MagiScan vs Polycam

MagiScan is an AI-powered 3D scanning app and creation ecosystem for capturing real objects or generating models from text and photos. Its guide lists 360, Freeform, Hybrid, and Upload Photo capture modes. Models can be exported as OBJ, STL, FBX, PLY, USDZ, GLB, and GLTF. The maker lists workflows or integrations with Unity, Bambu Lab, Blender, Cura, PrusaSlicer, and OrcaSlicer. MagiScan Studio lets users browse scans on a computer and open models in supported 3D applications and slicers. A Unity plugin imports scans from a linked phone account into a project, and its panel loads the latest 500 scans. The app also includes an extension for sending scans to NVIDIA Omniverse and can turn scanned objects into Minecraft block structures; that feature is unofficial and not endorsed by Mojang AB. Getting started requires an iPhone or Android smartphone, and the maker says a smartphone camera is sufficient.

Polycam is AI reality capture software for professionals who document, measure and design. It uses AI-assisted photogrammetry and LiDAR to capture spaces, construction sites, facilities, products and materials in 3D, and it can create shareable 3D object models. Users can generate customizable 2D floor plans; paid plans also list instant 3D and editable 2D floor plans. Drone footage can be processed into expansive 3D models. Polycam is available on Android, iOS and web browsers, though Space Mode scanning is limited to compatible iOS devices. Listed exports include GLTF, OBJ, FBX, DAE, STL, USDZ, point cloud formats and DXF; named workflows include Blender, Unity, SketchUp and Xactimate. Free access has limited space, object and AI captures, with GLTF exports and public link sharing. Basic costs $150 a year, equivalent to $12.50 per month when billed yearly. Seven-day trials are offered with annual Basic and Business plans, but not monthly plans or Enterprise. Business is listed at $400 a year and Enterprise at $1,200 a year.