Candera CGI Studio Editions - Comparison Table

As written on the page Candera CGI Studio Editions , there are certain differences between the available Candera CGI Studio editions. A detailed overview of the individual differences can be found in the table below. 
 The created solutions and assets are not compatible among each other. E.g. if you create a solution/asset with our Community Edition, you will not be able to use them with the Professional and Enterprise Editions (and vice versa). However, if you want to upgrade to a commercial Edition we can convert your solutions/assets for you. 
 
 
 
 
 Community Edition 
 Professional Edition 
 Enterprise Edition 
 
 
 Licence Type 
 
 Free licence with runtime and watermark restriction 
 Note: 3 free target licenses upon Community Forum registration 
 
 
 Pay per seat license 
   
 Pay per target license (scaled price) 
 
 
 Pay per seat license 
   
 Pay per target license (scaled price) 
 
 
 
 Commercial Usage 1 
 No 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 
 Data Binding 
 
 
 Compiling of CGI Studio Player 
 not required 
 not required 
 required 
 
 
 Data Binding Set delivered 
 Yes 2 
 Yes 2 
 No 
 
 
 Data Binding 
 Python Script 
 Python Script 
 C++ 
 
 
 Empty Solution 
 Preset data binding 
 Preset data binding 
 no data binding predefined 
 
 
 New Solution Wizard 
 Preset data binding 
 Preset data binding 
 no data binding predefined 
 
 
 Hardware 
 
 
 Platform Support 
 
 Raspberry Pi 4 
 Raspberry Pi 5 
 
 Selection of Platforms 
 All Platforms 
 
 
 Advanced Optimization Capabilities 
 
 Pre-optimized by Candera 3 
 
 Pre-optimized by Candera 3 
 Full-featured optimization by customer and/or Candera 
 
 
 
 Features 
 
 
 
 Scene Composer 
 
 ✓ 4 
 
 ✓ 4 
 ✓ 
 
 
 PC and Target Player 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 2D Graphics Engine 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 3D Graphics Engine 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 UI Controls 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 UI Layout 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 State Machine 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Solution Templates 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Documentation 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Online-Forum 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Software Renderer 
 
 ✓ 
 
 ✓ 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Sources for Engine 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 API-Documentation 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Plug-in Support 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Memory Manager 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Analyzer 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Asset Tool 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 Warping 
 
 × 
 
 
 × 
 
 ✓ 
 
 
 
 Support 
 
 
 
 Expert Support 
 
 × 
 
 Paid support plan 
 Custom 
 
 
 Expert Response  
 
 × 
 
 During working days 
 Custom 
 
 
 Support type 
 
 Community Forum 
 
 Community / Lighthouse Forum 
 E-Mail / Phone 
 
 
 
 Other 
 
 
 
 Functional Safety 
 
 × 
 
 On request 
 On request 
 
 
 
 1 No Watermark, no Runtime-Restriction 2 It is planned to enable custom data bindings in future versions of Candera CGI Studio Community / Professional Edition 3 It is planned to enable some optimization-features in future versions of Candera CGI Studio Community / Professional Edition 4 incl. Scene Editor, View Editor, State Machine Editor, Fusion Editor, Transition Editor