Comparison of photo stitching applications (software)
Photo stitching applications are a common inexpensive way of producing panoramic pictures. The other method involves using special lens or mirrors.
Table of photo stitching applications
Name |
OS |
Projection type |
Image sequence |
Matching mode |
Blending, adjustments |
Features |
Resolution limit |
Trial / Price |
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Pixtra panoStitcher 1 |
USD 29 |
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Pixtra omniStitcher 2 |
Windows |
cylindric |
multi-row manual rotate |
auto with manual assist |
auto-balance intensity, blend percentage |
Trial with watermark / USD 48 |
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Tekmate Photofit Harmony 3 |
Windows |
linear, ultra-wide linear, panorama, fish-eye |
multiline, arbitrary assisted |
automatic, assisted manual (snap) |
exposure and color balance |
12 Mpix |
USD 52 |
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Tekmate Photofit Premium 4 |
1200 Mpix |
USD 277 |
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Serif PanoramaPlus 5 |
USD 50 |
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3cim PanoramaBuilder 7.0 6 |
USD 200 per year |
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3cim PanoramaBuilder Pro 7.0 7 |
USD 500 per year |
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Panoguide 360 Panorama Pro 8 |
USD 99 |
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Panoguide VRstitcher Fisheye 9 |
USD 499 |
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Ulead Cool 360 10 |
Windows |
cylindric, full 360 |
single row |
automatic, manual move |
smooth blending |
viewer export |
auto res |
30 day trial |
Panavue Image Assembler standard 11 |
Windows |
panorama, flat |
single row, single column, flat mosaic |
USD 64 |
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Panavue Image Assembler professional 12 |
Windows |
panorama, flat |
single row, single column, flat mosaic |
USD 129 |
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Panavue Image Assembler enterprise 13 |
Windows |
panorama, flat |
single row, single column, flat mosaic |
automatic, manual set-points |
trial grayscale only and watermark, USD 199 |
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The Panorama Factory 5.2 14 |
Windows |
spherical, cylindric, projection, full 360 and partial |
single row auto, manual |
automatic, manual using stitching points |
WarP, blend, fine-tune |
30 days trial / USD 29-59 |
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Pixaround PixMaker lite 15 |
Windows |
cylindrical |
single line |
automatic |
crashed |
trial |
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PTAssembler 16 |
USD 45 / USD 299 (site license) |
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ACD PhotoStitcher plugin |
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EasyPano Panoweaver 17 |
Windows |
spherical, cubic |
wide-angle, cube |
auto, edit stitching points |
USD 499 |
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PTgui 18 |
Windows / Mac |
rectilinear, cylindrical, equirectangular, full 360 |
arbitrary, same orientation |
control points, manual control points |
Trial with watermark / USD 79 (personal) / USD 180 (company) |
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Autopano Pro 19 |
Windows / Mac / Linux |
cylinder, planar, spherical |
arbitrarty, auto |
auto, manual adjust points and position |
color correction by white balance and transfer function, lens distortion correction |
export to .pts, .pto, .ptp; history |
Trial with watermark and no save / EUR 99 / USD 145 |
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Canon PhotoStitch 20 |
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Autostitch 21 |
Windows |
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Calico Panorama 22 |
Mac |
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hugin 23 |
Windows, Mac, Linux |
panorama tools engine |
Free |
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3DVista Stitcher 24 |
USD 179-719 |
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D-Joiner 25 |
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Panorama Maker 26 |
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Photovista panorama 27 |
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Panorama Studio 28 |
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EZ Stitcher 29 |
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ADG Panorama 30 |
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QuickTime VR Authoring Studio (discontinued) |
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Autodesk Stitcher Express (former Realviz) 31 |
Windows, Mac OS X |
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Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited (former Realviz) 32 |
Windows, Mac |
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Kaidan QuickPan Pro 33 |
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Panorama Composer 34 |
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Microsoft Image Composite Editor 35 |
Windows |
perspective, cylinder (horizontal and vertical), sphere (horizontal and vertical) |
multi-row, flat mosaic |
automatic only |
Free |
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Panorama Perfect 36 |
Windows |
panorama, flat |
singleline |
manual |
auto-balance intensity |
2GB which is 680M pixels |
Free Lite version with limited size, Full version EUR 19 |