Blender cloud render cost: what a minute of video takes, measured

Updated 2026-10-07

On JANCTION Render a 1080p Cycles still of a product or interior scene takes 5 to 10 GPU-seconds (0.5 to 1 JPY at the planned 0.1 JPY per GPU-second), a 24-frame 720p turntable MP4 takes 58 GPU-seconds (about 6 JPY), and a one-minute 24 fps video lands between about 150 JPY (EEVEE, 720p) and 1,200 JPY (Cycles, 1080p, 128 samples), estimated from the measured per-frame times below. During the free beta nothing is charged: every key gets 10 GPU-minutes a day, up to 240 frames at 1080p per job. Prices are planned, not yet in force (as of 2026-10-07).

Measured renders and what they would cost

All rows are real renders on the production GPU (NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96 GB), the same records as the benchmarks and examples. Price = GPU seconds × 0.1 JPY (planned rate). During the beta the charge is 0.

RenderSettingsGPU secondsAt the planned rate
4-frame preview (tiled sheet)640x360 tiles, 16 samples4.00.4 JPY
Still: extruded metal logo, sunset1920x1080, Cycles, 128 samples6.20.6 JPY
Still: living room from primitives1600x900, Cycles, 128 samples5.40.5 JPY
Still: office towers at night1920x1080, Cycles, 128 samples9.61.0 JPY
Still: glass bottle (caustics, glass)1440x1440, Cycles, 128 samples166.516.7 JPY
Turntable: headphones, 24 frames, MP41280x720, Cycles, 64 samples58.35.8 JPY
Clip: wave through 144 cubes, 48 frames, MP41280x720, EEVEE, 64 samples56.65.7 JPY
Clip: letters rising, 48 frames, MP41280x720, EEVEE, 64 samples45.94.6 JPY

A one-minute video (1,440 frames at 24 fps), estimated from those per-frame times

LookPer frame (measured)GPU seconds for 1,440 framesAt the planned rate
EEVEE, 720p, 64 samples (simple geometry)about 1.0 sabout 1,450about 150 JPY
Cycles, 720p, 64 samples (turntable of a product)about 2.4 sabout 3,500about 350 JPY
Cycles, 1080p, 128 samples (product or interior still per frame)6 to 10 sabout 8,600 to 14,400about 860 to 1,440 JPY

Your scene will differ: glass, volumes and high sample counts cost more (the bottle above is 20 times the logo). The honest way to know is to run render_estimate on your own scene, which answers from the same measurements. During the beta a job is at most 240 frames, so a one-minute video is six jobs.

Other farms' public prices (read on 2026-10-07)

ServiceTheir published priceNotes
BlendSwap Render Farm43 credits per GPU hour, about $4.30 (L40S)checked 2026-09-30; .blend or zip only; REST API and MCP
GarageFarm.NETGPU: $0.004 / $0.006 / $0.012 per OctaneBench-hour (low / medium / high priority); CPU: $0.024 / $0.036 / $0.072 per GHz-hour; $25 trial creditsjobs go through the renderBeamer desktop client and plugins; no agent API
Fox RenderfarmCPU from $1.224 per node-hour (tiers down to $0.734 with larger recharges); GPU prices behind a toggle not readable on the page; $25 free trialonline submission or desktop client
RebusFarmpricing page not reachable on 2026-10-07 (HTTP 404)see their site
JANCTION Renderfree beta: 10 GPU-minutes per key per day; planned 0.1 JPY per GPU-second, prepaid; planned monthly plans from 2,980 JPY for 15 GPU-hoursMCP, HTTP API, CLI; bpy scripts and 3D files accepted

Units differ (GPU-hour, OctaneBench-hour, GHz-hour, node-hour), so the only like-for-like comparison is your own scene on each service. The farms above are built for large jobs on many nodes; JANCTION Render is built for an agent that previews, fixes and renders in minutes on one datacenter GPU. See the comparison and pricing.

fromhow
A file on this computer (.blend, 3D file)Drop it at /upload to get a 12-hour link (no sign-up), then tell the AI "Render this file: <link>". From inside Blender use the add-on; from a terminal the CLI uploads directly
Claude.ai (web / desktop / mobile)Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://render.janction.jp/mcp. "Connect" opens a page that creates a free key
ChatGPTSettings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode → Create → https://render.janction.jp/mcp (OAuth)
Claude Codeclaude mcp add --transport http janction-render https://render.janction.jp/mcp, then /mcp to authenticate
Codexcodex mcp add janction-render --url https://render.janction.jp/mcp
Cursor / VS CodeAdd to Cursor Add to VS Code
The button opens the editor; confirm and it is added. Manual: Streamable HTTP at https://render.janction.jp/mcp
Gemini CLI / Antigravity CLIgemini extensions install https://github.com/JasmyLab-JANCTION/janction-render
Grok / Perplexity / Le ChatAdd a custom (remote MCP) connector with https://render.janction.jp/mcp in each app's Connectors settings (Grok: New Connector → Custom; Perplexity: Pro / Max / Enterprise; Le Chat: workspace admin)
Windsurf, Cline, Goose, other MCP clientsStreamable HTTP at https://render.janction.jp/mcp; OAuth or Authorization: Bearer <api key>
Terminal (stdio, sends local files)claude mcp add janction-render -e JANCTION_RENDER_SERVER=https://render.janction.jp -- uvx --from janction-render janction-render-mcp
Inside Blender (for people)The add-on; extension repository https://render.janction.jp/extensions/index.json. Maya / Houdini / Cinema 4D: submit tools

FAQ

Is anything charged today?

No. The beta is free: 10 GPU-minutes per key per day, jobs up to 240 frames at 1080p. The 0.1 JPY per GPU-second rate is planned and will be announced before it starts.

How do I get a number for my own scene?

Call render_estimate (MCP) or POST /v1/estimate (HTTP) with the same body as the render. It returns GPU seconds, a sentence, and whether it fits today's quota.

Why is the bottle 20 times the logo?

Glass with refraction and caustics needs far more samples per pixel to converge; the logo is opaque metal under an HDRI. Sample count, resolution and materials drive the time, not the frame count alone.

Does EEVEE always cost less?

For clips of a few dozen frames or more, yes (about half per frame on simple scenes). Each EEVEE job pays about 7 seconds of shader compilation, so single stills and previews stay on Cycles.

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