4DtoA · HtoA · KtoA | Arnold Licensed Nodes (we operate) · Autodesk Flex (we cover)Licensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Corona | 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 | CoronaProxy · CoronaScatter · CoronaPattern | Chaos bundled · Forest Pack pre-installedLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Redshift | 3.0 – 3.6 | RSProxy · RSObject · RSLight · RSMaterialBlender | Maxon Authorized · all hosts (C4D, Maya, Max, Houdini, Blender)Licensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Octane | 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 | C4D · Blender · 3ds Max · Maya · Houdini | Octane Licensed Nodes (we operate) · all hostsLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| Houdini· this page | 20.0 · 20.5 · 21.0 | Karma · Karma XPU · Mantra · Redshift · Octane · Arnold · V-Ray for Houdini | Render-only utilization · Apprentice · Indie · FX · CommercialLicensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
| After Effects | 2024 · 2025 · 2026 | Element 3D · Trapcode Suite · Red Giant Universe · Optical Flares · Sapphire · Magic Bullet · Stardust · Plexus | Adobe Render-Only License · plugin licenses pre-installed (BYO for Tier 3)Licensed by Super Renders Farm · render with our licenses |
Don't see your version? Ping us via chat — typically resolved within a few business days.
Authorized partners + Licensed Nodes
Authorized partners + Licensed Nodes we operate
Authorized Maxon Render Partner
Cinema 4D · Redshift
Authorized Chaos Render Partner
V-Ray · Corona
AXYZ design — partner
anima · MetropoliX
Arnold Licensed Nodes — we operate
Octane Licensed Nodes — we operate
Forest Pack + RailClone are pre-installed and license-covered (carry-forward from Brief #9; iToo partner verification pending).
PricingHoudini pricing — starts $0.003/OctaneBench-hour (Standard tier)Standard tier rate. Fast (2×) and Fastest (4×) tiers available — see /pricing.
See full pricing →How it works
From scene file to final frame in four steps
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Upload your project
Drag-and-drop scenes up to 200 GB. Resumable transfer over our BBRv3-tuned channel.
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We validate your scene
Pre-render validation flags asset paths, camera output, license reachability, scene-version compatibility before credits start.
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Submit your render job
Per-frame billing. Choose Standard, Fast, or Fastest tier. Live progress per frame.
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Get your results
Download finals or sync to your bucket. EXR, MP4, image sequence — your call.
Submit your .hip with referenced .bgeo.sc, .vdb, and .abc caches packed into the project upload — Scene Analysis walks dependencies before credits run and reports missing operators or asset paths. Frame-parallel rendering distributes 240-frame sequences across nodes; sim solves stay workstation-side. PDG/TOP procedural job graphs submit ROP-by-ROP. Karma XPU runs on RTX 5090 GPU nodes (NVIDIA 535+, CUDA 12.x). Renderer pool — Karma, Karma XPU, Mantra, Redshift, Octane, Arnold, V-Ray for Houdini — uniform across versions 20.0, 20.5, 21.0.
Frequently Asked Questions
Caches upload alongside your `.hip` file into your project storage — no separate transfer tool, no manual relinking. The web dashboard and Client App both support resumable uploads for multi-GB `.vdb` volumes; SFTP via CyberDuck or AWS CLI handles the largest transfers. Before render starts, **Scene Analysis** walks the scene's file dependencies and flags any cache reference that won't resolve on the render node — so missing `.vdb` paths surface before credits run, not after.
Seven renderers are pre-licensed and pre-installed on every Houdini node: **Karma**, **Karma XPU**, **Mantra**, **Redshift**, **Octane**, **Arnold**, and **V-Ray for Houdini**. The active engine in your `.hip` ROP is what gets used — no engine-license setup on your side, no separate per-node math. Across versions 20.0, 20.5, and 21.0, the renderer pool is uniform.
You need a workstation Houdini license to author the scene. Render-side, we operate under a **licensed render-only utilization** model — your scene's license travels with the upload, our nodes execute the render. Apprentice, Indie, and FX-tier scenes all render the same way. There's no extra Houdini license fee charged on top of compute time.
Yes. Karma XPU renders on **RTX 5090 GPU nodes** running **NVIDIA 535+ drivers** and **CUDA 12.x**, supported on Houdini 20.0+. Most cloud render farms run headless CPU clusters tuned for Mantra or Arnold and lack the GPU driver configuration Karma XPU demands — that gap is the reason this page exists.
Frame-parallel rendering distributes across nodes by default — a 240-frame render finishes in roughly the time one frame takes on a single node, scaled by allocation. Sim *compute* (the cache-build pass) is workstation-side; we don't run distributed solvers. Pre-bake your `.bgeo.sc` and `.vdb` caches locally, then submit the render-pass to the farm.
Houdini 20.0 (Apr 2024), 20.5 (Jun 2025), and 21.0 (Nov 2025). The renderer pool is uniform across all three. Older versions are available on request — contact our support team if you're working on 19.x or 18.5 and we'll confirm.
We operate under a licensed render-only utilization model — your Houdini license travels with your scene, our nodes execute the render. We're not currently in the SideFX official partner program; if that matters to your studio's licensing audit, contact our support team for the specific compliance details.
Before render starts, **Scene Analysis** loads the `.hip` against the matched Houdini build and reports missing operators, asset path failures, and renderer-version mismatches. You see the analysis result on the dashboard, fix the scene, and resubmit — no credits charged for the analysis itself. This catches the version-mismatch class of error that most studios hit on first cloud submission.
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