Cinema 4D Pricing 2026: $109/mo, $839/yr, Maxon One ($169/mo) & Student ($60/yr)

Quick answer: Cinema 4D for individuals is $109/mo billed monthly or $839/yr billed annually, and Redshift is included. Maxon One is $169/mo or $1,265/yr. Teams seats cost more ($156/mo or $1,149/yr for Cinema 4D). Students and teachers pay $60/yr for Maxon One, and there is a 14-day free trial. All figures are from Maxon’s buy page. If you need architectural stills of your own design rather than a 3D animation suite, Render a House is the more efficient alternative for architecture, a no-GPU, browser-based option, free to start with 3 credits a day; failed renders don't use credits, and each render includes up to 2 free retries if the result isn't right.

Updated October 2026. Every Maxon figure on this page was read from Maxon’s own pricing, product and education pages in USD. Maxon’s buy page says listed prices include the highest potential VAT rate, that actual VAT and pricing appear in the cart, and that prices may be adjusted for exchange rates, so the price in your region can differ.

Source: the Individuals and Teams tabs of Maxon’s buy page. Prices are per license. Maxon also sells Redshift on its own at $49/mo billed monthly or $289/yr billed annually, and ZBrush at $49/mo or $399/yr.

Cinema 4D — $109/mo or $839/yr

Per Maxon’s Cinema 4D page, the subscription includes the Redshift renderer, five Team Render nodes and limited Maxon Capsules (more Capsules come with Maxon One). Its FAQ adds that every Cinema 4D subscription includes Redshift GPU rendering and access to Cineversity training. Maxon notes that a separate Redshift subscription for Cinema 4D does not include Team Render nodes. Cinema 4D runs on Windows (including Windows on Arm) and macOS; an iPad version is in beta, with release anticipated in late 2026 per the Cinema 4D for iPad page. Its pricing is not published (checked October 2026).

Maxon One — $169/mo or $1,265/yr

Maxon One bundles Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Redshift, Red Giant, Universe and Autograph, the Capsules asset library (Maxon says 14,000+ assets and presets, updated monthly), Cineversity training and five Team Render nodes. Maxon notes Redshift will Team Render on CPU only unless a separate Redshift license is available per node. Over a year, Maxon One costs $426 more than Cinema 4D alone, so it pays off only if you use ZBrush, Red Giant or Universe as well.

Teams plans

The Teams tab on the buy page lists Cinema 4D at $156/mo billed monthly or $1,149/yr billed annually, and Maxon One at $225/mo or $1,539/yr, per seat. Maxon says the Teams plan adds single sign-on (SSO), a dedicated license dashboard with premium support, and dedicated account support with curated training. Volume discounts beyond the listed seat price are not published (checked October 2026).

Maxon advertises “Save 30% or more with Annual billing”. Here is the arithmetic using its own list prices:

Paying monthly is cheaper only if you need Cinema 4D for 7 months or fewer a year: 7 × $109 = $763, while 8 months cost $872, more than the $839 annual price. Maxon’s buy page does not state the cancellation or refund terms for either billing period (checked October 2026).

All three include Cinema 4D, Red Giant, Redshift, ZBrush, ZBrush for iPad, limited Capsules and Maxon training. Maxon’s educational licensing page says educational licenses may not be used for commercial, professional or other profit-making purposes, so a student license cannot be used for client work after graduation. There is no separate Cinema 4D-only student price; education buyers get the full bundle.

Cinema 4D has no free plan. Maxon’s trial page offers a 14-day free trial through the Maxon App, and the Cinema 4D page says every trial includes Cinema 4D, Redshift and the full Maxon One suite. Whether the trial requires a payment card is not published (checked October 2026). No perpetual license is listed on the buy page; every plan is a subscription.

• Other Maxon tools. Cinema 4D alone does not include ZBrush, Red Giant or Universe; that is the Maxon One upgrade above.
• Redshift for BIM tools. Architects working in Revit, Archicad or Vectorworks instead of Cinema 4D can buy Redshift for Architects at $289/yr billed annually ($24.08/mo), a plugin that runs inside the BIM app.
• Taxes and region. Maxon’s actual VAT and regional price are only shown in the cart.
• Hardware. Redshift is a GPU renderer, so the workstation and graphics card are on you. Maxon does not bundle hardware.

• Motion graphics, animation or product visualization is a billed deliverable, and you need MoGraph, simulation and Redshift in one tool.
• You already model archviz scenes in Cinema 4D and want walkthrough animations rendered with Redshift, which Maxon highlights for visualization work.
• You are a student. At $60/yr for the whole Maxon One bundle, the education license costs a fraction of the commercial price, as long as the work stays non-commercial.

Cinema 4D is a full 3D suite. If your design already lives in SketchUp, Revit or Rhino and what you need is a photoreal still fora client, $839 a year plus a GPU workstation and the time to rebuild materials and lighting is a lot of overhead.

Render a House is an AI rendering tool for architects and real estate. It runs in the browser with no GPU and renders from your own design: upload a SketchUp .skp directly, a GLB, GLTF, OBJ or STL model, a sketch, a photo, or a plan exported to PNG/JPG, and a render takes about 30–60 seconds. The free plan gives 3 credits a day at 1K with a watermark, no card required. Pro is $39/mo billed monthly or $312/yr billed annually ($26/mo), and a 1K render costs 1 credit, a 2K render 1.5, and a 4K render 2. 4K is on Pro, video is on paid plans only, and a bad render gets up to 2 free retries.

It does not replace Cinema 4D for animation, simulation or motion design, and there are no team seats or roles, though projects can be shared by email with edit access. Help is in the in-app chat and on the support page. Estimate a project with the render cost calculator or see the plans on the pricing page.

How much does Cinema 4D cost per month?

On Maxon's buy page, Cinema 4D for individuals is $109 per month billed monthly, or $69.92 per month when billed annually as $839 a year. The Teams version is $156 per month billed monthly or $1,149 a year. Maxon says listed prices include the highest potential VAT rate and the actual VAT and price appear in the cart.

Is Cinema 4D included in Maxon One?

Yes. Maxon One bundles Cinema 4D with Redshift, ZBrush, Red Giant, Universe and Autograph, plus the Capsules asset library and Cineversity training. It costs $169 per month billed monthly or $1,265 a year, which is $426 a year more than Cinema 4D on its own.

Is Redshift included with Cinema 4D?

Yes. Maxon's Cinema 4D page says Redshift is included with every Cinema 4D subscription at no additional cost, together with five Team Render nodes. Maxon notes that the Redshift subscription for Cinema 4D does not include Team Render nodes.

How much is Cinema 4D for students?

Maxon sells Maxon One Student, which includes Cinema 4D, for $60 per year, charged once and valid for one year. Students must verify enrolment with a school email and official ID, and educational licenses may not be used for commercial work. Teachers pay the same $60 a year, and Classroom licenses are $199 a year.

Is there a free version of Cinema 4D?

There is no free Cinema 4D plan on Maxon's buy page. Maxon offers a 14-day free trial through the Maxon App, and every trial includes Cinema 4D, Redshift and the full Maxon One suite. Maxon does not list a perpetual license on its buy page.

Is there a cheaper way to render architecture without Cinema 4D?

If you only need stills of a design you already modelled, yes. Render a House runs in the browser with no GPU and renders from your SketchUp .skp, GLB, OBJ or STL model, a sketch or a photo. It starts free with 3 credits a day at 1K with a watermark, and Pro is $39/mo billed monthly or $312/yr billed annually.

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