Panoee
Virtual tour software
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What is Panoee
Panoee is a cloud-based virtual tour platform for creating and publishing 360° tours from panoramic photos. It targets real estate, hospitality, retail, and venue marketers who need web-embeddable tours with hotspots and basic navigation. The product combines a tour editor with hosted sharing links and embedding options, reducing the need to self-host tour assets. It also provides a public gallery/discovery layer for browsing published tours.
Cloud hosting and sharing
Panoee hosts tour files and provides shareable links, which reduces the need for separate web hosting and manual asset management. This is useful for teams that want to publish tours quickly to websites or social channels. Centralized hosting also simplifies updating a tour without redistributing files. For many use cases, this is operationally simpler than desktop-first tools that require exporting and hosting elsewhere.
Web-based tour editor
The platform provides an in-browser workflow to assemble panoramas into a navigable tour and add interactive elements such as hotspots. This lowers setup friction compared with solutions that require local installation and manual deployment steps. A browser-based editor also supports working across devices and locations. It fits small teams that prefer a lightweight creation process.
Embeddable tour output
Panoee supports embedding tours into external websites, which is a common requirement for property listings, hotel pages, and venue landing pages. Embedding enables consistent branding and user experience within an organization’s own web properties. This aligns with typical virtual tour distribution needs where the tour is part of a broader digital experience. It also supports sharing via direct links for audiences that do not visit the main site.
Limited advanced customization
Compared with more developer-oriented virtual tour engines, cloud platforms like Panoee typically offer fewer low-level controls over rendering, UI behavior, and custom scripting. This can constrain highly tailored experiences or complex integrations. Organizations needing bespoke interfaces, custom data layers, or specialized navigation logic may find the configuration options insufficient. The trade-off is faster publishing versus deep customization.
Hosting dependency and lock-in
Because tours are hosted on the vendor’s infrastructure, continued access depends on account status and service availability. Some organizations prefer self-hosted exports for long-term archiving, strict compliance, or offline distribution. If export options are limited, migrating large libraries of tours can require rework. This is a common consideration for cloud-first tour builders.
Not a full GIS/event platform
Panoee focuses on 360° tour creation and publishing rather than broader mapping, wayfinding, or event-experience management. For campuses, cities, or large venues, teams may need additional systems for interactive maps, directory data, or complex visitor journeys. This can lead to a multi-tool stack when tours are only one component of the experience. Buyers should validate whether tour-only functionality meets their broader digital experience requirements.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / forever | 3 GB storage included (see notes), 7 hotspot types, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited high-quality uploads, multiresolution support, create unlimited tours. |
| Companion Lite (Pay-as-you-go) | $7/month (1 Premium tour) $10/month (2 Premium tours) $12/month (3 Premium tours) | Pay only for selected Premium tours (gives Pro features per Premium tour). Includes branding, Google Street View publishing, additional hotspot types, multi-language, floorplan, staging, marketing/SEO features. Charges apply only in months when at least one Premium tour is public. |
| Monthly (Pro/Companion) | $22 per month | Unlimited Premium tours, 3 GB storage included, 2 free custom domains per month, 2 free exports per month, 30-day money-back guarantee. |
| Yearly (Annual) | $16.60 per month (billed annually) | Same features as Monthly; billed annually for ~24% savings vs monthly. |
| Additional storage (add-on) | $0.15 per GB per month (site also contains a $0.12/GB example in FAQ) | In-app prompt when exceeding included storage; site shows two differing per-GB rates on different pages (see notes). |
