Swyvl

What Swyvl does

Swyvl, operated by Lateral Vision Pty Ltd and headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, is a spatial data delivery and record-management platform for field professionals who capture LiDAR, drone imagery, orthomosaics, 3D models, BIM, and survey video. The platform lets users upload files, automatically route them to the appropriate browser-native viewer (Potree for point clouds, Leaflet for GeoTIFFs, Three.js and CesiumJS for 3D models, custom WebGL for Gaussian splats, IFC/DXF/BIM viewers, and a multi-panel DJI video-with-GPS viewer), and share them via branded links that recipients can open in any standard browser without installing specialist software such as CloudCompare, QGIS, or Recap. Captures are anchored to physical sites and time-stamped, building a permanent, auditable record across repeat visits, with full audit logs of who accessed each share, when, from where, and whether they downloaded or approved content.

The platform runs on Google Cloud Platform with Wasabi object storage and Supabase for authentication and metadata, supports eight non-migratable data residency regions (Australia, US East/West, UK, Europe, Canada, Japan, Singapore), and uses Anthropic for file-type classification on filenames and metadata. A suite of standalone free browser tools (point cloud viewer, GeoTIFF viewer, Gaussian splat viewer, DJI SRT viewer) operates independently from the main platform, processing files entirely client-side with no upload and no account required, serving as the primary top-of-funnel acquisition channel. The Enterprise tier adds white-label subdomains, SSO/SAML, API access, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.

The company monetizes through tiered SaaS subscriptions: a Free tier (1 seat, 3 sites, 5 GB), Solo at $49 USD/month, Team at $199 USD/month for 5 seats with additional seats at $15, and a custom Enterprise tier. Billing is processed by Paddle as Merchant of Record, with a 15% annual-billing discount and $0.05/GB/month overage charges on paid plans. Go-to-market is product-led via free self-serve signup and standalone browser tools, supplemented by founder-led demos for enterprise prospects. Primary customer segments are surveyors, commercial drone operators, field service contractors, asset owners and facility managers, heritage and cultural institutions, and event and venue operators — a horizontal segmentation approach applied across a vertical-specific product.

Name

Swyvl

Legal name

Lateral Vision Pty Ltd

Website

https://swyvl.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Swyvl provides a browser-native spatial data delivery and record-management platform that lets surveyors, drone operators, field service contractors, and asset owners upload, view, and share point clouds, orthomosaics, 3D models, BIM, and drone video via branded share links with audit trails, eliminating the need for recipients to install specialist 3D software.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spatial Data Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Retrieval, Distribution & Reuse Workflows (Interoperability/APIs) (MPAHAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metadata Management & Cataloging (Taxonomy, Semantic Search, AI Tagging) (MPAHAGAG), Cloud Encoding & Transcoding Services (SaaS/PaaS) (MPAHAHAC), Ingest, Indexing & Proxy/Mezzanine Generation (MPAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Spatial data platform
• Point cloud viewer
• 3D spatial delivery
• Drone survey software
• LiDAR data sharing

Headquarters

HQ city

Adelaide

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS (Platform): Tiered subscription model with Free, Solo ($49/mo), Team ($199/mo), and Enterprise (custom) plans. Revenue from monthly/annual subscription fees with storage overage charges at $0.05/GB/mo on paid plans. 15% discount for annual billing. Payments processed by Paddle as Merchant of Record.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Swyvl is a SaaS platform that lets field professionals upload, organise, and share spatial data — point clouds, orthomosaics, 3D models, drone video, BIM, CAD, and PDFs — by anchoring each file to a physical site and time-stamping it into a permanent, growing record. AI classifies each upload and automatically routes it to the correct in-browser viewer (Potree, Leaflet, CesiumJS, Three.js, MapLibre, custom WebGL splat renderer, or PDF/video player), and a one-click branded share link delivers the full site record to any client via browser with no software required on the recipient side.

Product overview

Swyvl is a spatial data delivery and record-management platform built as a unified SaaS product with four paid tiers (Free, Solo, Team, Enterprise) and a suite of free standalone browser-based viewers. The core Swyvl Platform allows field professionals to upload point clouds, drone imagery, orthomosaics, 3D models, video, PDFs, and other spatial file types, have them auto-classified by AI, render them in browser-native viewers (Potree, Leaflet, CesiumJS, Three.js, 360° sphere viewer, PDF/video players), and share them via branded links with full audit trails. A set of free tools — the Point Cloud Viewer, GeoTIFF Viewer, Gaussian Splat Viewer, and DJI SRT Viewer — operate independently from the main platform, allowing one-off local browser viewing without an account or upload. The Enterprise tier adds white-labeling, SSO/SAML, and API/MCP access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Swyvl Platform A SaaS platform for field professionals to upload, organise, store, and share spatial files (point clouds, drone imagery, orthomosaics, 3D models, BIM, CAD, video, PDFs) with AI auto-classification, browser-native viewers, time-indexed site records, branded share links, and a full audit trail of recipient access and engagement.
• Free Point Cloud Viewer A free, no-account browser-based viewer for LAS, LAZ, and PLY point cloud files that runs entirely client-side using WebGL, supporting RGB, intensity, elevation gradient, and classification colour modes with full 3D navigation.
• Free GeoTIFF Viewer A free, no-account browser-based viewer for GeoTIFF, orthomosaic, and elevation model files that parses standard and Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) files, supports single- and multi-band rasters, and reprojects coordinate systems to WGS 84 on a Leaflet map with OpenStreetMap base layer.
• Free Gaussian Splat Viewer A free, no-account browser-based viewer for Gaussian Splat files (PLY, .splat, .ksplat, .spz) that runs entirely client-side using WebGL, with orbit/pan/zoom navigation, vertical flip, and a configurable start view.
• Free DJI SRT Viewer A free, no-account browser-based tool that reads DJI SRT sidecar files and renders the drone's GPS flight path on an interactive map, optionally synced to MP4 video playback, with all processing done locally.

Quantifiable outcome

• From capture to permanent record in under 5 minutes
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core infrastructure and feature enhancement.

• Paddlecore infrastructureOthersPaddle acts as the Merchant of Record for all Swyvl transactions, handling billing, payment processing, and tax collection/remittance (GST, VAT, sales tax) across jurisdictions. Swyvl does not store credit card numbers or banking details. Paddle manages PCI-DSS compliance.
• Supabasecore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationSupabase provides database and authentication services for Swyvl. Stores account data, metadata, and activity logs. Implements row-level security on all database tables. Used for OAuth 2.0 authentication flow including Google SSO.
• Wasabicore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationWasabi provides S3-compatible object storage for uploaded spatial files (point clouds, orthomosaics, 3D models, etc.) in the user's selected data region.
• Google Cloud Platformcore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud Platform hosts Swyvl's application infrastructure. Secrets management via Google Secret Manager. Transient request data processed through GCP.
• Anthropicfeature enhancementTechnology or IntegrationAnthropic provides AI processing for file classification. AI operates on filenames and metadata only — not on the content of uploaded files. Used to automatically identify file types and configure appropriate viewers.
• Resendcore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationResend handles transactional email delivery for Swyvl, including magic-link sign-in emails, share link notifications, and account alerts.
• Cloudflarecore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationCloudflare Web Analytics used on application domains (hub.swyvl.io and share.swyvl.io) for anonymous, cookieless page-view and performance metrics. No cross-site tracking.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pix4D: Pix4D provides photogrammetry software (PIX4Dmatic, PIX4Dcloud) for processing drone and terrestrial imagery into orthomosaics, point clouds and 3D meshes. Its cloud offering directly overlaps with Swyvl on browser-based delivery of processed spatial deliverables to clients who don't have specialist software.
• Sketchfab: Sketchfab is the leading browser-based 3D model sharing and viewing platform, used heavily by 3D artists and increasingly by GIS/AEC professionals to share GLB/OBJ/FBX files. Swyvl overlaps directly on browser-native 3D model viewing via Three.js and on the free-tool-driven acquisition model, though Swyvl extends well beyond models into point clouds, orthos, and BIM.
• DroneDeploy: DroneDeploy is an end-to-end drone data platform for mapping, progress tracking, and inspection across construction, mining and agriculture. Swyvl competes with DroneDeploy on orthomosaic and point cloud delivery to non-technical stakeholders via browser-based viewing, though DroneDeploy focuses upstream on capture/processing while Swyvl focuses on downstream delivery and records.
• Cesium (Cesium Ion): Cesium operates Cesium Ion, the leading platform for streaming and viewing large-scale 3D Tiles, geospatial datasets and Gaussian splats in a browser via the CesiumJS engine - the exact same renderer used inside Swyvl for 3D Tiles and KMZ/KML overlays. Swyvl is essentially a domain-specialized delivery layer built on top of CesiumJS-style streaming infrastructure.
• Matterport: Matterport provides browser-based 3D capture, viewing and sharing of physical spaces, with strong traction in real estate, construction and facilities. Swyvl is comparable on the spatial capture-to-share workflow and on 360° panorama viewing, though Swyvl is more vertical-agnostic and accepts broader input file types from third-party capture tools.

Broad incumbents

• Esri ArcGIS Online: Esri ArcGIS Online is the dominant cloud GIS platform for storing, publishing and sharing geospatial layers (imagery, orthos, vectors, 3D scenes) with browser-based viewers. Swyvl overlaps directly on browser-native GeoTIFF/SHP/KMZ viewing but targets the survey/drone delivery workflow rather than enterprise GIS analysis.
• Autodesk Recap / Forma: Autodesk Recap (with the broader Forma/AEC ecosystem) handles point cloud processing, viewing and project review for AEC customers. Swyvl competes in the same point cloud and BIM viewer category but positions itself as the lightweight, delivery-and-share step outside heavy Autodesk desktop workflows.
• Bentley iTwin Capture / Open Utilities: Bentley's iTwin platform provides digital twin infrastructure for sharing and visualizing reality meshes, point clouds and engineering data across infrastructure owners and operators. Swyvl targets a similar owner/operator use case - receiving multi-contractor spatial deliverables in an organized record - but at a dramatically lower price point and TCO than Bentley iTwin.
• Trimble Connect: Trimble Connect is an established AEC/geospatial collaboration platform for sharing and viewing models, drawings, point clouds and survey data across project stakeholders. It overlaps directly with Swyvl's share-and-audit value prop but as part of Trimble's broader surveying, construction and infrastructure software suite.

Emerging players

• OpenDroneMap: OpenDroneMap is an open-source photogrammetry platform that processes drone imagery into orthos, point clouds and 3D models, with a community edition aimed at prosumer/Civil-Society users. It overlaps with Swyvl's drone-survey-delivery workflow but lacks an equivalent commercial, branded, audit-trailed share-link product for clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/swyvl_io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swyvl-maps

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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