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The Complete Platform for Commercial Drone Pilots

Everything your drone business needs in one platform. No commissions. No middleman.

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Quote it, Win it, Plan it, Fly it, Process it, Deliver it, Get Paid.
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OCT 12
SKYVIEW DESKTOP / 2026
OCTOBER
FLIGHT DECK MISSION OPS
REPLACES: SPREADSHEETS / QUOTE TOOLS / BROKER PLATFORMS / CRM SOFTWARE / FLIGHT LOGBOOKS / CALENDAR APPS
01 / THE PLATFORM

Built for the way you work

Three tools handle the parts of the job that eat your evenings: winning the work, staying on schedule, and keeping the fleet legal.

01

Professional quotes in minutes

Branded proposals with service scopes, deliverables, per-acre pricing, and legal disclaimers. Clients accept and e-sign straight from the email link.

PDF GENERATION / E-SIGNATURES / AUTO FOLLOW-UP
02

Your entire schedule, one view

Jobs, flights, invoice due dates, follow-ups, cert expirations, and maintenance, color-coded on one calendar. Drag to reschedule, click to create.

8 DATA SOURCES / DRAG & DROP / MOBILE READY
03

Know your fleet inside out

Every aircraft, battery cycle, maintenance record, and piece of equipment. Expiration alerts keep you legal, health bars tell you when batteries are done.

BATTERY HEALTH / MAINTENANCE LOGS / PART 107 ALERTS
02 / SKYVIEW / LAUNCHES OCTOBER 12, 2026

SkyView

Desktop processing. Cloud delivery.

Start with SkyView Construction Monitoring for $99/month: high-quality RGB mapping, photo-based 3D, dated site visits and client delivery. Add Thermal Inspections, Multispectral or Survey individually when your work needs them. Every add-on requires an active SkyView subscription.

PRIVATE BETA Approximately 50 pilots will field-test before the October 12 launch.

What you can do with SkyView

  • RGB mapping & 3D · Included

    Create orthomosaics, point clouds, and textured 3D meshes from drone imagery on your own hardware.

  • Terrain & earthworks · Survey add-on

    Add Survey & Earthworks for $99/month for LiDAR workflows, terrain and bare-earth tools, TINs, contours, GCPs and datum conversion.

  • Point-cloud editing · Survey add-on

    View, align, merge, clean, and manually classify point clouds. Measure distances, areas, and profiles.

  • Drawing & CAD · Tools by package

    Draw and edit map linework in the standard package. Add Survey for point-cloud-derived planimetrics and source-coordinate CAD tools.

  • Construction monitoring · Included

    Compare site visits and track progress. Review completed 360° panoramas, photos, and video paths from the map.

  • Thermal roof & solar · +$99/month

    The Thermal Inspections add-on includes both roof and solar inspection workflows, radiometric temperature review and reports from supported imagery.

  • Multispectral · +$49/month

    Analyze NDVI, NDRE, GNDVI, and LCI layers, view color-infrared imagery, and assess canopy and vegetation with reports.

  • Client delivery · Included

    Publish maps and point clouds to private PilotLedger projects, share client access, and export branded reports and GIS/CAD files.

Thermal Inspections, Multispectral and Survey require an active SkyView subscription and are not included in the $99 base package. Thermal and multispectral work also requires compatible imagery and appropriate calibration. Compare the add-ons.

Planimetric features extracted as CAD vectors over a subdivision
SURVEY ADD-ON / POINT-CLOUD PLANIMETRICS / DXF EXPORT
Thermal inspection of a solar farm with hot cells flagged in red
THERMAL INSPECTIONS ADD-ON / ROOF & SOLAR
Dense classified point cloud of a residential site

Your maps. Your hardware. No per-map processing fees.

POINT CLOUD / GROUND CLASSIFIED / 53.8M POINTS
03 / COMING OCTOBER 2026

Flight Deck

Plan the mission. Fly it. Log it.

Mission planning built for survey-grade work: terrain-aware flight paths, overlap and GSD targets set from the deliverable you promised, and airspace checked before you leave the shop. Flights push straight into your job sheet and logbook, so the record writes itself.

SHIPS AFTER SkyView desktop processing, included in your plan.
01

Terrain-aware flight paths

Grid, corridor, and orbit missions draped over real elevation so ground sample distance holds across the whole site.

02

Accuracy planned up front

Pick the deliverable and Flight Deck sets altitude, overlap, and GCP or RTK requirements to hit the standard you quoted.

03

Multi-mission, one battery

Chain small missions into a single flight. When one finishes, the aircraft moves straight to the next instead of returning home to relaunch, so a battery covers several sites or subject areas in one go.

04

Airspace before you drive

LAANC, TFRs, and controlled airspace checked against the plan, with weather windows and a go/no-go call for the site.

05

Fleet ops and crew assignment

Assign aircraft, payload, batteries, and pilot per mission. Flight logs and job sheets update the moment you land.

The Fundamentals of Drone Photogrammetry, Mapping, and Survey, 2025 Edition, by Thomas Dowell
PAPERBACK, 2025 EDITION
$49.99 VALUE, FREE WITH 3+ MONTHS
04 / FROM THE FOUNDER

Written by the pilot who built the platform

PilotLedger and SkyView are designed and developed in Springdale, Arkansas, by American commercial drone pilots. Our field experience shapes the tools we build.

The Fundamentals of Drone Photogrammetry, Mapping, and Survey

The definitive guide to commercial drone work: mission planning, photogrammetry workflows, LiDAR mapping, thermal inspection, RTK and PPK positioning, and the accuracy standards clients pay for. Subscribe to any paid plan for three months or more and a paperback copy ships to you free.

Drone systems, payloads, and sensor selection
Flight path design and altitude optimization
GCP collection, RTK, PPK, accuracy standards
Point cloud processing and deliverable creation
THOMAS DOWELL / FAA PART 107 REMOTE PILOT / AUTHOR & FOUNDER
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05 / EVERYTHING YOU NEED

One platform. Zero middlemen.

Stop juggling spreadsheets, generic invoicing apps, and broker platforms that take a cut. Twenty-four tools, one login, built specifically for commercial drone pilots.

01 SkyView Mapping & Processing Process ortho, elevation, and point clouds on your own hardware, then host and share. Process orthomosaics, elevation models, and point clouds on your own hardware with the SkyView desktop app, then upload finished maps to PilotLedger to host, view, and share with clients. No per-map processing fees, no cloud lock-in.
02 Flight Deck Mission Planning Automated flight paths, terrain-aware missions, and fleet ops. Coming September. Automated flight paths, terrain-aware missions, multi-mission battery planning, and crew assignment. Plans flow straight into job sheets and flight logs. Coming October 2026.
03 Client CRM & Pipeline Every deal, every stage, every follow-up. Full client database with sales pipeline, lead tracking, follow-up scheduling, lifetime value, and activity timelines. Know where every deal stands, built for drone pilots, not generic sales teams.
04 Professional Quoting Branded scopes with e-sign and PDF. Branded quotes with service scopes, deliverables, per-acre pricing, GSD specs, e-signatures, and one-click PDF generation. Clone quotes and auto-follow-up on unanswered proposals.
05 Invoicing & Billing Retainers, milestones, statements. Quote-to-invoice conversion, standalone invoices, recurring retainers, milestone billing, bulk actions, client statements, and custom numbering. Get paid faster with Stripe payment links.
06 Integrated Payments Cards and ACH through your own Stripe. Accept credit cards and ACH bank transfers through your own Stripe account. Charge a card on a client’s behalf for phone orders. Partial payments, escrow protection, instant confirmations, zero commissions.
07 Accounting & Reports P&L, receipt OCR, clean exports. Expense tracking with receipt OCR, P&L statements, aging reports, job profitability, mileage with IRS rates, and QuickBooks/Xero export. Hand your accountant a clean report at tax time.
08 Job Sheet Management Accepted quote to field-ready job. Turn accepted quotes into field-ready job sheets. Kanban board, flight operations map, structured debrief with AI mission reports, preflight checklists, and client file delivery.
09 Fleet & Equipment Aircraft, batteries, NDAA checks. Track every aircraft, battery, sensor, and piece of gear. Maintenance alerts, NDAA Section 889 compliance checks, registration expiration alerts, and insurance certificate management.
10 Flight Logging A digital logbook linked to jobs. Digital pilot logbook with auto-sequenced flight numbers, GPS coordinates, altitude, weather, battery usage, and incident reporting. Linked to jobs for complete project documentation.
11 Calendar & Scheduling Eight sources on one calendar. One calendar pulling from 8 sources: jobs, flights, invoice due dates, follow-ups, cert expirations, maintenance, and manual events. Month, week, day, and list views with drag-and-drop.
12 Email Automation Follow-ups that stop on reply. Automated drip campaigns for quote follow-ups, invoice reminders, post-delivery reviews, client welcomes, and lead nurture. Smart conditions stop sequences the moment a client converts.
13 Weather & Go/No-Go Live thresholds at every site. Live weather at every job site with configurable Go/Caution/No-Go thresholds. Wind, gusts, visibility, cloud cover, precipitation, and temperature, auto-filled into flight logs.
14 Directory & RFPs Get found, pay zero referral fees. Get listed on findadronepilot.com with an embeddable verified badge, custom skillsets, a website enquiry widget, inbound RFP matching, and client reviews. Zero referral fees.
15 Contracts & Documents Templates, e-sign, version control. Contract templates with auto-fill variables, e-signatures, and status tracking. Document library for SOPs and training materials with role-based team access and version control.
16 Subcontractor Management Rates, 1099s, true job margins. Track external pilots and crew with rates, job assignments, payments, insurance, and Part 107 status. See true job margins: client revenue minus sub costs. 1099-ready annual reports.
17 QuickBooks & Xero Export Import-ready accounting files. Export invoices, expenses, and payments into QuickBooks Desktop (IIF), QuickBooks Online (CSV), or Xero (CSV). Clean, import-ready files with no manual data entry.
18 Flight Operations Map Airspace, LAANC, TFRs, radar. Interactive map with FAA airspace, LAANC grid, live TFRs, weather radar, wind arrows, and job markers. Go, caution, or no-fly assessment at every location.
19 AI Mission Reports Debrief to client-ready PDF. Finish a job, fill in the debrief, and Mav generates a professional mission summary report. Download as PDF or email straight to your client. No other drone CRM does this.
20 FAA Incident Reporting Part 107.9 compliant records. Formal incident documentation with auto-detected FAA reporting requirements, severity classification, damage assessment, root cause analysis, and corrective action tracking. Part 107.9 compliant.
21 Kanban Job Board The whole pipeline at a glance. Drag-and-drop visual board with 7 status columns from Created through Delivered. See your entire job pipeline at a glance in List, Map, or Kanban view.
22 Client Onboarding One link, zero data entry. Share one link. Clients fill out company info, contacts, projects, and payment preferences, and PilotLedger auto-creates the client and draft quotes. Zero data entry for the pilot.
23 Battery Pair Tracking Cycles, health, mismatch alerts. Group batteries into matched pairs, track health, cycle counts, and mismatch warnings. Flight cycles auto-record for entire groups so you know when to rotate or retire.
24 Client Portal A branded space clients log in to for maps and invoices. A branded space where clients sign in to view maps, deliverables, quotes, and invoices. Delivery and billing live in the same place your clients approve the work.
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06 / COMPLETE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

More than a quote tool

Most drone pilots run their business with a quote template and a spreadsheet. PilotLedger replaces both, and everything in between, so no client ever falls through the cracks.

01 Sales pipeline See every prospect at every stage, from first call to closed deal.
02 Auto follow-up Sequences that chase quotes and invoices for you, and stop on reply.
03 Client history Every email, quote, job, and payment in one timeline per client.
04 Lifetime value Know your best clients instantly and where next season comes from.
START FREE 14-DAY TRIAL
07 / DESIGNED FOR WORKING PILOTS

Built for pilots, not accountants

You didn't get your Part 107 to stare at spreadsheets. PilotLedger does the financial heavy lifting, tracking every dollar in and out, every job, every expense, so at year end you hand your accountant a clean P&L and get back to flying.

No accounting degree required. Step-by-step guidance is built into every section, and Mav, the integrated AI assistant, answers your business questions in plain language.

NO ACCOUNTING DEGREE
Plain-language finances, no setup maze.
GUIDANCE AT EVERY STEP
How-to help built into every screen.
MAV AI, NOW LIVE
Ask your hardest business question, get a straight answer.
NO COMMISSIONS, EVER
100% of every job stays yours.
BUILT BY PILOTS, FOR PILOTS

Run the whole operation from one console

Start a free 14-day trial. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.

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POINT CLOUD / GROUND CLASSIFIED / 0.5M POINTS
08 / DIRECTORY

findadronepilot.com

By pilots, for clients. Skip the middleman.

The public directory connects property owners and project managers directly with qualified commercial drone pilots. No referral fees, no commissions, no broker in between.

Search by state and service type
Post RFPs matched to qualified pilots
A direct pilot to client relationship
BROWSE THE DIRECTORY
THE DIRECTORY / AT A GLANCE
Service specialties48
States covered50
Referral fees$0
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Payment protectionEscrow
PAYMENT PROTECTION INCLUDED WITH PRO + DIRECTORY

Your business. Your imagery. One workspace.

SkyView for solo pilots and teams

SkyView Desktop launches October 12, 2026. Approximately 50 pilots will field-test SkyView in a private beta before launch. Start a 14-day business trial with no credit card. Pre-launch Desktop access requires beta approval and an assigned SkyView license.

For individual pilots

SkyView Solo

$99/month

Or $990/year · two months free

  • 1 user · 1 SkyView desktop license
  • Construction monitoring, RGB mapping and photo-based 3D
  • High-quality orthos, site visits and progress comparisons
  • Panoramas, orbit photos, video layers and client delivery
  • Quotes, invoices, CRM, fleet and scheduling
  • Optional FindADronePilot.com profile
View add-on pricing

Choose individually after signup. Every add-on requires an active SkyView subscription.

Thermal Inspections

Roof and solar inspections.

+$99/month

Multispectral

Multispectral imagery and vegetation analysis.

+$49/month

Survey & Earthworks

LiDAR, classification, terrain tools, GCPs and datum conversion.

+$99/month

Additional to your base plan. Add-ons are billed monthly, including with an annual base plan.

Ask about adding a package
Start SkyView Solo

Your whole operation

SkyView Team

$159/month

Or $1,590/year · two months free

  • 5 users · 5 SkyView desktop licenses
  • Construction monitoring, RGB mapping and photo-based 3D
  • High-quality orthos, site visits and progress comparisons
  • Panoramas, orbit photos, video layers and client delivery
  • Quotes, invoices, CRM, fleet and scheduling
  • Optional FindADronePilot.com profile
View add-on pricing

Choose individually after signup. Every add-on requires an active SkyView subscription.

Thermal Inspections

Roof and solar inspections.

+$99/month

Multispectral

Multispectral imagery and vegetation analysis.

+$49/month

Survey & Earthworks

LiDAR, classification, terrain tools, GCPs and datum conversion.

+$99/month

Additional to your base plan. Add-ons are billed monthly, including with an annual base plan.

For team access, tell us which people need each package so we can confirm your quote.

Ask about adding a package
Start SkyView Team

Larger operations

SkyView Enterprise

Let’s talk

A quote for your operation

  • Custom users and SkyView licensing
  • Construction monitoring, RGB mapping and photo-based 3D
  • Business tools for your whole team
  • Specialist add-ons matched to the people who need them
  • Onboarding and account support
  • Optional FindADronePilot.com profile
View add-on pricing

Choose individually after signup. Every add-on requires an active SkyView subscription.

Thermal Inspections

Roof and solar inspections.

+$99/month

Multispectral

Multispectral imagery and vegetation analysis.

+$49/month

Survey & Earthworks

LiDAR, classification, terrain tools, GCPs and datum conversion.

+$99/month

Additional to your base plan. Add-ons are billed monthly, including with an annual base plan.

For team access, tell us which people need each package so we can confirm your quote.

Ask about adding a package
Request an enterprise quote

All SkyView plans start with Construction Monitoring, RGB mapping and photo-based 3D. Thermal, Multispectral and Survey are optional paid add-ons. Sign up for SkyView, then contact us to arrange the packages you need.

FindADronePilot.com is included on every plan.

Create a profile when you are ready. You decide whether to publish it.

Business-only plans

Quotes, clients, scheduling, fleet management, and invoicing for your operation.

Business tools

Business Solo

$69/month

Or $690/year · two months free

  • 1 user
  • Quotes, invoices, CRM, fleet, and scheduling
  • Optional FindADronePilot.com profile
Start Business Solo

Business tools

Business Team

$119/month

Or $1,190/year · two months free

  • 5 users included
  • Quotes, invoices, CRM, fleet, and scheduling
  • Optional FindADronePilot.com profile
Start Business Team

Business tools

Business Enterprise

Let’s talk

For larger operations with custom requirements.

  • Custom user capacity
  • Onboarding and account support
  • Optional FindADronePilot.com profile
Contact sales
10 / YOUR DATA, YOUR BUSINESS

Your data is yours. Period.

Your quotes, invoices, client lists, and financial records belong entirely to you. We never access, view, sell, or share your business data. Not for advertising, not for training AI. Encrypted, protected, and 100% under your control.

Full details in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

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11 / FROM THE TEAM

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