Augmented Reality SDK provide to developers the tools and libraries to develop more easily Augmented Reality applications (i.e: add AR technology to Android, iOS application...).
This Augmented Reality SDK comparison chart compares Augmented Reality (AR) SDKs and frameworks. Based on spreadsheet created by Gerhard Reitmayr and shared on the Augmented Reality Professionals Group on LinkedIn.
Link | Type | Unity (3D) | NaturalFeature | Web | 3D Object Tracking | PC/Mac/Linux | GPS | IMU Sensors | Visual search | Face tracking | ContentAPI | Do you recommend ? | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XZIMG Augmented Vision | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes HTML5 | Yes alpha | Unity / Native | Votes 3 | xzimg.com/... | |||||
| EasyAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux via Uniity3D | Votes 2 | easyar.com | ||||||
| ARmedia | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ARmedia supports PC/Mac and Linux | Yes | Yes | No | Votes 2 | inglobetechnologies.com | ||
| HERE Mobile SDK | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes HERE Maps, LiveSight API | Votes 2 | here.com/... | |||||
| Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes Client-based +100 unique objects, cloud-based continuous visual search engine | Yes | Yes OpenGL support, in-house 3-D renderer | Votes 0 | metaio.com |
| Robocortex | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | No | PC/Mac/Linux | Yes | Yes | Votes 2 | robocortex.com | ||||
| Banuba Face FIlters SDK | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC only | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Votes 2 | banuba.com/... |
| Kudan AR Engine | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes With SLAM | Yes | No | Yes SLAM | Cros-platform development Unity3D | Yes | Yes | Yes unlimited local visual search (no network connection required) | - Extensible with FT/FR Plugins | Votes 1 | kudan.io | |
| ARMES | Commercial SDK only | Yes | PC | Votes 0 | armes-tech.com | ||||||||
| Zenitum Feature Tracker | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Votes 2 | zenitum.com/... | ||||||||
| DroidAR | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - can be added via opencv | No | Yes OpenGL or jMonkey Engine | Votes 2 | github.io/... | |||
| flare* | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Votes 0 | imagination.at/... | |||||||||
| osgART | Open Source | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | osgart.org | ||||||||
| SSTT | Other | Yes | Votes 0 | technotecture.com/... | |||||||||
| windage | Other | Yes | Votes 1 | google.com/... | |||||||||
| Studierstube Tracker | Yes | Votes 0 | tu-graz.ac.at/... | ||||||||||
| Wikitude | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes 3D Tracking Included | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Cloud Recognition and Offline (on device) | - Face Detection | Yes with Wikitude Studio and Cloud Recognition | Votes 1 | wikitude.com | ||
| Vuforia | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | No | Yes Only on box and cylinder and small size 3D objects too | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes With Vuforia Cloud | Votes 9 | vuforia.com | |
| ARToolkit | Open Source | Yes | Yes | No | PC/Mac/Linux | Votes 1 | artoolworks.com | ||||||
| ARcrowd | Free | No | Yes | Yes HTML5 Browser | No | No | No | Votes 1 | arcrowd.com | ||||
| Vidinoti PixLive | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes Using Google Tango | Yes & beacons | Yes Cloud and offline recognition | Yes PixLive Maker | Votes 0 | vidinoti.com | ||||
| MAXST AR SDK 4.1 | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes Visual SLAM, Object Tracker | Supports Windows & Mac Platform | No | Yes | Yes Cloud Recognition, Image Tracker | No | Yes OpenGL, Metal, SceneKit, MAXST Cloud Recognition | Votes 2 | maxst.com | |
| Xloudia | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux via Unity3D | Yes Optionnally | Yes Optionnally | Yes | Yes but not for mobile | Yes REST | Votes 0 | xloudia.com |
| Catchoom | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux | Yes Supports both cloud for very large collections and on-device search of hundreds of images (with no internet connection required) | Yes | Votes 0 | catchoom.com | ||||
| HoloBuilder | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes (HTML 5 Browser) | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux (HTML 5 Browser) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Votes 1 | holobuilder.com |
| Obvious Engine | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | obviousengine.com | ||||||||
| IN2AR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes Flash-based, Unity3D | PC/Mac via Adobe AIR | Votes 1 | in2ar.com | ||||||
| ARPA | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | via Unity plugin | Yes | Yes Soon | Votes 0 | arpa-solutions.net/en | |||||
| LinceoVR | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | seac02.it | ||||||||
| Aurasma | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | |||||||||
| BazAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Votes 0 | epfl.ch/... | |||||||||
| Win AR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | nus.edu.sg/... | ||||||||
| BeyondAR | Open Source | Yes | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | beyondar.com/... | |||||||
| String | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | No | Votes 0 | poweredbystring.com | ||||||||
| NyARToolkit | Open Source | Yes | PC | Votes 0 | nyatla.jp/... | ||||||||
| Koozyt | Commercial SDK only | Votes 0 | koozyt.com | ||||||||||
| AndAR | Free | Votes 0 | google.com/... | ||||||||||
| Designers ARToolkit (DART) | Free | Yes | Votes 1 | gatech.edu/... | |||||||||
| Augmented Pixels | Free + Commercial SDK option | Votes 0 | augmentedpixels.com | ||||||||||
| yvision | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Votes 1 | yvision.com | |||||||||
| ArUco | Open Source | Votes 0 | www.uco.es/... | ||||||||||
| FLARToolkit | Open Source | Yes | Votes 0 | libspark.org/... | |||||||||
| Goblin XNA | Open Source | Yes | Votes 0 | codeplex.com | |||||||||
| Minerva | Open Source | Yes | Votes 0 | sourceforge.net/... | |||||||||
| MXR Toolkit | Open Source | PC | Votes 0 | sourceforge.net | |||||||||
| SLARToolkit | Open Source | Votes 0 | codeplex.com | ||||||||||
| UART | Open Source | Votes 0 | gatech.edu/... | ||||||||||
| ARLab | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes Support for thousands of images in pools of 50-60 images | Yes | Votes 1 | arlab.com | ||||||
| ALVAR | Free | Yes Flash, Silverlight | Votes 0 | virtual.vtt.fi/... | |||||||||
| Magic Face | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes HTML5 WEBGL | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux | Yes | Yes GLES, METAL, UNITY | Votes 4 | xzimg.com/... | ||||
| Luxand FaceSDK | Commercial SDK only | Yes Facial recognition | Votes 0 | luxand.com | |||||||||
| omniar.com | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Votes 0 | omniar.com | |||||||||
| Viewdle | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Votes 0 | viewdle.com | |||||||||
| xpose visual search | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes via website or API | Votes 0 | buzzar.net/... | ||||||||
| HOPPALA | Free | Yes | Votes 0 | hoppala-agency.com | |||||||||
| DeepAR.ai | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Votes 3 | deepar.ai | |||||||
| Beyond Reality Face | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes Flash-based and HTML5/JS | PC/Mac via Adobe AIR | Yes | Votes 1 | beyond-reality-face.com | |||||||
| Awila | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Votes 1 | awila.co.uk | ||||||||
| instantreality | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Votes 0 | instantreality.org | |||||||||
| PanicAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | dopanic.com/... | ||||||||
| LibreGeoSocial | Open Source | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | libregeosocial.org | ||||||||
| mixare | Open Source | Yes | Votes 1 | mixare.org | |||||||||
| PRAugmentedReality | Open Source | No | Votes 0 | github.com/... | |||||||||
| Studierstube | Open Source | Yes | Votes 0 | tugraz.at | |||||||||
| PTAM | Other | PC | Votes 0 | ox.ac.uk/... | |||||||||
| ARLab | Votes 0 | arlab.com | |||||||||||
| Cortexia | Yes | Votes 1 | cortexica.com | ||||||||||
| Google Goggles | Yes | Votes 0 | google.com/... | ||||||||||
| idee | Yes | Votes 0 | ideeinc.com | ||||||||||
| linkme | Votes 0 | linkmemobile.com | |||||||||||
| Microsoft Read/Write World | Yes | Yes | Votes 0 | cloudapp.net | |||||||||
| Morgan | Votes 0 | fraunhofer.de/... | |||||||||||
| snaptell | Yes | Votes 0 | snaptell.com |
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User reviews and comments
Mann1ng on Oct. 14th 2020 4:42:05 PM 
MarcusA on Dec. 18th 2017 9:05:21 PM 
mtillmann on Feb. 1st 2017 11:07:58 AM 
christina on Oct. 13th 2016 11:07:07 AM 
Anthony Liard on Sep. 1st 2016 11:31:48 PM suggested on String to set Name to String (discontinued) 
Eddie Offermann on Jul. 8th 2016 8:09:57 AM suggested on Vuforia to set Name to Vuforia 
jjgomezs on Apr. 12th 2016 7:25:18 PM suggested on HoloBuilder to set Android to yes 
jjgomezs on Apr. 12th 2016 7:25:07 PM suggested on HoloBuilder to set Android to yes 
Sanky on Apr. 2nd 2016 4:58:37 PM 
Txasti on Feb. 15th 2016 4:40:02 PM suggested on Vuforia to set Name to PTC Vuforia 
howard on Feb. 15th 2016 3:06:53 PM suggested on ARPA to set Name to ARPA [DISCONTINUED] 
jutzizu on Dec. 11th 2015 11:17:46 AM suggested on HoloBuilder to set Face tracking to no 
howard on Sep. 30th 2015 6:55:28 PM commented on Google Goggles 
howard on Sep. 30th 2015 6:55:06 PM suggested on Kudan AR Engine to set Name to Kudan Engine 
howard on Sep. 30th 2015 6:47:59 PM suggested on Kudan AR Engine to set Name to Kudan AR SDK 
andrea.lucent on Jul. 7th 2015 5:23:29 PM 
RA'pro on Jun. 4th 2015 2:13:57 PM suggested on Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) to set Name to Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) 
techprodi on Jan. 12th 2015 10:59:58 AM 
trungtran on Oct. 29th 2014 6:17:20 PM suggested on Vuforia to set Name to Qualcomm Vuforia 
jjn1977 on Jul. 7th 2014 6:18:23 PM suggested on Augmented Pixels to set Name to Augmented Pixels
see older commentsMany thanks for the informative matrix. I note you left out 8th Wall, which is one of the biggest names in WebAR platforms currently. Is that a deliberate omission, or something I can bring to the table?
ARCore ? Also, column checking support for Android (and which versions of that and iOS)?
You may want to add the LiveSight API, for geolocated AR, which is part of the HERE Mobile SDK: here.com/...
Augment (www.augment.com) is going to launch their AR SDKs for omni-commerce.
Vuforia is sufficiently specific and the product is no longer owned or developed by Qualcomm.
Update: ARToolKit professional SDKs, previously only available under paid licenses, have been released to the open source community for free use
Website Gone
Project Aura
AugmentedKit SDK is not in the list. Can be found augmentedkit.com
Super outils
This is now, the company's name.