Benefits of renting as opposed to buying are numerous, you get to control your expenses and keep your project under a certain budget, you also get to avoid any maintenance or repair costs. Paying for inventory or loss costs due to lack of usage is another area there is to save on. With renting you are hand picking the right equipment and test run it before committing to pay a hefty amount. Your down time will be minimized, and you get to conserve capital.
A 3D scanner device could be a pricey purchase especially if your project would not need it for a long time after the first scan. On the other hand, most of the projects can be done in 1-2 days (depending on the project type and conditions), as a result buying an expensive machine to use a couple of days may not financially make sense for you. We at DCR would earn your business for the best prices on the market.