Scanaria vs Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon)
Surveyors and AEC teams in the Leica ecosystem who want cloud processing and sharing
What you gain
Four things a scanner owner gets from Scanaria that Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) does not offer in the same way.
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Upload the E57 from the scanner you own, with its panoramas, on any plan. Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) accepts it only partly or only for some customers.
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Keep the finished tour as a folder that opens from index.html on any desktop, with no server and nothing calling home. Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) keeps the tour inside its platform.
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One flat $60 a month for unlimited processing, and hosting only if you want it, in the two larger plans. Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon): subscription with monthly tokens.
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A phone-first viewer: the whole building under 15 MB, first view in seconds on 4G, Save for offline.
Where Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) is stronger
- One-click cloud auto-registration and meshing, AI classification and scan-vs-BIM deviation analysis
- Streaming into CAD via CloudWorx and a native path for Leica scanner users
Reality Cloud Studio takes E57 from any scanner, registers and meshes it in the cloud, and offers mesh, point cloud and panoramic views with limit boxes and measurement. It is a monthly subscription where processing and downloads draw down tokens that expire each month, and access ends with the contract. An upload-and-own service differs by a flat monthly fee with no tokens to count, and by giving the customer a copy to keep.
Facts checked on 2026-10-29 at rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com. If something has changed, write to us and we will correct it.
| Scanaria | Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware required | None to buy. Any scanner that writes an E57: Leica, Trimble, Faro, NavVis, Z+F, Topcon, XGRIDS Lixel. Matterport exports accepted. | Sensor-agnostic. Direct upload from Cyclone FIELD 360 and BLK LIVE for BLK360 and RTC360; uploads not limited to Leica sensors. Imports E57, LGS, LGSx, LAS, B2G, OBJ, GLB, IFC, RVT, NWD, DXF; not RCP/RCS [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Accepts your own E57 | Yes. E57 with its panoramas (Cyclone spherical or Matterport cube faces), plus an optional PDF plan. | Yes. E57 import listed; handling of embedded panoramas not described [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Pricing shape | First project free. Then a flat $60 a month for unlimited processing, downloads included. With hosting: Gold at $140 a month with 15 GB, or Platinum at $2,500 a month with up to 500 GB. | Subscription with monthly processing tokens: Essential 175, Advanced 550, Professional 1,650 tokens per month; about 28 tokens per GB meshing, 20 auto-registration, 11 conversion; unused tokens expire monthly. Current prices not published by Leica (AWS listing is custom quote). Launch prices reported by Geo Week News 2023-07-06: Essential $20/month, Advanced $139/month, Professional $430/month [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Ownership and offline download | Yes. Download the whole tour as a folder with index.html on top; opens on a desktop with no server. Nothing calls home. | Exports: original uploaded file, point clouds from limit boxes as E57, LAS or PTS, mesh as OBJ zip; downloading consumes subscription quota. No offline tour package documented [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Dollhouse view | Yes. Point cloud dollhouse with roof-off view and full-cloud toggle; true color and intensity modes. | Yes. Mesh, Point Cloud or Imagery (panoramic) can be set as the starting view [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Section box | Yes. Six-sided section box with snapping and presets, identical in every view. | Yes, limit boxes (also used to select point cloud exports) [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Measurement | Yes. In the panorama, the dollhouse and the top-down view. | Yes, with magnifier and live cursor coordinates [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| Phone performance | Phone-first hosted viewer: coarse whole-building cloud under 15 MB, first view under 5 s on 4G, Save for offline. | Release notes cite better panoramic transitions on slow connections and a panoramic starting view for performance reasons; 2023 press coverage says it runs in a browser on desktops, tablets and mobile. No figures published [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
| If you stop paying | The hosted link stops; the downloaded folder keeps working forever. You can download at any time while hosted. | For annual plans access continues until the contract end date and is then removed; entitlements expire if not renewed. Data retention after expiry not published [source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com] |
Common questions
Does Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) accept E57 files from my own scanner?
Yes. E57 import listed; handling of embedded panoramas not described. Source: rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com. Scanaria accepts E57 with panoramas from any terrestrial scanner.
Can I download a Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) tour and open it offline?
Exports: original uploaded file, point clouds from limit boxes as E57, LAS or PTS, mesh as OBJ zip; downloading consumes subscription quota. No offline tour package documented. Scanaria tours download as a folder that opens from index.html with no server.
How does Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) charge?
Subscription with monthly processing tokens: Essential 175, Advanced 550, Professional 1,650 tokens per month; about 28 tokens per GB meshing, 20 auto-registration, 11 conversion; unused tokens expire monthly. Current prices not published by Leica (AWS listing is custom quote). Launch prices reported by Geo Week News 2023-07-06: Essential $20/month, Advanced $139/month, Professional $430/month. Scanaria: first project free, then a flat $60 a month for unlimited processing, with hosting optional in the two larger plans.
What happens to Reality Cloud Studio (Leica Geosystems / Hexagon) tours if I stop paying?
For annual plans access continues until the contract end date and is then removed; entitlements expire if not renewed. Data retention after expiry not published. With Scanaria, the hosted link stops but the folder you downloaded keeps working.