This has been going on for a while now but I just want to fix this.
I have a nice bright scene in the viewport, but then when I render it, it looks way too dark.
Here is the .blend https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a7bX40YrLo2u1lplQ9KYhogwmmlm3XqG
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Sign up to join this communityThis has been going on for a while now but I just want to fix this.
I have a nice bright scene in the viewport, but then when I render it, it looks way too dark.
Here is the .blend https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a7bX40YrLo2u1lplQ9KYhogwmmlm3XqG
I downloaded i tried your mesh. Number 1, if possible use a surface below the object. That way a lot more light bounces and illuminates it. Number 2, you might want to switch your "Color Mangement - View transform - to Filmic (instead of film". Its giving nice results over hear.
Are you using the 2.8 beta? I had the same issue. I updated Blender and the issue resolved.
Maybe, a simple way is to use a brighter Background Color? With brighter BG Colors the whole scene gets more background light.
If you don't want the bright background, you can switch to transparent background to compose another background in it.