Jura - I cannot provide a definitive answer right now.  However a quote from the Otoy CEO today....

Re: Octane Subscription Based App????

This is being experimented with today through OctaneVR, and the OVR Blender and Poser plug-ins. Currently the monthly price is free throughout the duration of the Metaverse contest. We may keep it free, migrate users to OR or charge a monthly subscription after it ends. We are waiting to see how the next 90 days turn out before making a decision.  A free or low monthly price is meant to help users on any budget to get started with Octane, and also leverage orc.otoy.com for big renders, rather than investing in local GPUs up front. Also, we are exploring options where we offer Octane (and supported 3rd party apps) entirely from the cloud (e.g. the OctaneVR demo above) for those interested in such an option.

My interpretation of the above is that the Poser plugin may be available be subscription, so you could sign up for a month, try it, and cancel if you don't like it.

Paul

Creator of PoserPhysics
Creator of OctaneRender for Poser
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