Droners.io Reviews 

Droners is always are go to for photography out at our listings. Whether it be local or out of state. The photos are high quality and never have any issues with the final product we recieve. Customer service is top notch.

I have been using this site for odd-jobs for about a year and a half. You will get paid about 1/3 of what the job is actually worth 99% of the time, but it is good for new pilots to get practice. However, they do not hold the client payment in escrow and I just had a client flake on me for payment and Droners has made no effort to make this right. Expect nothing from them, they will not help you. Do the work at your own risk. Ask for deposits, that was my mistake. I don’t know why they can take deposits, but the can’t hold payment in escrow. They just charge the clients card once you mark the job as complete. Sloppy enterprise. They sent me a couple emails saying they’re ’working on a solution’ and then went radio silent. I don’t do free work, but apparently through Droners.io…I do….

I’ve used Droners for the last year and have done around 20 projects with them. Their quality of photos are second to none but what I really love is their communication. From start to finish, we have updates of the progress as well as timelines being met. The portal is easy to hire pilots on and the website is basic in the best way to make easy to use. I really was happy with the last order of photos that I ordered with their quality control. Droners emailed me the photos would be a day later than they anticipated due to the quality of the first round of photos did not meet their expectations. They told me this a few days before the deadline and I’m just happy with the company being so caring about quality control vs just filling an order. I will continue to use Droners for my flips as well as ordering photos for my realtor company.

As a heavy user of Droners for the past 6 years, I’ve been extremely impressed with how far the platform has come. Throughout that time, Droners has consistently connected me with high-quality, vetted drone pilots almost anywhere I’ve needed coverage.

The platform is incredibly easy to use, and project bids start coming in almost immediately after posting a job and reaching out to pilots. One of the biggest improvements has come under the new ownership. Since taking over, they’ve rolled out meaningful updates that have significantly enhanced the user experience across the board.

What stands out most is the support team. They are highly responsive, knowledgeable, and, most importantly, quick to resolve issues and answer questions. It’s clear that customer experience is a priority.

I truly believe Droners is heading in the right direction. The recent improvements, combined with the new ownership’s management approach and outstanding support team, have only strengthened my confidence in and reliance on Droners.io for hiring drone pilots.

Droners IO is a set-it-and-forget-it platform on which clients expect 50+ shots and huge amounts of travel and planning for only $100. Clients usually have never been to the property they are asking you to take photos of, which puts you in dangerous or unexpected situations. One client was aggressive and rude with me just for asking a simple safety question. The worst part is, Droners doesn't care. They reward illegal and unsafe behavior by NOT protecting pilots when this type of thing happens.

Been trying this network for a few weeks so far no positives.

1- They seem to vet the pilots and not the client. When there is a job near by my area. The clients so far in my experience, doest communicate when I try to and clarify an information.

2- Pricing, this is the most important. Clients wants to world for under 200 bucks, for a one off job. This network doesnt care about the pilot's work and time needed to prep.

I have used Droners.io for the past few years for my land investing business. They always provide great drone photos and video for my listings and their support staff is professional and responds very quickly. Highly recommend!

There are several major, critical issues you should be aware of, when considering doing business with Dronersio—either as a client/customer or drone pilot. It’s a highly unethical and inept company that engages in legally questionable practices, so choosing to be associated with them is not recommended.

FIRST, they have instituted a “race to the bottom,” low-bid, low-quality, low-pay system, which rewards the most inexperienced drone pilots in the profession. Because the lowest bid wins, clients are opening themselves up to sloppy, rushed work—at best—and inevitable liability and lawsuits from drone accidents—at worst.

SECOND, they have ZERO vetting in place for clients; in other words, no verifiable form of payment or identity is required. As other reviews have pointed out, clients are allowed to simply NOT PAY for deliverables without any repercussions whatsoever. Dronersio does nothing to intervene and is too lazy, inept or greedy to suspend delinquent accounts. Clients COULD set up accounts under false identities and continue to defraud drone pilots. But there’s no need for any of that, since Dronersio allows non-paying customers to continue posting jobs and pocketing the fees.

LASTLY, due to their ineptitude and complete lack of oversight, clients can also post jobs that appear unethical or illegal—placing drone pilots in great potential harm. I have seen jobs that call for night-time surveillance of trailer parks without the property owner’s knowledge or filming right in the middle of a highly controlled airspace, where it’s a Federal crime to fly.

Dronersio is NOT a business you want to be associated with, because it’s just a matter of time before their lazy, unethical practices result in negative headlines and disaster. This is clearly one of those “set it and forget it” kinds of companies that just runs on autopilot. No newsletters, communications, site updates or improvements, or engagement with clients or pilots. And a drone business is not the type of company that should be running on autopilot.

Most of the posts are low-balled. When pilots bid what the cost really are you are reviewed for abuse. Don't use them to find worthwhile drone jobs.

The recommended bids for most jobs are around $100 which barely covers gas let alone time prepping and flying jobs.

This company not only allows clients advertising for pilots to use those pilots and not pay them for their work, but also lets them continue posting jobs even when they know the clients are not paying. They allow clients who knowingly break the rules to remain clients and fault the pilots for the clients' wrongdoing. STAY AWAY FROM DRONERS.IO

Great platform, I have been working with DronerIO for over 3 year now, just remember that one job 10 min away for $125 for 25 raw pics of a over priced house, or a Dollar General could turn in to a bigger client. or weekly photogrammetry, or job site progress.
its not all-ways biscuits & gravy.
Happy Flying

Have been doing drone shoots with Droners.io for over a year and find that the people that post jobs are on the cheap side. They expect a lot of drone work and shots but aren't willing to pay the pilot a decent wage for doing so. On average a pilot will only make $100 a shoot and then droiners robs the pilot of another 10% leaving the pilot with only $90. In that pay of $90 that is your drive time to and from and shoot time. I feel that the posters are cheap and that droiners should charge the poster not the pilot. It sucks trying to work for next to nothing.

5 Stars for this company, Great platform, I have been working with this company for over 1 year now, I wish more volume of work but overall it's been excellent.