Polyga PointKit vs ReconstructMe

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.

ReconstructMe is Windows software for real-time 3D scanning and reconstruction. Move a supported sensor around an object to digitize it, from a human face to an entire room. Scans use metric units and export to STL, OBJ, 3DS, or PLY. Color from the scanned object can be captured when the sensor supplies a color stream. Listed sensor families include ASUS Xtion, PrimeSense Carmine, and Microsoft Kinect, with Intel RealSense R200 and F200, Orbbec Astra and Astra L, and ASUS Xtion Pro and Xtio also supported. Its C-style SDK supports real-time and multi-sensor applications, OpenCL GPU scanning, mesh noise removal, hole closing, triangle reduction, and CSG operations. Marker detection and tracking can identify real-world positions or place a scan volume relative to a room marker. Unlicensed SDK output carries watermarks and mesh generation is delayed. A recent graphics card and driver are required for hardware-accelerated real-time computing. The non-commercial scanning application costs nothing.