Cinema 4D vs. Polycam

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cinema 4D
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Maxon, headquartered in Germany, offers Cinema 4D, an animaton suite for 3D artists, which the vendor states is suitable for beginners and seasoned professionals alike, who can take advantage of Cinema 4D’s wide range of tools and features to achieve stunning results for demanding, fast-paced 3D production.N/A
Polycam
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Polycam is a 3D capture app for iOS and Android. With it, Photo Mode on a mobile device or on the web can be used to get instant, accurate 3D models of any object. And the LiDAR sensor on Pro iOS devices can scan the world around in 3D.
$17.99
per month
Pricing
Cinema 4DPolycam
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Pro
$99
per year
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cinema 4DPolycam
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
Cinema 4DPolycam
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(5 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cinema 4DPolycam
Likelihood to Recommend
Maxon
Photorealistic Rendering (it takes a LONG time to render for print, but it's insanely realistic). Commercial Production Graphical Integration into print materials (and digital) We did a lot with brochures and billboards. Hi Res rendering takes hours, but the output set us FAR apart from the run-of-the-mill competition we had.
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Polycam
Well the extensions often stop working
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Pros
Maxon
  • Seemingly endless selection of tools
  • clear and powerful manipulation tools
  • effect use of hotkeys for navigating the 3D space
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Polycam
No answers on this topic
Cons
Maxon
  • Weak UV mapping interface.
  • Redshift integration is not 100% seamless yet.
  • Weight-mapping is a nightmare.
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Polycam
No answers on this topic
Usability
Maxon
For reasons mentioned before: an intuitive interface and speed of the viewport, speed of loading, and ease of plugin integration. The MoGraph module encourages experimentation and the creation of highly modifiable scenes. Crashes are extremely rare and the support team and community are hyper-responsive to requests for help. For real... Maxon's staff hangs out in Slack and Discord communities, regularly assisting users with issues. No support ticket required.
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Polycam
It’s a good phone but CAN BE better we have had a few staff members where their extension cord is not working and we don’t have any to replace until we order more
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Support Rating
Maxon
Maxon's staff regularly hangs out in Slack and Discord communities, ready to assist. This goes beyond the support ticket system, which is also extremely robust. Hundreds of optimizations and bugs are fixed in every patch, even when the user experience is already 99.9% smooth. This is a proactive, not reactive, support and engineering team at Maxon.
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Polycam
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Maxon
Well, I go for cinema 4D if I want to create dynamic animation instead of Autodesk 3ds Max as I can easily create that animation compared to Autodesk 3ds Max.
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Polycam
None of these
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Return on Investment
Maxon
  • Producing quality training content reduces mistakes and improves ebitda for our restaurants
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Polycam
No answers on this topic
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