# Golem?! Render"Cloud" **URL:** \ **Category:** Blender and CG Discussions\ **Created:** [July 1, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220 "2019-07-01T20:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xeonow](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/xeonow/32/858319_2.png) [@xeonow](https://blenderartists.org/u/xeonow)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/1 "2019-07-01T20:17:59Z")
Hi, is anyone using this? [https://golem.network/rendering/](https://golem.network/rendering/) what do you think? is it worth a try? can blender users benefit from it? ---
**Author:** ![HDRender](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@HDRender](https://blenderartists.org/u/HDRender)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/2 "2019-07-02T04:49:45Z")
Yes, I’ve used it to render multiple Blender files. It works well and is actually cheap. The people on the network want to support it, so many, like me, offer their compute capacity at prices that are ridiculously cheap. The easiest way to render via Golem is to use [www.golemgrid.com](http://www.golemgrid.com). It allows payment with a credit card. The alternative is to go to Golem’s website, download the software, but then you’d need both GNT and Ether, which most people don’t have. [golemgrid.com](http://golemgrid.com) uses the Golem software as the backend and doesn’t take any fee. ---
**Author:** ![xeonow](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/xeonow/32/858319_2.png) [@xeonow](https://blenderartists.org/u/xeonow)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/3 "2019-07-02T11:57:02Z")
hi, i have both of them. i have also running a golem node. but there is not much happening in the network. no tasks etc. so i asked myself if this situation will change sometime. and if any need exists in the community. If I have a bigger project that I can no longer render myself, I would use Golem. but how do you see the other? I would be interested if there are already some who use it regularly. ---
**Author:** ![HDRender](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@HDRender](https://blenderartists.org/u/HDRender)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/4 "2019-07-02T16:07:43Z")
Ok, I see. I believe when more use cases are added, which is happening soon, the activity in the network should pick up. It is curious though that Blender users haven’t been clamoring for a super low-cost rendering solution. ---
**Author:** ![filibis](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/filibis/32/623617_2.png) [@filibis](https://blenderartists.org/u/filibis)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/5 "2019-07-02T17:14:43Z")
I just tried to test but it seems my ISP blocks port forwarding 😢 (Through “Carrier Grade NAT” thingy). Also I have to admit that this promo video is top notch 💯 ---
**Author:** ![xeonow](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/xeonow/32/858319_2.png) [@xeonow](https://blenderartists.org/u/xeonow)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/6 "2019-07-02T17:59:30Z")
tried to be a requester or a contributor? ---
**Author:** ![filibis](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/filibis/32/623617_2.png) [@filibis](https://blenderartists.org/u/filibis)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/7 "2019-07-02T18:34:38Z")
I think I couldn’t get to that point because my problem happens when connecting to nodes (I can connect to nodes but yellow circle at bottom left never turns to green and when I check ports at [canyouseemee.org](http://canyouseemee.org) it displays error). I chat someone from Golem team and he suggested me that my ISP might be using **carrier grade NAT** (This seems to be true because I get different IPs when I check via my router software and [whatismyipaddress.com](http://whatismyipaddress.com) ) It looks like a minor issue but appearently most people can’t use it in Turkey because most ISP here uses that CGNAT. This might be the case for other countries as well. ---
**Author:** ![golemgrid](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/golemgrid/32/583813_2.png) [@golemgrid](https://blenderartists.org/u/golemgrid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/8 "2019-07-03T20:10:05Z")
Sorry to hear that your ISP is blocking portforwarding. Golem is trying actively to adopt some new technology so portforwarding won’t be necessary in the future, but that’s probably the biggest onboarding issue right now that Golem has. Also I’m Phillip from the Golem Rocket chat that helped you, but just FYI i’m not a member of the Golem team. ---
**Author:** ![golemgrid](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/golemgrid/32/583813_2.png) [@golemgrid](https://blenderartists.org/u/golemgrid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/golem-render-cloud/1167220/9 "2019-07-03T20:12:30Z")
Thanks for mentioning GolemGrid! Just a thing i’d like to say is that we charge a fee for the task. Anything below 1 dollar will be rounded up to a dollar, and any task above the 1 dollar mark will have a 2,5% fee added to cover Payment gateway fees.