Though I've only had Carrara5 for a short time, I would have to agree!  The abilities that Eovia has given Carrara5, even in the standard edition, are untouchable by any other 3d app  near its price range.

I was visiting another software forum here at R'osity and one post there concerned the long list of  users' wants for the next upgrade. I won't name the software, but it is another 3Dapp that a lot of Poser artists use to render their animations. I had to feel somewhat smug and fortunate when I realised that Carrara5 standard already has all the features they were asking for, plus better stability, and more render options, and faster rendering than the "Flagship" version of this other software!  Thank you Eovia for listening carefully to your customers, and for giving us so much "bang for our bucks", or euros, pounds, whatever,lol!