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Roundup · 2026

Cloud workstations for architects and 3D artists.

“Cloud GPU” covers five different products. Only one of them is a ready-to-work Windows desktop you open your design software on. Here is what each kind is for.

By the Coreframe Cloud team · Updated

Pick by the job.

01

Ready-to-work cloud virtual workstations

A full Windows desktop with a dedicated GPU and the design software already installed, streamed to your own laptop. You open your project and work; nothing to set up.

Suits: Architects, interior designers and 3D artists who model, light and render interactively in D5, Lumion, Enscape, Twinmotion, Revit, 3ds Max or Blender.

  • Coreframe Cloud

    Windows with an NVIDIA RTX GPU (16 to 48 GB VRAM); D5 Render, Twinmotion, Unreal Engine and Blender preinstalled; ready in four clicks through the Coreframe Connect app; billed per minute, from $1.49/hr with no GST. Hosted in a Tier III data centre in India; customers worldwide.

    Every GPU and its price

02

Remote GPU servers you configure

A rented machine with one or more GPUs that you reach over remote desktop and set up the way you want, often with several GPUs in one box.

Suits: Studios that want multi-GPU machines or a lot of system RAM and are happy to install and maintain the software themselves.

  • iRender

    Dedicated remote GPU servers, single GPU up to 8 GPUs, Windows or Ubuntu, reached by RDP, billed per minute from a prepaid deposit.

    How it compares

03

Render farms

You submit a finished scene, usually through a plugin in your 3D application, and the farm renders the frames across many machines. You do not get a desktop.

Suits: Long animations and large batches of finished frames, where nobody needs to touch the scene while it renders.

  • RebusFarm

    A cloud render farm with plugins for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya, Blender and other applications; billed by render time.

    How it compares

04

GPU clouds built for AI

Linux containers or virtual machines with a GPU, reached over SSH or a notebook. You pick an image and install everything yourself.

Suits: AI training and inference, containers and scripted jobs. Not built around a Windows design desktop.

  • Vast.ai

    A GPU cloud marketplace; Docker containers or Ubuntu virtual machines, connected by SSH or Jupyter, billed per second.

    How it compares

  • RunPod

    Calls itself an AI developer cloud: GPU pods, serverless endpoints and clusters for inference and training.

05

Hyperscaler virtual desktops (DaaS)

Cloud desktops run inside a large cloud provider's account, with GPU-enabled options, usually set up and managed by an IT team.

Suits: Larger firms with an IT team that already runs a cloud account and wants to manage images, networks and users itself.

  • Amazon WorkSpaces

    Windows or Linux cloud desktops, including GPU-enabled graphics bundles, with monthly or hourly billing.

Facts about other providers were read on their own websites on 1 November 2026. Their prices change often, so none are quoted here. Coreframe Cloud publishes this page and is listed in its own category.

Questions.

What is the best cloud workstation for architects?

For interactive design work, a ready-to-work cloud virtual workstation: a Windows desktop with a dedicated GPU and the design software installed, streamed to your laptop. Coreframe Cloud is one, ready in four clicks and billed per minute, from $1.49/hr with no GST, hosted in a Tier III data centre in India. For finished animations, a render farm is cheaper; for AI work, a GPU cloud built for AI.

What is the difference between a cloud workstation and a render farm?

A cloud workstation is one interactive machine you drive yourself: you model, light and render in the same session. A render farm takes a finished scene and renders its frames across many machines while you wait for the results.

Can I use a GPU cloud like Vast.ai or RunPod for Revit or D5 Render?

They are built for Linux and AI workloads, reached over SSH or a notebook. Revit, D5 Render, Lumion and Enscape are Windows applications that need a desktop and a display driver, which is what a ready-to-work cloud virtual workstation provides.

Do I need an IT team to use a cloud workstation?

Not for a ready-to-work one. With Coreframe you install one Windows app, sign in, pick a GPU and launch. Hyperscaler virtual desktops are usually set up and run by an IT team inside the firm's own cloud account.

Try the first kind on your own project.

Open the scene your laptop struggles with and judge it yourself.

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