ERGON & WOLF

Why ERGØN & WØLF Say They Can’t Live Without Helio

Why ERGØN & WØLF Say They Can’t Live Without Helio

Used DCC + Engines

V-Ray

Corona

Industries

Architecture

Used Products

Helio Client

Overview

ERGØN & WØLF is a cutting-edge architectural visualization and design studio with offices in Athens and Madrid. Specializing in high-end imagery, the studio produces hundreds of high-resolution images per month, pushing creative and technical boundaries to deliver stunning visual experiences.

Challenges

Slow Renders & Frequent Crashes

Large projects took 2-3 days to render, leading to bottlenecks and deadline pressure.

Blocked Workstations

Artists couldn't use their PCs while rendering, reducing overall productivity.

Last-Minute Quality Control Risks

Final high-res renders could only be checked at the end, creating anxiety over whether the results would meet expectations.

Inefficient Workflows

Team members had to manually distribute workloads, leading to delays and inconsistent output.

External Render Farm Issues

Previous cloud solutions were impersonal, required manual uploads, and didn’t integrate smoothly into daily operations.

With Helio, we no longer lose sleep over failed renders. Our workflow is seamlesswe can focus on creating, not waiting.

Margarita Varla

Co-founder & Creative Director

Transition to Helio

Phase 1

Supplementary Capacity

Helio was first introduced to offload excess projects, immediately freeing up internal machines and relieving bottlenecks.

Phase 2

Full Cloud Transition

With Pulze Scene Manager integration, the team fully transitioned to Helio, making rendering a seamless and automated process.

"With Helios Scene Manager integration, it feels like we're rendering locallywithout the stress of managing hardware.

Margarita Varla

Co-founder & Creative Director

Results

Before vs. After Helio

Gains

Before Helio

With Helio

Performance

  • 2–3 days per render- Limited to available PCs- Frequent deadline rushes

  • Up to 10x faster- Unlimited jobs in parallel- 100% deadlines met

    180 high-res finals and previews per month at a 97% success rate

Team Productivity

  • Blocked workstations- Manual overnight monitoring- Poor support from past providers

  • 30–50% more productive hours- Fully automated, no late-night oversight

    Fast, responsive support with regular updates

    Better creative iteration – Junior and mid-level artists can now work in higher quality earlier

Cost-Efficiency

  • Frequent, urgent hardware upgrades- High maintenance and infrastructure cost

  • Reduced upgrade urgency- Lower annual expenses

Before Helio

Performance

  • 2–3 days per render- Limited to available PCs- Frequent deadline rushes

Team Productivity

  • Blocked workstations- Manual overnight monitoring- Poor support from past providers

Cost-Efficiency

  • Frequent, urgent hardware upgrades- High maintenance and infrastructure cost

With Helio

Performance

  • Up to 10x faster- Unlimited jobs in parallel- 100% deadlines met

  • 180 high-res finals and previews per month at a 97% success rate

Team Productivity

  • 30–50% more productive hours- Fully automated, no late-night oversight

  • Fast, responsive support with regular updates

  • Better creative iteration – Junior and mid-level artists can now work in higher quality earlier

Cost-Efficiency

  • Reduced upgrade urgency- Lower annual expenses

Helio gives us peace of mind. We can focus on pushing creative boundaries without worrying about render failures.

Sandra Ferminnan

Co-founder & Creative Director

Conclusion & Future Outlook

By integrating Helio’s cloud rendering, ERGØN & WØLF transformed their workflow—eliminating hardware limitations, reducing rendering times by 10x, and ensuring every deadline was met without last-minute stress. Their team can now focus on creativity rather than technical constraints, making projects more efficient, predictable, and scalable.

Moving forward, ERGØN & WØLF plans to continue leveraging Helio to handle increasing workloads, explore real-time rendering solutions, and further refine their creative pipeline.

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