Which flights reach DroneDeploy's flight log
DroneDeploy's app records the missions flown in it, automated or manual, with detailed telemetry on supported DJI and Skydio hardware. Its help centre adds one catch: the app stops recording if the pilot switches to the DJI app during the flight.
Flights flown outside the app, such as in DJI Pilot 2 or on an Autel or Wingtra drone, go in as custom records. That's a pilot, a drone, a date and time and some notes, typed in by hand, with no flight path or battery data. Custom records come with Enterprise and Drone Operations Management.
FlybyOps starts from the controller. Connect a DJI Pilot 2 controller to Flight Sync once, which takes about two minutes, and every flight flown with it is recorded with its full GPS track, altitude, speed, battery and signal quality. That covers the M300 RTK, M350 RTK and M400, the M30 and M30T, the Mavic 3 Enterprise and Thermal, and the Matrice 4E and 4T. Earlier DJI flights can be added by uploading their flight logs, and flights on other makes are entered by hand in FlybyOps too.
What DroneDeploy's operations module keeps, beside FlybyOps
DroneDeploy says Drone Operations Management covers "equipment registration, maintenance, pilot certifications, and compliance." Its column below comes from DroneDeploy's help centre and pricing page, and FlybyOps' from its pricing and feature pages, as of October 2026.
| Compared on | FlybyOpsPlans from $999 a month | DroneDeploy Drone Operations ManagementEnterprise add-on, through sales |
|---|---|---|
| Flights flown outside DroneDeploy's app | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthDJI Pilot 2 flights are recorded by Flight Sync as they're flown. Other makes are entered by hand | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesTyped in as custom records, with no automatic telemetry |
| Aircraft and battery condition | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthMaintenance status and asset history for every aircraft, battery and payload. Maintenance schedules on Business and up | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesThe Fleet dashboard shows whether each drone is working or in repair, and whether each battery is functional or needs maintenance. Maintenance schedules and service logs aren't described in its help centre |
| Who flies which drone | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthEach flight plan assigns its pilots and its aircraft, batteries and payloads, and those details carry into the flight record | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesOne assigned pilot per drone, which DroneDeploy's help centre calls its current data model |
| Pre-flight checklists | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthConfigurable checklists, SOPs and procedure templates on Business and up | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesAdmins build checklists and can make steps mandatory. Pilots complete them in the app before takeoff, and each one is stored with its flight |
| Risk | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthOne risk register for the programme: SORA 5×5 scoring, mitigations, owners and review dates. Pilots and ground staff can flag risks from the field | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesNo risk register or flight risk assessment is described in its help centre. Safety AI, an add-on, spots OSHA safety risks in site imagery |
| Incidents | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthFiled against a flight, job or aircraft and taken from report through root cause to closure. Admins and the project's managers are notified | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesNo incident report or workflow is described. Its help centre says flight logs help diagnose crashes or flyaways |
| Who changed what | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthEvery change and sensitive read goes to an append-only log, attributed and timestamped, on every plan. No entry can be edited | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesEnterprise admins can export an activity log of uploads, deletes and shares. Whether its entries are protected from change isn't stated |
| Sign-in and roles | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthFive roles, from Admin to Ground Staff, on every plan. SSO and SCIM on Enterprise | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesOwner, admin and member roles, with permissions such as Pilot, Analyst and Viewer. SSO for Enterprise customers |
| Price | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a monthProfessional is $999 per workspace a month for up to 15 users, and Business starts at $2,500 a month | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through salesDrone Operations Management is added to an Enterprise subscription through sales. The published Flight & Analysis plan for one pilot is $4,188, billed annually |
| Free trial | FlybyOps · Plans from $999 a month14 days with full Professional access, no credit card | DroneDeploy Drone Operations Management · Enterprise add-on, through sales14 days for every new user, no credit card |
Prices are in US dollars, as each company publishes them.
Best DroneDeploy alternatives in 2026
DroneDeploy comes up for two different jobs, so its alternatives fall into two groups. These two are mapping tools, described in each company's own words as of October 2026.
Pix4D
PIX4Dcloud is Pix4D's online platform for ground and drone mapping, progress tracking and site documentation.
Esri Site Scan for ArcGIS
Esri's cloud drone mapping software for ArcGIS, with fleet management that tracks flights, drone hardware and pilot flight history.
If you want to run the drone programme
These tools keep the operations side: pilots, aircraft, flights and what happened on them.
FlybyOps
Flights filed under projects and jobs, Flight Sync for DJI Pilot 2, maintenance, a risk register, incidents taken to closure and an append-only audit log. From $999 per workspace a month.
AirData
Describes itself as a system of record for flights, aircraft, pilots, maintenance and compliance. A free plan covers 100 active flights, and paid plans start at $2.99 a month.
Aloft
Air Control describes itself as one data record for enterprise drone fleets, with LAANC requests built into its app. Aloft is now part of Versaterm.
DJI FlightHub 2
DJI's cloud platform for running drone operations: remote control, flight scheduling and route management.
DroneDeploy and FlybyOps: common questions
- Is Drone Operations Management part of DroneDeploy's published plans?
- No. DroneDeploy's help centre says the module is for Enterprise customers and asks you to talk to its team about adding it. The pricing page publishes two one-seat plans, at $4,188 and $1,908 a year, and quotes team plans and add-ons on request. New users get a 14-day free trial, no credit card.
- Do we still need DroneDeploy if we use FlybyOps?
- For maps, models and inspection reports, yes, because FlybyOps makes none of them. The site data can stay in DroneDeploy while the programme runs in FlybyOps: the project and job, the pilot, the aircraft and its maintenance, the risks and any incident. A DroneDeploy map report can be attached to the FlybyOps flight log it came from.
- What happens to the flights we've already logged in DroneDeploy?
- They stay in DroneDeploy, where each flight log can be downloaded from its details page. There's no importer from DroneDeploy into FlybyOps. Flight Sync records flights from the day a controller is connected, and earlier DJI flights can be added by uploading their DJI flight logs.
- Does FlybyOps track maintenance, or only whether a drone works?
- Both. Every aircraft, battery and payload carries its utilisation, availability, maintenance status and asset history, and drones, batteries and cameras found in a flight log are added to equipment automatically. Business plans add preventive maintenance schedules, so the next service is planned before an aircraft goes out of action.