Gaea vs PFTrack
Gaea
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PFTrack
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| Figure | Gaea | PFTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 6 |
| Spec score · Visual Effects Software | 8.1 (#10) | 7.6 (#21) |
| Integrations | Gaea provides bridges for Unreal Engine and Houdini; the Gaea2Houdini plugin requires a Professional or Enterprise license. | The maker describes pipeline compatibility with Unreal Engine, Maya, Houdini, Nuke and other DCCs, and direct export to Postshot Gaussian splat training pipelines. |
| Purpose | Gaea is a terrain design platform for VFX, games, and virtual production. | PFTrack is a node-based spatial intelligence application combining camera tracking, photogrammetry, scene reconstruction and LiDAR integration. |
| Support | Support, maintenance, and minor updates are included at no additional cost, and the company says it does not offer a guaranteed support SLA. | Solo includes community forum and in-app AI assistant support, while Studio offers community support and optional ticketed support. |
Plans
Gaea
- Indie$99 a month
- Professional$199 a month
- Enterprise$299 a month
- Community EditionFree
- Indie$99, paid once
- Professional$199, paid once
- Enterprise$299, paid once
PFTrack
- PFTrack Solo week£35, paid once
- PFTrack Studio rent-to-buy£59, paid once
- PFTrack Solo month£165, paid once
- PFTrack Solo perpetual£899, paid once
- PFTrack Studio perpetual£1,699, paid once
- PFTrack EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Gaea
Gaea is a Windows terrain design application for VFX, games, and virtual production. It builds terrain from procedural forms, imported data, or hand-drawn elements, then applies simulations for erosion, debris, glaciers, rivers, snow, and vegetation. It can produce terrain-aware color, textures, masks, material zones, vegetation data, and flow maps. Exports include heightfields, meshes, point clouds, textures, masks, and other terrain data. Bridges connect Gaea with Unreal Engine and Houdini; the Gaea2Houdini plugin requires a Professional or Enterprise license. Gaea also offers node-based compositing and a hybrid render engine.
The Community Edition is free for non-commercial use. The listed perpetual-license prices are $99 a month for Indie, $199 a month for Professional, and $299 a month for Enterprise; each is described as a one-time price. Gaea requires Windows, an AVX2-capable CPU, and at least 16 GB of RAM. CPU-only operation is supported; GPU compute needs CUDA 12.5 or higher or HIP 6.0 or higher.