Polycam

What is Polycam?

Polycam is an AI reality capture platform for professionals that documents spaces and objects as 3D models. It runs on iOS, Android and the web and turns photos, LiDAR scans and drone footage into models, floor plans and Gaussian splats.

Key capabilities of Polycam

• Spatial capture: 3D models of rooms and interiors.
• Object capture: Shareable 3D models of single items.
• Floor plans: 2D plans with measurements.
• Drone and aerial: Turn drone footage into 3D models.
• Free web tools: AI 3D model generator, texture generator, photogrammetry and Gaussian splatting.
• Exports: AutoCAD, Maya, FBX, GLTF, Unity, Blender, Unreal Engine and Xactimate.

How Polycam works

You capture a space or object with a phone using photogrammetry or LiDAR, or upload photos and drone footage, and Polycam processes it into a 3D model, floor plan or Gaussian splat. Results can be measured, shared, turned into virtual walkthroughs or exported to design and game software.

Who uses Polycam?

Professionals in architecture, engineering and construction, real estate, healthcare, retail, forensics, product design, oil and gas, and solar and renewable energy.

Polycam pricing

There is a Basic free tier, a Business plan with a free 7-day trial, and custom Enterprise pricing. Third-party listings cite Business at $400 per user per year, about $33 per month.

Polycam alternatives

Related tools in the vision and capture space include Voxel51, Twelve Labs, Everseen, Standard AI and Sighthound, which focus on video and retail analytics rather than 3D capture.