Nerfstudio
The open framework for NeRF and Gaussian Splatting research.
Open Source 8–24 GB VRAM
- Min VRAM
- 8 GB
- GPU class
- Mid GPU
- Quant
- FP32
Actually FreeNo SignupOpen SourceWatermark-Free
Luma AI
Phone-scan to NeRF, Genie text-to-3D, and Dream Machine video.
Freemium · from $30/mo☁ Cloud · no GPUCloud API
Hobbyist-FriendlyAPI
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What is Luma AI?
Luma AI is three things under one roof: the iOS app that pioneered phone-scan NeRFs, Genie (text-to-3D mesh), and Dream Machine (text-to-video). Particularly strong on the NeRF side — capturing a real-world scene from a phone is still effectively their use case to lose.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Best-in-class phone NeRF capture pipeline
- Genie produces clean low-poly meshes suitable for game engines
- Dream Machine video is highly competitive with Runway / Pika
- Single account spans 3D + video workflows
Cons
- Commercial-grade exports gated behind paid plans
- Closed-source, cloud-only — no offline workflow
What's actually free?
Free phone-scan captures with watermarked exports; paid plans for high-res & commercial use.
Alternatives
Runway Gen-4
Cinematic-quality cloud video generation.
Paid · from $15/mo☁ Cloud · no GPU
Watermark-FreeAPI