Droners.ioReviews of droners.io

What can I say about Droners.io, nothing good. The price point for jobs are not worth it. I do not believe some bids are real, when bids show people bidding 0, or 25$, on a job. There is a 100% issue. Get hired, then get ghosted.

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.

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