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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Drone Desk is without a doubt the best investment made by anyone commencing operations in the uav sector. It enables management of every aspect of your operation from logging and risk assessments to r... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Since using Dronedesk I've found it really nice to use overall. Some of the features I haven't needed to use but they look like they could be really useful. It can be slow loading large numbers of job... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

DroneDesk has taken the chaos out of planning and running inspection jobs. Everything sits in one place — flight planning, risk assessments, checklists, logs — and it all just works. It’s made my... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dronedesk makes drone flight planning an absolute breeze. Back when I was out in the field, planning a flight could take hours. Checking airspace, weather, and compliance requirements (usually with mu... See more

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About Dronedesk

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Dronedesk is how professionals manage their drone operations.

Dronedesk's business admin and flight planning tools help you manage your drone operations more efficiently than you ever thought possible; saving you time and money on every job.

The fully integrated tools includes:

  • CRM
  • Products creation and quoting & invoicing
  • Asset management for drones, batteries and other hardware with maintenance scheduling
  • Team management with certification tracking
  • Flight logging and reporting by pilot, drone or battery
  • And more...

The job management and flight planning component provides access to everything you need to plan a drone flight quickly and safely:

  • Desk-based and onsite survey forms
  • Configurable risk assessments
  • Checklists (there's seven of these!)
  • Method statements and rich text operational notes sections
  • Fly-away zone contacts for all agencies including ATCs, glider clubs, Police, Air Ambulance and other air users
  • Site plan map which shows airspace intelligence layers, ground hazards, RPZs and much more
  • Up-to-date NOTAMs
  • Hourly weather forecasts for your flight location

In all, Dronedesk fetches over 30 datasets for the location you're flying - all in an instant with no effort required on your part at all.

Dronedesk is the #1 rated drone operations platform and over the last year we've helped over 495 companies save almost 10,000 work-hours on their drone operations.

There's a free 30-day trial on all plans so there's no risk to giving us a try and start enjoying "Less admin, more flying".

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An app that is constantly improving.

A great app that is constantly improving. Provides all of the Flight Planning & Team Management functions required all in one place. Easy to navigate and use making compliance straight forward.
Great developer support.

March 21, 2021
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Thank you for your review KM. It's great to hear that Dronedesk is helping you to keep your drone flight operations compliant.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simple to use.

I have now used Dronedesk for around a month now and I am loving all of the features. The program allows me to plan all of my jobs in one place, saving lots of time in the office! It is also very easy to use. This in turn gives me much more time to do what I love most, fly my aircraft.

I would highly recommend this to anyone looking at using their drones for commercial gain as well as anyone flying recreationally.

March 19, 2021
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Avionic Media, I really appreciate it. "Less admin, more flying" is our tagline so I'm glad that's what you're able to do now you've started using Dronedesk!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Dronedesk is certainly worth a look and…

Dronedesk is certainly worth a look and worth the subscription. It's extremely popular and whenever you ask a forum for their feedback, you'll see plenty of recommendations. We use it ourselves. The developer is very personable and has a good road map for the product. So why the 3 stars? Well, ultimately it's a great start in an arena where there are few other options, but it still fall shorts in a number of crucial areas. The tools and benefits are worth the subscription, but the flaws are just too many to recommend it as the main platform. For starters, it only works with GoogleDrive, and doesn't allow upload of files by any other means. The forms and reports cannot be customised easily, and so there is often information we don't need, whilst omitting information we do need. The interface isn't the most intuitive either.

I certainly wouldn't discourage anyone from checking it out and it may prove to be perfect for you. It's just that, at the moment, for us it ticks some very useful boxes but not enough to warrant daily use.

March 15, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Dronedesk isn't the finished article; we have a roadmap full of new feature suggestions that we work tirelessly on every day. I suspect it will never be 100% finished to my complete satisfaction - there are always more features that can be added.

We do already include a large number of customisation options including method statements, risk assessments, checklists and more, which help to make Dronedesk an invaluable tool for over 1,500 drone professionals.

I'm really sorry that Dronedesk doesn't quite work as the full solution for your business just yet. Although I'm sure we'll get there before you know it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Essential tool for all UAV pilots ...

As a new business I was struggling to find a good resource for flight records. Dronedesk provides a great platform that takes you through, and records, the whole planning process. Simple to use and the basic version free for small operators this is a fantastic resource and, as soon as I can justify it, I will be sure to upgrade to the subscribed version to get even more useful tools.

February 22, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review Ian, I really appreciate it. I built the free version with enough features to allow new startups and one-man-bands to quickly plan their operations and fly safely. I look forward to welcoming you as a Pro user once your business grows. Good luck!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dronedesk has saved me so much time and…

Dronedesk has saved me so much time and money preparing for client work. Easy to navigate UI with features any pilot or business in the Drone industry needs to be professional and confident in getting it done. I've had other drone software approach me tonuse theirs but none came close to Dronedesk.

February 16, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thanks so much for your review Gavin. I know there's some excellent alternative platforms out there so it's brilliant to hear that you thought Dronedesk was the pick of the bunch!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Tool

Very helpful application for planning and keeping track of my drone business among other helpful features. Affordable and great support!

February 11, 2021
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Gabriel, I really appreciate it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dronedesk is by far the best…

Dronedesk is by far the best administrative support for your commercial UAV operational planning and recording. Everything is in one place.

February 9, 2021
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Thank you for your review! I'm really proud that Dronedesk is the highest user-rated drone operations management platform available on the market!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What a fantastic tool to use

What a fantastic tool to use! Since starting to use Dronedesk for my planning and business related work it has reduced my workload significantly.

A user friendly platform with everything in one place. Makes life so much easier. This is a must have for any commercial drone operator.

February 6, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Aaron. Our users have told us they save an average of 56 minutes of admin on every flight plan since switching to Dronedesk!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service and an amazing…

Fantastic service and an amazing platform for drone operations. All in one place! Highly recommended.

February 6, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thank you for your review Alex. Almost all of our users sign up based on recommendations from other users. So thank you for recommending Dronedesk!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Extra features in DroneDesk are worth the subscription to a professional drone operator

Prior to DroneDesk, planning was a tedious manual process, helped along with a few spreadsheets and word documents which was time consuming and prone to mistakes.

DroneDesk is a well thought out app which makes planning of commercial drone jobs much easier including check lists, risk assessments, flight logs, quotes and invoicing.

The developer is responsive to feedback, resolves issues quickly and has a development roadmap in place to bring more features in the future.

We have fully adopted drone desk as our job planning and management system including our ops manual, so no more static check lists!

February 2, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Jason, I really appreciate it. I'm adding new features to Dronedesk all the time in response to ideas and requests from our amazing community of professional drone operators.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A must-have for commercial UAV operators

Dronedesk makes the often detailed job of planning and carrying out commercial drone tasks soooo much easier. It's quite clearly been built by UAV operators for UAV operators. Planning, risk assessing, even viewing NOTAMs and summarising contacts in your fly-away zone, has all been taken care of. After the job just import (manually or automatically for a small extra cost) your AirData logs and you have a complete, professional record of everything. Brilliant.

February 1, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thank you so much for your detailed review Mark. I'm really pleased that you're finding that Dronedesk makes everything easier - that's why I built it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent product

Excellent product. A real time-saver. Regular updates and development.

January 20, 2021
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Thanks so much for your 5-star review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic drone planning application

By far the best and most user friendly drone flight planning application. Excellent free version and the paid application also has many valuable tools. Continuously evolving...great work!

January 20, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review John. I add new features to Dronedesk almost every day to make sure it's always providing the very best value and most useful functionality for users.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love Dronedesk!

Love Dronedesk! Saves a huge amount of time when planning but also helps keep track of certifications, insurance, currency etc etc. Very clean UI and super simple to use.

January 14, 2021
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Thank you for loving Dronedesk Echo Alfa, Dronedesk loves you too! :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been using it since its beta…

I've been using it since its beta release. 10/10. Just what the industry needed.

January 14, 2021
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Reply from Dronedesk

Thanks for your review Darrell. I'm really grateful to you and Creative Sky; you've really helped steer the Dronedesk development in the right direction from the start.

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