Best Boston Dynamics Alternatives (2026): 10+ options compared

Energy Robotics (now Korial)

Hardware-agnostic AI platform that runs autonomous inspection missions with ground robots, drones and sensors at energy, chemical and industrial sites.

• Better at: Higher Integration score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Better at: Higher Customization score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 6/10)

InFlightAI (formerly Levatas)

InFlightAI, formerly Levatas, is a computer vision platform that analyzes drone and robot inspection data to automate industrial asset maintenance and site security patrols.

• Better at: Has a free plan (Boston Dynamics does not)
• Better at: Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 6/10)

Gecko Robotics

Wall-climbing inspection robots, drone scans and the Cantilever AI platform that map asset condition for heavy industry, energy and defense operators.

• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Better at: Higher Support score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 6/10)

Optelos

Optelos is a visual intelligence platform that manages drone and inspection imagery, 3D digital twins, and AI defect detection for utilities, telecom, and industrial asset owners.

• Better at: Higher Cost score (4/10 vs 2/10)
• Better at: Higher Customization score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)

Tulip

Tulip is a no-code, app-based manufacturing execution and connected worker platform that lets manufacturers build shop-floor apps for work instructions, quality checks, and machine monitoring.

• Better at: Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 6/10)
• Better at: Higher Cost score (5/10 vs 2/10)
• Gives up: Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 6/10)

Unleash live

Computer vision platform for utilities, mining, energy and transport operators that automates drone and camera-based asset inspections and continuous site monitoring.

• Better at: Higher Integration score (8/10 vs 6/10)
• Better at: Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 6/10)

AiDASH

AiDASH is a satellite and AI platform that utilities and other infrastructure operators use to manage vegetation, inspect assets, and plan for wildfire and storm risk.

• Better at: Higher Analytics score (9/10 vs 7/10)
• Better at: Higher Cost score (4/10 vs 2/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)

Grid Vision

Grid Vision is an AI platform that turns drone, helicopter, and ground imagery into virtual inspections and digital asset inventories for electric utilities.

• Better at: Higher Cost score (4/10 vs 2/10)
• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 6/10)

Percepto

Percepto provides autonomous drone-in-a-box hardware and the AXION and AIM AI software for remote inspection and monitoring of utilities, oil and gas, mining and heavy industrial sites.

• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Better at: Higher Support score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)

Buzz Solutions

Buzz Solutions sells AI software for electric utilities. It analyzes drone and aerial inspection imagery to find grid defects and runs AI video monitoring at substations.

• Better at: Higher Cost score (4/10 vs 2/10)
• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)

Raptor Maps

Raptor Maps is solar asset management software that turns drone, robotic and sensor inspection data into a map-based digital twin for solar owners, O&M providers and EPCs.

• Better at: Higher Cost score (4/10 vs 2/10)
• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)

vHive

vHive is a drone-based digital twin platform that captures, analyzes, and reports on telecom towers, wind turbines, solar farms, and data centers for infrastructure operators.

• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Better at: Higher Cost score (3/10 vs 2/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)

Sharper Shape

AI-powered asset and vegetation management software, Sharper CORE, for electric transmission and distribution utilities and the drone service providers that inspect their lines.

• Better at: Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Better at: Higher Cost score (3/10 vs 2/10)
• Gives up: Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 5/10)

Fabrico

Fabrico is a cloud platform for manufacturing plants that combines CMMS maintenance management, OEE and light MES monitoring, and AI add-ons for production losses.

• Better at: Higher Cost score (5/10 vs 2/10)
• Better at: Higher Support score (8/10 vs 6/10)
• Gives up: Higher Scalability score (7/10 vs 6/10)

Scopito

Cloud platform for managing, annotating and reporting on drone inspection imagery of power lines, wind turbines, solar PV and buildings, with AI fault detection.

• Better at: Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 2/10)
• Better at: Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Gives up: Higher Security score (8/10 vs 6/10)