Doesn't say anything about render nodes. I wonder if you can use it with Team Render. This new pricing is also probably available for Maya and Softimage since the plugins are free and you buy the render.Arnold Floating
A permanent Arnold license key which must be hosted using an RLM license server and can be distributed to multiple clients.
€1095
Arnold Node-locked
A permanent Arnold license key which will work on one machine. Limited to 2 licenses per company/freelancer.
€730
12 months maintenance & support fee included
Our ex-XSI Stephen Blair answered my question:C4DtoA is the only render plug-in that supports both animation and single-frame distributed rendering in Team Render, allowing the use of all computers in a local network to speed-up Arnold rendering.
Now ... just as comparison. On V-Ray for C4D you get free render nodes. On V-Ray for 3ds Max you get 1 workstation and 5 render nodes for 1500 Euro. With Arnold, you would spend 4500 Euro. I think Renderman (once it comes out for C4D later this year) will be cheaper as well.You need an Arnold license for each machine that renders.
Intro/Overview from Pingo about Arnold.