Every 360 from the survey,pinned where you shot it.

Matterport is excellent at immersive tours. Most engineering and FM teams still lose the argument when a client asks “where on the drawing is this?” or “show me severity and history for that asset.” pin360 starts from your PDF plans and inspection findings, then adds a walkable 3D site record when you need it — same markers, same share link, public pricing, and no Matterport Pro camera or closed hosting. Many teams keep Matterport for sales or landmark marketing captures; they switch everyday surveys, dilapidations, snagging, and plant-room records to pin360 because that is the job Matterport was never built for.

For building surveys, condition evidence, facilities handovers, and asset records — yes, that is the comparison buyers are making. Matterport sells a proprietary scan → hosted twin workflow. pin360 sells a drawing-first evidence record that can also host a LiDAR / gaussian-splat walkthrough you (or we) capture with open handheld scanners. You keep using your own drawings, attach severity findings and service history, measure in the browser, and share one link without forcing clients into another platform account. If your only need is a glossy estate-agent tour, Matterport still fits. If the deliverable is “prove what was seen, where, and what to do next,” pin360 is the direct alternative.

A gaussian splat is a way of representing a real space as millions of tiny soft “blobs” of colour and light, reconstructed from photos or LiDAR — so you can walk through a photoreal scene in a normal web browser. Unlike a heavy CAD mesh or a Matterport-style closed twin, a splat is primarily a visual site model: great for orientation, remote walkthroughs, measurements, and pinning findings in 3D. pin360 treats the splat as one layer of your site record alongside PDF floor plans and 360° photos — not a black-box destination that replaces your drawings.

SLAM means Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping. Handheld scanners (for example Lixel / XGRIDS and similar LiDAR units) use it to figure out where they are while they build a 3D map of the room as you walk. Practically: you walk the site once, the device produces a dense scan, and that becomes your browser walkthrough. You do not need to understand the maths — you need to know SLAM is how modern portable scanners capture large interiors quickly, and that pin360 can ingest that output alongside your plans and findings.

LiDAR is the distance-sensing hardware; SLAM is the positioning method that lets a handheld device map as it moves; a 360 photo is a spherical image captured from one point; and Matterport is a proprietary capture-and-hosting platform combining cameras, software, and its own viewer. pin360 is capture-agnostic: start with ordinary or 360 photos pinned to your PDF plans, then add LiDAR / SLAM-derived 3D records when a job needs a walkable model or measurements.

No. The core pin360 workflow works with the PDF floor plans and cameras you already have, including a phone and common 360 cameras. If a project benefits from a walkable 3D record, upload a supported scan or ask us to arrange capture. You do not need a proprietary Matterport camera to use pin360.

Accuracy follows the source capture and its calibration. pin360 reports browser measurements from the supplied scan; it does not turn an unverified visual model into survey control. Use checked survey data and the appropriate professional method where tolerances, setting out, or design decisions depend on accuracy.

Bluebeam is excellent for formal PDF review and markup. pin360 connects the drawing location to live media, 360 views, findings, comments, share links, and optional 3D records so the evidence remains navigable after the markup session. Many teams use both: Bluebeam for document review, pin360 for the location-aware site record.

Dropbox and SharePoint store files. pin360 stores the relationship between a drawing location and the evidence captured there, so a recipient can click the plan instead of reconstructing the visit from folder names. Files can still be exported and retained in your wider document system.

No. pin360 is the visual evidence and spatial context layer: what is there, where it is, what was observed, and the record attached to that place. Your CAFM or CMMS can remain the system for work orders, planned maintenance, and enterprise asset processes.

Your organisation owns its project content. Export the available reports and source media before closing the account. pin360 does not claim ownership of your drawings, photos, scans, or inspection records.

Yes. Free keeps one Active Project and, every rolling 30 days, lets you start one real project and add up to three plans plus 20 photos or findings. Each unit returns 30 days after use. No card is required, and existing work and share links stay accessible.