For facilities, utilities & asset owners
Drone Inspection Services
Free to post · Usually a reply the same day
182 inspection pilots listed · Pay the pilot directly, no commission
Free to post
Two minutes, no card, no commitment.
Pay the pilot directly
No commission or markup on their price.
FAA Part 107 pilots
The license all paid drone work requires.
Usually a reply the same day
From a pilot, or from our team if no pilot has answered.
How it works
Three steps, and the first one is free
Describe the job
The questions adapt to the work: area for a mapping job, access and asset for an inspection.
A pilot near you sends a price
Pilots whose service area and services match are emailed. Usually a reply the same day, from a pilot or from our team.
Book them and pay them directly
Check their certificate, kit and sample work, then pay the pilot. SkyLog takes no cut and adds no markup.
What to know before you book
Which assets this suits
Anything tall, spread out, or awkward to reach: communications and broadcast towers, wind turbines, solar arrays, transmission lines and substations, bridges and viaducts, chimneys and flare stacks, storage tanks, cranes, port and rail infrastructure, industrial roofs and facades. The common thread is that the inspection is fundamentally visual and the difficulty is access rather than analysis. Where an inspection requires physical contact — hammer testing, thickness measurement, sampling — a drone can narrow down where to send a person, but it cannot replace them.
Scoping the job so quotes are comparable
State the asset type, how many of them, the height and the site location. Say what defect classes you care about, because that determines the sensor and the flight pattern. Be explicit about outputs: raw imagery, an annotated defect report, a 3D model, an orthomosaic, thermal radiometric files that your analyst can measure from rather than screenshots. Flag site constraints early — live plant, permit-to-work, controlled airspace, security clearance, escort requirements, exclusion zones — since these change the day more than the flying does.
Certification, insurance and airspace
Commercial drone work in the US requires an FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate, and inspecting infrastructure often means operating in controlled airspace, over people, or beyond what the basic rules allow without a waiver. Ask what authorisations a pilot holds, ask for evidence of liability insurance at the level your site requires, and ask whether they have flown your asset class before. Sector experience shows up in the report: a pilot who has inspected solar farms knows what a cracked cell looks like in thermal and how to fly a string so the images line up.
What this suits
- Anything tall, spread out or awkward to reach: towers, turbines, solar arrays, transmission lines and substations.
- Bridges and viaducts, chimneys and flare stacks, storage tanks, cranes, port and rail infrastructure.
- Industrial roofs and facades, where the difficulty is access rather than analysis.
- Radiometric thermal deliverables your analyst can measure from, rather than screenshots.
Where it stops
- Replace an inspection requiring physical contact — hammer testing, thickness measurement or sampling.
- Satisfy a regulated inspection regime on its own. Those specify who inspects, how often, and what counts as hands-on.
- Fly a live site without permit-to-work, escort, security clearance and exclusion zones being sorted first.
- Substitute sector experience. A pilot who has inspected solar farms knows what a cracked cell looks like in thermal; a generalist does not.
Where an inspection requires contact, a drone narrows down where to send a person — it does not replace them. Flag site constraints early; they change the day more than the flying does.
Why post it on SkyLog
Nobody at height
The safety case is usually the whole business case. A routine visual inspection that used to need a lift, a rope team or a shutdown becomes a flight, and the risk register changes accordingly.
Ask for the right sensor
Visual for structural condition and corrosion; thermal for solar cell defects, electrical hot spots and moisture ingress; zoom for anything you cannot safely fly close to. Say what you are looking for and pilots will tell you what it needs.
Repeatable over time
The real value of the first inspection is often the baseline. Flying the same asset the same way each period turns a folder of photos into a record you can compare, so ask about repeat flights when you scope the first one.
Free to post
Posting and receiving quotes costs nothing, and SkyLog takes no commission and adds no markup. You pay the pilot you hire, at the price the two of you agree.
Inspection pilots with published profiles
Real published profiles. Open any one to see credentials, kit, service area and sample work before you post.
chris aldridge
Texas, United States
20 work samples
I’m a commercial drone pilot providing aerial mapping, property line overlays, topographic mapping, construction site data, radiometric thermal inspections, 3D modeling, real estate listing photography and video, property marketing, and professional aerial imagery for businesses and landowners.
Real estateWeddingEventInspectionMapping / surveyFilm / TVConstructionOther- George Benes
Oregon, United States
13 work samples
I've been a Part 107 drone pilot since 2019, working with Pacific Northwest clients on Real estate, construction progress, mapping, telecom inspections, architectural photography and events. I am very flexible and can provide deliverables within 24 - 48 hours. I take great pride in my work and having a photography business, my delivered photos are edited and culled to the best of the best. I worked for 30+ years as a commercial construction Superintendent, managing multi-million dollar construction projects and this experience allows me to be very safety oriented and knowledgeable on construction sites, providing the construction companies with usable deliverables that they can share with all stakeholders involved in their building project.
Real estateEventInspectionMapping / surveyConstruction 
Clifford Cox
Texas, United States
12 work samples
My main focus is mapping and critical infrastructure surveying. I fly both a mavic 3 enterprise ( mapping and videography) and a matrice 4T thermal drone. I'm always looking to meet new people to get jobs done. And to make sure that the customer/client that I am working with gets exactly what they are looking for. I'm pretty easy going and I do not mind the travel. I have over 7 years of experience with real-estate, power line, mapping and construction site surveying and much more.
Real estateInspectionMapping / surveyConstruction
Andy Jones
California, United States
12 work samples
FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot based in Southern California, specializing in construction documentation, infrastructure inspections, mapping, orthomosaics, and aerial imagery. With more than two decades of experience managing complex federal construction projects, I understand the importance of accuracy, safety, and delivering actionable data—not just photos. I operate professional DJI Enterprise aircraft, including the DJI Matrice 4E, DJI Matrice 4T, as well as the DJI Air 3S for high-resolution imaging and the DJI Neo 2 for specialized close-range operations. My services include construction progress documentation, roof and property inspections, land development, infrastructure photography, photogrammetry, mapping, and custom aerial imaging. I also conduct search operations for lost pets using aerial search techniques and thermal imaging. Every mission is conducted in compliance with FAA regulations, with careful mission planning, clear communication, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results on schedule. Whether you need a single inspection or recurring project documentation, my goal is to provide reliable aerial data you can confidently use to make decisions. For ground work, I use a Cannon EOS R50 for photography and video.
Real estateEventInspectionMapping / surveyConstructionAgricultureOtherFilm / TVWedding
George Colonna
Maryland, United States
12 work samples
Started flying drones for General Dynamics Robotics Systems in 2009 as the subject matter expert and lead test engineer for RCTA and a program called the Soldier Machine Interface. We developed leader/follower code for up-armored autonomous assets a full decade before Google fielded their driverless car "train" and a UI that let soldiers/marines plan missions on the ground and in the air. My job was to ensure the software worked, more importantly, met customer requirements. Working in the field afforded me a wealth of experience regarding process and implementation, but also how to think critically and resolve issues on the fly. If interested in learning more about my credentials, please see my website. My current fleet is primarily DJI and Autel. I have RTK capability and a complete field kit to sustain remote operations for several days.
InspectionMapping / surveyConstructionOtherFilm / TV- K Enagonio
Tennessee, United States
10 work samples
I've been flying since 2015 and specialize in both cinematic filmmaking as well as surveying, construction, sensitive infrastructure capture, and music videos and events.
Film / TVConstructionInspectionEventAgricultureReal estateMapping / surveyOther
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Before you post
How much does a drone inspection cost?
For a single straightforward asset — one roof, one small structure, one short line — most quotes land between $300 and $800. Multi-asset and industrial scopes run from around $1,000 into the low thousands, and recurring programmes are usually priced per visit at a lower unit rate than a one-off. On SkyLog, inspection quotes have ranged from $100 for a small single-asset job to about $1,550 for a larger scope, with a $300 median. Price tracks the number of assets, the sensors required, the reporting depth and the site constraints, so a scoped quote will always beat a rate card — posting the job free is the fastest route to a real number.
Do I get a report or just photos?
Whatever you specify, so specify it. Raw imagery is the cheapest output and the least useful on its own; an annotated report with defects located and classified costs more and is usually what the asset owner actually needed.
Can drones inspect assets indoors or in confined spaces?
Some pilots operate caged indoor drones for tanks, boilers, silos and voids. It is a specialism with different equipment from outdoor work, so say up front that the asset is enclosed.
Does the site need to shut down?
Often not, which is much of the appeal. Whether flight can happen over live plant depends on your own permit and safety rules as much as the aviation ones, so involve whoever owns those rules before you book.
How often should assets be inspected?
That is set by your own maintenance regime, your insurer or your regulator, not by us. What drone inspection changes is the cost of doing it, which is why owners who moved to aerial inspection often ended up doing it more often than before.
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