Software Alternatives & Reviews

COLMAP VS OpenSfM

Compare COLMAP VS OpenSfM and see what are their differences

COLMAP

Image-based 3D reconstruction pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface

OpenSfM

Open source Structure from Motion pipeline
  • COLMAP Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-17
  • OpenSfM Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-29

COLMAP

Categories
  • 3D
  • Architecture
  • Freelance
  • 3D Modeling
Website demuc.de  

OpenSfM

Categories
  • 3D
  • Architecture
  • Freelance
  • 3D Modeling
Website github.com  

COLMAP videos

Free Photogrammetry: Photos to model in 6 minutes with COLMAP

OpenSfM videos

OpenSFM 3D model - superman VS doomsday

More videos:

  • Review - Photogrammetry test - opensfm & openmvs

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to COLMAP and OpenSfM)
3D
65 65%
35% 35
Architecture
74 74%
26% 26
Freelance
74 74%
26% 26
Photos & Graphics
45 45%
55% 55

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, COLMAP seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

COLMAP mentions (1)

  • How to do Structure from motion (SfM) from a video in Blender?
    First there's COLMAP that seems to be able to work with SfM data. And then there's Blender-Addon-Photgrammetry-Importer which can take the output of COLMAP and import that into blender. Source: over 1 year ago

OpenSfM mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of OpenSfM yet. Tracking of OpenSfM recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing COLMAP and OpenSfM, you can also consider the following products

Regard3D - Regard3D is a free, multiplatform, open-source structure-from-motion application.

Skycatch - Commercial drone data solutions for modern businesses.

ContextCapture - Acute3D develops breakthrough photogrammetry software solutions to automatically turn photos into photorealistic high resolution 3D models

3DF Zephyr - Next up in my series of Photogrammetry Software Reviews — after ReMake, PhotoScan & RealityCapture — is 3DF Zephyr (including the Free version).

Botlink - Botlink enables users to fly drones, create aerial maps, and automatically sync those maps with...

Pix4Dmapper - Photogrammetry software for professional drone-based mapping, purely from images.