CGI Studio Editions - Overview

As written on the page What CGI Studio Editions are existing?, there are certain differences between the available CGI Studio editions. A detailed overview of the individual differences can be found in the table below.

	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	Yes²	Yes²	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

~~Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 5~~

Selection of Platforms

All Platforms

Advanced Optimization Capabilities

Pre-optimized by Candera³

Full-featured optimization by customer and/or Candera

Features

Scene Composer

~~Features~~✓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

~~Scene~~×

~~Composer~~ Paid support plan Custom Expert Response

ü⁴×

During working days Custom Support type

ü⁴Community Forum

Candera Forum E-Mail / Phone

üOther

Functional Safety

~~PC and Target Player~~

request on

request

~~2D Graphics Engine~~

~~3D Graphics Engine~~

~~UI Controls~~

¹ No Watermark, no Runtime-Restriction
² It is planned to enable custom data bindings in future versions of Candera CGI Studio Professional Edition
³ It is planned to enable some optimization-features in future versions of Candera CGI Studio Professional Edition
⁴

incl.

Scene Editor, View Editor, State Machine Editor, Fusion Editor, Transition Editor