Blender - Blender is the open source, cross platform suite of tools for 3D creation.
Cycles Renderer - Cycles is Blender’s ray-trace based production render engine and in development since 2011.
Autodesk 3DS Max - 3ds Max is software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visualization. Create stunning game enrivonments, design visualizations, and virtual reality experiences.
ZBrush - ZBrush is a digital sculpting and painting software solution.
POV-Ray - What was then called STAR-Light, and later renamed to PV-Ray and ultimately POV-Ray, has therefore been on this planet for a whopping 9, 190 (or 11, 000) revolutions by now (plus another guesstimated 150 above it).
Autodesk Maya - Maya is 3D computer animation software with powerful modeling, rendering, simulation, texturing, and animation tools for artists, modelers, and animators.