Augment vs Kivicube

Augment creates real-time 3D product views at real-world scale for e-commerce and in-person selling. Its AR Viewer supports ARKit and ARCore, works as a standalone app or inside a customer app, and synchronizes offline for use without connectivity. The web 3D Viewer embeds in webpages, supports modern browsers, and also works in mobile apps. A JavaScript Web SDK adds web-based 3D and AR visualization while checking integration keys against authorized domains. The 3D Vault organizes uploaded models with private or public settings; stored models cannot be downloaded. Supported files include OBJ, Collada, KML, 3ds, PLY, and STL, with uploads up to one million polygons and textures of any size. Teams manages users, teams, model and place access, and usage analytics. Small Business costs $42 a month, billed PUPM, with a four-user minimum; a 14-day trial is available.

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.