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Houdini products are available for studios, indies, schools and students. 

The following chart provides a comparison of the feature sets found in each of these products.


Features

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Usage

Commercial

Commercial

Limited
Commercial

Non
Commercial

Non
Commercial

Modeling

Terrain

Character

Animation

Solaris: Layout Tools

Solaris: Lookdev & Lighting

Karma Render

Copernicus

Volumes

Pyro FX

Geometry [SOP] Level

Fluids

Geometry [SOP] Level

MPM

Rigid Bodies

Geometry [SOP] Level

Crowds

Geometry [SOP] Level

Muscles

Geometry [SOP] Level

Vellum Cloth

Geometry [SOP] Level

Hair, Fur & Feathers

Geometry [SOP] Level

Clouds

Geometry [SOP] Level

Particles

Sparks

Wire Dynamics

Geometry [SOP] Level

PDG | Tasks

Local Only

Geometry [SOP] Level tools are available for a variety of VFX solvers. This means that you can prepare your geometry and run a simulation using these higher level nodes. These nodes can run simulations because they are Houdini Digital Assets which have Dynamic Operators [DOP] nested inside them and key parameters promoted up to the geometry level. These tools can be used by artists using both Houdini CORE and FX.

If these tools don't meet your needs and you want to work with the DOP nodes directly then Houdini FX is required. These DOP nodes can be used in Houdini FX to set up your simulation or Technical Directors can use them to build custom tools , wrap them up into Houdini Digital Assets and promote parameters. These custom tools can then be used in Houdini CORE at the geometry level. This flexible tool building is one of Houdini's strengths as a production-oriented pipeline solution.

Note that INDIE,  EDUCATION and APPRENTICE work like Houdini FX but use different file formats and have restrictions to their usage.

File Formats

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

  APPRENTICE  

HIP | Scene File

.hiplc

.hipnc

.hipnc

HDA | Digital Asset

.hdalc

.hdanc

.hdanc

USD

.usdnc

IFD

FBX

Import

Alembic

Import

.bgeo

.obj

.pic

.piclc

.picnc

.picnc

.exr

WATERMARK

.tif

WATERMARK

.jpg

WATERMARK

User Interface

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Houdini GUI Access

Command Line Access

GUI Watermark

Unobtrusive

Unobtrusive

Unobtrusive

Plug-in Support

Houdini Engine Support

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Houdini Engine Plug-ins

.hdalc

.hdanc

Create Assets for Engine

ENGINE INDIE

ENGINE EDUCATION

Create Assets for Orbolt

Rendering

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

  APPRENTICE  

Karma | Workstation/Float

5/10*

5/10*

2

10

1

Mantra

5**

5**

2

10

1

3rd Party Rendering

Render Watermark

Render Resolution

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

1280x720

* Extra Karma Tokens Available for $195 USD

** Extra Mantra Tokens Available upon Request

PRICING

Commercial | Perpetual

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Workstation [Node Locked]

$1995 USD*

$4495 USD*

-

-

-

Annual Upgrade Plan

$995 USD*

$2495 USD*

-

-

-

Local Access [Floating]

$2995 USD

$6995 USD

-

-

-

Annual Upgrade Plan

$1495 USD

$3995 USD

-

-

-

*Please note that only 5 Workstation licenses are allowed per facility.

Commercial | Rentals

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Annual | Workstation 

$1340 USD*

$3195 USD*

-

-

-

Annual | Local Access

$1995 USD

$4995 USD

-

-

-

Monthly | Local Access

$355 USD

$875 USD

-

-

-

*Please note that only 5 Workstation licenses are allowed per facility.

Indie | Subscription

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Annual | Workstation 

-

-

$269 USD**

-

-

2 Year | Workstation

-

-

$399 USD**

-

-

**Please note that only 3 Indie licenses are allowed per facility.

Learning

 

HOUDINI CORE

HOUDINI FX

HOUDINI INDIE

EDUCATION

APPRENTICE

Annual | Workstation 

-

-

-

-

FREE

Annual Local Access

-

-

-

$75 USD

-

Houdini Engine Rentals

 

HOUDINI ENGINE

INDIE ENGINE

EDUCATION ENGINE

APPRENTICE

Annual | Workstation

$499 USD*

FREE *

INCLUDED 
[with Education License]

N/A

*Please note that only 5 Workstation licenses are allowed per facility.

 

SINGLE

5

10

25

Annual | GAL Rental***

$795 USD

$3875 USD

$7500 USD

$16495 USD

Monthly | GAL Rental

$175 USD

$875 USD

$1750 USD

$4375 USD

Weekly | GAL Rental

$75 USD

$375 USD

$750 USD

$1875 USD

***GAL is a global floating license | Volume pricing beyond 25 licenses is available | Please contact your Account Manager.