Agisoft Metashape vs Postshot

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.

Postshot is a Windows application from Jawset for reconstructing photorealistic 3D scenes and objects from photos or video with radiance field technology. Its workflow covers tracking, training, editing, and rendering, with image masking, region-of-interest training, scene merging, and model sequence rendering. Inputs include JPG, PNG, TIF, EXR, DNG, and RAW images plus MOV, MP4, and MKV video. Exports are PLY, SPZ, and HTML, and integrations include Unreal Engine and After Effects. Free supports COLMAP and RealityScan camera and point imports. The Free plan allows unlimited image count, video length, and model size, with output up to 4K SDR (8-bit) for non-commercial use. Indie adds watermark-free renders, commercial use, floating licensing, and PLY/SPZ export. Studio adds further formats, above-4K and HDR output, command-line use, and AprilTag alignment. Free costs nothing; Indie and Studio are also listed at free.