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Bring your own drone and pilot: you send the images, we process them and host the portal. Here is how that sits against DroneDeploy, PIX4Dcloud and Site Scan — including the places they do more than we do.

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You already fly. Compare the software. AerialWorx compared with DroneDeploy, Pix4D and Esri Site Scan.
	AerialWorxPortal only — you fly, we process	Reality capture platformReality capture platform	PIX4DcloudPIX4Dcloud	Site Scan for ArcGISSite Scan for ArcGIS
Price and terms
Published priceWhat each vendor puts in public. Anything quoted privately reads “Quote only”.	$199/mo (Basic) or $345/mo (Pro) per project; $1,250/mo for up to five	$4,188/yr individual; team plans quote only1	$1,290/yr Starter, $4,490/yr Pro	Quote only
Commitment	3-month minimum, then month to month	Published plans are billed annually	Monthly, yearly or three-year	Not listed
Capture and processing
Processing	Yes. We run it — nothing on your machine	Yes. Cloud, up to 3,000 images a map on the published plan	Yes. Cloud, metered in credits2	Yes. Cloud; the page says unlimited imagery
Flight planning app	No. We fly; there is no app for you to fly with	Yes. Automated capture, including docked drones	Yes. Their own capture app	Yes. ArcGIS Flight, plus fleet management
Ground control in processingWhose job it is to tie the model to your surveyed points.	Partly. You tag the targets in a guided wizard; we process with them	Yes. Automated GCP tagging on Aerial Pro	Yes. Auto GCPs on Pro	Yes. Automatic ground control point detection
Per-flight accuracy figures	Yes. Residuals, delivered resolution, RTK state, and a height check at your own points	Yes. Accuracy alerts on Aerial Pro	Not listed	Not listed
Measuring
Distance, area and slope	Yes. Plus surface length and a ground profile	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stockpile volumes	Partly. Portal Pro and Portfolio (not Basic): six base-plane modes, compaction factor, 3D view	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cut and fill between flights or against a design	Partly. Rolling out to clients now3	Yes. Cut/fill by region on Aerial Pro	Yes. Volume comparison over time on Pro	Yes. Cut/fill maps
Design against built
Drawings over the imagery	Yes. PDF or PNG sheets aligned by hand, plus georeferenced orthophotos	Yes. Design overlays	Yes. 2D/3D design overlay (DXF, IFC) on Pro	Yes. 2D and 3D data in the flight view
Design surfaces you can measure against	Partly. Portal Pro and Portfolio (not Basic): GeoTIFF, DXF or LandXML, calibrated from your control points	Yes. Cut/fill against design on the advanced plan	Yes. DXF and IFC on Pro	Not listed
Working together
Who can open it	Yes. Up to 20 people a project on Basic, 100 on Pro and Portfolio — owner and subs as guests, never priced per seat	Partly. Per seat; the published plan is a single admin user1	Yes. Unlimited project collaboration	Not listed
Assignable findings on the map	Partly. Portal Pro and Portfolio (not Basic): category, priority, assignee, due date, photos, comments	Partly. Issue tagging	Partly. Annotations	Not listed
Charged by the gigabyte	No. Never — storage is our problem	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Getting data out
Exports and integrations	No. A CSV of what a tool measured, and nothing else4	Yes. Exports to Esri, Autodesk and Procore	Yes. CAD and GIS export	Yes. Publishes to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise and BIM 360
3D models and point clouds you can open	No. Not offered	Yes. 3D models and panoramas	Yes. 3D models, Gaussian splatting on Pro	Yes. 3D meshes
Start on your own, today	No. By invitation, invoiced — you talk to us first	Yes. 14-day free trial, no credit card	Not listed	No. Contact sales

Price and terms

Published price

What each vendor puts in public. Anything quoted privately reads “Quote only”.

AerialWorx: $199/mo (Basic) or $345/mo (Pro) per project; $1,250/mo for up to five
Reality capture platform: $4,188/yr individual; team plans quote only1
PIX4Dcloud: $1,290/yr Starter, $4,490/yr Pro
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Quote only

Commitment

AerialWorx: 3-month minimum, then month to month
Reality capture platform: Published plans are billed annually
PIX4Dcloud: Monthly, yearly or three-year
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Not listed

Capture and processing

Processing

AerialWorx: Yes. We run it — nothing on your machine
Reality capture platform: Yes. Cloud, up to 3,000 images a map on the published plan
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. Cloud, metered in credits2
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. Cloud; the page says unlimited imagery

Flight planning app

AerialWorx: No. We fly; there is no app for you to fly with
Reality capture platform: Yes. Automated capture, including docked drones
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. Their own capture app
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. ArcGIS Flight, plus fleet management

Ground control in processing

Whose job it is to tie the model to your surveyed points.

AerialWorx: Partly. You tag the targets in a guided wizard; we process with them
Reality capture platform: Yes. Automated GCP tagging on Aerial Pro
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. Auto GCPs on Pro
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. Automatic ground control point detection

Per-flight accuracy figures

AerialWorx: Yes. Residuals, delivered resolution, RTK state, and a height check at your own points
Reality capture platform: Yes. Accuracy alerts on Aerial Pro
PIX4Dcloud: Not listed
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Not listed

Measuring

Distance, area and slope

AerialWorx: Yes. Plus surface length and a ground profile
Reality capture platform: Yes
PIX4Dcloud: Yes
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes

Stockpile volumes

AerialWorx: Partly. Portal Pro and Portfolio (not Basic): six base-plane modes, compaction factor, 3D view
Reality capture platform: Yes
PIX4Dcloud: Yes
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes

Cut and fill between flights or against a design

AerialWorx: Partly. Rolling out to clients now3
Reality capture platform: Yes. Cut/fill by region on Aerial Pro
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. Volume comparison over time on Pro
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. Cut/fill maps

Design against built

Drawings over the imagery

AerialWorx: Yes. PDF or PNG sheets aligned by hand, plus georeferenced orthophotos
Reality capture platform: Yes. Design overlays
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. 2D/3D design overlay (DXF, IFC) on Pro
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. 2D and 3D data in the flight view

Design surfaces you can measure against

AerialWorx: Partly. Portal Pro and Portfolio (not Basic): GeoTIFF, DXF or LandXML, calibrated from your control points
Reality capture platform: Yes. Cut/fill against design on the advanced plan
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. DXF and IFC on Pro
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Not listed

Working together

Who can open it

AerialWorx: Yes. Up to 20 people a project on Basic, 100 on Pro and Portfolio — owner and subs as guests, never priced per seat
Reality capture platform: Partly. Per seat; the published plan is a single admin user1
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. Unlimited project collaboration
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Not listed

Assignable findings on the map

AerialWorx: Partly. Portal Pro and Portfolio (not Basic): category, priority, assignee, due date, photos, comments
Reality capture platform: Partly. Issue tagging
PIX4Dcloud: Partly. Annotations
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Not listed

Charged by the gigabyte

AerialWorx: No. Never — storage is our problem
Reality capture platform: Not listed
PIX4Dcloud: Not listed
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Not listed

Getting data out

Exports and integrations

AerialWorx: No. A CSV of what a tool measured, and nothing else4
Reality capture platform: Yes. Exports to Esri, Autodesk and Procore
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. CAD and GIS export
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. Publishes to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise and BIM 360

3D models and point clouds you can open

AerialWorx: No. Not offered
Reality capture platform: Yes. 3D models and panoramas
PIX4Dcloud: Yes. 3D models, Gaussian splatting on Pro
Site Scan for ArcGIS: Yes. 3D meshes

Start on your own, today

AerialWorx: No. By invitation, invoiced — you talk to us first
Reality capture platform: Yes. 14-day free trial, no credit card
PIX4Dcloud: Not listed
Site Scan for ArcGIS: No. Contact sales

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Prices are ours and theirs as published — see the sources below.

Notes

1DroneDeploy's published individual plan is a single admin user; its team plans are priced per seat and quoted privately.
2PIX4Dcloud meters processing in credits. The pricing page states the credits included with each plan but not what one credit buys, so the number of flights is not comparable here.
3Built and running for AerialWorx staff; opening to clients now. Ask us where it stands before you count on it.
4Three tools write a CSV of what they measured — a line's profile, a volume, and a cut/fill comparison. There is no export of imagery, surfaces or a project.

Sources

1PricingDroneDeploy · retrieved Sep 21, 2026
2PIX4Dcloud pricingPix4D · retrieved Sep 21, 2026
3Site Scan for ArcGIS overviewEsri · retrieved Sep 21, 2026

Prices are the vendors' own published list prices, read on 2026-09-21; anything they quote privately is shown as “Quote only” and anything their public pages do not address is shown as “Not listed”. Plans and prices change — check with the vendor before you decide. DroneDeploy, Pix4D, PIX4Dcloud, Esri, ArcGIS and Site Scan are trademarks of their respective owners, used here only to identify their products. AerialWorx is not affiliated with any of them.

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02You get a fixed quote and a sample deliverable from a comparable job.
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