Auth3D

Auth3D is a product identity registry that connects physical items to persistent records and browser-based verification. It is best suited to makers and manufacturers that need item-level identification and lookup across different tagging workflows. Its strength is durable, flexible records; it is not a substitute for compliance evidence or certification.

Overview

A record can bring together an item's maker and design attribution, production notes, reference image, and owner-facing support context. Buyers, service teams, distributors, or collectors can reach a public verification page using a standard phone browser, without installing an app. That makes lookup practical for people outside the organization as well as production and service teams.

Auth3D accommodates QR codes, NFC tags, RFID workflows, serial numbers, direct URLs, and typed Unique Part Identifiers (UPIs). Records can be public, hidden behind a direct link, private, or password-protected. Published records are designed to keep resolving at the same URL after account activity stops, a useful safeguard when records need to remain accessible over a product's life.

Key features

Item identity and lookup

Rather than requiring one specific label or scanning method, Auth3D lets organizations connect records to several kinds of identifiers. This suits makers working across different product lines or existing identification workflows. The record's image and production details can add context to the identity, while the verification page offers a straightforward way to check it.

API and production workflows

API v1 supports generating or reserving identifiers, creating records with image evidence, updating production fields, and reading records back. It can sit alongside ERP, MES, QMS, label services, or custom production applications, which makes it more relevant to recurring manufacturing operations than to a maker seeking only a manual product page. Each connection to another platform requires its own permission and credentials. The API uses private bearer-token credentials, is owner-scoped and revocable, and connections can be revoked.

Passport planning, not certification

Auth3D can provide the identity and lookup layer for digital product passport planning. It does not independently certify safety or regulatory compliance, and it is neither a regulator nor a test lab. Responsible businesses and authorities retain responsibility for regulated declarations, test reports, risk files, and official conformity decisions. Organizations seeking a compliance decision or a complete set of regulatory evidence should look beyond this registry.

Pricing

The Free Registry costs nothing and includes 10 permanent part records, public authentication pages, QR, NFC, RFID, and serial-friendly lookup URLs, design and manufacturer attribution, an image of record, and production notes. It is a useful starting point for makers, designers, and small manufacturers, but the 10-record cap makes it unsuitable as a standing registry for a larger catalog.

Production costs $12.50 a month, billed $125 paid annually. It includes 50 permanent records per month, with unused records carrying over, plus batch UPI reservation workflows, CSV migration planning, and a UPI reservation workflow. This is the more suitable tier for recurring runs, replacement parts, limited editions, and serviceable equipment. The annual billing term matters for buyers comparing it with the free plan.

Enterprise costs $29.50 a month, billed $295 paid annually. It provides unlimited permanent records, bulk data migration, private or staged registry planning, identifier strategy and implementation support, and long-term record governance. It is aimed at larger or more managed deployments; the unlimited record allowance and migration support distinguish it from Production. The Free Registry gives up the expanded capacity and workflow support of both paid tiers.

Auth3D is freemium, with paid plans starting at $12.50 a month. The listed annual billing amounts are $125 for Production and $295 for Enterprise.

Platforms

Auth3D supports web and API access. Its browser-based verification page does not require an app installation, which helps when records are checked by customers or service partners who do not use the production system.

Who it's for

The Free Registry is positioned for makers, designers, and small manufacturers establishing permanent item records. Production is the better fit for organizations handling recurring output, replacement parts, limited editions, or equipment that needs ongoing service context. Enterprise suits teams that need unlimited records, bulk migration, or support for identifier strategy and long-term governance.

Auth3D is less suitable as a stand-alone answer for organizations that need independent certification, regulatory declarations, or test results. Its value is in connecting product identity and lookup, not deciding whether a product meets a rule.

Pros and cons

• Multiple lookup routes: QR, NFC, RFID, serial, URL, and UPI support allow records to fit varied identification workflows.
• Persistent URLs: Records are designed to keep resolving after account activity stops, supporting access beyond active account use.
• Integration-ready API: API v1 covers identifier handling and record creation, updates, and retrieval; external connections still need separate permissions and credentials.
• Clear compliance boundary: The registry can support passport planning, but teams must maintain declarations, reports, and conformity decisions elsewhere.
• Small free allowance: Ten permanent records make the free tier a limited starting point rather than a broad catalog solution.

Alternatives

Authentific may suit buyers comparing a paid offering across Android, iOS, API, web, and self-hosted environments; its Enterprise deployment pricing is scoped by issuance volume, platform tier, production volume, lines, geography, and modules.

AltiusHub is another paid API and web option to compare.

HUBIXA offers paid cloud and local deployments; its cloud model is usage-based with continuous expert support, while its local plan is installed on the customer's infrastructure with unlimited users and transactions.

LSPedia OneScan Suite is a paid web option with serial capacity tiers up to 20MM or 100MM per year, or capacity sized to a customer's roadmap.

Scantrust is a paid multi-platform alternative with a 90-day free trial and a Business 30 plan at €230 a year for 30 e-labels per year.

Selinko Protect&Engage is another paid option, with web, iOS, and Android platforms.

Systech UniTrace is a paid API and web option focused on cloud-based end-to-end pharmaceutical track and trace.

advanco ARC Platform is a paid web and self-hosted alternative.

For a broader comparison, see Product Serialization Software.

Verdict

Auth3D is a strong fit for makers and production teams that want persistent item records, flexible lookup, and an API for connecting identity data to existing workflows. Its permanent URLs and range of identifiers are compelling when products need a record that can be checked by customers and service teams. Choose another approach if your priority is regulatory proof or independent certification: Auth3D supports passport planning, but leaves those decisions and evidence with responsible businesses and authorities.