DAZ|Studio supports raytracing, which allows creation of reflective surfaces. Faster renders may be achieved through OpenGL support and non-raytraced images.

DAZ|Studio also has an intuitive user interface, but does not yet support inverse kinematics (see below), dynamic hair or clothing, tapering of body parts, or (in the Mac OS X version) texture maps in the PICT format. Several plugin files have been created for DAZ|Studio, including Align Ace, D-Form, Hand Grip, Morph Loader, Power Pose and Primitives Plus.

An interesting fact is that DAZ is bundled with a hard-linked version (not standalone) of the 3Delight renderer. This is a RenderMan-compliant high-end renderer, commonly used in production of blockbuster visual effects. The renderer is perfectly capable of rendering higher order surfaces like true subdivision surfaces and supports true 3D motion blur and depth of field. Unfortunately DAZ|Studio currently exports most data as polygon meshes to 3Delight, thus not taking advantage of the superior silhouette and shading quality this renderer is able to deliver.

With the addition of a for-purchase plugin, DAZ Studio now supports Inverse Kinematics.