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Pricing

Buy once. Use it forever.

No subscription. No cloud. No account. The whole viewer is free, and a one-time offline key unlocks the exports.

  • A perpetual offline key, not a yearly rental
  • One 15 MB app for all of it, exports included in Pro
  • Runs offline; your data never leaves your machine
Founder's Edition
Early-bird pricing for the launch list.

Locked in for the first 60 days or the first 200 licenses, whichever comes first. Then prices step up to 199 and 599.

149 €199 €Pro, one-time
449 €599 €Lifetime, one-time

Free

For everyone who wants to see, explore and process 3D data.

0forever
No account, no trial clock.
  • The entire viewer: billions of points, splats, IFC/STEP, meshes, voxels
  • All processing: classify, segment, measure, sections, voxelize, video-to-3D
  • Every import format, all render modes
  • Export is locked
Download free for Windows

Windows 10 and 11. One 15 MB file.

Most popular

Pro

For the surveyor, modeler or researcher who needs deliverables out.

199one-time
Founder's Edition 199 € 149 €save 50 €
  • Everything in Free, plus all exports unlocked
  • PLY, glTF/GLB, MP4 flythroughs, high-resolution orthoimages
  • 12 months of updates included
  • Perpetual offline license key, any machine: it keeps working forever

Early-bird price honored for the launch list.

Pro Lifetime

For people who never want to think about updates again.

599one-time
Founder's Edition 599 € 449 €save 150 €
  • Everything in Pro, forever
  • Every future update, forever, no renewal
  • Priced at about three years of Pro, then never again
  • Same offline key, still less than one year of any incumbent

Early-bird price honored for the launch list.

Purchasing goes live at launch. Join the launch list now and your Founder's Edition early-bird price is locked in when checkout opens. Prices in EUR; VAT is added at checkout.

Free vs Pro

The split is simple: viewing and processing are free, exports are Pro.

Free is the whole engine. Pro adds one thing: getting your work back out as files, video and images, through an offline license key.

Capability Free Pro
View and navigate billions of points, out of core
Every format: LAS, LAZ, E57, PLY, splats, IFC, STEP, glTF
Classify, segment, measure, sections
Voxelize and reconstruct from video
All render modes, lighting and quality presets
Export point clouds and meshes (PLY, glTF/GLB)Locked
MP4 flythroughs baked from a camera pathLocked
High-resolution orthoimages up to 8192 pxLocked
Offline license key, any machine, no servern/a

The key is validated on your machine with no activation server. It entitles you to every build released inside your updates window, and the version you install keeps working forever.

More ways to buy

Student and team pricing.

Student & Education

79

Full Pro, perpetual with 12 months of updates, for verified students and educators. Non-commercial use. Built for the coursework that the free viewer alone cannot export.

Team, 5 seats

799

Five Pro seats, perpetual with 12 months of updates, about 160 € per seat. A clean bundle for a small studio or survey crew. Larger site licenses are quoted case by case.

Optional later: extend your updates window for 79 € per year. It is non-punitive; your installed version keeps working with or without it.

Why one-time, not subscription

199 € once, not thousands every year.

The professional 3D tools went all-subscription and all-cloud. Many now run 1,000 to 8,000 € per year. This did not. You buy it once and it is yours.

~3,990 $/year
A typical incumbent mapping subscription, renewed every single year.
versus
199 € once
Neurones 3D Engine Pro. Paid one time. Keeps working offline, forever.
No lock-inNo account and no cloud. Nothing to log into, nothing that expires out from under you.
Private by defaultNo telemetry, no upload, no server. The 3D files you open never leave your machine.
Frugal by designOne 15 MB executable that runs on a 10-year-old laptop. No data center required.

Pricing FAQ

The honest answers.

Is the free version really free forever?

Yes. The free tier is the whole viewer and all processing, with no account and no trial clock. You can view, navigate, classify, segment, measure, cut sections, voxelize and reconstruct, forever, without paying a cent. Only exporting requires Pro.

What exactly does Pro unlock?

Exports. That is the entire difference. Pro turns on writing PLY and glTF/GLB, baking MP4 flythroughs, and rendering high-resolution orthoimages up to 8192 px. Everything else is already in the free build.

Is it a subscription?

No. Pro is a one-time purchase. There is no recurring charge, no seat that lapses, and nothing you must keep paying to keep using. The optional updates renewal is exactly that: optional.

Does the key work offline and on multiple machines?

Yes. The Pro key is an offline file validated on your own machine, with no activation server and no phone-home. There is nothing to contact, so it works fully offline and you can use it on your own machines.

What does "12 months of updates" mean?

Your key entitles you to every build released within your updates window. When the window ends, nothing breaks: the version you installed keeps working forever. Newer builds simply need Pro Lifetime or an optional renewal.

Who qualifies for the student price?

Students and educators with valid academic verification, for non-commercial use. It is full Pro (perpetual, 12 months of updates) at a price that matches coursework budgets.

Can I try before I pay?

You already can. Because the free tier is the complete viewer, you can try everything and pay only when you need to export. There is no expiring trial to race against.

How do refunds and VAT work?

Prices are in EUR and VAT is added at checkout based on your location, handled by our merchant of record. When checkout opens at launch, purchases come with a standard refund window; the launch list will get the exact terms first.

About

Why Neurones 3D exists.

Standing inside a 43.5 million point indoor laser scan rendered by Neurones 3D Engine

I have spent years working with point clouds, and for most of them the software got in the way. I wanted one tool I would actually reach for every day: fast enough to enjoy, honest about what it does, and calm to use.

Neurones 3D started in Python, the way most of my research does. It worked, but it was heavy, and heavy tools quietly discourage you from opening them. So I rebuilt everything in Rust, from the file readers to the renderer, with one rule: stay frugal. A single small file, no cloud, no telemetry, billions of points on a laptop that is ten years old. In an age where every tool reaches for a data center, I wanted the opposite.

The goal is simple to say and hard to earn. One package that carries you from capture to understanding to deliverable, without exporting to five other programs along the way. Load a scan, a splat, a building, a phone video. See it, classify it, measure it, and send out something real. Together, in one place.

This is the tool I always wanted. I hope it becomes yours too.

Dr. Florent Poux 3D Geodata Academy

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