# Superluminal Blender rendering guides and research > Canonical articles about Blender render farms, pricing, compatibility, workflows, engineering, and public benchmarks. - Canonical HTML: https://superlumin.al/articles - Markdown endpoint: https://superlumin.al/articles.md - Structured page data: https://superlumin.al/articles.json - Primary image: https://superlumin.al/og/superluminal-1200x630.png ## Articles - [Blender render farm](https://superlumin.al/blender-render-farm): A Blender render farm assigns animation frames to many computers. Learn how nodes share work, what each node needs, and why submission starts inside Blender. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/blender-render-farm.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/blender-render-farm.json) - [Cycles on a render farm](https://superlumin.al/cycles-render-farm): Cycles animations can split across render nodes. Measured jobs show how node count, startup time, GPU memory, and settings affect the result. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/cycles-render-farm.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/cycles-render-farm.json) - [EEVEE on a render farm](https://superlumin.al/eevee-render-farm): EEVEE renders each animation frame independently. The 50-frame Fox (EEVEE) benchmark shows when farm startup and file transfer matter more than rendering. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/eevee-render-farm.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/eevee-render-farm.json) - [Render farm user interfaces, compared](https://superlumin.al/compare/render-farm-interfaces): 43 recordings and retained benchmark jobs show how 9 Blender render services submit, monitor, review, and deliver frames. The page includes 40 interface stills. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/render-farm-interfaces.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/render-farm-interfaces.json) - [Superluminal vs Blendergrid](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-blendergrid): Three recorded Cycles comparisons covering upload, checking, price benchmarking, rendering, finalization, download, and displayed two-hour quotes. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-blendergrid.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-blendergrid.json) - [Superluminal vs Fox Renderfarm](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-fox-renderfarm): Fox Renderfarm GPU 3 completed all four scenes. Recorded data covers farm time, local output, exact charges, Raysync, and EEVEE setup. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-fox-renderfarm.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-fox-renderfarm.json) - [Superluminal vs GarageFarm](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-garagefarm): GarageFarm High completed all four scenes. The comparison covers local output, charges, compressed upload, reported capacity, and delivery time. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-garagefarm.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-garagefarm.json) - [Superluminal vs iRender](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-irender): The test used one rented iRender workstation with four RTX 4090 GPUs. Its cost covers the complete paid machine window. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-irender.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-irender.json) - [Superluminal vs RebusFarm](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-rebusfarm): RebusFarm used two tiers and RenderPoints. The comparison covers render-pipeline times, converted prices, upload, and delivery. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-rebusfarm.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-rebusfarm.json) - [Superluminal vs Render Network](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-render-network): A recorded comparison of one completed Classroom job and two paid Junk Shop attempts, including credits, local output, and score. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-render-network.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-render-network.json) - [Superluminal vs RenderJuice](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-renderjuice): RenderJuice completed all four scenes through a monthly GPU-minute plan. Its workflow used a separate packer, browser upload, and ZIP delivery. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-renderjuice.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-renderjuice.json) - [Superluminal vs RenderStreet](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-renderstreet): RenderStreet On Demand GPU completed all four benchmark scenes with exact dollar charges. Recorded times, prices, machine counts, and the One subscription compared. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-renderstreet.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/superluminal-vs-renderstreet.json) - [The best Blender render farms, ranked](https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms): 4 Blender scenes, 9 render farms, and 43 recorded runs. Compare render-pipeline times, recorded charges, qualified estimates, failures, and workflow outcomes. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms.json) - [Blender render farm pricing](https://superlumin.al/pricing): Superluminal charges for GPU time used by completed frames. The current rate curve, billing formula, and 12 benchmark charges are public. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/pricing.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/pricing.json) - [Blender render time and cost calculator](https://superlumin.al/pricing/calculator): Estimate Blender Cycles render time and cost from one local frame, any of 3,414 Blender Open Data device configurations, and 1 to 30 nodes. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/pricing/calculator.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/pricing/calculator.json) - [Add-ons on render nodes](https://superlumin.al/addons): Select the Blender add-ons that affect a render. Superluminal packages their files, uploads them with the project, and enables them on each render node. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/addons.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/addons.json) - [Blender project dependencies](https://superlumin.al/dependencies): Before upload, Superluminal checks textures, linked Blender files, UDIMs, sequences, caches, fonts, and other external inputs. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/dependencies.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/dependencies.json) - [Blender render engine compatibility](https://superlumin.al/compatibility/render-engines): Superluminal renders Cycles and EEVEE image sequences with Blender 4.0 through 5.2. Choose the farm version and output format before submission. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/compatibility/render-engines.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/compatibility/render-engines.json) - [How Superluminal is so fast](https://superlumin.al/how-superluminal-is-so-fast): Benchmark results show how Superluminal removes delays through its Persistence Engine, concurrent output work, streaming delivery, and farm scheduler. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/how-superluminal-is-so-fast.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/how-superluminal-is-so-fast.json) - [Live Blender render previews](https://superlumin.al/live-previews): Inspect finished Blender frames, play available proxies, open original EXR layers, and read frame logs while later frames still render. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/live-previews.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/live-previews.json) - [The Superluminal render interface](https://superlumin.al/interface): A visual tour of Superluminal's Blender add-on, file checks, live job page, previews, and output downloads. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/interface.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/interface.json) - [Superluminal Engineering](https://superlumin.al/authors/superluminal-engineering): Superluminal Engineering is the team responsible for the Blender add-on, render service, technical articles, and their public evidence. - [Markdown](https://superlumin.al/authors/superluminal-engineering.md) - [JSON](https://superlumin.al/authors/superluminal-engineering.json)