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Pros

  • Fast rendering engine that works great even on a laptop. Ability to schedule renders to run overnight is awesome.

  • I like that the free trial offers all of the features, so you can actually see if the program will be beneficial to you. I really like that it helps give clients a more realistic visual of my work.

  • Its a very user friendly tool for marketing with all the features that even helps IT integrate with applications. The SiteCore integration is very easy to configure thus making seamless experience.

  • Easy to use, great for collaboration and sharing assets internal and external, used to educate and inspire our clients and prospects.

Cons

  • 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.

  • You are always missing "being impeccable" with tiny steps. You are always focusing on the wrong development with every single update and versions.

  • Because you will most likely be frustrated if you try it out on low end PC.

  • At this point, the animations in the stock scenes contain parts of the product, but there is no scene pattern without the product.

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Aravind Narayanan N. avatar
Aravind Narayanan N.
Faculti member
Animation, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
March 22, 2019

"Keyshot Rendering Review "

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.

Verified Reviewer
Industrial Designer
Design, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
February 14, 2019

"Keyshot is key to get the perfect shot ;)"

Overall: Overall, Keyshot is fantastic, and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone. The quality is astounding and can make your product look so good!

Pros: I used Keyshot in school, and now in the startup I am working with. I have always found it to be the best rendering program I could get my hands on. It is easy enough to use that even beginners can get really cool renderings. I ended up getting the keyshot pro version because I felt like having the HDRI editor would be important to get more custom lighting environments. After using Keyshot over the last year, some of the features that I have really appreciated using in my workflow is the model sets and studios. As a designer I do a lot of iterations and so being able to make these different model sets and being able to switch between them quickly for comparison has been really valuable. The keyshot viewer software that goes along with that seems really useful for that too, though I haven't used it very much yet.

Cons: You want to make sure you have a pretty powerful computer because it definitely takes a lot. I am running on a windows surface and it works it pretty hard. Sometimes it takes a little while for the renderings to be done, but it works. The only other issue I have had is sometimes when I click to open the render dialogue box, the software will just close/crash and I lose all of my work if I didn't save beforehand. I have lost a couple of projects that way. Of course I should always save often, but I wish they had some kind of recovery method or something.

Shelley H.
Marketing Manager
Used the software for:
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
2.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
April 21, 2018

"I tried out this program to see it if would be useful for my design purposes."

Pros: I like that the free trial offers all of the features, so you can actually see if the program will be beneficial to you. I really like that it helps give clients a more realistic visual of my work.

Cons: I don't like that it takes so much space on your computer, and is pretty slow to download to begin with. It is also way out my price range.

Verified Reviewer
Industrial designer
Design, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
June 4, 2021

"Rendering made easy"

Overall: I use Keyshot to visualise and render the design I do. The results are impressive, even having very little knowledge on rendering.

Pros: I love importing an object I'm designing, and within minutes I had the most amazing render setup! Rendering also takes not that long (depending on settings), but you can stop and save the render at any time.

Cons: Rendering fabrics or wood on solids isn't easy Keyshot doesn't unwrap the surfaces to apply the texture, instead you have to say it's either a box, plane or cylinder

Divek P.
Managing Director - Applications Development & Integration
Individual & Family Services
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
December 14, 2017

"DigiZuite is an excellent product for marketing that is easy tool to integrate with SiteCore. "

Pros: Its a very user friendly tool for marketing with all the features that even helps IT integrate with applications. The SiteCore integration is very easy to configure thus making seamless experience. The product can be easily customized depending on your requirement and processes. There are new features that are released that enhances the functionality. Overall a great product that brings Digital Asset Management to forefront with excellent price tag.

Cons: There is some training involved to use the product appropriately. Also as you can customize the product you have to make sure you think about all the future requirements so that there is no extra rework in future.

Verified Reviewer
Furniture Designer
Fine Art, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 20, 2018

"Easy Product Rendering"

Overall: I

Pros: The best thing about keyshot is how easy the interface is and how simple it is to find the tools and settings you're looking for. The rendering is rather quick and I love just being able to drop materials on to parts of my CAD model based on how it looks in the side bar, which shows the material rendered onto a round ball. The material then assigns in realtime so you can toggle between choices quickly instead of waiting for a high quality render and comparing that way.

Cons: Sometimes will not quite understand your 3D geometry but for the most part does well with keeping the entire model structure together.

Verified Reviewer
UX and Graphic Designer
Design, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 12, 2021

"KeyShot from the Perspective of an Industrial Designer"

Overall: I love using Keyshot for all of my product design projects. I struggled with using the animation feature but I haven't needed it as of yet. For what I do need it works well! My products always come out looking photo realistic and it really elevates my designs to look very professional.

Pros: What I love most about this software is just how much you can manipulate an image. I import products I design in Fusion 360 and thoroughly enjoy adding textures, colors, and lighting to make my ideas look like they've been already been fabricated!

Cons: I hate how rendering makes my mac overheat. My fan goes insane and my computer becomes useless until the render is done.

Verified Reviewer
Head of Design
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
November 28, 2020

"Keyshot Review"

Pros: This is a good tool for rendering and animation of modelled parts/products. lot of materials to choose from. has a a lot of rendering options.

Cons: Addition of more background back plates and make the colours more customizable. it freezes when working with larger renders. the various wizards can be improved.

leopoldo A. avatar
leopoldo A.
Architect
Architecture & Planning, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 22, 2019

"Impresive rendering quality easy to use"

Overall: I have 8 months using it, and I think will be difficult to replace it because I love the quality of the rendering engine

Pros: This tool can achieve a high quality renderings with in just a short time, has a great material library and very easy to use. Also the lightning and mabckgrounds can be set on real time

Cons: is not able to model 3d, so the models should be imported, but it accepts a grand variety of formats

Reasons for Switching to KeyShot: Other softwares need more time to configurate and in this the results are awesome in just a few steps
Betre M. avatar
Betre M.
Civil Structural Engineer
Civil Engineering, 501-1,000 employees
Used the software for: Less than 6 months
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
September 15, 2019

"Keyshot is the best friend for light rendering"

Overall: Overall, Keyshots is great for daily use for checking designs during drafting stages but it is not the ideal tool for large scale projects and Final renders.

Pros: Keyshot is the light weight rendering tool that gives nice crisp images to quick renders. It comes with decent material library that creates great looking images for your objects and renders. Its rendering time is very short making it idea to see how things would look during drafting stages. The program is very easy to use, straight forward instructions with cool functionality. Camera edits, HDR inage loading and much more for this simple program. Its not intensive on the graphics card and allows you to have walk through shots as well.

Cons: Keyshots doesn't have the final touches needed to make your design look realistic. It has no object library, and the preset environment maps are just bland.

Jakob F.
manager
Media Production, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 5, 2016

"Awesome !!"

Overall: Great system, easy to use. Workflows can be customized for almost any need. It have never been more simple to manage digital assets.

Mike F.
Engineering Consultant
Medical Devices, Self-employed
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
December 14, 2022

"KeyShot review"

Overall: 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.

Magnus J.
Web manager
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 12, 2016

"Creating the structure for the future"

Overall: We initiated with Digizuite last year, who have been helping us structuring our assets for all sorts of purposes within the university. Digizuites software and staff will enable us to move faster digitally and control our digital content in the fast moving world of tomorrow

Ruben B.
Proyectista
Mining & Metals, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
March 20, 2019

"Very good for rendering products"

Overall: Its a very cool software, with very cool results if making virtual stidio sessions of products is your thing

Pros: What i like the most, was the intuitive interface that it have, and the parameters that covers

Cons: when i use this, i was a little younger , and i needed tutorials and complementary info to operate the software, but it was a little too hard to find it for me

RAFAEL EUSEBIO B.
Designer
Design, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 10, 2019

"Incredible for rendering fast product options"

Overall: 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.

Stewart A.
Head of Digital Strategy
Used the software for:
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Customer Service
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
September 23, 2015

"BMA Enterprise DAM implementation"

Overall: We have introduced DigiZuite to our organisation because we needed an enterprise DAM to replace the plethora of folders and internal drives and disparate image banks the organisation had accumulated over time. We needed one that ideally could integrate with our WCMS - Sitecore as well as with MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite. DigitZuite offers all of this. There have been some small issues with the implementation - the MS Office connector isn't supported on Mac for example, but on the whole it has gone well and we get good support from House & Co who work like a partner should. It is clear that the product is evolving and there is coherent roadmap and we alre already preparing to implement a number of significant upgrades which should address many of the ease of use concerns for all types of users.

Michael A. avatar
Michael A.
Client Director
51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
November 28, 2017

"Great software"

Pros: - Great usability easy to use - Optimization and automation of manual processes - Single source - Great customer service - Brand compliance - Strong DAM for Sitecore module - Great Integration Services (API)

Lisa P.
Instructional Coach
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
November 27, 2020

"Keyshot"

Overall: 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.

Jawed L.
VP, Head of business development, Nordics
Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 9, 2016

"A great DAM product with Sitecore - high ROI"

Overall: We have been working with Digizuite on customers for 1-2 years and experience how much value they create every single day and how happy the customers are!

Gitte M.
Webmaster
Used the software for:
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
April 28, 2015

"A strong piece of media manangement software with endless configuration possibilities"

Overall: 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.

Johan M.
CEO
Media Production, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: Less than 6 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 12, 2016

"User friendly, high performance and scalable"

Overall: Automating manual processes using Digizuite helped us focus on creating actual value for our customers

Claus M.
1-10 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 11, 2016

"Superb System"

Overall: A flawless and superb experience all along and all expectations redeemed - Digizuite is highly recommendable!

Hakeem N. avatar
Hakeem N.
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 28, 2018

"Can create some serious renderings "

Pros: Great texture and surface finish options. Able to hide components.

Cons: Could add options to add spot lights and manipulate custom lighting.

Ishara J. avatar
Ishara J.
Product Development Executive
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees
Used the software for: I used a free trial
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 26, 2019

"Best realistic rendering software..."

Overall: 3D rendering of images and videos related to designs

Pros: Keynote is having larger material library and environmental layouts which facilitates to develop realistic visuals

Cons: Keyshot is a expensive software but worth for its cost.Overall quality and performance is depend on hardware

Martin L.
Head of Digital
Retail, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: Less than 6 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
August 15, 2016

"Great management tool for handling all kinds of digital assets."

Overall: Great management tool for handling all kinds of digital assets. If you don't have the full overview of your digital assets and spend too much time searching and processing files for different channels and devices, this management tool might ease your work processes. Great features, functionality and easy to use.