Gaussian Splat Hosting: What Matters for Client Tours

Hosting should cover generation handoff, performance, links, embeds, access, updates, and client delivery.

Short answer

A Gaussian splat host should give you a stable public URL, fast enough delivery on ordinary devices, controlled updates, useful embeds, and a clear way to move a project between private review and public release. Storage alone is not hosting. The real product is everything that happens after someone clicks the link.

Spatial Studio connects that layer to cloud and Mac generation, Spatial Lens capture on iPhone Pro, tour authoring, CTAs, and analytics. Self-hosting or a developer platform remains stronger when infrastructure ownership and custom rendering are the central requirements.

The hosting questions that change the decision

Ask for exact limits on file size, bandwidth, projects, custom branding, password protection, and retention. A low headline price can become expensive when every client tour requires a separate subscription or when traffic is billed unpredictably.

Link, embed, or owned landing page?

A direct hosted link is quickest for review and messaging. An embed keeps visitors on a property or venue website. An owned landing page gives the tour room for a title, description, contact action, related media, and search-friendly context.

These are not interchangeable. For a listing campaign, use the hosted tour as the spatial asset and the listing or campaign page as the canonical marketing page. Avoid producing several nearly identical public pages that compete for the same search query. If a client site embeds the tour, decide which page should be indexed and make that choice explicit.

Performance is part of the hosting bill

Measure a cold load over normal mobile data, not only office Wi-Fi. Record time until the visitor sees something meaningful, time until movement is usable, peak memory, and whether quality visibly degrades after the device warms up. Test one older iPhone, one mid-range Android device, and a desktop browser if the audience is broad.

Choose the lightest setting that survives those tests while preserving the subject. A rural land tour, furnished interior, and heritage artifact do not share one universal file-size target.

Where Spatial Studio fits

Spatial Studio combines hosting with the rest of the production path. You can generate in the cloud from phone video, 360 cameras, 360 drones, standard drone captures, photos, and mixed media; work locally on Mac; capture with Spatial Lens on iPhone Pro; review and author tours in the browser; then publish links or embeds with waypoints, hotspots, CTAs, and analytics. PortalCam support extends the capture choices for compatible 360 workflows.

That integration matters most to a creator or agency that does not want separate accounts for generation, file conversion, hosting, tour authoring, and engagement reporting. A developer-controlled host or self-hosted viewer can still be right when custom rendering, infrastructure ownership, or code-level control is the central requirement.

A release checklist for every hosted project

• Open the public URL in a logged-out browser.
• Confirm the title, preview, first view, and client branding.
• Test the direct link and the actual production embed.
• Check phone navigation in portrait and landscape.
• Verify that private drafts are not discoverable.
• Trigger the intended CTA and inspect the destination.
• Record the published URL, owner, renewal date, and source-file location.
• Recheck the tour after replacing or optimizing the scene.

What the public page should prove

A city-scale map tour gives large sites the context that a room-by-room viewer cannot provide alone.

The city-scale map example shows why presentation matters. A large site needs orientation before detail. The host must preserve that opening context, keep labels readable, and avoid forcing the visitor to download the entire experience before understanding what it contains.

A showcase grid lets buyers or clients scan several finished tours before opening one.

The showcase grid is the agency test. A returning client should be able to identify the right project, share it, and understand its status without asking which filename is current.

Questions people ask

Can I host a Gaussian splat myself?

Yes. You need a compatible web renderer, asset delivery, a page or application around it, and a plan for compression, caching, access, updates, browser testing, and analytics. Self-hosting offers control but transfers those operating responsibilities to your team.

Should the raw PLY be public?

Usually not by default. Publish the delivery asset needed by the viewer and keep the editable source in controlled storage. Public source files can be large, easy to copy, and may expose more detail than the tour requires.

How should an agency price hosting?

Separate production from ongoing availability. Include an initial hosting term, define renewal and traffic assumptions, and state what happens to the tour and source files if the client does not renew.

Related reading

• Spatial Studio Gaussian Splatting Software
• Gaussian Splatting Software
• Video to Gaussian Splat
• Splat Virtual Tour Software

Compare hosting and full-workflow products

Read Splat Labs vs Spatial Studio for a hosting-centered comparison, Splatware vs Spatial Studio for a broader creation suite, and use the Virtual Tour Revenue Calculator to include ongoing hosting in your service price.