--- title: Mental Ray Reviews meta_title: 'Mental Ray Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 24 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Mental Ray works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.3 review_count: 24 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: 3D Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/3d-design --- # Mental Ray Reviews **Vendor:** NVIDIA **Category:** [3D Rendering Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/3d-rendering) **Average Rating:** 3.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 24 ## About Mental Ray mental ray is a feature rich, high performance 3D rendering software that creates images of outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism based on advanced ray tracing techniques. ## Mental Ray Reviews ### 1. The Problem With Mental Ray **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tigran K. | CG Artist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Mental Ray?** Some time ago it was a really innovative and handy tool for us (I mean ArchViz artists). **What do you dislike about Mental Ray?** Lack of compatibility with plugins, almost no innovations, feels really old. For example, take Vray, the same could have happened with Vray if they didn't buy (in some cases catch) Corona Renderer in time. And what we have now, Vray is better than Corona. I think you guys have to work on the innovation side and compatibility thing at first. **What problems is Mental Ray solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm solving problems with Vray now. Not using mental Ray anymore. ### 2. Mental ray Occlusion is the best. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sujay K. | Lead 3D Artist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2020 **What do you like best about Mental Ray?** If I need to bake ao in 3dsmax or maya, i ussally preferred mental ray. **What do you dislike about Mental Ray?** It's a outdated and time taken process . **Recommendations to others considering Mental Ray:** high performance 3D rendering software that creates images of best quality with no extra cost. **What problems is Mental Ray solving and how is that benefiting you?** Apart from ambient occlusion bake I never use mental ray. For me the benefits which I use AO. ### 3. Its imporving now. Would like too see some features like corona renders **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohammed S. | 3D Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Mental Ray?** Materials i like the most on this render engine **What do you dislike about Mental Ray?** I cant fine alot of stuff like the models and tutorials about this render engine **Recommendations to others considering Mental Ray:** I would like to tell them to study about this from your official website. **What problems is Mental Ray solving and how is that benefiting you?** These days am not working with mental ray ### 4. Good for Beginners **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Arts and Crafts | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2020 **What do you like best about Mental Ray?** What I like with mental ray is it’s easier to use compared to Vray **What do you dislike about Mental Ray?** Honestly this is the first renderer I use when I was a student. I just switch to keyshot since its more convenient and fast to use **What problems is Mental Ray solving and how is that benefiting you?** I guess its just the rendering speed and a live preview would be great ### 5. In my college time I use to work on mental ray but didn't used for long time **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2020 **What do you like best about Mental Ray?** Mental ray is inbuilt in 3ds max which is quite good. **What do you dislike about Mental Ray?** The material and some times render are heavy. **Recommendations to others considering Mental Ray:** Good software for beginners if you don't want to buy expense software **What problems is Mental Ray solving and how is that benefiting you?** Good material quality and look. ### 6. metal ray is good and friendly to use **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Events Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Mental Ray?** it takes less time to render, file doesn't get heavy **What do you dislike about Mental Ray?** renders aren't realistic as compare to v-ray rendering. **Recommendations to others considering Mental Ray:** good for rendering **What problems is Mental Ray solving and how is that benefiting you?** its easy to use and my files doesn't get too heavy while rendering ## Mental Ray Discussions - [What is Mental Ray used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-mental-ray-used-for) - [View Mental Ray pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/mental-ray/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-13+20%3A09%3A50+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=6b0a7f7e-ec63-443d-8f11-9f065cd7e96c&secure%5Btoken%5D=e2328df2779c77e00552e597708ab1fe986e6c9c028194a814f63f0629eb7c3b&format=llm_user) ## Mental Ray Features **Generative AI** - AI Text-to-Image - AI Text-to-Video - AI Text-to-3D - 3D Light Rendering - 3D Texture Rendering - Rendering - Generative AI **Additional Functionality** - Annotations - Sketching and Annotation Tools - Drag & Drop - 3D Objects - Data Import/Export - Customizable Branding - Collaboration Tools - Third-Party Integration - Design Management - File Management - Landscape Design - Template Management - Building Information Model - Content Library - Real-time Product Visualizations - AI Copilot - Modeling & Simulation - Cloud Backup - CAD Tools - Component Library - Storage Management - Real-Time Updates - Offline Access - Drafting - Multiple File Format Support - 3D Imaging - Floor Plans & Maps - 3D Digital Asset Management - Image Editing - Version Control - 3D Modeling - Animation ## Top Mental Ray Alternatives - [V-Ray](https://www.g2.com/products/v-ray/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (216 reviews) - [Blender](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (310 reviews) - [Chaos Corona](https://www.g2.com/products/chaos-corona/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (117 reviews)