Agisoft Metashape vs Krynth

Agisoft Metashape processes digital images into 3D spatial data for GIS, cultural heritage documentation, visual effects, and indirect measurement. It works with aerial, close-range, and satellite imagery, including automatic camera calibration and multi-camera projects. Professional Edition can create and edit terrain and surface models, georeferenced orthomosaics, and EPSG-based outputs. Its surveying functions include aerial LiDAR point attributes, laser scan registration, ground control points, targets, and scale bars. It also handles RGB, NIR, thermal, multispectral, and satellite imagery, and can calculate user-defined indices such as NDVI. Professional Edition adds Python scripting, Java bindings, distributed calculations on a local network, and a cloud processing interface. Standard and Professional installers are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. A 30-day full-function trial is available; demo mode blocks saving and exporting. Standard Edition costs $179, paid once, and Professional Edition costs $3,499, paid once. Regular licenses are not time-limited and include 12 months of email technical support and free updates through version 2.x.x.

Krynth is a web application that turns photos or video into cloud-rendered 3D scenes and textured meshes, while also processing existing Gaussian splat scans. Its browser viewer opens splat files and creates shareable viewer links. Accepted inputs include.ply,.splat,.spz, and.ksplat files from PostShot, Polycam, Luma, or another pipeline. Listed exports are.ply,.glb, and.obj; FBX is marked as coming soon. Krynth can produce textured mesh output for Unity, Unreal, or Three.js without a local GPU. Users can define camera paths and export MP4 cinematic videos in 4K and ProRes at 30 or 60 fps. Named destinations include Unity, Unreal Engine, Roblox, Blender, Three.js, Apple AR Quick Look, and WebXR. Plans include a free tier, monthly subscriptions, and one-time scans. Paid subscriptions start at $24.00 per month. Scans are private by default and original.ply files can be downloaded for self-hosting.