Best for
Best for game studios that need reliable, production-ready 3D from concept art.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI 3D Modeling Comparison
Kaedim vs. Polycam
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for teams that need real objects, sites and interiors captured as measurable 3D models rather than generated from a prompt.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Kaedim | Polycam |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $400 / month Indie includes 20 credits a month, Pro is $1,200 for 60 credits, and larger volumes are quoted. A paid 7-day trial costs $50, listed as half of $100, includes 5 credits and renews into Indie automatically. | lower value Free tier; Basic from $12.50 / user / month Basic is $150 per year or $30 billed monthly. Business is $400 per user and year, $33 per user and month billed annually. Enterprise is $1,200 per seat and year with a minimum of three seats. |
| Free trial | No free tier and no free credits; the 7-day trial is paid | Free tier |
| Output | Production-ready 3D assets from concept art | 3D models, Gaussian splats and 2D and 3D floor plans from LiDAR, photos, drone footage or a single image |
| API | Yes | Yes, a content management API on the Enterprise plan |
| What it makes | Production-ready 3D assets from concept art | 3D models of objects and spaces from LiDAR, photos, drone footage or a single 2D image, plus Gaussian splats and 2D and 3D floor plans |
| Detail and topology | Optimized geometry down to a triangle count you set, plus up to three further levels of detail | Four photogrammetry processing levels, Fast (Optimized), Medium, Full and Raw; Raw keeps the highest detail with multiple 8K textures, while Optimized and Medium trade some resolution for real-time and mobile use and add ambient occlusion and normal maps. A Remesh tool and a simplification percentage set the polygon count and texture maps before export |
| Rigging and textures | Texturing in PBR, hand-painted, vertex-colouring or photorealistic style with UV unwrapping and UDIM support; rigging comes with the Game-ready with Rig asset type, including an optional facial rig | AI Texture Generator for custom surfaces |
| Speed | A human reviews each asset, so turnaround is slower | Set by the processing level chosen: polygon count and texture resolution drive processing time, and Polycam advises dropping from Raw to Full when a large scan processes too slowly |
| Export and pipeline fit | Exports OBJ, FBX, GLB, glTF and USD, with textures either baked onto the asset or delivered separately, plus engine plugins and webhook-based custom integrations | More than a dozen export formats for Blender, SketchUp, Unity and Unreal; the free plan exports GLTF only, and mesh and point cloud formats need a paid plan |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes. The terms of service state that Polycam claims no ownership of the models a user creates, and that models generated with the service may be copied, modified, published, distributed, sublicensed or commercialised as long as Polycam is credited. No distinction is drawn there between free and paid accounts |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Community forum | Not stated |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, NVIDIA Omniverse | more entries Blender, SketchUp, Unity, Unreal Engine, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Maya |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Kaedim From $400 / month Polycam Free tier; Basic from $12.50 / user / month
- Free trial Kaedim No free tier and no free credits; the 7-day trial is paid Polycam Free tier
- Company size Kaedim Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Polycam Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Output Kaedim Production-ready 3D assets from concept art Polycam 3D models, Gaussian splats and 2D and 3D floor plans from LiDAR, photos, drone footage or a single image
- API Kaedim Yes Polycam Yes, a content management API on the Enterprise plan
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Kaedim
Strengths
- Production-grade output with human QA
- A human reviews every asset before delivery
- Good concept-art-to-3D
Limitations
- No free tier and no free credits; even the seven-day trial is paid and renews into a monthly plan
- Plans are metered in credits, so a heavier month means a larger plan or a quote
- Slower due to the human review step
Polycam
Strengths
- Covers LiDAR, photo, drone and 360 capture alongside AI image-to-3D in one product
- Free plan with GLTF export and public link sharing
- Floor plans, advanced measurement and virtual walkthroughs from the Business plan
Limitations
- The free plan limits captures and exports GLTF only
- Point cloud export, floor plans and the API sit on the higher plans
- Enterprise requires a minimum of three seats
Plans
Pricing
Kaedim
- Trial $50 Listed as half of $100. Runs 7 days, includes 5 credits for up to 5 geometries and renews into Indie automatically.
- Indie $400 Per month. 20 credits, covering up to 20 geometries or one complete asset with high-quality retopology, UVs and textures, plus dedicated support on Discord.
- Pro $1,200 Per month. 60 credits, covering up to 60 geometries or three complete assets with high-quality retopology, UVs and textures, plus priority processing and dedicated support on Discord.
- Custom Not stated For teams that need more than the listed plans: the vendor asks for a brief, a reference pack or an asset list and quotes against it.
Polycam
- Free $0 Limited space, object and AI captures. GLTF export and public link sharing.
- Basic $12.50 Per month billed annually at $150, or $30 billed monthly. Unlimited object, space and AI captures, Gaussian splats, six mesh export formats and private sharing.
- Business $33 Per user and month, billed annually at $400 per user and year. Adds 2D and 3D floor plans, advanced measurement, point cloud export, a shared team library and virtual walkthroughs.
- Enterprise $1,200 Per seat and year, minimum three seats. Adds the content management API, SSO, regional cloud storage, custom branding and dedicated support.
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Kaedim https://www.kaedim3d.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21
Polycam https://poly.cam · checked against the official source on 2026-09-05
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