Auth3D

Auth3D is a persistent product-identity registry for physical goods, combining item-level identifiers with records that buyers and service teams can verify in a browser. It suits makers and manufacturers that need durable provenance and flexible lookup without forcing customers to install an app. The main trade-off is scope: it records and verifies product information, but it does not replace regulatory or safety authorities.

Overview

Auth3D links an object to a lasting digital record containing product identity, maker and design attribution, production information, and supporting evidence. A reference image, production notes, and owner-facing support context can travel with the record, giving distributors, collectors, service staff, and buyers a common point of reference.

Lookup is deliberately broad. A record can be reached through a QR code, NFC tag, RFID workflow, serial number, direct URL, or a typed Unique Part Identifier (UPI). That makes Auth3D a practical fit for mixed labeling operations rather than a system tied to one scanning technology. The public verification page works in a standard phone browser, so the person checking an item needs no dedicated application.

Published records are designed to continue resolving at the same URL after account activity stops. Visibility can be public, hidden behind a direct link, private, or password-protected, allowing an owner to balance open authentication with controlled access.

Key features

Item identity and evidence

The registry's strength is the connection between a physical item and a coherent digital history. Design and manufacturer attribution, production notes, image evidence, and support information can sit behind one identifier. Item-level serialization and serial verification make it suitable for individual parts, replacement components, limited editions, and serviceable equipment where a product-level page is not precise enough.

API and production workflows

API v1 can generate or reserve identifiers, create records with image evidence, update production fields, and read records back. It can sit alongside an ERP, MES, QMS, label service, or custom production application, so recurring manufacturing workflows do not have to be rebuilt around the registry. Connections to other platforms still require their own permissions and credentials. Owner-scoped, revocable access and private bearer-token credentials provide a practical control for integrations, with connections revocable when access should end.

What it does not certify

Auth3D is a record and verification registry, not a regulator, test laboratory, or independent certification authority. It does not independently certify safety claims or regulatory compliance. For digital-product-passport projects it supplies identity and lookup infrastructure; responsible businesses and authorities still handle declarations, test reports, risk files, and formal conformity decisions.

Pricing

PlanPrice and allowanceBest fitFree Registryfree; 10 permanent part recordsMakers, designers, and small manufacturers starting a registryProduction$12.50 a month, billed $125 paid annually; 50 permanent records per month, unused records carry overRecurring runs, replacement parts, limited editions, and serviceable equipmentEnterprise$29.50 a month, billed $295 paid annually; unlimited permanent recordsOrganizations needing migration, privacy controls, and governance supportFree Registry covers public authentication pages, QR, NFC, RFID, and serial-friendly URLs, plus attribution, an image of record, and production notes. Its ten-record ceiling makes it a useful pilot or a small catalog, not a high-volume production ledger.

Production adds batch UPI reservation, a UPI reservation workflow, and CSV migration planning. The monthly quota is 50 permanent records, with unused records carrying over, while annual billing reduces the effective monthly rate from the stated $12.50. Enterprise removes the permanent-record ceiling and adds bulk migration, private or staged registry planning, identifier-strategy and implementation support, and long-term governance. Its higher tier is justified when privacy, migration, and ongoing control matter more than a small catalog.

Platforms

Auth3D runs through its web interface and API. The browser-based verification page also lets end users check records without installing an app. API access supports item-level serialization and serial verification; connected business systems need separately managed permissions and credentials.

Who it's for

Choose Auth3D if you are a maker, designer, or small manufacturer that wants permanent item records, or a production operation managing recurring runs, replacement parts, limited editions, or equipment that needs service context. It is also a sensible identity layer for teams planning product passports and already operating ERP, MES, QMS, labeling, or custom production software.

Look elsewhere if your requirement is independent compliance certification, laboratory testing, or a regulator's conformity decision. Auth3D can hold the associated evidence and provide lookup, but the business and relevant authorities remain responsible for those decisions.

Pros and cons

Pros

Many lookup routes: QR, NFC, RFID, serial numbers, URLs, and typed UPIs accommodate varied labeling and service processes.

Durable records: Published URLs are designed to keep resolving after account activity stops.

Useful access controls: Public, direct-link, private, and password-protected visibility supports different audiences.

Production-ready API: Identifier reservation, record creation, updates, and read-back can connect to manufacturing systems.

Low-cost entry: Ten permanent records are free, with paid plans starting at $12.50 a month.

Cons

Small free allowance: Free Registry tops out at ten permanent part records.

Annual paid billing: Production and Enterprise show monthly-equivalent prices but bill $125 and $295 annually.

Not a certifier: Compliance declarations, tests, risk files, and official conformity decisions remain outside Auth3D.

Integration responsibility: Connected platforms need their own permissions and credentials, adding implementation work.

Alternatives

Pick Cerfinity instead when a qualifying brand wants a 30-day pilot with 500 certificates, full platform access, and white-glove onboarding across mobile, web, and API channels.

Scantrust is the better fit for a paid service with a 90-day trial, broad desktop and mobile platform coverage, and annual e-label plans.

Choose Selinko Protect&Engage for a customised hardware-and-software engagement with onboarding and industrial integration services.

SEA Vision Track & Trace suits operations seeking self-hosted or Windows deployment and level 0–4 serialization and aggregation with level 5 regulatory notifications.

Amazon Transparency is an alternative for code-based programs priced per generated code, including a free plan.

Authentific is an enterprise deployment whose scope is shaped by issuance volume, production footprint, geography, and modules.

Origify is an alternative for teams wanting Android and iOS authentication plans priced by monthly authentications.

advanco ARC Platform is another paid option with self-hosted and web platforms.

For a broader comparison, see Product Serialization Software.

Verdict

Auth3D is a strong choice for makers and production teams that need permanent, item-level identity records with multiple scan and lookup methods, controllable visibility, and an API that can join existing factory systems. Choose it for durable provenance and verification at a modest entry price; look elsewhere when you need independent certification, formal regulatory decisions, or a more comprehensive industrial track-and-trace deployment.