What are the best Jawset Postshot alternatives?
Postshot is one of the best desktop splat trainers, but it needs Windows 10+ and an NVIDIA GPU (RTX 2060 or better), and its free tier is non-commercial and can't export PLY or SPZ splats. Exporting needs Indie, at €17/month billed yearly. If any of that rules it out, the main alternatives are: Brush (free, runs on Mac, AMD and in the browser), OpenSplat (free, Mac Metal, AMD or CPU), Scaniverse (on-device on iPhone), Polycam (cloud, from $150/year) and OTOY Studio (cloud, pay per scene from 10 credits (€0.10), in the browser on any computer).
Postshot at a glance
| Plan | Price | Export splats (PLY/SPZ) | Commercial use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | No, camera poses and points only | No |
| Indie | €17/month yearly, €26 monthly | Yes | Yes |
| Studio | €39/month yearly, €59 monthly | Yes, plus EXR, HDR and command line | Yes |
System requirement: Windows 10 or later with an NVIDIA GPU of compute capability 7.5+. Source: Jawset pricing, checked October 20, 2026.
Alternatives
| Tool | Where it trains | Runs on | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush | Your computer | Mac, Windows, Linux, any WebGPU GPU, Chrome | Free, Apache 2.0 | Mac and AMD users who want local, free training |
| OpenSplat | Your computer | NVIDIA, AMD, Apple Metal, or CPU | Free, AGPL-3.0 (paid prebuilt Windows app) | Open-source pipelines and WebODM users |
| Scaniverse | iPhone, iPad or cloud | Phone | Free on device; cloud plans $20 and $50/month | Capturing and training on the phone |
| Polycam | Cloud | Phone or browser | Basic $150/year with unlimited splats | 20 to 200 photos or a video, with sharing |
| OTOY Studio | Cloud | Any browser | Credits, 10 credits (€0.10) per scene at default settings, free plan with 100 a month | Splats inside a larger AI workflow: 3DGS, 2DGS meshes, pose-free InstantSplat and one-photo splats, next to image, video and 3D models |
Where Postshot is still the better pick
- You have an RTX card and want everything local: Postshot never uploads your images.
- You render splats in Unreal or After Effects with Postshot's own plugins.
- You need Studio-tier output: EXR, HDR and more than 4K renders.
Switching from Postshot to OTOY Studio
- Use the same photos or video you'd give Postshot: 10 to 500 overlapping images, one video, or a ZIP of frames. OTOY Studio runs camera solving itself, so you don't need COLMAP.
- Add a Gaussian Splat node, connect the input and run it. For few photos (3 to 35), use InstantSplat, which needs no camera solve.
- Download the PLY (standard or OctaneGS-optimised). For Unreal, Unity, Blender or After Effects, load it with the same splat plugins you'd use for a Postshot PLY export.
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Last verified 2026-10-20. Prices and model lists come from OTOY Studio's billing configuration, exported 2026-10-20.