Best for: Capturing real objects as 3D models with a phone
Best for: Photogrammetry pipeline that turns a set of photographs into camera poses and a dense 3D model
Free + paid options
Free to download; some features require a paid plan.
Free
The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.
Android, iOS, Web
Windows, macOS, Linux
Several capture methods including photogrammetry, LiDAR and Gaussian splatting
Can scan shiny and transparent objects
All 4 strengths for KIRI Engine
Several capture methods including photogrammetry, LiDAR and Gaussian splatting
Can scan shiny and transparent objects
Converts Gaussian splats to meshes
Works on any smartphone and in the browser
It covers the whole structure-from-motion and multi-view stereo path in one program, with both a graphical interface…
Full strengths for COLMAP
It covers the whole structure-from-motion and multi-view stereo path in one program, with both a graphical interface and command-line tools, and it works on ordered and unordered image collections.
LiDAR features need a LiDAR-equipped iOS device
Processing relies on the service rather than your own machine
Reconstruction is slow and wants a capable GPU, and the quality of the result depends heavily on how…
Full limitations for COLMAP
Reconstruction is slow and wants a capable GPU, and the quality of the result depends heavily on how carefully the source photographs were shot.
KIRI Engine
COLMAP