Every European drone mapping software tool reviewed
Prilly, Switzerland
Desktop plans listed as starting from USD 55, 111, 125 and 333 per month; free 15-day plan without credit card
Demo on request
Best for: Surveyors and mappers who want processing control on their own computer
Pix4D sells a family of photogrammetry products from Prilly in Switzerland. PIX4Dmatic and PIX4Dmapper process drone and ground images on a desktop, PIX4Dfields is aimed at agriculture, PIX4Dreact produces quick 2D maps for emergency teams, and PIX4Dcloud is the online platform for mapping and progress tracking.
Pix4D SA is a Swiss joint-stock company, registered as CHE 207.009.701, and its terms name the courts of Lausanne. Desktop plans start from USD 55 a month, while the four starting prices are not tied to products in the text we read. The owner of the company is not named on the pages we read.
What Pix4D does well
- Swiss entity with registration number and address in its terms
- Separate products for mapping, agriculture, emergency maps and cloud
- Desktop processing under the user's own control
- Free 15-day plan without a credit card
- Terrestrial scanning with RTK and LiDAR through PIX4Dcatch
Where Pix4D falls short
- Prices shown in USD and not matched to products
- PIX4Dcatch works on iOS only
- Cloud hosting location not stated
- No flight planning app on the pages we read
Standout feature. Pix4D is the only tool here with separate products for desktop mapping, agriculture, emergency maps and terrestrial scanning with RTK and LiDAR.
not stated on the pages we read (Slovenia), Slovenia
Monthly EUR 225; yearly EUR 187.5 a month billed EUR 2,250; perpetual EUR 3,399 one time (excl. taxes); Scan module EUR 100 a month, RTK Videogrammetry EUR 50 a month
Demo on request
Best for: Land surveyors and contractors who want to own a licence and measure inside the software
3Dsurvey converts drone images into point clouds, orthophotos and meshes on a Windows desktop, and then lets surveyors draw lines, contours, profiles and volumes in an integrated CAD engine. Optional modules add laser scan registration and a video-based RTK mode, each billed per month.
3Dsurvey d.o.o. names itself data controller in its privacy policy and follows Slovenian law, with Slovenian courts for disputes. Licences are floating with unlimited desktop processing, at EUR 225 monthly, EUR 2,250 yearly or EUR 3,399 perpetual, excluding taxes. No street address appears on the pages we read.
What 3Dsurvey does well
- Perpetual licence at EUR 3,399
- Public prices in euros
- Survey and CAD tools inside the program
- 14-day trial with core functions and no data limits
- Slovenian entity and law named in the terms
Where 3Dsurvey falls short
- Hosted team features limited to a Cloud Viewer
- Street address not printed on the pages we read
- Add-on modules cost extra each month
- No flight planning product on the pages read
Standout feature. 3Dsurvey combines photogrammetry and CAD in one program and sells it as a floating licence you can own.
Verona, Italy, Italy
Subscription or perpetual licence; 3DF Zephyr Free listed; prices not shown on the page checked
Demo on request
Best for: Surveyors, heritage teams and artists creating 3D models from photos
3DF Zephyr reconstructs point clouds, meshes, Gaussian Splats, DEM and contour lines from photos, and accepts drone images and laser scans together. The 3Dflow site says every algorithm is its own and uses several GPUs, which is a vendor claim. The module 3DF Scarlet registers large scans and comes bundled.
3Dflow SRL of Verona, Italy, appears in the site footer with a VAT number and street address. A free edition, a 30-day trial and a Lite licence at EUR 199 are listed, and licences are subscription based or perpetual. Prices for the full edition are not shown, and meshes usually need cleaning in a separate modelling tool.
What 3DF Zephyr does well
- Italian contracting entity
- Free edition listed
- 30-day trial
- Laser scan registration included
- C++ SDK
Where 3DF Zephyr falls short
- Not for modelling from scratch
- Prices not shown
- Needs a modeller for clean-up
- Niche scope
Standout feature. 3DF Zephyr is the only tool here that ships a C++ SDK of its reconstruction engine, with a free version, next to a desktop program.
Aarschot, Belgium
Valley EUR 0; Ridge EUR 100; Mountain EUR 210; Peak EUR 210 (monthly or annual billing toggle; period not shown in the text we read); 14-day trial
Demo on request
Best for: Surveyors and quarry or earthwork teams who turn drone data into volumes and CAD surfaces
Virtual Surveyor is made of two desktop apps from Aarschot in Belgium. TerrainCreator builds an orthomosaic and elevation model from drone photos, and the survey app turns that data into topographic surfaces, stockpile reports and cut/fill maps with CAD export. Teams share projects through their own Dropbox or OneDrive.
Virtual Surveyor NV publishes address and enterprise number 0871.935.077, and its terms follow Belgian law with the courts of Hasselt. The plans are Valley at EUR 0, Ridge at EUR 100, Mountain at EUR 210 and Peak at EUR 210, but the page text does not say whether the amounts are monthly. The trial adds the company logo to outputs.
What Virtual Surveyor does well
- Free Valley plan stays available after a subscription ends
- Belgian entity with enterprise number published
- Stockpile reports and cut/fill maps
- Floating licence across computers
- Uses your own Dropbox or OneDrive for sharing
Where Virtual Surveyor falls short
- Billing period not shown in the page text
- No flight planning app
- Card payment only unless you contact the company
- Trial adds the company logo to outputs
Standout feature. Virtual Surveyor keeps a free plan that still opens your projects after a paid subscription has ended.
Riga, Latvia
Subscriptions billed monthly at USD 109, 189 and 279; perpetual licences per user at USD 1,090, 1,890 and 2,790
Demo on request
Best for: Pilots and survey teams who plan mapping or LiDAR flights for many drone models
UgCS plans photogrammetry, LiDAR and sensor survey missions on a desktop map and sends them to drones of many brands. Three tiers add features step by step: RGB mapping for a single pilot, then a LiDAR toolset, then multi-drone operations, central mission sharing, live video and SDK access.
SPH Engineering, SIA, is registered in Latvia under number 50103629321 with a seat at Dzirnavu street 62-9 in Riga, and its terms of sale follow Latvian law. Monthly subscriptions cost USD 109, 189 and 279, and perpetual licences USD 1,090, 1,890 and 2,790 per user. UgCS processes no maps.
What UgCS does well
- Latvian entity with registration number and address
- Monthly and perpetual pricing published
- Dedicated LiDAR toolset on the middle tier
- Multi-drone operations on the top tier
- Vendor also supplies sensors and data processing
Where UgCS falls short
- No map processing or hosted maps
- Prices in USD
- Perpetual licence needs paid support renewals
- Hosting location not stated
Standout feature. UgCS is the only tool here with a LiDAR mission toolset and multi-drone control in a planner that can be bought outright.
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Starter USD 33 a month billed annually (USD 49 monthly); Professional USD 99 a month billed annually (USD 149 monthly); Enterprise on request
Demo on request
Best for: Teams that plan automated captures around structures and terrain with DJI enterprise drones
Drone Harmony is a flight planner that works in three dimensions, so missions can follow a facade, a tower or a slope. It runs as a web portal with an Android app, includes an Asset Inspector for inspection workflows and offers remote operations for drone docks. Enterprise adds point-cloud-based planning.
Drone Harmony AG, Sonnentalstrasse 8 in Dübendorf, is the contracting party in the terms, and a Data Processing Addendum covers customer data. Starter costs USD 33 a month billed annually, Professional USD 99, and prices exclude VAT. Professional adds terrain data for six countries and more DJI models; no photogrammetry is shown.
What Drone Harmony does well
- Swiss entity and address in the terms
- Public monthly prices
- Terrain data for six countries on Professional
- Covers DJI enterprise and Parrot Anafi Ai
- Data Processing Addendum available
Where Drone Harmony falls short
- No map processing in the product
- Android app only
- Prices in USD excl. VAT
- Hosting location not stated
Standout feature. Drone Harmony is the one tool here that plans captures around a structure in 3D instead of over a flat map.
Yokneam, Israel
not published; pricing information on request
Demo on request
Best for: General contractors and owners on heavy civil projects who need progress tracking from drone data
Datumate runs DatuBIM, a cloud platform that links drone and laser scan data to a project schedule so that owners, general contractors and engineers can see progress per activity. The company says this measures real progress, which is its own claim. The audience is heavy civil construction rather than general mapping.
Datumate Ltd. has its headquarters at 3 HaCarmel St. in Yokneam, Israel, and a US office in Pikesville, Maryland. Israel is outside the EU and EEA. The terms say governing law follows the Order Form, platform data has a separate privacy notice that we did not read in full, and pricing is by request.
What Datumate does well
- Dedicated progress tracking against the schedule
- Handles drone and laser scanning data
- Israeli headquarters address published
- Views for owners, contractors and engineers
- Separate privacy notice for platform data
Where Datumate falls short
- Prices not published
- Governing law set per Order Form
- Focused on heavy civil construction
- Hosting location not stated
Standout feature. Datumate is the only tool here built around comparing drone surveys with the construction schedule.
London, United Kingdom
not published; plans priced by asset or project size with unlimited users
Demo on request
Best for: Rail, water, energy and land development teams who review designs against site conditions
Sensat is a web platform that places designs, survey data, imagery and hazards on a 2D or 3D reality base map for rail, water, energy and land development teams. Users check line of sight and measure earthwork volumes, heights and distances. It does not process drone photos or plan flights.
Sensat Digital Limited is registered in England and Wales under 09869690, with an address at 86-90 Paul Street, London. Every plan includes unlimited users and is priced by asset or project size, without published figures. The privacy notice allows storage in the UK, the EEA or other locations depending on region.
What Sensat does well
- UK company with number and address published
- Unlimited users in every plan
- Earthwork volume measurement
- Sector pages for rail, water and energy
- Data storage options stated in the privacy notice
Where Sensat falls short
- No drone processing or flight planning
- Prices not published
- Storage location depends on region
- Aimed at large infrastructure projects
Standout feature. Sensat lets an unlimited number of project members share one 3D base map without per-seat pricing.
Zurich, Switzerland
not published on the pages we read; contact the team
Demo on request
Best for: Survey teams that fly Wingtra drones and process in Pix4D, 3DF Zephyr or their own GIS tools
Wingtra offers software for planning and checking flights of its own aircraft. A plan can take terrain, coordinate system and obstacles into account, be shared for comments and be synced to a tablet, and the app runs guided pre-flight checks. After landing, GNSS data from WingtraGROUND, a base station or a CORS network produces corrected geotags.
Wingtra AG is a Swiss corporation with its place of business at Giesshübelstrasse 40 in Zurich, and the site also lists an office in Fort Lauderdale, USA. Orthomosaics and point clouds come from other programs, because Wingtra hands off geotagged images and CSV files. No software price or hosting location is shown.
What Wingtra does well
- Swiss corporation with address in its terms
- Shared flight plans with comments
- Corrected geotags from GNSS data
- Fits existing processing, CAD and GIS tools
- Pre-flight checks in the app
Where Wingtra falls short
- Works with Wingtra aircraft
- No map processing
- No software price shown
- US office also operated
Standout feature. Wingtra corrects image geotags from GNSS data before processing, which no other planner here does.
Lausanne, Switzerland
not published on the pages we read
Demo on request
Best for: Industrial inspection teams that fly the Elios 3 in confined spaces
Flyability Inspector is the companion software for the Elios 3 drone, used for flights inside confined spaces such as tanks, shafts and sewers. It sorts data by asset, shows it in a 3D digital twin without extra processing, and supports defect analysis and condition tracking over time.
Flyability SA, at the EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne, is named in the privacy notice as responsible for personal data, and the legal pages also list a Flyability Inc terms of sale. Separate desktop and online feature sets exist. No price or hosting location is shown, and Inspector produces no orthomosaics.
What Flyability Inspector does well
- Swiss entity and Lausanne address in its privacy notice
- Data organised by asset
- 3D defect analysis
- Condition tracking over time
- Desktop and online options
Where Flyability Inspector falls short
- Requires Elios 3 data
- No mapping or orthomosaics
- No price shown
- Hosting not stated
Standout feature. Flyability Inspector is the one tool here built for data flown indoors, where satellite positioning is not available.
Exeter, United Kingdom
Startup, Pro, Unlimited and Specialist plans; figures not shown in the text we read; free trial
Demo on request
Best for: Commercial drone operators who need planning and compliance records
Dronedesk is a web application for running a drone business: client records, jobs, fleet and battery tracking, pilot certifications, airspace and NOTAM data, flight planning, risk assessments and checklists. On the Pro plan, DJI flight logs sync automatically. It produces no maps.
Dronedesk is a trading name of Grey Rock Innovations Ltd, registered in England and Wales under CRN 11621288, with an office at Orchard House in Exeter and another in New York. Plans are Startup (one user, three jobs a month), Pro, Unlimited and Specialist; the prices did not load in the text we read. A free trial is offered.
What Dronedesk does well
- UK company number and address published
- Checklists and risk assessments built in
- Flight log sync for DJI on Pro
- Airspace and weather data in planning
- Free trial offered
Where Dronedesk falls short
- No mapping or photogrammetry
- Prices not readable in the text we read
- Coverage notice for some locations
- Hosting not stated
Standout feature. Dronedesk is the only tool here that keeps risk assessments, checklists and pilot records in the same place as job planning.
