Render seats

Render seats

Render seats are the limit on how many devices in a workspace can render at the same time. The free edition has 3.

What counts is devices that are rendering a chunk right now. The host counts as one when it renders. There is no limit on how many devices join or how many have Render on, and devices that only submit or view don't take a seat.

When all seats are taken, a 4th device that comes for a chunk waits first. As soon as another device finishes a chunk and hands it in, the waiting one takes over. Chunks that are rendering aren't stopped, and the workspace isn't locked.

• The top of the Devices page says "Rendering 2 / 3". When devices are waiting, it turns to a warning color, and hovering shows how many are waiting for a seat.
• A waiting device's state says "Waiting for a seat: the free edition allows 3 devices rendering at once".

To render on more devices at once, import a license.

License

A license is a one-line license key issued for one workspace. Once imported, that many devices can render at the same time.

Licenses are handled in the License section under Workspace details → Overview. Importing needs admin access:

1. Click Copy request code and send that line to the license issuer. It contains an overview of the workspace and its devices, without IP addresses.
2. When you get the license key, click Import license and paste the line, or click Choose to choose a .danio-key file, then click Import.
3. The License section shows who it is licensed to, how many devices, and until when.

• A license is bound to this workspace and isn't accepted by any other workspace. If the host changes or is taken over, the license goes with the workspace through the backup.
• A license has an expiry date. From 14 days before it expires, you are reminded to renew. After it expires there is a 14-day grace period, after which the workspace goes back to the free edition's 3 devices.
• Importing a new license replaces the old one. To go back to the free edition, hold Hold to remove in the Remove license row.
• Verification happens locally, with no internet connection needed.

Buying

Paid plans differ only in how many devices render at once: Stream 6, River 15. Prices are on the home page.

• They are sold by Waffo Pancake as the Merchant of Record, which handles payment, invoices and tax; tax is worked out at checkout. The Chinese page sells in yuan, the English one in US dollars.
• Subscriptions are billed monthly, quarterly or yearly and renew automatically. You can cancel at any time; the period you paid for runs to its end. Quarterly is about 10% off, yearly 25% off.
• After paying, send the line from Copy request code to support@danio.app. Within 1 business day you get a license key; import it as described under License.
• Each workspace can have one free trial: 15 devices for 14 days. Email us to start it.
• For more than 15 devices, add devices one at a time on top of River: email us how many.