I think what OP might be talking about is the informative, intuitive nature of the Artlantis batch render UI compared to the more "compact" edition of the 3ds max one.
Being a C4D user I too am finding the 3ds max batch rendering functionality a bit underwhelming, not so from the standpoint of the UI (a little more info would be welcome though) but more the fact that I can only render the current scene and not others - making product renders a bit more troublesome to manage without an external application (or the backburner).