A comparative guide between the various Houdini Engine offerings.

Houdini Engine for Unity/Unreal provides free commercial licenses for the UE5 and Unity plug-ins only.

While shown as two below, these are one license type.

For all other host applications, including proprietary plug-ins, and for Batch processing on the farm, commercial Houdini Engine licenses are available for rent. These licenses are also available as volume rentals for medium and large studios.