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PolycamCOLMAP

Best for: Professionals who need quick 3D scans, measurements and floor plans from a phone

Best for: Photogrammetry pipeline that turns a set of photographs into camera poses and a dense 3D model

Free + paid options

Paid plans for teams, with a free 7-day trial of the Business plan.

 Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.

Android, iOS, Web Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Captures objects, interiors and sites using only a phone
  • Generates 2D floor plans and measurements on site
All 4 strengths
  • Captures objects, interiors and sites using only a phone
  • Generates 2D floor plans and measurements on site
  • Processes drone footage into 3D models
  • CAD and BIM export for design work
  • It covers the whole structure-from-motion and multi-view stereo path in one program, with both a graphical interface…
Full strengths
  • 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.
  • Marketing and features are geared toward business teams
  • Proprietary service with paid plans
  • Reconstruction is slow and wants a capable GPU, and the quality of the result depends heavily on how…
Full limitations
  • Reconstruction is slow and wants a capable GPU, and the quality of the result depends heavily on how carefully the source photographs were shot.
Downloadable app, Web application Downloadable app
Not open source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline
Sources

Catalog checked September 23, 2026
Sources

Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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