Comparison of photo stitching software

Photo stitching software produce panoramic pictures. The other method involves using panoramic cameras or panoramic mirror lenses (i.e. one-shot lenses).

General

Name	Developer(s)	Operating system(s)	License	Price	WWW	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional	Easypano Holdings Inc.	Windows XP/7/8; Mac OS X 10.4 or later	Proprietary	Standard: $99 / Professional: $299	easypano.com	Branding free, trial version works will be watermarked.
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro	DualAlign LLC	Windows XP or Vista; Mac OS X 10.2 or higher	Proprietary	Express: $50 / Pro: $100	i2Align.com	Express is limited to four images per panorama
Pixtra OmniStitcher	Pixtra Corp.	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$49	Pixtra.com	Designed for 360x180 degree omniramas.
Pixtra PanoStitcher	Pixtra Corp.	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$30	Pixtra.com	Includes virtual tool authoring package.
Dermandar	Dermandar	Browser based (Adobe Flash player required), Apple iOS4	Proprietary	Free	Dermandar.com	Panoramas are uploaded on the Dermandar server and they can be viewed with the provided Flash viewer.
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium	Tekmate, Inc.	Windows 98 or later	Proprietary	Harmony: $52 / Premium: $277	PhotoFit4Panorama.com	Premium has bigger output size limits (12 vs. 1200 Mpix) and more output projections.
PanoramaPlus X4	Serif (Europe) Ltd.	Windows XP or later	Proprietary	£20	Serif.com	Video input.
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro	3cim, Inc.	Windows ??	Proprietary	$199 / Pro: $499 + annual $199	PanoBuilder.com	Price incl. hosting for virtual tours.
Pixloo VT Builder	Pixloo	Windows and Mac	Proprietary	$9 Month	Pixloo	Unlimited hosting of virtual tours.
360 Panorama Professional	360 Degrees of Freedom	Windows only	Proprietary	$99	360dof.com	Includes virtual tool authoring package.
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro	360 Degrees of Freedom	Windows only	Proprietary	$499	360dof.com	Includes virtual tool authoring package. specifically designed for fisheye lenses.
COOL 360	Ulead / Corel Corp.	Windows, up to XP only	Proprietary	$40	Corel.com	Support discontinued.
The Panorama Factory v5	Smoky City Design, LLC	Windows 98 or later; Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later	Proprietary	$80	panoramafactory.com
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business		Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	Lite: Free / Home: $20 / Business: $349	Singnet.com
PTAssembler	Max Lyons	Windows only	Proprietary	$49 / $299	Tawbaware.com	Based on Panorama Tools
PTgui / PTgui Pro	New House Internet Services BV	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	€79 (personal) / €180 (company); Pro: €149 (personal / €349 (company)	ptgui.com	Based on Panorama Tools.
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server	Kolor	Windows 2000 or later; Mac OS X 10.5 or later with Intel processor; Linux 2.6 or later	Proprietary	Pro: €99; Giga: €199 (+taxes)	www.kolor.com	Free trial version (watermarked)
Autostitch	Matthew Brown & David Lowe	Windows; Mac OS X; Android 4.0.3 and up	Proprietary	Time limited demo only	Autostitch home page
Calico Panorama	Kekus	Mac only	Proprietary	$39	kekus.com	Based on Autostitch.
hugin	Pablo d'Angelo et al.	Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD	GPL	Free	hugin.sf.net	Based on Panorama Tools.
Stitcher 3.0	3DVista	Windows 2000 or later	Proprietary	€/$199	3dvista.com
D Joiner	D Vision Works, Ltd.	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	£300	d-vw.com
Panorama Maker 6	Arcsoft, Inc.	Windows XP/Vista/7; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$79.99	arcsoft.com	Video input, 3D output
Photovista Panorama	iseemedia, inc.	Windows 98 SE or later; Mac OS 9.1 or later	Proprietary	$250	iseephotovista.com
PanoramaStudio 2 / Pro	Tobias Hüllmandel Software	Windows 2000 or later	Proprietary	€35/70€	tshsoft.de	RAW file support. Multirow stitching only with Pro version.
Stitcher Unlimited 2009	Autodesk	Windows Vista SP2 or later; Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later	Proprietary	$400	autodesk.com	Export to Flash, VRML, QTVR.
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro	Albatross Design Group	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$40 / $99	albatrossdesign.com	Pro version has ability to create hot spots for virtual tours.
Panorama Composer 3	FirmTools	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$30	Panorama.FirmTools.com	Includes Flash, ActiveX and Java based viewers for web.
Image Composite Editor	Microsoft	Windows XP or later	Proprietary	Free for non-commercial use	research.microsoft.com	Video input (Windows 7+)
Panorama Perfect	Michal Pohanka	Windows 2000 or later	Proprietary	$29	volny.cz
Photoshop CS5	Adobe Systems	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$699	adobe.com
Photoshop CS6	Adobe Systems	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$699	adobe.com	Can do auto stitching
AIPR Lite 1	Mayachitra, Inc.	Windows; Mac OS X 10.6+	Proprietary	$29.95	AIPR Lite	(*) both 32 and 64 bit versions available.
Gigapan Stitch 1.0	Gigapan Systems	Windows; Mac OS X 10.4 or later	Proprietary	$79	Gigapan Stitch 1.0	Assumes images form approximate grid. Works well on large numbers of images ( hundreds, thousands )
PanoramaMaker	STOIK Imaging	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	39€	STOIK.com	Requires all images to be the same size
Montage Image Mosaic	Caltech/IPAC, JPL, CACR, ISI	Unix	Proprietary	Free	official Web site	Produces science-grade mosaics for astronomical research
PanoEdit	Alexander Boltnev	Mac OS X	Proprietary	$15	www.panoedit.com
PhotoStitcher	Maxim Gapchenko	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$19.99	www.photostitcher.com	Stitch panoramic images in one click without any preferences
SharpStitch	Libor Tinka	Windows	Proprietary	Full: $995.00; Source code: $4995.00	www.imagingshop.com	Image alignment and stitching library for .NET
StitchUp	Michel Mürner	Mac OS X	Proprietary	$6.99	www.stitchup.ch
Name	Developer(s)	Operating system(s)	License	Price	WWW	Notes

HDR, tonemapping and exposure fusion

Name	HDR input (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Merging to HDR from LDR images	HDR output (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Tonemapping	Exposure fusion	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro		*	*			) Pro* version only.
Pixtra PanoStitcher
Pixtra OmniStitcher
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium
PanoramaPlus X4
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro
360 Panorama Professional
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro
COOL 360
The Panorama Factory v5
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business
PTAssembler						Exposure fusion with TuFuse or enfuse. Automatic detection of image stacks.
PTgui / PTgui Pro	*	*	*	*	*	Exposure fusion with enfuse or TuFuse. ) Pro* version only.
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server
Autostitch
Calico Panorama
hugin						Exposure fusion with enfuse, automatic detection of image stacks.
3DVista Stitcher 3.0
D Joiner
Panorama Maker 6
Photovista Panorama
PanoramaStudio
Stitcher Unlimited 2009
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro
Panorama Composer 3
Image Composite Editor						Supports 16-bit camera raw input via WIC plugins
Panorama Perfect
Photoshop
AIPR Lite 1				*		(*) color mapping around the seams allows to preserve the original photometric properties of the images
Gigapan Stitch 1.0
PanoramaMaker
PanoEdit						EXR and 32 bit TIF are supported for export
SharpStitch
Name	HDR input (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Merging to HDR from LDR images	HDR output (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Tonemapping	Exposure fusion	Notes

Image corrections

Name	Panorama leveling	Vignetting correction	Lens distortion correcting	White balance correction	Exposure correction	Viewpoint adjustment	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional
Dermandar
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro
Pixtra PanoStitcher							Also chromatic aberration correction if correction parameters provided
Pixtra OmniStitcher							Also chromatic aberration correction if correction parameters provided
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium
PanoramaPlus X4
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro
360 Panorama Professional
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro
COOL 360
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.
The Panorama Factory v5
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business
PTAssembler
PTgui / PTgui Pro
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server						*	() Giga* only.
Autostitch
Calico Panorama
hugin
3DVista Stitcher 3.0
D Joiner
Panorama Maker 6
Photovista Panorama
PanoramaStudio 2 / Pro
Stitcher Unlimited 2009
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro
Panorama Composer 3
Image Composite Editor
Panorama Perfect
Photoshop
AIPR Lite 1		*					(*) color mapping AbOUT the seams greatly mitigates the effects of vignetting
Gigapan Stitch 1.0
PanoramaMaker
PanoEdit
SharpStitch
Name	Panorama leveling	Vignetting correction	Lens distortion correcting	White balance correction	Exposure correction	Viewpoint adjustment	Notes

Export options

Name	Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.)	Flash viewer	Java viewer	QTVR	HTML 5*	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional						Includes free Flash and HTML5 viewer.
Dermandar						Includes free Flash and HTML5 viewer.
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro
Pixtra PanoStitcher						Includes ActiveX viewer & export.
Pixtra OmniStitcher						Includes ActiveX viewer & export.
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium
PanoramaPlus X4						Flickr export.
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro		*				*) Planar viewer.
360 Panorama Professional
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro
COOL 360						Embedding of panoramas into executables (`.exe`) and Microsoft Office files. ActiveX viewer.
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.
The Panorama Factory v5
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business
PTAssembler
PTgui / PTgui Pro
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server
Autostitch
Calico
hugin
3DVista Stitcher 3.0
D Joiner
Panorama Maker 6
Photovista Panorama						IVR export.
PanoramaStudio 2 / pro
Stitcher Unlimited 2009						VRML export.
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro
Panorama Composer 3						Includes ActiveX viewer & export.
Image Composite Editor						Publish to Photosynth website, Silverlight based viewer.
Panorama Perfect
Photoshop
AIPR Lite 1
Gigapan Stitch 1.0						3D viewer in stitcher / Publishing to gigapan.org 2D flash viewer / Embeddable flash viewer
PanoramaMaker
PanoEdit
SharpStitch
Name	Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.)	Flash viewer	Java viewer	QTVR	HTML 5*	Notes

* ) Export to HTML 5 usually means WebGL based viewer application.

Compatible equipment

Name	Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses)	Fish eye lenses	Partial or full (spherical) panoramas or images from panoramic cameras	Different focal lengths in single panorama	Different lens types in single panorama	Perspective correction lenses	Other/Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro
Pixtra PanoStitcher
Pixtra OmniStitcher
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium
PanoramaPlus X4
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro
360 Panorama Professional
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro
COOL 360
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.		*					*) Circular fish eyes not supported, diagonal fish eyes up to 180 degree field of view.
The Panorama Factory v5
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business
PTAssembler
PTgui / PTgui Pro
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server							Also supports motorized panoramic heads, in Giga & Pro versions.
Autostitch
Calico Panorama
hugin		*					* As of v2010.2 onwards, all known fish eye projections are supported (equisolid, orthographic, stereographic)
3DVista Stitcher 3.0							"One shot" i.e. panoramic mirror lenses also supported.
D Joiner
Panorama Maker 6
Photovista Panorama
PanoramaStudio 2 / Pro
Stitcher Unlimited 2009
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro			*				*) Cylindrical only
Panorama Composer 3
Image Composite Editor
Panorama Perfect
Photoshop
AIPR Lite 1						*	(*) homographic model compensates for these type of lenses
Gigapan Stitch 1.0
PanoramaMaker
PanoEdit
SharpStitch
Name	Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses)	Fish eye lenses	Partial or full (spherical) panoramas or images from panoramic cameras	Different focal lengths in single panorama	Different lens types in single panorama	Perspective correction lenses	Other/Notes