Polycam vs Polyga PointKit

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.

Polyga PointKit is a toolset for processing, scanning, analyzing, and sharing 3D point-cloud and mesh data. PointKit Scan runs on Windows and prepares scan data by importing, aligning, cleaning, decimating, remeshing, inspecting, and exporting it. Alignment works on two or more selected meshes when their captured areas overlap sufficiently. After alignment, a finalization tool can combine scans into one mesh and apply additional processing. A lasso tool selects and deletes mesh sections. Supported capture sources include desktop and laser scanners, 3D cameras, photogrammetry, LiDAR, and other 3D devices. Exports include PLY, STL, OBJ, PBN, ASC, E57, LAS, and LAZ. PointKit Scan includes controls for connecting scanners and sharing data with PointKit View. The offering also lists a cross-platform web viewer, SDK, API access, mesh reconstruction, point-cloud tools, and real-time capture. PointKit is freemium, with a free plan and trial. Premium costs $99 a month for one active license and includes XTract3D 2 and PointKit.