Compare the Top Free Augmented Reality Development Platforms as of April 2025

What are Free Augmented Reality Development Platforms?

Augmented reality (AR) development software, also known as AR SDK (software development kits), are software applications, frameworks, and software development kits that enable developers to create augmented reality applications and AR experiences. Augmented reality development tools provide capabilities such as 3D modeling and object tracking, artificial intelligence, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and more. Compare and read user reviews of the best Free Augmented Reality Development platforms currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    PlugXR

    PlugXR

    PlugXR

    PlugXR is a Creative Design Software development platform for spatial computing and immersive augmented reality (AR) applications. It helps creators, designers, and brands enhance customer experience with virtual showrooms, immersive AR product visualization & configuration, and other immersive content for marketing, branding, and other business applications. AR experiences can also be integrated directly into products to enhance the user interface or provide visual aids to users. It simplifies the process of developing immersive tech applications, including Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), Immersive UI/UX designs, Spatial Computing experiences, and Metaverse applications.
    Starting Price: $9 per month
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    Onirix

    Onirix

    Onirix

    Improve the UX of your AR services. Save resources with our intuitive platform and powerful technology. Create professional web AR experiences in a simple way. Where augmented reality for web browsers is made easy. Create, share, customize, and measure the impact of your projects. Web AR for marketing agencies, digital strategies, tourism, retail, restaurants, and many more! Create and configure easily the contents of your AR experiences independently and flexibly. Measure the impact of your augmented reality campaigns, and the response of your audience. Visualize your augmented reality experiences directly inside the web browser. No apps are needed! Onirix Studio is an Experience Editor designed to be used by personnel without technical knowledge. With our content manager, you can create different types of experiences, including 3D models, videos, interactive elements, or even Geolocated maps.
    Starting Price: €89 per month
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    Zapworks

    Zapworks

    Zappar

    Create augmented reality content with Zapworks, the most powerful all in one WebAR platform. Zapworks comes with tools such as Designer, Studio and integrations with Universal AR tools. We have a tool for every skill level, enabling you to create an AR experience. Designer is our no-code solution for creating webAR experiences without downloads, apps, or coding. Studio is a user-friendly AR content creation tool with the flexibility and power of a code editor. We also offer a best-in-class computer vision library as SDK's for multiple platforms, including Unity. Users can create AR experiences placing elements in the real world, tracked to an image or to a user's face, as well as embedding 3D content into any website builder. Zapworks Training equips teams with the skills to understand and utilize new technology without any pre-requisites. This enables stakeholders from across the business to participate and comprehend how it will impact the world.
    Starting Price: $68.00
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    Hololink

    Hololink

    Hololink

    A web-based Augmented Reality editor enabling creation of AR through a visual no-code solution. AR creations are served directly in the mobile browser making the process from creation to end-user 100% browser-based and app-free. Hololink offers: -A visual storyboard for an overview of user interactions and the user journey -Creation of multi-modal AR scenes containing 3D models, animations, audio, images, video + chroma-key and annotations -Third party library with thousands of free 3D models -Free curated 3D models, videos, images and audio -Upload 3D models, video, images or audio of your own -Preview in seconds -Publish to a free hololink url for test distribution -Publish to white label url for commercial distribution -Team features for collaboration on AR creations -Duplication of AR creations for testing different versions -Image tracking rivaling the market leaders -Quick and personal support -Development of new features in close dialogue with customers
    Starting Price: $59/month/white label
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    Vectary

    Vectary

    Vectary

    Vectary is the most accessible 3D and Augmented Reality design platform. No downloads, all in the browser. Build immersive experiences for the real world. Publish 3D and Augmented Reality content to any website, on all platforms with Vectary Web AR. Transform your imported model with high quality and free materials, environments and lightning setups in Vectary. Enhance your 3D content with access to hundreds of free high quality materials carefully selected to shine in AR. Let Vectary do the heavy lifting of reliability and performance optimization to ensure smooth experience on every device. Web AR automatically bakes physically accurate materials and shadows for extra realism and immersion. Vectary can import 3D files from all major tool-chains in the polygon, CAD modeling and 3D scanning field. Over 60 import formats are included in the free version, with additional CAD package available for specific files from Catia, Solidworks, Pro Engineer etc.
    Starting Price: $12 per user per month
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    ARGear

    ARGear

    ARGear

    The world's most advanced augmented reality SDK and rich AR content that brings Snapchat-like AR features to cameras for your augmented reality service development. AR applications can actively drive 5G adoption. Network operators are adopting the ARGear platform. to launch a variety of unique and advanced AR services like 3D AR content and avatar messaging services, utilizing the full range of benefits of a 5G network. Retailers engage their customers, create a more interactive shopping experience, and help their products stand out by using ARGear AR software to provide virtual try-ons. Whether users are streaming to social media or producing an event streamed around the world, ARGear AR software provides innovative ways to express themselves. Video calling app developers increase their app engagement and user retention by having background change and face AR features such as real-time face beautification.
    Starting Price: $0.001 per use
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    XR.+

    XR.+

    XR.+

    XR.+ is a full web solution to create, publish, and manage augmented reality experiences. Focus on storytelling, creativity and deployment strategy. Better than other mediums, augmented reality engages users more, dwell time x 5, interactions x 10. Recognize the world around users and augment it. Use QR codes, embed webAR players, social media, as promotion channels to transform ephemeral touchpoints into great memories. Reach up to 3 billion users by combining web AR and social media. Our web technology is compatible with all iOS and Android phones. Create amazing experiences in a few minutes, test, adjust, validate, it’s done. Our no-code studio manages all webXR technical obstacles. Save hours, days, weeks, compared to others solutions. Add images, videos, text, and 3D models to your experience using the studio. Integrate your specific elements into our API to produce all kinds of complex experiences.
    Starting Price: €99 per month
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    Blippar WebAR SDK
    Build complex, immersive AR experiences that can be shared across the web and any social media platform of your choosing. Use our powerful developer tool to implement key AR behaviours in your products and deliver the levels of engagement, immersion and innovation that users are seeking. With the Blippar SDK Unity Beta plug-in, you can easily publish WebAR experiences, reaching 5 billion+ smartphone users. This integration ensures that you'll no longer need to work between multiple platforms in order to do so. Download the Unity Beta package below, get your license key and start creating. Our new, view-based pricing makes it easy to harness the power of our WebAR SDK to bring ideas of every size to life. Blippar’s WebAR SDK is free to download with no payment details required upfront – so you can create unique AR experiences for free. With our flexible pay as you go model there’s no monthly fee. Pay for views up front, or publish an experience right away for up to 100 free views.
    Starting Price: $0.01 per 1000 views
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