Free Download!! 3D Gaussian Splatting Data (PLY)

We’ve put together a collection of 3DGS PLY files — actual 3D Gaussian Splatting data — available for download.
Feel free to use them for testing, research, or experimentation!

All files are released under the CC0 license (no restrictions).

Free 3DGS PLY Sample Downloads

What's Included in the Sample Files

Try dragging and dropping the PLY file into SuperSplat to check it out!

Relationship Between 3DGS PLY File Size and Number of Splats

In traditional 3D workflows, it's often possible to dramatically reduce the polygon count and make up for it with high-quality textures to maintain visual fidelity.

However, with 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), the visual quality is directly tied to the number of splats (points).
From our experience, if you're aiming to use 3DGS as a replacement for photography in a commercial project, you'll need at least 100k splats per subject — even for minimal use.

If you want to achieve a photorealistic impression at first glance, 1 million splats or more is ideal.
That said, a 1M splat scene can result in a file size of around 220MB, which means it’s not quite lightweight enough for casual use on mobile or e-commerce platforms (yet).

PlayCanvas's Compressed PLY format can reduce file size to about one-fourth of the original.
Several companies have also released their own compressed 3DGS formats, aiming to optimize data size and performance.

Other Compressed 3DGS Formats

Niantic has released its own open-source format called SPZ, used in its mobile 3D scanning app Scaniverse and web-based visual editor Niantic Studio.
According to Niantic, this format can reduce data size by up to 90%.

Unfortunately, SPZ is not compatible with tools like postshot or SuperSplat.

Recommended Splat Counts for Video / CG Use

While it depends on your GPU memory, higher-resolution data is generally preferable for cinematic or CG applications.
A good baseline is around 3 million splats with 30k training steps, which is also the default in Postshot.

Embedding on the Web

If you're planning to embed a 3DGS scene on a website, especially for mobile viewing over 4G connections, keeping the file size down is essential.

We recommend targeting around 100k to 200k splats, with at least 30k training steps for decent visual quality.
This strikes a good balance between performance and appearance.

Adjusting Splat Count in Postshot

Unfortunately, unlike polygon-based workflows, there's no built-in “reduction” tool for splats just yet.
You’ll need to manually adjust your target splat count from the start.

Here’s how to do that:

• Set image downscale to the default of 1600px

• Enter your desired Max Splat Count

• Keep the training steps at the default 30k (at least for initial tests)

If You Go Over the Max Splat Count
If your training exceeds the Max Splat Count, try reducing the image resolution below 1600px and retrain from scratch.

It’s basically an iterative process — gradually fine-tuning the splat count until you find the optimal balance.

On the flip side, if you're training with the default downscale of 1600px and find that the resulting splat count or image quality isn't sufficient, try increasing the image resolution.
(Just be warned — it’ll get significantly heavier on your system!)

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