Tango Vision vs Pointr
Pointr turns CAD floor plans into maps and puts a blue dot on them, using Bluetooth beacons. Building OS models the building itself, and runs on your own infrastructure.
Sources checked 23 August 2026
Where Pointr is strong.
Written by us, about a competitor. We would say the same in a sales meeting — and a comparison with no concessions reads as a brochure.
Their CAD-to-map automation is the best of the group
MapScale takes DWG, DXF and vector PDF and digitises them, and they are an Apple-certified IMDF converter — a credential granted by a third party, not claimed in marketing. If turning a large drawing archive into maps quickly is the problem, do not pick a fight with them on it.
Beacon positioning is more accurate than anything we ship
Their published figures are one to three metres in dense low-ceiling space. Our positioning is a QR-anchor baseline behind a provider interface. If continuous blue-dot tracking is the requirement, they are ahead and we would tell you so.
Serious enterprise references
Siemens, Cisco, Microsoft, Honeywell and others are on their customer page, with offices across four countries.
Capability by capability.
Presence of a capability, not scores. Where we could not verify something from public material, the table says so rather than guessing.
| Capability | Tango Vision | Pointr |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor map rendering and wayfinding | Yes | Yes |
| CAD import (DWG, DXF, vector PDF) | Yes | Yes — plus a dedicated mapping team |
| IFC / BIM importTheir published input formats are DWG, DXF, vector PDF and GeoJSON. We did not find IFC or BIM named anywhere in their public material. | Yes | Not stated publicly |
| IMDF import and export | Yes | Yes — Apple-certified converter |
| Blue Dot live positioningTheirs is the stronger capability, and it carries hardware: physical beacons roughly every twenty metres, each with a battery to replace. That is capital cost, installation labour and building access, which is the trade they are asking you to make. | QR-anchor baseline, plus a provider interface | Yes — Bluetooth beacons required |
| Facility management, leasing, equipment registerThey overlay maintenance and occupancy data onto maps. The system of record is the partner's product, not theirs. | Yes | No — integrates with IWMS tools such as Planon and Eptura |
| IoT and building-systems telemetry | Yes | Consumed from partners |
| AI agent surface (Model Context Protocol)Their June 2026 announcement describes agentic AI inside their own map-digitisation pipeline, and names MCP as a direction rather than a shipped surface. | Yes — every module exposes MCP tools | Stated as a future direction |
| Public developer documentation | Yes | Registration required |
| Runs on your own infrastructureTheir security page describes hosting on Microsoft Azure with data in a private cloud. We found no on-premise or air-gapped deployment described publicly. Ask them directly rather than assuming. | Yes — on-premise is the same software, not a reduced edition | Not stated publicly |
| Published prices | No | No |
Which one should you buy?
One of these two answers is going to be right for your building, and it is not always ours.
Choose theirs
Choose Pointr
Choose Pointr if you have a large archive of CAD drawings to turn into maps quickly, and if continuous blue-dot positioning is worth the beacon hardware it requires. On both of those they are ahead of us today.
Choose ours
Choose Building OS
Choose Building OS if the building's operations belong on the same model as its map, if you need IFC as well as CAD, or if the platform has to run inside your own perimeter.
Where this came from
- Pointr — privacy and securityChecked 23 August 2026
- Pointr — technology FAQ (beacons, accuracy, MapScale)Checked 23 August 2026
- Pointr — IMDF conversionChecked 23 August 2026
- Pointr — IWMS integrationsChecked 23 August 2026
Pointr is a trademark of its owner, and this page describes their product from their own published material. If anything here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
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