Comparing? I don't care about that at all. What I cared about is the fact that Absinthe was able to import the entire Vue scene with a couple of trees, render it, and get a pretty good looking (if rather basic) scene out of it. IMO that's enough for me: it works! The only catch is that I'm going to be out of town, and won't be back until after the special offer ends, so I'm not sure that I'll be able to take advantage of it, since I'm not sure that I'd want to spend the money BEFORE my vacation :/