TrainAR vs Scope AR
Built for the 50-engineer plumbing firm. Not for Lockheed Martin.
Scope AR's WorkLink is the proven enterprise AR authoring platform. Their customer wall - Lockheed, Boeing, NASA, Toyota, Rolls Royce - tells you who they're built for. We're built for a different buyer with a different operating model.
The 30-second answer
- You're aerospace, defence, automotive or heavy manufacturing
- You have detailed CAD models for the assets you're authoring on
- Authoring depth and hardware breadth are your top criteria
- You can budget $50K-$250K annual contract + services
- You run a UK trade business in the SMB tier
- You don't have a CAD library and don't want to build one
- You want voice agent + FSM-native + on-glasses, days to deploy
- You need transparent per-seat pricing, not "request a quote"
Where Scope AR genuinely wins
Founder-led, mature, multi-year customer engagements with named industrial giants. They earned that ground.
- Authoring depth and CAD-driven anchoringWorkLink Create supports CAD imports, sophisticated 3D anchoring, branching workflows. Real depth that the aerospace customer base demands.
- Hardware breadthiOS, Android, HoloLens 2, desktop, Apple Vision Pro. One authored procedure runs on the device the customer has.
- Industrial credentialsLockheed Martin Space publishes hard ROI on satellite assembly. Boeing, NASA, Toyota, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on the customer wall.
- Mature remote assistWorkLink Remote Assist is a separate-but-paired product, not a bolt-on. Years of refinement.
Where TrainAR wins
- An on-glasses voice agent that already existsScope AR's "Frontline Intelligence" page reads roadmap-shaped - all forward-looking verbs. TrainAR's Core Training Agent ships today, runs on the glasses, calls FSM tools via MCP.
- Native FSM integrations the trades useServiceM8, Commusoft, Jobber native; simPRO coming soon. Scope AR integrates with PLM/MES/ERP (SAP, Teamcenter, Windchill) - zero presence in trade FSM.
- Capture-from-expert, no CAD requiredSenior engineer wears the glasses on a real boiler swap, the procedure captures itself. No 3-day on-site author training course, no CAD library to maintain.
- UK trades knowledge baked inGas Safe, Part L, BS 7671, F-Gas, Worcester / Vaillant / Ideal model-specific procedures already in the KB.
- Days to deploy, free beta, public pricingNo procurement cycle, no enterprise contract, no professional services engagement. Self-serve sign-up, evaluate before paying.
Side by side
Sources: scopear.com (WorkLink, Frontline Intelligence, customer pages), Lockheed Martin Space published case study, public Scope AR pricing-on-request page.
If you've ended up here Googling "Scope AR alternatives"
Scope AR works in 6-figure annual contracts and multi-month deployments. If your business is 30 engineers and a £30K spend feels heavy, the operating model isn't built for you.
WorkLink shines when you've got CAD models for every asset. For a residential trades business, the assets are appliances at customer sites - you don't have CAD for those. Capture-from-expert is the right primitive.
Scope AR's AI page is forward-looking. TrainAR's Core Training Agent is shipping and runs on the glasses today.
