Birdi
6.1/10Birdi is a cloud geospatial workspace where teams process, view, measure, inspect and share drone, satellite and 3D site data, with AI detection built in.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Birdi is an Australian browser-based geospatial platform. Teams use it to turn drone and other site imagery into maps, 3D models, measurements and inspection records, without needing specialist GIS staff. Customers can upload GeoTIFFs, orthomosaics, elevation models, LAS/LAZ point clouds, vectors, DXF and 3D models. They can also process raw drone imagery in the cloud, connect DJI FlightHub docking stations, or book captures through Birdi's pilot network. For infrastructure owners, Birdi offers a configurable asset assessment register. It supports image-level defect tagging, severity labels and CSV or PDF inspection reports. The CitiPower and Powercor power pole programme covered more than 11,000 poles. Birdi's GeoAI layer and its Scout assistant handle detection, counting, area and volume measurement, and change tracking. Scout takes requests in plain language. Several AI features are still labelled beta. The product suits mining, construction, utilities, councils and drone service providers who need to share site data with many stakeholders. View-only links don't need a paid seat. Pricing is in USD: - Plus: 80 dollars a month, or 60 a month billed annually, for one user. - Growth: 287 a month, annual only, for five users. - Ultimate: custom pricing. Processing is metered in gigapixels, and extra processing costs 9 dollars per GP. Asset management, lidar, thermal and multispectral support are reserved for Ultimate. Birdi brings in outputs from QGIS, ArcGIS, Pix4D and Nearmap, and supports SSO. The main limitations are its small size, at about 15 staff, and the thin pool of independent reviews, with only a handful on Capterra and G2. Buyers also report no public API and less depth in drone-specific processing algorithms than dedicated photogrammetry tools.
Our Rating
AI Software6.2/10
Industrial & Infrastructure Software6.1/10
Who Birdi is best for
Best software for Drone Service ProvidersGood fit
Branded workspaces, free guest seats and client sharing are aimed at pilots delivering maps to customers, and reviewers praise it for sharing deliverables.
Mirvac and Clark Construction use it for progress reporting, measurement and multi-date comparison.
The Plus plan at 60 to 80 dollars a month for one user is an affordable entry point for small operators.
A configurable asset register, defect severity tagging and a power pole case study with CitiPower and Powercor show it is used for network inspection.
Less suited
Power distribution and solar panel detection are supported, though advanced asset management and thermal data are limited to the custom Ultimate tier.
SSO, ISO 27001 certification and custom plans exist, but the vendor is small and enterprise features sit in custom-quoted tiers.
Councils such as Hume City Council are customers, and the vendor lists government as a target industry.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Viewers can open maps through view-only links without signing up, so clients and stakeholders don't need paid seats.
- It accepts a wide range of existing data, including GeoTIFF, LAS/LAZ point clouds, DXF and 3D models in any coordinate system, plus outputs from Pix4D, ArcGIS, QGIS and Nearmap.
- The configurable asset assessment register with severity tagging has been used on a utility programme covering more than 11,000 power poles.
- The entry Plus plan, at 60 to 80 USD a month, is published openly and allows month-to-month billing.
- It is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 and supports role-based permissions and SSO.
- Built-in AI detection and the Scout assistant handle counting, area and volume measurement, and change tracking without GIS expertise.
Cons
- Asset management, lidar, thermal and multispectral support are only in the custom-priced Ultimate tier.
- Several AI features, including Scout and AI fault detection, are still labelled beta.
- Very few independent reviews exist, with around three each on Capterra and G2, so evidence of performance at scale is thin.
- One reviewer wanted more drone-specific processing algorithms, and third-party listings report no public API.
- It is a small, remote-first company of roughly 15 staff, which may concern large enterprise buyers.
- The Growth plan requires annual billing and allows only five full users.
Key Features
Birdi Pricing
Plus
or $720/year (save 25%)
- 5 workspaces
- Basic exports
- 100 GB storage
- RTK processing
- Branded workspace
- 1 user and 20 guest seats
- Contour and mesh 3D outputs
- 3D viewer for processed layers
- Upload own rasters and vectors
- Annotation tools, map sharing and commenting
- 48 GP processing per year on annual billing, or 2 GP per month on monthly billing
Growth
- 5 workspaces
- Email support
- 500 GB storage
- GCP processing
- Upload own 3D models
- 240 GP processing per year
- 5 users and 50 guest seats
- User roles and permissions
- Volume creation and measurement
- Annual billing only, 287 USD per month
- Raster and vector styling, basemap library
- Real-time multi-user collaboration with mentions
Ultimate
- Asset management
- Custom WMTS and WMS
- Custom report templates
- Difference grid analysis
- Includes processing credit
- Slope stability prism monitoring
- Custom pricing, annual billing only
- Custom users, workspaces and storage
- Lidar, thermal and multispectral support
- Priority phone support and personalised onboarding
Frequently Asked Questions
Only the Plus plan can be billed monthly, at 80 USD a month. Billed annually, Plus is 60 USD a month. Growth, at 287 USD a month, and the custom Ultimate plan are annual only.
Processing is metered in gigapixels (GP). Plus includes 48 GP a year on annual billing or 2 GP a month on monthly billing, and Growth includes 240 GP a year. Extra processing is pay as you go at 9 USD per GP, and the pricing page also mentions a minimum spend per processing job.
No. Birdi offers view-only links that need no sign-up, and plans include guest seats: 20 on Plus and 50 on Growth.
Yes. Its power distribution module lets you upload a pole network by CSV, customise the asset categories, tag defects by severity, and export CSV or PDF reports. CitiPower and Powercor used it across more than 11,000 poles. Note that general asset management sits in the Ultimate tier.
Birdi says it is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. It offers role-based permissions, and SSO is available as a priced add-on.
Birdi integrates with DJI FlightHub, Google and SSO, and accepts outputs from QGIS, ArcGIS, Pix4D and Nearmap. It doesn't require proprietary drone hardware or ground control.
Point clouds in LAS/LAZ format can be uploaded. Lidar, thermal and multispectral support is listed as an Ultimate-plan feature.
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