Interart vs Artivive: the honest version.
The short version: Artivive (founded 2017) is the established AR-art platform with a mature app and exhibition ecosystem. Interart is the browser-first newcomer — viewers never install anything, the free plan renews with 100 scans monthly, commercial use is included from $0, and published art never deactivates. If app-free viewing and permissive pricing decide it, Interart wins; if platform maturity decides it, Artivive does.
Feature and pricing comparison
Artivive figures from artivive.com's public pricing and help pages, August 2026. Currencies as each vendor lists them; check their site for current terms.
| Interart | Artivive | |
|---|---|---|
| How viewers watch | Phone browser (WebAR) on every plan — open a link or QR, nothing to install | Artivive app on standard tiers; WebAR available from Pro Plus (€399.90/yr, 10 WebAR artworks per QR) |
| Free tier | 3 published designs · 100 scans/month, renewing monthly · commercial use allowed | Unlimited artworks · 50 views lifetime, pooled account-wide · 1 MB assets per artwork · personal use |
| At the cap | Soft: art keeps playing, artist sees an upgrade prompt | Hard: artwork stops displaying; view packs from €39.90 / 2,000 views (valid that month) |
| First paid tier | Pro — $18/month or $173/year: 10,000 scans/mo, unlimited designs, no badge | Pro — €139.90/year (≈€11.66/mo): 1,000 views/mo, 3 MB assets, personal use |
| Commercial use (selling your work) | Included on every plan, from $0 | From Business — €999/year (15,000 views/mo) |
| White-label / branding off | Badge off on Pro ($18/mo); white-label viewer on Commercial | Artivive branding removed at Enterprise (€2,999/yr) |
| Layers beyond the artwork's edges | Yes — elements float around and behind the print (portal mode) | — |
| Update after printing | Yes — republish; links and QRs show the new version | Yes — artworks can be updated |
| Founded | 2026 | 2017 — the category's most established platform |
What Artivive does well
Founded in 2017, Artivive has the longest track record in AR art — a real consideration if you're betting an exhibition on a vendor.
Museum and gallery partnerships, commissioned-artwork services, and a large community of artists already publishing on it.
Years of educational content, courses and community examples — if you learn from tutorials, theirs is the bigger library today.
Where Interart is built differently
No viewer app exists to install, on any plan. The scan-to-reveal path is: open link → allow camera → point. That's the whole funnel your audience walks.
No usage cap ever stops a published piece from playing. Caps talk to the artist, never to the viewer holding your print.
Commercial use is included from $0 — an artist-alley seller with 200 printed cards is a commercial artist, and shouldn't need a €999 licence to be one.
Layers float outside the artwork's edges and sink behind it in portal mode — the print becomes a window, not just a screen.
Questions, answered.
For artists who want a no-app viewer experience, a free plan that renews monthly, and commercial use without a €999/year licence, Interart is the stronger fit. Artivive is the more established platform, founded in 2017, with a large artist community, exhibition partnerships and a mature app. The honest answer depends on whether app-free viewing and permissive pricing matter more to you than platform maturity.
Only on Artivive's WebAR tiers: as of August 2026, browser-based viewing starts at Pro Plus (€399.90/year), with limits on the number of WebAR artworks per QR code. On standard tiers, viewers install the Artivive app. On Interart, every plan — including free — plays in the browser.
Interart's free plan renews monthly: 3 published designs, 100 scans a month, commercial use allowed, and artwork keeps playing past the cap. Artivive's free tier includes 50 views total (lifetime, pooled across the account) with a 1 MB asset limit per artwork, and artwork stops displaying when views run out (artivive.com, August 2026).
On Artivive, reaching the account's view limit stops artworks from displaying until a top-up pack is bought (from €39.90 per 2,000 views, August 2026). On Interart, scan caps are soft: crossing one shows the artist an upgrade prompt, and every published artwork keeps playing for viewers.
Open a template, make it yours.
Interart’s AR templates are finished, working designs — open one in the browser editor, swap in your own artwork, and it’s yours. Each one teaches a technique with a built-in guided tour.
No account needed — sign up later and your work comes with you.
Decide with your own artwork.
The free plan takes minutes and no credit card — publish one piece and scan it yourself.