Pricing and Purchasing FAQ

Please see our webpage for the current Maxwell Render pricing.

Yes, Maxwell Render V5 is a new major version and thus is not included in the free within-version updates that license holders are entitled to. Upgrades are cheaper than new licenses; check your account (at the Upgrades section) or contact us to learn more about the prices.

You can buy Maxwell Render directly from Next Limit through our secure online shop or through an authorized reseller.

You will receive all purchase confirmations by email. 

1) Maxwell Render license email

2) Next Limit Customer Portal access email (for first-time license holders), giving you access to the software you purchased, your licenses, plus access to technical support, thousands of materials, lighting set-ups and HDRIs through our Resources site and access to the Maxwell Render forum.

3) Your invoice

*Please check your spam folders if you can't find these emails after having purchased a license.

No, the plugins, as well as Studio, are sold as independent products.

Licenses that are purchased through our online shop are normally sent automatically after having placed an order.  If something went wrong during the purchase process, or if we were not able to validate your credit card, you will usually hear from our sales support team within the next 1-2 working days.

Orders from resellers are usually processed within 1-2 working days from the moment the order is received by Next Limit, and educational licenses are also dealt with within 1-2 working days. Please note that our office hours are 9.30 - 18.30 Monday to Thursday, 9.00 - 15.00 Friday (Europe GMT+1) and that our offices are closed during weekends and on Spanish national holidays.

No, we do not send out CDs or boxes: everything is delivered by email and/or downloaded from our secure website.

We accept payment with a credit card or through bank transfer. We accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express for orders in the customer gateway.  Contact your nearest reseller for their payment options.

No, we do not currently use PayPal.

Our list prices are the final prices but in some cases, we are required to add sales tax/VAT (also see the FAQ about VAT and taxes, below).  We do not charge any processing or shipping fees.  At the time of writing, we do not charge additional credit card fees, but we reserve the right to do so if the credit card schemes increase their fees to us. If the charge on your credit card bill is higher than our list price, you should contact your bank or credit card company.

VAT is only charged to Spanish customers and non-corporate (non-VAT-registered) EU customers. EU customers who specify a valid corporate tax ID number during the ordering process will not be charged VAT.  In order for the web form to recognize your VAT number correctly, you must first select your country from the country dropdown. The correct ID abbreviation for your country will then appear in the VAT field, and you simply fill in your VAT number. We do not charge taxes to customers outside the European Union.

The order did probably not go through for one of the following reasons:

1. You tried to place an order with a credit card we do not accept. Our webshop can only process Visa or MasterCard. We can process Amex cards manually at our offices.

2. Your bank has put a security block for foreign payments on your account. Many banks do this for security reasons, sometimes without letting you know; they refuse payments for large amounts to companies and businesses that are less known. This means that while an international payment to for example Amazon might have gone through fine, your payment to Next Limit was denied. Please contact your bank and ask them to (temporarily) remove the block, and then try to place the order again.

3. Insufficient funds in your account.

The Next Limit sales team will be notified of the payment error and will contact you within 24 hours (within office hours) to arrange payment. No money has been taken out of your account.

Due to the nature of the software, refunds are generally not allowed. Next Limit provides demo versions of the product free of charge to test on your system for compatibility and features, and we cannot provide refunds after we have already issued the licenses to unlock the software. No returns will be accepted once the software has been downloaded or the license has been emailed to you.

One license covers one computer. The license is NOT per CPU, GPU or core.