YafaRay is a free, open source ray tracing program that uses an XML scene description language.
Mental Ray
Mental Ray (stylized as mental ray) is a production-quality rendering application developed by Mental Images (Berlin, Germany).
Cinema 4D
CINEMA 4D is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering application developed by MAXON Computer GmbH in Germany.
LuxRender
LuxRender is a free and open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis.
Kerkythea
Kerkythea is a standalone rendering system that supports raytracing and Metropolis light transport, uses physically accurate materials and lighting, and is distributed as freeware.
Octane Render
Octane Render is a real-time 3D unbiased rendering application that was started by the New Zealand-based company Refractive Software, Ltd and OTOY took over on March 2012.
V-Ray
V-Ray is a commercial rendering plug-in for 3D computer graphics software applications.
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio, then 3D Studio Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images.
Maxwell Render
Maxwell Render is an unbiased 3D render engine, developed by Next Limit Technologies in Madrid, Spain.
POV-Ray
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer, or POV-Ray, is a ray tracing program which generates images from a text-based scene description, and is available for a variety of computer platforms.
Brazil R/S
Brazil Rendering System was a proprietary commercial plugin for 3D Studio Max, Autodesk VIZ and Rhinoceros 3D.
Piranesi (Software)
Piranesi is an interactive paint system that enables the user to create artistic images from 3D scenes created using conventional modeling applications.
Radiance (software)
Radiance is a suite of tools for performing lighting simulation originally written by Greg Ward.
Terragen
Terragen is a scenery generator program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X developed and published by Planetside Software.
Indigo Renderer
Indigo Renderer is a 3D rendering software that uses unbiased rendering technologies to create photo-realistic images.
Holomatix Rendition
Holomatix Rendition was a raytracing renderer, which was broadly compatible with mental ray.
FurryBall
FurryBall is a real-time GPU production quality UNBIASED, as well as BIASED final frame render
Raylectron
Raylectron is a rendering engine used as an extension for Trimble SketchUp, a 3D computer graphics software.
Arion (software)
Arion is a physically based, unbiased render engine developed by RandomControl.
Arnold (software)
Arnold is an unbiased, physically based, ray tracing 3D rendering application created by the company Solid Angle.
Picogen
Picogen is a rendering system for the creation and rendering of artificial terrain, based on ray tracing.
RenderMan (software)
RenderMan (formerly PhotoRealistic RenderMan), is proprietary photorealistic 3D rendering software produced by Pixar Animation Studio.