Comparison
A simpler PointSharePlus alternative
If you are weighing PointSharePlus for sharing point clouds with clients, here is an honest look at how ViewerFX compares and where each one fits.
PointSharePlus and ViewerFX solve the same basic problem. You finish a scan, you have a LAS or LAZ file, and your client needs to look at it without installing desktop software or learning a CAD package. Both tools turn that file into an interactive 3D view in the browser that you can hand off with a link. If you are shopping around, the real question is not whether one of them works. It is which pricing and sharing model fits how you actually run jobs.
This page lays out the differences plainly. We built ViewerFX, so treat this as our point of view, but we have tried to keep the competitor facts accurate and fair. PointSharePlus is a capable product. Where its plans or limits matter to your decision, check pointshareplus.com for their current pricing, because details change and we would rather you verify than trust a comparison page.
What PointSharePlus does
PointSharePlus is a browser based viewer for point clouds. It reads common survey formats including LAS, LAZ and E57, and it lets you publish a cloud to a share link that opens in a browser. As of this writing it is sold in tiered plans, with the entry tier in the neighborhood of fifty dollars a month, white-label branding reserved for its higher or enterprise tier, and bandwidth allowances that scale with the plan. Those specifics can move over time, so confirm the current numbers on their site before you commit.
The E57 support is worth calling out as a genuine advantage if your work comes off terrestrial scanners that export E57 by default. ViewerFX takes LAS and LAZ today. If your pipeline is E57 first and you do not want to convert, that is a real point in their favor.
What ViewerFX does differently
ViewerFX is built around a flat, self-serve pricing model with one rule. Every plan gets every feature. Measuring, annotations pinned to the cloud, password protected links and unlimited free client viewers come on every tier. You are not paying to unlock tools. You are paying for storage and how many files you keep online.
- Starter is $29 a month for 50GB and up to 10 stored files, which covers a solo operator sharing active deliverables.
- Pro is $79 a month for 250GB and 40 files, sized for a firm juggling steady scan work across several clients.
- Business is $199 a month for 1TB and full white-label, for heavy terrestrial work and large files.
The piece that tends to matter most over a year is who pays to view. On ViewerFX the people you share with never pay and never sign up. There is no per-seat fee and no metering of how many clients open a link. A subdivision developer can forward your link to a dozen people on their side and none of that touches your bill. Links also do not expire. A cloud you shared two years ago still opens as long as your account is active, which matters when a client circles back mid-project or an attorney needs the record later.
Side by side
| Dimension | ViewerFX | PointSharePlus |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $29 a month (Starter) | Around $50 a month at the entry tier as of this writing, verify current pricing |
| Free client viewers | Unlimited, no sign up, no bandwidth metering of viewers | Viewing is supported, with bandwidth allowances that scale by plan, check current limits |
| White-label | Included on the $199 Business tier | Reserved for the higher or enterprise tier as of this writing |
| Link expiry | Links never expire while your account is active | Check their current policy |
| Per-seat fees | None, you pay for storage not seats | Check their current plan structure |
| File formats | LAS and LAZ, every version | LAS, LAZ and E57 |
The cells we could not confirm with confidence are marked as such on purpose. Pricing pages change, and we are not going to print a number we are unsure of. If a row matters to your decision, the safe move is to open both pricing pages in two tabs and read them the day you decide.
Who each one is for
PointSharePlus is a good fit if your files are E57 and you do not want to convert, or if you prefer its specific workflow. It is an established tool with a clear feature set, and for a terrestrial scanning shop that lives in E57 it removes a conversion step.
ViewerFX is a good fit if you want the lowest entry price, predictable flat billing, and you share with clients who should never have to pay or sign up to look at their own deliverable. It is also the simpler choice if you want white-label without jumping to an enterprise contract, since full white-label sits at the $199 Business tier rather than behind a sales call. If you are a solo surveyor or a small firm that mostly exports LAZ and wants to send a clean, branded link that keeps working, that is the lane we built for.
How to decide
Try both with a real file. ViewerFX has a free viewer you can open right now to see how a shared cloud behaves in the browser, including measuring and annotations. When you are ready to publish your own, the pricing page lays out exactly what each tier includes, and you can create an account in a couple of minutes. Upload one job, share the link with a colleague, and see whether the experience on the receiving end is what you want to put your name on. That single test tells you more than any comparison table.
Share your next point cloud as a link
Upload a LAS or LAZ and send your client an interactive viewer. No installs on their end, no per-seat fees, links that never expire.