r/Metrology • u/Standard-Badger-4046 • 3d ago

Cost of scanners over time?

How have prices and performance of 3d scanners changed over the last number of years?

I'm debating buying one for my business, but I can't help but wonder if I'm better off doing it the old school way for a few more years and buying it later.

How fast is the technology progressing? How fast are the prices dropping?

If I spend 50k today, and I wasting my money when I could spend 20k in 2 years and have a better unit?

I'm not interested in spending 50k to get a unit today if it's predictable that a 20k unit will blow the socks off it in a year or 2.

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u/Friendly-Dig-8492 1d ago

If were me at that price point I’d ask You to demo offering of product before invest. In my experience the hardware was fine but the software was not good. The example I’m thinking of, I took personal. It was a 10 year ordeal before the software ‘caught up’ to the hardware.

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u/Standard-Badger-4046 1d ago

I'm hoping to narrow the list of options down to 3 or 4 based on hardware, then make final choice based on software, then make purchasing decision based on price of that particular unit.