3D & VFX Pricing

Real numbers. No surprises. Three tiers built around what most projects actually need — plus custom production for anything bigger.

Every studio is different, but the math is usually the same. Here’s what 3D animation, VFX, and real-time production typically cost in 2026 — and what you actually get at each tier.

QUICK 3D

Starting at $750

The fast, low-commitment way to try us — a single short 3D asset.

Best when: you want one quick 3D piece — a product spin or a simple loop — without committing to a full Spark project.

One short 3D animation or product spin · single asset, single environment · 4K render · one round of revisions.

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SPARK

Starting at $3,500

Short-form 3D for social, web, and product launches.

Best when: you need one polished asset, fast, with a clear brief.

What's included
  • Up to 15 seconds of finished 3D animation or VFX
  • One product or asset, single environment
  • Standard PBR materials, three-light setup
  • Final render in 4K — master plus social-cut versions
  • One round of revisions
Typical projects
  • 3D product loop for ecommerce or social
  • Logo sting or kinetic 3D title sequence
  • Short VFX composite for a brand video
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CINEMATIC

Starting at $12,000

Branded 3D animation and VFX that holds attention end-to-end.

Best when: you’re building a hero asset for a campaign, website, or broadcast.

What's included
  • 30–90 seconds of finished 3D / VFX
  • Multiple environments, lighting variations, custom materials
  • Character animation or complex object animation
  • Photorealistic or stylized rendering — your call
  • Sound design via Motionreel.com
  • Two rounds of revisions, plus master and delivery cuts
Typical projects
  • 60-second brand film with 3D environments
  • Product launch video with cinematic VFX
  • Animated commercial for paid social or web hero
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STUDIO PRODUCTION

Custom Quote

Real-time production, virtual environments, and longform work that needs an actual pipeline.

Best when: you’re doing virtual production on an LED volume, building a real-time campaign, or scaling beyond a single hero asset.

What's included
  • Unreal Engine 5 real-time pipeline
  • Virtual production support — pre-vis, on-set, in-camera VFX
  • Architectural visualization (archviz) at scale
  • Multi-shot or multi-deliverable campaigns
  • Direct creative-director access and on-set / on-call collaboration
Typical projects
  • Virtual production for a commercial or short film
  • Real-time branded environment for an event or activation
  • Multi-asset campaign across web, broadcast, and social
  • Photoreal archviz for property developers or architects
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What's not included — and how we handle it

We focus on 3D, VFX, and real-time production. For everything else, we lean on the Motionreel Studio Family:

Brief us once. Get a coordinated team.

How we price

We anchor pricing to finished seconds, not hours. A few reasons:

  1. You know what you’re paying for — output, not effort.
  2. AI in our pipeline makes us faster every quarter. We pass that on instead of inflating hourly bills.
  3. It aligns our incentives with yours: ship great work, ship it sooner.

For projects that don’t fit a tier — typically anything over 90 finished seconds, or anything involving an LED volume — we quote per project. Tell us what you’re building and we’ll come back with a number, a timeline, and a creative POV.

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