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title: "Maya Compatibility"
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This page contains information on V-Ray compatibility with standard Maya features.


## **Overview**

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As a rendering plugin for Maya, V-Ray supports most of the standard Maya  features and many of the 3rd party plugins. The most common of these are listed on the [Features](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739129) page.


## **Maya Version Compatibility**

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### **V-Ray 7**

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| **V-Ray version** | **Maya 2027** | **Maya 2026** | **Maya 2025** | **Maya 2024** | **Maya 2023** | **Maya 2022** | **Maya 2014 - 2020** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Ray 7.40.02 | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 7.20.04 | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 7.20.02 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 7.10.02 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 7.10.00 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 7.00.04 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 7.00.01 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: |



### **V-Ray 6**

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| **V-Ray version** | **Maya 2026 and later** | **Maya 2025** | **Maya 2024** | **Maya 2023** | **Maya 2022** | **Maya 2020** | **Maya 2019** | **Maya 2014 - 2018** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Ray 6.2 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 6.1 | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: |
| V-Ray 6 - 2022 | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: |



### **V-Ray 5**

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| **V-Ray version** | **Maya 2024 and later** | **Maya 2023** | **Maya 2022** | **Maya 2020** | **Maya 2019** | **Maya 2018** | **Maya 2014 - 2017** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Ray 5 - 2020 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: |



### **V-Ray Next**

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| **V-Ray version** | **Maya 2022 and later** | **Maya 2020** | **Maya 2019** | **Maya 2018** | **Maya 2017** | **Maya 2014 - 2016.5** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Ray Next - 2018 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: |



### **V-Ray 3**

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| **V-Ray version** | **Maya 2019 and later** | **Maya 2018** | **Maya 2017** | **Maya 2017** | **Maya 2016.5** | **Maya 2016** | **Maya 2015** | **Maya 2014** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Ray 3.6 - 2017 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: |
| V-Ray 3.5 - 2017 | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: |
| V-Ray 3.4 - 2016 | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: |
| V-Ray 3.3 - 2016 | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: |



### **V-Ray 2**

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| **V-Ray version** | **Maya 2016 and later** | **Maya 2015** | **Maya 2014** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Ray 2 - 2014 | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | :check_mark: |



## **Notes**

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With each Maya version, V-Ray supports certain Bifrost versions listed below:

- Maya 2027 is linked with BifrostSDK version 3.0.0.0, 3.0.0.1, and 3.1.0.8
- Maya 2026 is linked with BifrostSDK version 2.13
- Maya 2025 is linked with BifrostSDK version 2.9
- Maya 2024 is linked with BifrostSDK version 2.1
- Maya 2023 is linked with BifrostSDK version 1.0

Additionally, Bifrost 2.14.1 is supported for Maya 2024, 2025, and 2026. 

Bifrost 2.15.0 is supported for Maya 2024, 2025, and 2026.