HoloBuilder

What HoloBuilder does

HoloBuilder™, by FARO Technologies, is an enterprise-ready Construction Progress Management platform that allows construction teams to easily capture, communicate, and control project progress with 360° photos. Users can navigate their way through the entire construction project to view, annotate and collaborate. HoloBuilder is trusted by over 28,000 construction projects with customers in 35 countries, enabling general contractors, owners, and engineering firms to improve hundreds of processes, allowing them to stay on schedule and within budget.

Name

HoloBuilder

Legal name

HoloBuilder

Website

https://www.HoloBuilder.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HoloBuilder™ is an enterprise-ready Construction Progress Management solution for AEC firms to capture & control jobsite progress in 360°.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Technology Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Suites (HDAEAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Virtualization & Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Management (HDABABAB)

Keywords

• Construction progress management
• Digital reality platform
• 360 photo documentation
• BIM integration software
• 3D point cloud processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Mary

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Cloud-based software-as-a-service platform for reality capture data management. Revenue generated through subscription licensing with tiered access levels for different user roles and project volumes.
2. Point Cloud Processing Add-on: Premium tier subscription for point cloud processing, registration, and advanced analysis features requiring specialized compute resources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

HoloBuilder (now branded as FARO Sphere XG) provides a cloud-based Digital Reality Platform that enables AEC firms to capture, process, view, measure, and share 360° photos, 3D point clouds, and 3D/BIM models in a unified environment. The platform supports construction progress documentation, remote jobsite collaboration, automated floor plan generation, and bidirectional integrations with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Planon.

Product overview

HoloBuilder operates as FARO INSIGHT, a business of AMETEK, offering a unified Digital Reality platform centered on FARO Sphere XG (formerly HoloBuilder). The portfolio spans both software and hardware: Sphere XG serves as the core cloud platform for managing 360° photos, 3D point clouds, and BIM models with integrated collaboration tools; complemented by the FARO Blink Imaging Laser Scanner (hardware) for integrated capture; the JobWalk mobile app for field data capture; and FARO's broader suite including As-Built (for AutoCAD/Revit), BuildIT, and SiteScape for end-to-end reality capture workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JobWalk App: Mobile application for capturing 360° photos on construction sites. Supports various 360° cameras including RICOH Theta series and Insta360. Available on iOS and Android.
• SiteScape
• FARO Blink

Products and services

• FARO Sphere XG Centralized cloud-based Digital Reality Platform (formerly HoloBuilder) enabling AEC, O&M, and geospatial professionals to upload, view, measure, analyze, and share 360° photos, 3D point clouds, and 3D/BIM models. Supports progress tracking, site documentation, remote collaboration, and integrations with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Planon.
• FARO Blink Imaging Laser Scanner All-in-one hardware reality capture device combining dual 25MP cameras with HDR 3D laser scanning (0.5–80m range, 4mm accuracy). Captures 360° photos up to 50MP and point clouds up to 50M points per scan with automated upload to Sphere XG.
• JobWalk App Mobile app for on-site 360° photo capture supporting RICOH Theta series (including A1), Insta360 cameras, and FARO scanners. Enables placing 2D photos on floor plans, adding context-based annotations, and capturing in ClassicMode, SpeedMode, ContinuousMode, and VideoMode.
• SiteScape LiDAR-based indoor mapping solution leveraging iPad LiDAR sensors to capture spatial data for indoor mapping. Used for augmenting floorplan data to create accurate indoor maps applied in school safety mapping for first responders and facility documentation.
• As-Built FARO software for processing point cloud data directly in AutoCAD and Revit environments, converting reality capture data into usable CAD/BIM deliverables as part of FARO's interoperable reality capture suite.
• BuildIT FARO construction verification software that compares as-built scans against design models for quality assurance and tolerance verification. Part of FARO's interoperability suite alongside As-Built for AutoCAD, As-Built for Revit, WebShare Cloud, and HoloBuilder/Sphere XG.

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.2 million and 8,000 hours saved in fireproofing inspections (Kleinfelder)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• ProcorecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2025Sphere XG integrates with Procore, a leading construction project management platform. The integration enables bidirectional synchronization of observations and RFIs, allowing users to create and manage project issues directly in Sphere XG with automatic syncing to Procore. Observations include visual snapshots from reality capture data and direct links to Sphere XG for full 3D context.
• Autodesk Construction CloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 September 2025Sphere XG integrates with Autodesk Construction Cloud, enabling construction teams to synchronize reality capture data with Autodesk workflows. Annotations created in Sphere XG can sync with Autodesk platforms, simplifying issue management and keeping digital jobsite data fully integrated.
• PlanoncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2025Sphere XG Connector integrates with Planon CMMS, allowing facility managers to link Planon assets with location-specific reality capture data from Sphere XG. Enables real-time visualization of spaces, streamlined workflows across datasets, and data-backed decisions without switching applications.
• FARO Technologies (Parent Company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023HoloBuilder rebranded to FARO Sphere XG as part of FARO's strategy to unify reality capture technologies. FARO Sphere XG is developed by FARO INSIGHT, a business of AMETEK, Inc. The platform integrates with FARO hardware including Orbis, Blink, and Focus scanners with automated data processing in the cloud environment.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• OpenSpace: OpenSpace provides 360° photo-based construction progress documentation and AI-powered analytics for AEC firms, competing directly with HoloBuilder/Sphere XG in remote site capture, progress tracking, and BIM integration.
• StructionSite: StructionSite offers 360° photo and video reality capture for construction project documentation, with direct overlap in jobsite capture, progress tracking, and BIM model integration targeting AEC customers.
• Buildots: Buildots uses 360° cameras and AI to automate construction progress tracking and detect discrepancies versus BIM models, directly competing with Sphere XG's automated progress documentation and AI analytics capabilities.
• Reconstruct: Reconstruct provides a digital twin platform combining 360° photos, point clouds, and BIM for construction and facility management, overlapping with Sphere XG's unified reality capture and BIM integration approach.
• Cupix: Cupix offers a 3D digital twin platform for construction and facility management built on 360° capture and BIM integration, competing directly in the AEC progress documentation and O&M facility management use cases served by Sphere XG.

Emerging players

• DroneDeploy: DroneDeploy provides reality capture (drone and ground-based) and construction progress mapping with BIM integration, offering adjacent rather than identical capabilities to Sphere XG's 360° photo and point cloud focus.
• Matterport: Matterport provides 3D spatial capture and digital twin technology for real estate, AEC, and facility management, overlapping with Sphere XG's reality capture platform in the construction documentation and O&M segments.

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk Construction Cloud: Autodesk Construction Cloud (BIM 360) offers a broad AEC platform including reality capture integrations, project management, and BIM workflows, competing with Sphere XG as part of a much larger enterprise software suite.
• Trimble Reality Capture: Trimble offers reality capture hardware and construction software (Trimble Connect, Trimble Field Systems) covering similar workflows to Sphere XG, with greater scale and broader enterprise reach.
• Bentley iTwin: Bentley Systems' iTwin platform provides digital twin and infrastructure reality capture for construction and asset management, competing with Sphere XG in AEC and O&M with an enterprise-grade broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/FAROTechnologiesInc
• Facebookfacebook.com/HoloBuilder
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holobuilder
• Instagraminstagram.com/faroinsight
• Xx.com/HoloBuilder

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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