Pointly
6.9/10Pointly is AI software from Berlin that classifies large LiDAR point clouds and extracts vector objects for utilities, railways, mapping agencies and surveyors.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Pointly is a Berlin product from Pointly GmbH. Supper & Supper launched it in 2020 as a cloud tool for classifying 3D point clouds with AI support. Today it labels each point in airborne, mobile and terrestrial LiDAR as ground, vegetation, building, conductor and similar classes. It can also turn classified points into vector objects. Results export as LAS or LAZ point clouds, or as DXF, Shapefile, CSV and GeoJSON objects. The vendor claims over 98 percent accuracy and up to 500 billion points processed per day. A browser viewer with segment and lasso selection tools covers manual review. Pricing on the web platform is a monthly package priced by volume of million points. Professional S costs 99 euros for 500 MPoints. Professional M costs 490 euros for 5,000 MPoints. Professional M+ costs 790 euros and adds a classifier trained on your own class catalog. Enterprise is quoted. The API is billed per million points processed. Pointly Box runs on your own hardware, including air-gapped setups, from 19,000 euros a year. A per-km² managed service is also offered. Partners such as FlyNex, 360GEO and LumiDB sell Pointly through its API, and there are extensions for Esri ArcGIS and Bentley MicroStation. The best fit is utilities checking power line corridors, railway operators and national mapping programmes. Pointly does one job: classification and feature extraction. It has no work orders, maintenance scheduling or asset management features, and vectorization is a custom project rather than a list-price option.
Our Rating
Industrial & Infrastructure Software6.8/10
AI Software7/10
Who Pointly is best for
Good fit
It has a dedicated Powerline Classifier that covers towers, conductors and vegetation encroachment.
It processes airborne LiDAR, and the drone platform FlyNex offers it through the API.
It offers power line and substation scan-to-BIM workflows.
It exports DXF and Shapefile, and has ArcGIS and MicroStation extensions.
Pointly says it has done classification work on the Digital Twin Germany project, and it offers on-premise air-gapped deployment.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Monthly prices are published, from 99 euros for 500 million points, and there is a free tier for testing
- Pointly Box allows on-premise and air-gapped processing for data-sensitive operators
- It holds ISO 27001 certification, and cloud processing defaults to EU data centers on Azure
- Custom classifiers can be trained on a customer's own class catalog
- There are extensions for Esri ArcGIS and Bentley MicroStation, and it exports in many formats
Cons
- It only covers classification, with no asset management, work orders or maintenance tools
- Vectorization and custom classifier training are quoted per project, not list-price items
- There are few independent user reviews on G2, Capterra or Reddit
- The pricing page has a yearly billing toggle but shows no annual prices
Key Features
Pointly Pricing
Free
- Standard classifiers
- Limit can be raised on request
- Up to 3 files of 15 MPoints each
Professional S
- Shared projects
- Viewer and tools
- Unlimited projects
- 500 MPoints per month
- All standard classifiers
Professional M
- 5,000 MPoints per month
- Same features as Professional S
Professional M+
- 5,000 MPoints per month
- Post-processing tuned to your data
- One classifier trained on your own class catalog
Enterprise
- Annotator seats available
- Volume set to your projects
- Several packages can be combined
- Volume can be booked a year ahead
Pointly Box annual license
- Can run air-gapped
- Runs on your own hardware
- Price shown is the starting price
- Up to 3 parallel jobs; a larger license raises the limit
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. A free account runs the standard classifiers on up to three of your own files of 15 million points each, and the limit can be raised on request.
Yes. Pointly Box runs on your own hardware and can run air-gapped, from 19,000 euros a year or from 0.03 euros per million points.
Input is LAS and LAZ point clouds. Outputs include LAS/LAZ, DXF, Shapefile, CSV and GeoJSON.
The API is billed monthly on points processed: 0.15 euros per million points with standard classifiers, or 0.20 euros with your own class catalog.
Pointly is ISO 27001 certified. By default it processes data in EU data centers on Microsoft Azure.
Yes. A Powerline Classifier detects towers, conductors, insulator suspension points and vegetation encroachment.
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