Two jobs get mixed on purpose by busy pages. This page splits them. If the file already exists, open the free PLY viewer. If you only have a photo, open the generator. If you are deciding whether more runs are worth it, open pricing after you know the file type.
The viewer does not create a subject that was never photographed. The generator does not open an old file cheaper than the viewer. Using the expensive path for the cheap job is how credits disappear without a new result.
A mesh you already exported still is not a reason to visit the generator. Browser tools that inspect meshes are the matching path, and they are separate from splat generation. This page links the PLY viewer because that is the matching tool for the splat download.
Say the job out loud before you click. Look at a file. Make a file from a photo. Read the price of another run. Three sentences, three places. None of them needs a popup to be true.
The generator's lighter preview is part of making a file, not part of viewing one. Do not spend it to test the viewer. The viewer can be opened on a file you already hold.
This split is the whole conversion advice this page will give. A second modal would hide the same two links. The links are the interface.