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udSDK Build vs Licence

Build your own engine, or licence udSDK: 3-year comparison

What is the real cost of not having full-resolution point cloud rendering in your product, and what does it cost to get it? Configure your platform below.

This page compares building a rendering engine with licensing udSDK. For the GPU infrastructure comparison, see the homepage.

Select Your Vertical

Most GIS platforms serve point cloud data as pre-tiled LOD pyramids or not at all. Both approaches compromise the data. udSDK renders full-resolution data on any hardware already in a GIS operator's fleet: no tile pre-processing, no GPU, no storage multiplication.

Block A: Platform Profile

Your company's WACC (%)

"Extend" activates GPU infra, processing, and storage costs; reduces build FTE by the open-source reduction factor.

Block C: udSDK Licensing

Tier: Scale · $110/seat · minimum annual contract $10,000

$240,000/yr

Auto-calculated from Pricing Matrix. See Advanced Assumptions to override.

Range $100K–$300K. Complex Esri/Bentley/Trimble stacks may reach $300K.

Enter $0 if running on existing servers.

TCO Results

Worked example: 2,000-seat GIS & Spatial team, 3-year analysis (illustrative)

Annual Cost Comparison

Build from Scratch$600,000/yr
Engineering build cost (amortised)$300,000
Ongoing engineering maintenance$300,000
udSDK Path$325,000/yr
udSDK licence ACV$240,000
Integration engineering (amortised)$50,000
Annual integration maintenance$35,000
GPU hardware cost$0

Annual Saving

$275,000

45.8% reduction in total cost

Payback Period

6.5 months

to recover integration cost

3-Year Total Saving

$825,000

NPV: $708,702

Licensing udSDK at 2,000 seats saves your organisation an estimated $275,000 a year, or $825,000 over 3 years (NPV $708,702), in engineering and infrastructure cost. Integration cost is recovered in 6.5 months.

Request a Scoping Estimate View udSDK Details

All cost assumptions are sourced from industry benchmarks and Nuclideon's own build history. Pricing from the udSDK Pricing Model, effective April 2026. Complex integrations into Esri, Bentley, or Trimble stacks may reach $300K and 18 months. Adjust the integration cost input to reflect your platform. Nuclideon will provide a project scoping estimate on request. v1.0 | April 2026

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