Air Inspection Automation (AiA) vs Zeitview Comparison
Compare Air Inspection Automation (AiA) vs Zeitview features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
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Air Inspection Automation (AiA)
Our product6/10
Windows software that plans drone inspection missions for electric power line towers from LiDAR scans. It finds towers, places photo stops, checks clearance, and exports DJI flights.
Zeitview
6.2/10
Zeitview captures inspection data from drones, aircraft and robotic crawlers, then uses AI and expert review to find defects in solar, wind, utility, oil and gas, and property assets.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6/10 | 6.2/10 |
| Integration | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Security | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Support | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Cost | 5/10 | 4/10 |
| Analytics | 4/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Scalability | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Not listed | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | Not listed | Contact for pricing |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Not listed | Contact for pricing |
| Features | ||
| Asset Registry | ||
| Drone Inspection | ||
| GIS and Mapping | ||
| Inspection Automation | ||
| Power Line Inspection | ||
| Condition Monitoring | Not listed | |
| Digital Twin | Not listed | |
| Document Control | Not listed | |
| Engineering Design | Not listed | |
| Engineering Simulation | Not listed | |
| LiDAR Processing | Not listed | |
| Offline Field App | Not listed | |
| Predictive Maintenance | Not listed | |
| Preventive Maintenance | Not listed | |
| Safety and Compliance | Not listed | |
| SCADA and IoT Integration | Not listed | |
| Spare Parts Inventory | Not listed | |
| Work Orders | Not listed | |
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Air Inspection Automation (AiA)
- Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Security score (6/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose Zeitview
- Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Scalability score (8/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for energy companies (9/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (7/10 vs 4/10)
Pros & Cons
Air Inspection Automation (AiA)
Pros
- Finds towers in LAS and LAZ scans of a whole line automatically, including towers split across two files.
- Checks every photo stop, launch site, and path segment for clearance, climb, line of sight, and camera limits before export, then plans a collision-free path.
- Splits a route into battery-sized flights with launch and pickup sites and estimates of distance, duration, and battery use.
- Photo stop templates per tower design, editable in a 3D tower editor, make repeat inspections consistent.
- Works offline, with maps, imagery, roads, and terrain stored in each project, and an offline licence for computers without internet.
- Support comes directly from the team that builds the software.
Cons
- Exports only for DJI enterprise drones, through DJI Terra KML or DJI Cloud API KMZ files.
- Runs only on Windows 10 and 11.
- Prices are not published; the website offers a free trial and contact by email.
- Built for electric towers, so it does not plan inspections of other asset types.
- Matching photos to stops after the flight is still marked as beta.
- There are no team accounts, work orders, or integrations with asset management systems.
Zeitview
Pros
- Covers the full process, from flying the drone or aircraft to delivering findings checked by an analyst
- Collects optical, thermal, LiDAR and methane data with drones, airplanes and robotic crawlers
- Has dedicated workflows for solar, wind, transmission and distribution, and substation inspection
- Operates at large scale, inspecting 43 GW of solar in 2022 and reaching more than 70 countries
- Findings can be exported to GIS, EAM or ERP systems
Cons
- Pricing is not public and requires a sales conversation
- No work order, spare parts or maintenance scheduling features are described
- Few independent user reviews exist on G2, Capterra or Reddit
- Services rely on a pilot network, so results depend on how well each flight is executed
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Zeitview scores higher on our Industrial & Infrastructure Software criteria: 6.2/10 against 6/10 for Air Inspection Automation (AiA). The largest gap is in Analytics: 4/10 for Air Inspection Automation (AiA) and 8/10 for Zeitview.
No, Zeitview does not list a free plan.
Zeitview is the better fit for energy companies: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 5/10 for Air Inspection Automation (AiA).
