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GarageFarm: cost, fit and limits
GarageFarm is a cloud render farm that rents CPU and GPU render nodes to 3D artists and studios on a pay-as-you-go basis, billed per GHz-hour for CPU and per OB-hour for GPU, with no subscription.
What to know first
GarageFarm publishes five rate lines in USD: CPU at $0.024, $0.036 and $0.072 per GHz-hour for low, medium and high priority, and GPU at $0.004 and $0.012 per OB-hour. Volume bonus credits run from 4% to 100%. Every account gets $25 in trial credits, limited to 10 render nodes and 30 jobs until the first credit purchase. The pricing page names a data centre in Poland and no AI feature.
GarageFarm at a glance
| Maker | GarageFarm.NET (page also names GaragFarm.NET Ltd. as trademark owner, which may be a typo), Not stated on the vendor pages |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free trial only |
| Entry price | $0.024 per GHz-hour (CPU Low Priority) |
| API access | No |
| Category | Best AI 3D Rendering Software in 2026, rank 10 of 11 |
| Website | garagefarm.net |
Who GarageFarm is best for
Studios with a deadline spike
Pay-as-you-go billing with no subscription lets a team buy capacity for one project and then stop paying, which suits studios whose frame counts spike unpredictably.
Artists using GPU engines
GPU time is priced per OB-hour at $0.004 or $0.012 by priority, which matches how GPU renderers such as Octane measure work.
Buyers who want to test first
A $25 trial credit lets a new account run real jobs before paying, within the cap of 10 render nodes and 30 jobs until the first credit purchase.
GarageFarm plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Low Priority | $0.024 per GHz-hour | The cheapest CPU line on the pricing page, billed in USD per GHz-hour with no subscription and the slowest queue priority. |
| CPU Medium Priority | $0.036 per GHz-hour | A middle CPU rate, billed per GHz-hour in USD, sitting between the low and high priority lines on the pricing page. |
| CPU High Priority | $0.072 per GHz-hour | The fastest-queue CPU rate on the page, billed per GHz-hour in USD and three times the low-priority price. |
| GPU Low Priority | $0.004 per OB-hour | GPU rendering billed per OB-hour in USD at the low priority level, which is the cheapest GPU line on the pricing page. |
| GPU High Priority | $0.012 per OB-hour | The higher-priority GPU rate, billed per OB-hour in USD, at three times the low-priority GPU price on the page. |
Checked November 2026.
What GarageFarm does
- Pay-as-you-go billing
- No subscription is required on the pricing page, and costs follow the hours you consume, so an idle month costs nothing beyond any credits you already bought.
- Priority levels
- CPU and GPU work is offered at low, medium or high priority, with the price rising by level, so a team can pay more only for the jobs that cannot wait.
- Volume bonus credits
- Bonus credits from 4% to 100% reward larger credit purchases, though the page text read does not map each bonus percentage to a purchase size.
- Trial credits
- Every account receives $25 in trial credits, and trial accounts are capped at 10 render nodes and 30 jobs until the first credit purchase unlocks the limits.
- Node hourly prices
- CPU node hourly prices are also listed on the page, and some of them depend on node size, so a job can be costed per node as well as per GHz-hour.
How GarageFarm handles your data
GarageFarm's pricing page names a data centre in Poland, which is where rendering is described as running. It states no retention period, deletion policy, certification or statement on whether uploaded scenes are used for any model training, and no privacy policy was read for this entry. Render farms receive your full scene files and textures, so ask in writing how long files are kept after a job finishes and who can access them. The page says only that the company is UK based and gives no registered address.
Where GarageFarm falls short in practice
- Trial caps. Trial accounts run only 10 render nodes and 30 jobs until the first credit purchase, so a large test project hits the cap before the $25 credit is used.
- Not an AI tool. The pricing page names no AI feature, so GarageFarm adds compute capacity but no AI-assisted scene setup, denoising or generative tools to a pipeline. That keeps it in the capacity category.
- Rates vary. CPU and GPU node prices depend on priority and node size, so total cost for a given scene is hard to estimate without running a test job first.
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GarageFarm: common questions
How much does GarageFarm cost?
CPU rendering is $0.024, $0.036 or $0.072 per GHz-hour for low, medium and high priority, and GPU is $0.004 or $0.012 per OB-hour, as of November 2026. Billing is pay as you go with no subscription. Volume bonus credits range from 4% to 100%.
Does GarageFarm have a free trial?
Every account receives $25 in trial credits. Trial accounts are limited to 10 render nodes and 30 jobs until the first credit purchase, so very large test projects will hit the cap before the credit runs out. Larger credit purchases earn bonus credits from 4% up.
Where does GarageFarm render my files?
The pricing page names a data centre in Poland. It also describes the company as UK based without a registered address. Ask GarageFarm in writing about retention and access, since the pages read state no data policy. Where those files go afterward was not stated.
Does GarageFarm use AI?
No AI feature is named or described on the pricing page. It is a render farm that sells CPU and GPU time. Buyers who want AI tools should look at engines such as V-Ray or OctaneRender and use GarageFarm only for capacity.
What is an OB-hour?
GarageFarm prices GPU rendering per OB-hour, at $0.004 on low priority and $0.012 on high. The pricing page does not define the term in the text read, so confirm the conversion for your GPU renderer with GarageFarm or a test job.