Asteroom vs iGUIDE

Asteroom creates smartphone-based 3D virtual tours for real estate agents and photographers, using an app, hardware and an online photo editor. Users can capture panoramas in the app or upload an album to generate a tour. Tours pair a 3D dollhouse with 360-degree navigation and a bird’s-eye view, and interactive 2D floor plans show room dimensions. Asteroom names Ricoh Theta S, SC, V and Z1 and Insta360 ONE X as integrated cameras; other 360-degree photos can be imported if they have a 2:1 aspect ratio. Tours can sync with realtor.com and Zillow, and the workflow includes MLS and Realtor.com integration. Android, iOS and web access are listed. The free Basic Plan requires an Asteroom Pano Kit or 360 camera. Professional costs $39.90 a month, while the Imaging Package costs $59 and includes up to 30 panoramas and 180 days of hosting. When a subscription expires, tours are archived and no longer public until renewal.

iGUIDE combines 3D virtual tours, floor plans, measurements, and property data derived from a property capture. It serves residential real estate, insurance and restoration, architecture and remodeling, design and construction, forensic investigation, and facility management. The maker says its PLANIX R1 camera system can capture a 2,500-square-foot space in under 15 minutes. Typical floor-plan distance measurement uncertainty is 0.5% or better, with corresponding square-footage uncertainty of 1% or better. Deliverables include SVG, PDF, DWG, RVT, and ESX exports; FML is marked as coming soon. Named connections include Flexmls, ITSO, Zillow, realtor.com, Aryeo, Floorplanner, and Verisk Xactimate. Completed uploads are processed within 24 hours, subject to daily volume and exceptions for larger or complex properties. Processing fees include cloud hosting, and no hosting fee is currently charged after the first year. Processed projects can be downloaded for offline viewing or self-hosting. iGUIDE is listed for Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Listed options include C$6.99 for iGUIDE RADIX, which has no floor plan, and packages with higher stated prices.