I think you can export to .obj and use that in Octane

Yes, I've been doing that for a while.  It becomes tedious after a while, since when you go back to Poser or ZB to tweak the mesh, you need to reconnect all the materials in the Octane application.  So the plugin saves a massive amount of time.  The plugin will almost render animations, whichI don't think would be viable using just the Octane application.

Downloading the limited trial to see if my laptop can even handle it...

Octane requires an Nvidia Cuda capable card.  I run it fine with a 192 cuda core card - a $120 GTX 550 Ti (probably the lowest spec card you would use for Octane).  Even with my low-spec card, the rendering performance is staggeringly fast.  I can't imagine what multiple higher spec cards will do!

Will the plug-in be charged or free of charge?

I don't think so.

 

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