In terms of both quality and speed, D5 Render is clearly beginning to dominate the architectural visualization market. Chaos Vantage, while technically capable, lacks the content depth and aggressive marketing to match what D5 currently offers.
Engines like Unreal Engine may appear fast and flexible for Archviz workflows, but they often become impractical when dealing with large-scale, detailed, and serious projects. That’s why we believe D5 will continue to gain momentum in the coming months. As the largest visualization office in Turkey, we've already shifted around 45% of our pipeline to D5.
We are now entering a market where seamless technical control and ultra-optimized workflows are more important than ever. Corona Render will always remain an artistic tool that I personally can’t give up — it has soul. But it’s also true that the market is changing at an incredibly fast pace.
Unfortunately, Corona has begun to lag in technical innovation, much like what happened with Mental Ray and even V-Ray at certain points. There’s been little movement recently in terms of speeding up workflows (e.g., no integration with Gaussian Splatting, minimal real-time development, lack of AI-driven enhancements, etc.).
Today there are dozens of real-time enhancement tools — very few professionals even open Photoshop anymore. At this stage, I believe Corona may face a long-term challenge if it doesn’t evolve fast enough.
And no, I won’t go down the path of complaining “why Corona doesn’t have GPU support.” That would be like arguing whether Tesla should make a diesel model. It’s irrelevant. The discussion is about pipeline efficiency and market direction, not nostalgia.
