Pointscene is a cloud-based construction data tool from Finnish technology company Pointscene, now part of ARKANCE. It is designed for infrastructure construction, BIM, surveying, and site management teams. Its core purpose is to bring drone orthomosaics, point clouds, surface models, and CAD/BIM design files together in the browser, helping project teams identify design changes faster, verify site conditions, and reduce waiting time.
Functionally, Pointsceneβs strength lies in comparing and sharing βas-built data + design data.β The platform supports formats including DWG/DXF/DGN, IFC, LandXML, GeoTIFF, JPG/PNG/JP2, and LAS/LAZ/E57. It can measure distance, area, volume, cross-sections, elevation differences, and earthworks quantities. It also supports timeline-based orthomosaic comparison and overlaying design data onto site imagery. The 3D viewer can display point clouds alongside IFC/LandXML files, and can generate shareable 3D site-view links that do not require login. For integrations, the Project plan includes connectors for Trimble Connect, Infrakit, Volue Gemini, and CAD/GIS/BIM software, while also supporting open standards such as WMS/WMTS, Tilemaps, Potree, and 3DTiles.
Pricing transparency is fairly good: Lite costs β¬79/month and is aimed at individuals or small teams, with 200GB of storage included. Project starts at β¬399/month, requires at least 5 named users, and adds data connectors, storage from 500GB, priority support, and a dedicated support contact. Enterprise is custom-priced and supports unlimited users and projects, API access, custom processing workflows, and enterprise cloud integrations. Drone photo processing under Create Drone Maps is billed separately based on photo volume. The site states that users can cancel for free within 30 days, offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee, and says no credit card is required, but there is no permanently free plan.
Its advantages are strong vertical focus and good coverage of common construction-site scenarios involving drones, laser scanning, BIM/CAD, and earthworks calculations. It is also friendly for sharing with external stakeholders, and it clearly discloses its EU GCP storage location in Belgium. The drawbacks are limited public information on enterprise security areas such as permissions, SSO, audit logs, certifications, and compliance; the Open API is still in closed customer testing; and many advanced integrations depend on the Project or Enterprise plan. Pointscene is best suited to surveying, construction, and project management teams working on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, mines, energy, and municipal works.
The available materials do not provide information on access from China, RMB payments, or local deployment. Since the service depends on overseas cloud infrastructure and the European construction software ecosystem, its accessibility from China can only be considered unknown. Chinese teams planning to adopt it should first test network connectivity, upload speeds for large point clouds and imagery, euro-denominated payments, and data cross-border transfer requirements. Comparable options include Autodesk Construction Cloud, Trimble Connect, Infrakit, Bentley ProjectWise, Pix4Dcloud, and DroneDeploy.
β This review is compiled from public sources and does not constitute a purchase recommendation. Verify all facts on the vendor's official site. Verify on pointscene.com official site.
pointscene.com is an Finland SaaS Tools provider. TG4G tracks its product information, an overall rating of 7.0/10, and a China-accessibility score of Workable. Click "Visit Official Site" to reach pointscene.com directly.