Hi All,
If you are thinking about buying a Matterport Camera, you are likely researching other 3D Tour platforms before pulling the trigger on a $10,000+ investment in the Matterport Camera and related gear, accessories and hosting plan.
One 3D Tour platform to compare to Matterport is CUPIX.
How does the CUPIX 3D Tour platform (website) compare to Matterport (website)?
So far, I am up to 30+ reasons why CUPIX may be a better choice for:
1. someone just starting out
2. Construction projects (progress reports, compare to BIM)
3. Super-large spaces (outdoors, indoors, construction)
4. Outdoor spaces
5. Architects and Engineers
6. Pro Photographers (where white-label and control of content matters, plus easy color correction, branding)
7. Prolific publishing to Google Street View
8. Cost sensitive (e.g. BLK360 versus a 360º 1-click camera for outdoors)
9. Ownership and control of data (privacy)
10. Off-line hosting
While Matterport has been busy expanding around the globe, in many verticals, lots of languages and 3rd party integration, this has likely slowed up innovation for Matterport Service Providers in the residential real estate space (and even in the AEC space).
Here's my list (so far):
1. data ownership - while Matterport will tell you that you own the copyright, ask them if they reserve the right to create derivative works (such as floor plans to license to a 3rd party). CUPIX does not do this.
2. data control - a "must reads" on this topic are the discussions on the "Matterport Ecosystem"
3. Copyright (that means something: no derivative works by CUPIX)
privacy (so that models can be shared without being public: Matterport is kludgy)
4. security (to protect viewing)
5. offline hosting - something the WGAN Forum Community has been asking for ... for four years
6. Adjust color (Matterport does not allow)
7. content editing
8. branding (white label)
9. annotation (better with CUPIX than Matterport) pushpin/box/hotspot
10. use any 360º camera for capture
11. Take a 360º video (that you have control over)
12. scale of capture (100,000 SQ FT before lunch)
13. Control - CUPIX enables control over the creating, hosting, viewing and sharing
14. blur control (which, size of blur, non-destructive)
15. cover image (upload)
16. Camera animation
17. Combine 3D Tours
18. Show floor (professional floor plan uploaded and viewed)
19. Add Nadir logo patch
20. Enable measure by the viewer
21. interactive floor plan
22. download of obj is a standard feature
23. presented by client logo (Matterport does not allow logo)
24. CUPIX gives Client more control over "walking" when published to GSV
25. CUPIX has a flat monthly fee for publishing to GSV (not per GSV tour)
26. adding 3D text and photo frame
27. compare BIM feature (compare 3D Tour to the BIM model)
28. compare progress (week 1, week 2, week 3, etc.)
29. better, easier measurement
30. BIM support
31. Team support (read-write or review, permissions and control access)
I could imagine that the Matterport product development team has all these items on their technology roadmap, but with so many initiatives in so many directions and with a finite amount of technology development bandwidth, development at Matterport seems to moves at a glacial paces. (Matterport, may we please have Cloud Backup and Restore? Something that the WGAN Forum Community has been asking for ... for four years.)
Plus, I could imagine the various teams are fighting over which priorities get implemented first. Unfortunately, that conversation is likely to be driven by which features will help Matterport sell more cameras rather than which features will make our existing customers raving fans.
In the mean time, a much smaller company, CUPIX, is innovating at a much, much faster pace. Google Street View integration, for example, was done in about a month versus Matterport that was more than a year before commercially available (and then did not have the right pricing for power users). Why would you want your best customers to look elsewhere for an affordable solution?
Buying Matterport is likely a safe decision. That said, CUPIX and other 3D Tour platforms may be better choices for you depending on what's important to you: particularly if you are a professional photographer or work in the AEC space.
Here are all WGAN Forum discussions tagged: CUPIX
When you look at this list (above), what are your thoughts or questions?
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Best,
Dan
P.S. If you would like a deep dive in CUPIX, what these three WGAN-TV Live at 5 shows ...
WGAN-TV CUPIX Split Screen - Compare 3D Tour to BIM Model to Time Frames with Scott Anderson and Paul Collart from CUPIX
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WGAN-TV CUPIX Update-Videogrammetry, Animation, and Much More
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WGAN-TV - CUPIX for Newbies AND CUPIX Versus Matterport with CUPIX Director of Sales Scott Anderson
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