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Alternatives to Agisoft Metashape
22 maps tools sit alongside Agisoft Metashape in this directory. Below is what separates each from Agisoft Metashape on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 5
- Agisoft Metashape starts at
- $179/one-time
Why people look past Agisoft Metashape
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Agisoft Metashape entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Agisoft Metashape starts at $179/one-time. Across the 7 maps tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $55/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Agisoft Metashape carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Professional drone photogrammetry software
- Can be used without paying; Agisoft Metashape cannot.
- Starts $124 a month cheaper, at $55/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than One-time purchase.
- 4 tiers to Agisoft Metashape's 3.
QGIS
Free, open-source desktop GIS application that supports viewing, editing, and analysis of
- Can be used without paying; Agisoft Metashape cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than One-time purchase.
Drone mapping and analytics for agriculture
- Starts $150 a month cheaper, at $29/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than One-time purchase.
- 2 tiers to Agisoft Metashape's 3.
Serverless Python for geospatial: write a UDF, get a map tile endpoint and an HTTP API
- Can be used without paying; Agisoft Metashape cannot.
- Starts $159 a month cheaper, at $20/month.
- Sold on a Per month by compute tier model rather than One-time purchase.
- 4 tiers to Agisoft Metashape's 3.
Long-running open source geospatial analysis engine for raster, vector and terrain processing
- Can be used without paying; Agisoft Metashape cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than One-time purchase.
- 1 tier to Agisoft Metashape's 3.
Hosted 3D geospatial tiling and streaming, metered by storage, streaming and gigapixels
- Can be used without paying; Agisoft Metashape cannot.
- Starts $30 a month cheaper, at $149/month.
- Sold on a Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels model rather than One-time purchase.
- 4 tiers to Agisoft Metashape's 3.
Every Agisoft Metashape alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agisoft Metashape (this page) | $179/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | |
| Pix4DIf you want cloud processing, flight planning and vendor support rather than a local perpetual licence | Free, then $55/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| QGISFree, and adequate if you only need to view and analyse the outputs rather than generate them | Free | Freemium | - | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| DroneDeployIf the requirement is an end-to-end drone workflow rather than a photogrammetry engine | $29/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Fused | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute tier | 4 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| GRASS GIS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | 4 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Google Maps | Free | Free consumer app, funded by Google's advertising business | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Felt | Free | Quote | 3 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Emlid Studio | Free | Free of charge, no licence fee | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Atlas.co | Free, then $23/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Lonboard | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| SAGA GIS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Ride with GPS | Free | Freemium, per user per month | 3 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | 3 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Foursquare Spatial Studio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Correlator3D | $295/month | One-time purchase | 5 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Leica Infinity | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Global Mapper | $700/one-time | One-time purchase | 4 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | 4 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| Geographic Calculator | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
| ArcGIS Field Maps | On request | Included with an ArcGIS user type licence | 3 | vs Agisoft Metashape |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Agisoft Metashape badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Pix4D , Free, then $55/month
- QGIS , Free
- Fused , Free, then $20/month
- GRASS GIS , Free
- Cesium ion , Free, then $149/month
- Google Maps , Free
- Felt , Free
- Potree , Free
Cheaper than Agisoft Metashape (5)
Entry price under Agisoft Metashape's $179/one-time. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Pix4D , Free, then $55/month
- DroneDeploy , $29/month
- Fused , Free, then $20/month
- Cesium ion , Free, then $149/month
- Atlas.co , Free, then $23/month
What you would be giving up
Agisoft Metashape is most often brought in for a survey or engineering firm processing high volumes of drone imagery that wants unlimited local processing instead of per-hectare cloud credits, a quarry or mine measuring stockpile volumes monthly, where the same flight is reprocessed repeatedly and cloud pricing by area is punitive, an archaeology or heritage team documenting sites on a capital grant with no recurring software budget to renew a subscription, a vfx or games studio scanning props and environments, where standard at $179 covers the whole requirement because georeferencing is irrelevant. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Agisoft Metashape is broadly right and the question is cost, the Agisoft Metashape pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Maps category lists everything the directory holds, and best maps tools ranks them.
Agisoft Metashape runs on windows, macos, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Agisoft Metashape alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Agisoft Metashape?
- 22 other maps tools are listed in this directory, led by Pix4D, QGIS, DroneDeploy, Fused. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Agisoft Metashape?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Pix4D, QGIS, Fused, GRASS GIS, Cesium ion.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Agisoft Metashape?
- Yes. 5 of the alternatives below start under Agisoft Metashape's $179/one-time: Pix4D at Free, then $55/month, DroneDeploy at $29/month, Fused at Free, then $20/month, Cesium ion at Free, then $149/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Agisoft Metashape?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Agisoft Metashape?
- Agisoft Metashape is most often brought in for a survey or engineering firm processing high volumes of drone imagery that wants unlimited local processing instead of per-hectare cloud credits, a quarry or mine measuring stockpile volumes monthly, where the same flight is reprocessed repeatedly and cloud pricing by area is punitive, an archaeology or heritage team documenting sites on a capital grant with no recurring software budget to renew a subscription, a vfx or games studio scanning props and environments, where standard at $179 covers the whole requirement because georeferencing is irrelevant. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Agisoft Metashape?
- None of the maps tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Agisoft Metashape alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Maps, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Agisoft Metashape against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Agisoft Metashape covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every maps tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Maps category, 22 tools beside Agisoft Metashape. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.