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Buy software, or buy the finished map.

DroneDeploy, Pix4D and Site Scan sell you software. You still need the aircraft, the Part 107 pilot, the ground control and the afternoon it takes to fly and process. We send a crew and the map lands in a portal your whole team can open.

We fly it Software only

Fly it yourself and use the portal

Buy software, or buy the finished map. AerialWorx compared with DroneDeploy, Pix4D and Esri Site Scan.
	AerialWorxWe fly it, app included	DIY with DroneDeployReality capture platform	DIY with Pix4DPIX4Dcloud	DIY with EsriSite Scan for ArcGIS
Price and terms
Published priceWhat each vendor puts in public. Anything quoted privately reads “Quote only”.	From $895 a flight, or $1,150 a site a month	$4,188/yr for one individual seat; team plans quote only1	$1,290–$4,490/yr for the software	Quote only
Commitment	3-month minimum, then month to month	Published plans are billed annually	Monthly, yearly or three-year	Not listed
What you have to supply
Aircraft and sensors	Yes. Included — we fly it	No. You supply — they sell software	No. You supply — they sell software	No. You supply — they sell software
Part 107 pilot	Yes. Included	No. You supply	No. You supply	No. You supply
Airspace authorization and flight plan	Yes. We handle it	Partly. Their app plans the flight; the authorization stays yours	Partly. Their app plans the flight; the authorization stays yours	Partly. ArcGIS Flight plans the flight; the authorization stays yours
Ground control on site	Partly. Add-on, quoted with the flight	No. You supply	No. You supply	No. You supply
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
What you have to supply
Turnaround commitment	Yes. 48 hours, flight to portal	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Working together
Who can open it	Yes. Unlimited users, owner and subs as guests per project	Partly. Per seat; the published plan is a single admin user1	Yes. Unlimited project collaboration	Not listed
What you have to supply
Where it works	Partly. We fly in Florida; the portal works anywhere3	Yes. Anywhere you fly	Yes. Anywhere you fly	Yes. Anywhere you fly
Fly it whenever you want	No. Flights are scheduled with us	Yes. It is your drone	Yes. It is your drone	Yes. It is your drone
Getting data out
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: From $895 a flight, or $1,150 a site a month
DIY with DroneDeploy: $4,188/yr for one individual seat; team plans quote only1
DIY with Pix4D: $1,290–$4,490/yr for the software
DIY with Esri: Quote only

Commitment

AerialWorx: 3-month minimum, then month to month
DIY with DroneDeploy: Published plans are billed annually
DIY with Pix4D: Monthly, yearly or three-year
DIY with Esri: Not listed

What you have to supply

Aircraft and sensors

AerialWorx: Yes. Included — we fly it
DIY with DroneDeploy: No. You supply — they sell software
DIY with Pix4D: No. You supply — they sell software
DIY with Esri: No. You supply — they sell software

Part 107 pilot

AerialWorx: Yes. Included
DIY with DroneDeploy: No. You supply
DIY with Pix4D: No. You supply
DIY with Esri: No. You supply

Airspace authorization and flight plan

AerialWorx: Yes. We handle it
DIY with DroneDeploy: Partly. Their app plans the flight; the authorization stays yours
DIY with Pix4D: Partly. Their app plans the flight; the authorization stays yours
DIY with Esri: Partly. ArcGIS Flight plans the flight; the authorization stays yours

Ground control on site

AerialWorx: Partly. Add-on, quoted with the flight
DIY with DroneDeploy: No. You supply
DIY with Pix4D: No. You supply
DIY with Esri: No. You supply

Capture and processing

Processing

AerialWorx: Yes. We run it — nothing on your machine
DIY with DroneDeploy: Yes. Cloud, up to 3,000 images a map on the published plan
DIY with Pix4D: Yes. Cloud, metered in credits2
DIY with Esri: Yes. Cloud; the page says unlimited imagery

What you have to supply

Turnaround commitment

AerialWorx: Yes. 48 hours, flight to portal
DIY with DroneDeploy: Not listed
DIY with Pix4D: Not listed
DIY with Esri: Not listed

Working together

Who can open it

AerialWorx: Yes. Unlimited users, owner and subs as guests per project
DIY with DroneDeploy: Partly. Per seat; the published plan is a single admin user1
DIY with Pix4D: Yes. Unlimited project collaboration
DIY with Esri: Not listed

What you have to supply

Where it works

AerialWorx: Partly. We fly in Florida; the portal works anywhere3
DIY with DroneDeploy: Yes. Anywhere you fly
DIY with Pix4D: Yes. Anywhere you fly
DIY with Esri: Yes. Anywhere you fly

Fly it whenever you want

AerialWorx: No. Flights are scheduled with us
DIY with DroneDeploy: Yes. It is your drone
DIY with Pix4D: Yes. It is your drone
DIY with Esri: Yes. It is your drone

Getting data out

Start on your own, today

AerialWorx: No. By invitation, invoiced — you talk to us first
DIY with DroneDeploy: Yes. 14-day free trial, no credit card
DIY with Pix4D: Not listed
DIY with Esri: No. Contact sales

Get a quote See what the portal does

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.
3AerialWorx flies in Florida, from Riverview. Travel is included within 40 miles; beyond that it is quoted with the flight.

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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What happens next

01We confirm airspace, access, and whether the job needs ground control.
02You get a fixed quote and a sample deliverable from a comparable job.
03First flight typically within 7 days of a signed scope.

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Mailing address

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