Software Alternatives & Reviews

OpenSfM VS COLMAP

Compare OpenSfM VS COLMAP and see what are their differences

OpenSfM

Open source Structure from Motion pipeline

COLMAP

Image-based 3D reconstruction pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface
  • OpenSfM Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-29
  • COLMAP Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-17

OpenSfM

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

COLMAP

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

OpenSfM videos

OpenSFM 3D model - superman VS doomsday

More videos:

  • Review - Photogrammetry test - opensfm & openmvs

COLMAP videos

Free Photogrammetry: Photos to model in 6 minutes with COLMAP

Category Popularity

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

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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.

OpenSfM mentions (0)

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

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

What are some alternatives?

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

Skycatch - Commercial drone data solutions for modern businesses.

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

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

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

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

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