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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 19th, 2026 # Reviews of KeyShot Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.4 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews AH Arron H Production MAnagerMaritime, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “it aloud us to create images and edit them for our website products, realativly easy to use and helped bring our 3d designs to life“ July 30, 2025 AH Arron H Production MAnagerMaritime, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “did take a little bit to get use to at first, some of the textures didnt work very well almost distorting the image“ July 30, 2025 MR Michael R Director of Product DevelopmentConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Anyone can jump right in and create stunning renderings. Whether you are a novice or an expert, keyshot can do it all“ July 29, 2025 JI Jean-Louis I PresidentDesign, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “This seems very dishonest since when I purchased it it was with the explicit understanding that it was a one-time purchase with no annual fees.“ October 14, 2024 MR Michael R Director of Product DevelopmentConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Very intuitive for basic rendering.“ July 29, 2025 Mehmet Recep Ö Sn. Art DirectorGraphic Design, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “You are always focusing on the wrong development with every single update and versions.“ September 15, 2022 JI Jean-Louis I PresidentDesign, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Fast rendering engine that works great even on a laptop.“ October 14, 2024 Mehmet Recep Ö Sn. Art DirectorGraphic Design, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Edit normals features are weak.“ September 15, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 94 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use R Reviewer Sn. Art Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A love story in completed" September 22, 2022 5.0 If your main job focuses on studio rendering, you can't find it better than the Keyshot. It's fast, the Luxion team working hard, easy to use and the results are awesome. But that's all! If you are looking for simple or complex interior scenes, Keyshot is not for you. Pros 1- Easy to use, even for the beginner. 2- Easy to learn. I'm also an educator. My students are very happy to learn quickly and start to create in a couple of hours. 3- Great interface. You don't have to worry about changing assets every single time. It's stable. You can use the Keyshot on many different computers and you will be familiar with the interface. 4- Environment (light painting) is very efficient. 5- GPU, Performance mode, and Denoise modes are perfect for variable hardware. 6- You can get "almost" perfect renders even with GPU rendering. You will be devoid of some render elements but it's %60 fast render more than CPU render. It's a wonderful option, especially for multi-scene projects. 7- PSD file export option with materials. 8- Compatible with 3D plugins. Especially you can import scenes with the camera from the 3Ds Max. This really works for me. 9- Thanks for the animated Environment feature. It's really cool. Cons Ah Luxion... You are always missing "being impeccable" with tiny steps. You are always focusing on the wrong development with every single update and versions. Here is my list of my least; 1- You stop in accordance with compatibility with the HDR Light Studio plug-in. 2- The environment still works efficiently but it could be more than it is. You have to develop a light painting feature and add new pin types. (That's what the HDR Light Studio was doing good). 3- We need new light sources. Studio rendering is good but still, it's hard to create "simple" interior scenes. 4- Edit normals, UV mapping features could be much more useful. I especially hate UV mapping. It's too complicated and limited. 5- We need a feature like "Turbo Smooth" in 3Ds Max. Edit normals features are weak. 6- I knot this is a little bit fantastic and beyond the purpose of the Keyshot but the Probolean feature will make everything really different for the other users. (Think about that). Review Source R Reviewer Design Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Drag and drop easy to use rendering package" September 13, 2023 5.0 Pros The product is mostly drag and drop, some alternatives such as V Ray are much more obtuse with a greater learning curve. KeyShot can be set up quickly and is easy to get a professional looking render out. Cons The price is quite high and some of the useful features such as HDRI editing are now locked behind the pro license. Review Source R Reviewer Assistant Professor of Photography Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Ok software for modeling and handling 3D" April 23, 2018 3.0 Pros I liked that it didn't take me long to become familiar with the functionality and use of this product. Cons I am not a poweruser when it comes to 3D and maybe this is a great bit of software but we were using it to handle 3D models of cars coupled with backplate images in a teaching environment for photographers. There exists now other software options that might work better that you might already have on your desktop. Highly likely though that if 3D is your thing this might be a great software solution Review Source R Reviewer CEO, Founder Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Digizuite helps us to centralize the brand asset control" December 30, 2020 5.0 Digizuite is our single centre for our company's digital assets and provides us full control on the management and distribution of the digital assets through our multiple distribution channels. Pros Digizuite has an advance infrastructure for digital content management and distribution from a single central place and provides total control on content storage and distribution. Cons Customer service do not provide real-time support for technical issues. Only way to get in touch with the customer service is to email them which is not the best way if the issues is ciritical and needs to be solved in short time period. Review Source Roldan A. Senior Web Designer and Developer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Keyshot for Product Designers and enthusiast " November 29, 2022 4.0 Great! Among all other rendering addition, I chosen Keyshot. As it does a good job integrating with Cinema 4D as well. The way it handles models, textures and product animation is just uncompromiseable. Highly recommended for product designers, graphic designers for quick 3D Projects. Pros \- It has really elaborate texture rendering. Lifelike texturization, fast preview and output is just amazing.- Perfect for Product Designers. It's integration with Solidworks works best too. My wife use this software avidly as a product designer.- Clean interface is a fireworks. Understandably, as this is just a rendering software, it has clean and user-friendly interface. Easy to use.- Lighting effects are maximized with Keyshot. Just the presets are good enough to use. Drag and drop is just making your 3D life easy-breezy.- Material libraries on it's own are one of the best addition of Keyshot. Really intended for product designers and small project in graphic design and web design.- Easy to learn - take that! Cons \- Lags and glitches. Sometimes, Keyshot tend to get stuck and don't give the effects that you just need. No error feedback given. I hope they have fixed this one.- Cannot edit some of the modes. Which is obvious, some user want to edit with keyshot. But we need to put things in place - Keyshot is a rendering software and not a 3D Modeling Software.- You might need faster computer to maximize the benefit of Keyshot.- Will make your computer a little unstable and hot specially rendering high-poly models. Review Source R Reviewer Additive manufacturing Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Perfect 3rd party rendering  software for models" November 1, 2021 5.0 It is cool using keyshot as external rendering software. It is a great tool to use. I have never regretted the use of it because it has always given me a nice and realistic output each time I render with it. Mostly, I use it to render Engineering Design (CAD). Pros The user interface is great and perfect. You get a good and realistic rendering ones you have gotten the hangs of the settings. Also, it has a lot of inbuilt materials which can be used directly or manipulated to meet your design requirements. One other thing I like about keyshot is that it can also be added as plugin on most CAD softwares, which means you can directly  send your design to keyshot right from your design software. Cons It has a steep learning curve. Though the interface is good, it has too many settings for a beginner to learn for a good image to be rendered. Well, of course every good thing comes with its price. For a good, smooth and time saving rendering, you need a good personal computer with a good ram, preferably a good graphics card. Because you will most likely be frustrated if you try it out on low end PC. Review Source R Reviewer Founder & Creative Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A very good program for product renderings." October 16, 2018 4.0 Pros Keyshot is perhaps one of the most immediate render creation programs. Over the years the quality level has increased considerably, offering the user new and effective features. Cons Some problems with transparent materials and with the rendering of lights persist. Review Source R Reviewer Graduate Student Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "The latest Keyshot 9 is so much better than the previous versions " June 17, 2020 5.0 I have been using Keyshot for almost 10 years now, ever since Keyshot 2. It never let me down. Works great with Rhino. Awesome when you have a detailed model. Pros While Keyshot has been my go-to render software for the past almost 10 years, the new Keyshot 9 really impressed me. I can now use RGB codes for diffuse of a material, and the color will stay true to the code, it saved me so much time creating new materials. The stock materials are much better too. Cons I hope Keyshot can add a stock "sunlight" or "outdoors" option for rendering larger objects or environment. Review Source R Reviewer Architecture and programming student Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "For all computers. Easy and fast! " September 17, 2021 5.0 Overall, it has a minimalist interface and is a rendering engine suitable for any computer. Pros I like that this engine knows how to use the capacity of any computer well when rendering with a speed that cannot be compared. You can create very fluid animations and very realistic images. Cons The only bad thing is at first it is not very easy to use. Review Source Aravind Narayanan N. Animator Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Keyshot Rendering Review " March 29, 2019 5.0 Pros I am a well trained animator come product visualizer.I used Key Shot software since 2015.I like the quality of Rendering and the simple interface of software .I did many product visualizing works using key Shot.and its well co operate with z brush. Cons Rendering time.It Takes much rendering time than other rendering software but.giving us a mind blowing rendering output. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Excellent program for mechanical design marketing" October 20, 2022 5.0 As I mentioned in the "Pros" section, being able to create photo-realistic renderings is very helpful in showing depictions that are not easy to photograph. And having virtually unlimited background images is a huge plus. Overall, I am very happy with this software. Make sure you have a good graphics card in your computer, as rendering does need graphics power. Pros Keyshot was included with Alibre Expert (MCAD software) and integrates very well with it. In order to show potential customers what my products look like as assembled and exploded models, I use backgrounds within Keyshot or my own background images. This version of Keyshot does not contain animation but creating amazing photo-realistic images is very quick and easy. There are many lighting selections and I often switch back and forth to see which looks best. Cons Animation would be nice to have in this bundled copy of Keyshot and Alibre but I've seen some instructional videos of how to animate using the paid versions of Keyshot and its capabilities are very impressive. Review Source R Reviewer Industrial designer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "The key to a good job" January 30, 2023 5.0 Pros If you know how to use it well, it can be decisive to achieve a professional quality in your work. Cons There are times when it is difficult to achieve what you want to do, but nothing that cannot be solved! Review Source Linh P. UI designer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Amazing rendering software, bring your 3d models to real life " December 4, 2019 5.0 I use keyshot almost everyday to render out products and also use keyshot to help with my photo manipulation projects! Loving it Pros I love that it's easy to use, love love love the interface. And the features and functions are amazing. Really like how many material there, and also very easy to set up lighting. Plus the quality of the renderings are amazing!! Cons It's a little pricey but there isn't anything i dislike about it. Maybe if it offers a little more of a modeling side it would be nice. Review Source Mike F. Engineering Consultant Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "KeyShot review" December 25, 2022 5.0 Good product, have used it for many years. Have gotten good reviews of images and animations produced in KeyShot. Pros Accuracy in assembly movements. Wide range of materials. Good control over lights. Good rendering performance. Cons I would upgrade more often if the price was lower. Review Source R Reviewer manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Awesome !!" August 8, 2016 5.0 Great system, easy to use. Workflows can be customized for almost any need. It have never been more simple to manage digital assets. Review Source R Reviewer Independent Designer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Incredible for rendering fast product options" May 20, 2019 5.0 I love it, it is a great tool to make fast and great quality renderings for clients to look at options with different materials/finishes. Pros Very intuitive interface, all the materials (especially chrome, silver, gold, and all glass) are really high quality and rendering gives you photographic quality! Cons It is perfect for small objects/products if you have a non-highend computer, rendering times are slow, on an average laptop, but manageable. No need for animation, so far but it would be great to have it. Review Source Brian W. CEO/Designer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Great for 3D rendering" July 18, 2019 4.0 It has been nice for a few work projects, but it was too much to use for me in the long run. Pros This is great for 3D product prototyping. It imitates a lot of features like a camera would. Cons It costs a good amount to use the software and is not free like other 3D software out there. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Engineer Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Easy to use and gives real visualization of materials" March 15, 2019 5.0 Very good to use modeling real virtual models before practical applications. Pros It is easy to pick and apply materials to each sub assembly parts as we want. Very good material library. Cons It is some hard to rendering for general computers. When the model is get more complex, the machine can struct. Review Source R Reviewer Marketing Assistent Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "User friendly and reliable" August 15, 2016 5.0 Digizuite is very user-friendly and reliable, we can launch new marketing campaigns really easy. It's a great Digital Asset Management. Review Source R Reviewer Instructional Coach Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Keyshot" December 1, 2020 4.0 Renders always come out really nice and make finished models and projects look clean and realistic Pros Numerous and useful material options and plenty of options to change and customize the materials. Easy basic tools and usability. Cons There's a lot of materials that do not render well or take a long time to adjust and learn what needs adjusting. Lighting can also be difficult to figure out and the perspective of objects when a background image is used. Review Source Jacob S. Consultant / Technology assessment ### "DigiZuite DAM is a solid foundation" May 17, 2014 5.0 I have worked with DigiZuite DAM through many solutions and I have come know to the software intimately, and it really provides a solid DAM foundation solution for any corporate company. Pros: \* It provides out-of-the-box integrations into major core back-office and online tools like Adobe Products (including InDesign), MS Office and Sitecore CEP. \* Coorporation platform \* Offers an open API \* Scalability \* Flexibility \* Performance \* Cloud support \* Mobile support Cons \* The backend administrator tool, is a bit old in look and feel. However this is never used by real users. \* The backside of flexibility is complexity, which you will meet in the configuration. Review Source R Reviewer CEO / Creative Director Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Software that brings value to my company" August 14, 2016 4.0 Easy to use and brings great value to my company. I really like the automatic workflows and the fast transcoding options. Review Source R Reviewer Webmaster ### "A strong piece of media manangement software with endless configuration possibilities" May 1, 2015 4.0 I know that the capabilities of the software is somewhat beyond what we use it for. Purchasing the software is particularly justified if you either have a substantial number of end-users, asset types and/or output destinations. Also there should be substantial focus on assets and asset management, governance and metadata in the organization for it to really leverage the money and time spent. I would recommend using DAM to any larger company fulfilling any one of above criteria. Review Source R Reviewer Lead Mechanical Engineer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Can create some serious renderings " August 30, 2018 5.0 Pros Great texture and surface finish options. Able to hide components. Cons Could add options to add spot lights and manipulate custom lighting. Review Source R Reviewer CEO Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "User friendly, high performance and scalable" August 15, 2016 5.0 Automating manual processes using Digizuite helped us focus on creating actual value for our customers Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.