Agisoft Metashape
Agisoft Metashape processes digital images photogrammetrically to produce 3D spatial data for GIS, cultural heritage documentation, visual effects, and indir…
What Agisoft Metashape is
Agisoft Metashape processes digital images photogrammetrically to produce 3D spatial data for GIS, cultural heritage documentation, visual effects, and indirect measurement. It works with aerial, close-range, and satellite imagery, including automatic camera calibration and multi-camera projects. Professional Edition can create and edit digital surface and terrain models and georeferenced orthomosaics, and supports coordinate systems using EPSG codes. Its surveying tools include aerial LiDAR point attributes, laser scan registration, ground control points, targets, and scale bars. Professional Edition also handles RGB, NIR, thermal, multispectral, and satellite imagery, and can calculate user-defined vegetation indices such as NDVI. Python scripting, Java bindings, network-distributed calculations, and a cloud processing interface are available in Professional Edition. Installers for Standard and Professional editions are offered for Windows, macOS, and Linux. New users can access a 30-day full-function trial; demo mode blocks saving and exporting. Standard costs $179.00 USD once, and Professional costs $3499.00 USD once. A regular license is not time-limited and includes 12 months of email technical support and updates up to version 2.x.x.
Good
- Processes aerial, close-range, and satellite imagery.
- Professional Edition supports georeferenced orthomosaics.
- Supports LiDAR attributes and ground control points.
- Professional Edition offers Python scripting and Java bindings.
- A 30-day full-function trial is available.
Watch out
- There is no free plan.
- Standard costs $179.00 USD once.
- Professional costs $3499.00 USD once.
- Demo mode blocks saving and exporting.
Who it suits
Metashape suits people creating 3D spatial data from aerial, close-range, or satellite images. Professional Edition is relevant to GIS, surveying, imagery analysis, and users automating or distributing processing workflows.
Verdict
Metashape covers photogrammetry and mapping workflows, with surveying, imagery-analysis, and automation capabilities in Professional Edition. Check the edition and license terms against the intended workflow before choosing between the trial and paid licenses.
Plans and prices
From Agisoft Metashape's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Edition | $179 a month | Node-locked license |
| Professional Edition | — | Node-locked license |
| Professional Edition Service Provider License — pay-per-use | $155.90 a month | Below 100 machine hours per month, invoice equals minimum monthly price · Hourly price decreases with usage · Monthly for usage in the preceding month; one-year minimum contract |
| Agisoft Metashape Standard Edition | $179, paid once | One machine at a time · Node-locked license; not time-limited |
| Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition | $3,499, paid once | One machine at a time · Floating license available through resellers · Node-locked license; not time-limited |
| Professional Edition Service Provider License — annual renting | $6,736 a year | One machine at a time · Volume discounts for packages of 3 or more licenses · Annual rental per license |
The facts
Each one read from Agisoft Metashape's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automation
- Professional Edition offers Python scripting and Java bindings for automation and integration into Python or Java pipelines.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Cloud companion
- Agisoft Cloud is an online platform for site inspection, annotation, and documentation integrated with cloud processing for Metashape Professional users.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Distributed processing
- Professional Edition supports distributed calculations across a local computer network and offers a cloud processing interface.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Image processing
- It supports aerial, close-range, and satellite imagery, with automatic camera calibration and multi-camera projects.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Imagery support
- Professional Edition processes RGB, NIR, thermal, multispectral, and satellite imagery, and can calculate user-defined vegetation indices such as NDVI.checked 29 Sep 2026
- License and support
- A regular license is not time-limited and includes 12 months of email-based technical support and free updates up to version 2.x.x.checked 29 Sep 2026
- License restriction
- A regular node-locked or floating license does not permit providing third parties access over the Internet or using the software for a service bureau; service-provider licensing is offered for processing services.checked 29 Sep 2026
- LiDAR and surveying
- Professional Edition supports aerial LiDAR point attributes, laser scan registration, ground control points, coded and non-coded targets, and scale bars.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Operating systems
- Metashape Standard and Professional installers are offered for Windows, macOS, and Linux.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Metashape processes digital images photogrammetrically and generates 3D spatial data for GIS, cultural heritage documentation, visual effects, and indirect measurement.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- Agisoft says most personal data is kept on a password-protected local-network server without Internet access and that safeguards are used when data is transferred.checked 29 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Agisoft LLC lists its address in St. Petersburg, Russia, and says it was founded in 2006.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2006checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- St. Petersburg, Russiachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Trial and demo
- New users can use a free 30-day full-function trial or demo mode, where export and save functions are blocked.checked 29 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mapping outputs
- Professional Edition generates and edits digital surface and terrain models and georeferenced orthomosaics, with support for EPSG coordinate systems.checked 29 Sep 2026
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