MagiScan vs Postshot

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.

Postshot is a Windows application from Jawset for reconstructing photorealistic 3D scenes and objects from photos or video with radiance field technology. Its workflow covers tracking, training, editing, and rendering, with image masking, region-of-interest training, scene merging, and model sequence rendering. Inputs include JPG, PNG, TIF, EXR, DNG, and RAW images plus MOV, MP4, and MKV video. Exports are PLY, SPZ, and HTML, and integrations include Unreal Engine and After Effects. Free supports COLMAP and RealityScan camera and point imports. The Free plan allows unlimited image count, video length, and model size, with output up to 4K SDR (8-bit) for non-commercial use. Indie adds watermark-free renders, commercial use, floating licensing, and PLY/SPZ export. Studio adds further formats, above-4K and HDR output, command-line use, and AprilTag alignment. Free costs nothing; Indie and Studio are also listed at free.