Scanaria vs Prevu3D (RealityPlatform)
Industrial and manufacturing facilities planning layouts from scan data
What you gain
Four things a scanner owner gets from Scanaria that Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) does not offer in the same way.
- 01
The same E57 you would send to Prevu3D (RealityPlatform), with no camera to buy on either side.
- 02
Keep the finished tour as a folder that opens from index.html on any desktop, with no server and nothing calling home. Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) keeps the tour inside its platform.
- 03
One flat $60 a month for unlimited processing, and hosting only if you want it, in the two larger plans. Prevu3D (RealityPlatform): annual, from $5,000.
- 04
A phone-first viewer: the whole building under 15 MB, first view in seconds on 4G, Save for offline.
Where Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) is stronger
- Industrial layout planning with CAD imports (JT, RVT, NWD, IFC, STEP) placed inside the scan
- Gaussian splat and drone data in the same platform
Prevu3D converts E57 from any scanner into a mesh digital twin with measurement and annotation in the browser. It is priced as an annual platform starting at $5,000 per year and processing is done in a desktop app before upload. There is no documented self-hosted walkthrough. An upload-and-own service differs by a published monthly fee at a fraction of that, and by the portable deliverable.
Facts checked on 2026-10-29 at prevu3d.com. If something has changed, write to us and we will correct it.
| Scanaria | Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware required | None to buy. Any scanner that writes an E57: Leica, Trimble, Faro, NavVis, Z+F, Topcon, XGRIDS Lixel. Matterport exports accepted. | Any terrestrial, mobile or drone LiDAR; recommends Leica RTC360 and FARO S Series [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Accepts your own E57 | Yes. E57 with its panoramas (Cyclone spherical or Matterport cube faces), plus an optional PDF plan. | Yes. .e57, .las, .ply; structured tripod scans provide 360 photospheres, unstructured SLAM data needs extra pose data [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Pricing shape | First project free. Then a flat $60 a month for unlimited processing, downloads included. With hosting: Gold at $140 a month with 15 GB, or Platinum at $2,500 a month with up to 500 GB. | Annual subscription. Base $5,000/year (10 sites, 25 users, 20k tokens), Team $20,000/year, Program $100,000/year, Enterprise custom; unused tokens expire yearly [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Ownership and offline download | Yes. Download the whole tour as a folder with index.html on top; opens on a desktop with no server. Nothing calls home. | Processing in a desktop application, then upload to cloud for browser review; models export as .obj, .fbx, .glb. Offline tour viewing not stated [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Dollhouse view | Yes. Point cloud dollhouse with roof-off view and full-cloud toggle; true color and intensity modes. | Yes, mesh digital twin [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Section box | Yes. Six-sided section box with snapping and presets, identical in every view. | Not published [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Measurement | Yes. In the panorama, the dollhouse and the top-down view. | Yes, measuring and annotating in the browser [source: prevu3d.com] |
| Phone performance | Phone-first hosted viewer: coarse whole-building cloud under 15 MB, first view under 5 s on 4G, Save for offline. | Not published [source: prevu3d.com] |
| If you stop paying | The hosted link stops; the downloaded folder keeps working forever. You can download at any time while hosted. | Not published [source: prevu3d.com] |
Common questions
Does Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) accept E57 files from my own scanner?
Yes. .e57, .las, .ply; structured tripod scans provide 360 photospheres, unstructured SLAM data needs extra pose data. Source: prevu3d.com. Scanaria accepts E57 with panoramas from any terrestrial scanner.
Can I download a Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) tour and open it offline?
Processing in a desktop application, then upload to cloud for browser review; models export as .obj, .fbx, .glb. Offline tour viewing not stated. Scanaria tours download as a folder that opens from index.html with no server.
How does Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) charge?
Annual subscription. Base $5,000/year (10 sites, 25 users, 20k tokens), Team $20,000/year, Program $100,000/year, Enterprise custom; unused tokens expire yearly. Scanaria: first project free, then a flat $60 a month for unlimited processing, with hosting optional in the two larger plans.
What happens to Prevu3D (RealityPlatform) tours if I stop paying?
Not published. With Scanaria, the hosted link stops but the folder you downloaded keeps working.