VPS for 3ds Max — from €5.49/mo
Model and render in 3ds Max on a remote server — Windows over RDP, a 5-hour test period, judge the render with no risk
Run 3ds Max in the cloud
A VPS for 3ds Max is a remote server running Windows with RDP access, where you model, assemble the scene and launch renders without loading your own computer. For modelling and light scenes people take 8 vCPU and 12 GB RAM (Standard 5, €13.99/mo); for heavy scenes and background rendering — 16 vCPU and 24 GB (Power 3, €27.99/mo); the range starts at €5.49/mo. VPS plans include no dedicated graphics card: the viewport renders in software, and a GPU configuration is sized separately for your engine. A 5-hour test period before payment is available — run your own test scene. All configurations are in the VPS catalogue.
Plans
VPS for 3ds Max
For modelling and light scenes Standard 5 is enough — 8 vCPU, 12 GB RAM, 120 GB NVMe at €13.99/mo. Heavy scenes and background rendering call for Power 3 (16 vCPU, 24 GB, 240 GB) at €27.99/mo. The range starts at €5.49/mo, with a 5-hour test period before payment.
Compare all plansStandard 1
| 4 vCPU · AMD EPYC |
| 4 GB RAM |
| 50 GB NVMe |
| Unlimited traffic |
| 1× IPv4 · KVM |
| 24/7 support |
Standard 2
| 4 vCPU · AMD EPYC |
| 6 GB RAM |
| 60 GB NVMe |
| Unlimited traffic |
| 1× IPv4 · KVM |
| 24/7 support |
Work over RDP
Open 3ds Max from any laptop over remote desktop — the heavy scene runs on the server, not on your machine.
Resources for rendering
Plenty of vCPU and RAM for background rendering, scene assembly and a viewport that works without stutter.
Your software and plugins
Root access and a Windows image: you install 3ds Max, render engines and the plugins your pipeline needs.
How to run 3ds Max on a server
Choose a plan and an image
Size the plan to your scenes and select a Windows image in the control panel.
Install the OS yourself
Through the panel and the KVM console you install Windows yourself and prepare the server for work.
Install 3ds Max
Connect over RDP, the KVM console or SSH, install 3ds Max, a render engine and plugins, upload projects and start rendering.
Rendering without loading your PC
Move the heavy work to a server: while the background render runs, your own computer stays free for other tasks.
We will suggest which plan fits your typical scene and render engine, so you get the performance headroom you need. If the server is only for frame computation, see the 3D rendering VPS, and for working in the open-source package — the VPS for Blender.
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Yes. You get a Windows server with root access and install 3ds Max, a render engine and the plugins your pipeline needs yourself.
A Windows Server image and RDP access; resources — from 16 vCPU and 24 GB (Power 3, €27.99/mo). The Autodesk licence you purchase yourself.
To a Windows server you connect over RDP — remote desktop — and work in 3ds Max as if on a regular computer.
VPS plans include no GPU — the viewport renders in software, which is enough for modelling over RDP. For GPU rendering in Redshift or V-Ray GPU a configuration is sized separately.
You do: pick the Windows image yourself and install the OS through the control panel and the KVM console, then set up the software you need.
Yes, the server comes with a KVM console — hardware-level access for installing and reinstalling the OS and for emergency management, on top of RDP and SSH.
A scene with textures and caches takes tens of gigabytes: for an active project take at least 240 GB NVMe (Power 3); for an archive of work — 400–700 GB on the Max 1 and Max 3 plans.
Backburner deploys across several servers and jobs are distributed between them. The servers join a private network — we will help design the layout.