AR.js Studio vs Kivicube

AR.js Studio is a free, open-source web authoring platform for building augmented reality experiences without coding. It supports location-based projects, which place AR content at GPS coordinates, and marker-based projects, which anchor content to a black-and-white visual marker. Location projects can use a dropped pin or entered coordinates for up to 10 locations. Marker projects can use a premade marker or an uploaded image; simple, high-contrast, rotationally asymmetric markers are recommended. Uploadable content includes GLTF, GLB, or ZIP 3D objects, JPG, PNG, or GIF images, and MP4 videos. Maximum upload sizes are 50 MB for 3D objects, 15 MB for images, and 25 MB for videos. Published experiences run on the web without requiring viewers to install another app. Publishing requires a GitHub login and depends on a privately hosted OAuth server that may become unavailable. The documented fallback is self-hosting a fork and Gatekeeper. The repository is MIT licensed.

Kivicube is a web-based platform for creating and sharing interactive WebXR scenes. Its visual editor offers drag-and-drop controls, templates, and asset uploads for making scenes without coding. Tracking options include image, world, body, face, landmark, 3D object, and rotation. Finished scenes can be shared by link or QR code and viewed in a phone browser without an app. They can also be embedded in Shopify or other product pages; developers can use a WebAR plugin, API, or iframe. A dashboard tracks page views and user views. Kivicube identifies retail, marketing, education, tourism, and art as use cases. Basic is free and allows two scenes and 500 scene experiences, with ads and non-commercial use only. Personal costs 79.90 CNY a year; Advanced costs 5,300 CNY a year and includes commercial rights. Enterprise costs 10,600 CNY a year and includes unlimited scenes. App plugin documentation lists WebAR SDK support for iOS 11+ and Android 7+, while its WebView requirements are iOS 14.3+ and Android 5.0+ with system WebView support. The service uses encryption for personal information storage and transmission.