Which drone can do what?

Airclip Cloud works with the photos, not with the drone. Whether the images come from a DJI Mini or a Matrice 4E makes no difference to the processing. The differences are in the flying: which flight patterns the drone flies on its own, whether it knows its position to within a few centimetres via RTK, and which drone licence you need for it.

Accuracy depends less on price than many people think. Lengths and areas on a roof are accurate to a few centimetres even with a Mini or Air. Only if you need around 1 cm or work georeferenced is there no way around an Enterprise drone. More on this under Accuracy.

DJI Fly or DJI Pilot 2

The most important dividing line in the table runs between two apps. You fly the Mini, Air and Mavic with DJI Fly, the Enterprise drones with DJI Pilot 2. Both can circle a house. Anything that plans a route across an area or corrects the position via RTK exists only in Pilot 2.

DJI Fly

Consumer drones

Mini, Air and Mavic. Light, affordable, quickly in the air. For a house or a roof that is all you need: lengths and areas are accurate to a few centimetres.

• Point of Interest from the Mini 3 Pro
• No RTK, no area route
• Licence depending on class: none up to A2

DJI Pilot 2

Enterprise drones

Mavic 3 Enterprise, Matrice 4, 350 RTK and 400. They plan routes across whole sites, take oblique and vertical photos in one flight with Smart Oblique, and know their position to 2 to 4 cm with RTK. On the Mavic 3 Enterprise, RTK is a retrofit module.

• Area route, with and without oblique images
• RTK built in or available as a retrofit
• Smart 3D Capture: Matrice 4E, 4D, 400 with P1

All models

Drone	Class	Point of Interest	Area route	Smart 3D Capture	RTK
DJI MiniDJI Fly
DJI Mini 2 SE	C0 (< 250 g)	–no	–no	–no	–no
DJI Mini 3 Pro	C0 (< 250 g)	✓yes	–no	–no	–no
DJI Mini 4 Pro, Mini 5 Pro	C0 (< 250 g), C1 with Plus battery	✓yes	–no	–no	–no
DJI Air and MavicDJI Fly
DJI Air 2S	no class, C1 can be added	✓yes	–no	–no	–no
DJI Air 3S	C1	✓yes	–no	–no	–no
DJI Mavic 3 Classic	C1	✓yes	–no	–no	–no
DJI Mavic 3 Pro, Mavic 4 Pro	C2	✓yes	–no	–no	–no
Mavic 3 EnterpriseDJI Pilot 2
DJI Mavic 3E, 3T, 3TA, 3M	C2	✓yes	✓yes	–no	optional
DJI Mavic 3E C1	C1	✓yes	✓yes	–no	optional
Matrice 4DJI Pilot 2
DJI Matrice 4E, 4D	C2, the 4D also C6	✓yes	✓yes	✓yes	✓yes
DJI Matrice 4T, 4TD	C2, the 4TD also C6	✓yes	✓yes	–no	✓yes
Matrice 350 and 400DJI Pilot 2
DJI Matrice 350 RTK	C3	✓yes	✓yes	–no	✓yes
DJI Matrice 400	C3	✓yes	✓yes	with Zenmuse P1	✓yes

As of October 2026, no warranty. Classification & features can change; check the official DJI specifications and dipul.de before buying.

What the columns mean

Class

The C class is on the drone’s label and decides which licence you need: C0 none, C1 the A1/A3, C2 in built-up areas the A2. Details in the article on drone law.

Point of Interest

The drone circles an object automatically and takes photos as it goes. The pattern for a single house or roof. About the flight pattern

Area route

The drone flies a grid across an area, vertically or with oblique images. It is planned in DJI Pilot 2, so only Enterprise drones can do it. About the flight pattern

Smart 3D Capture

After a short exploratory flight the app plans a route 3 to 5 m away from the building. The most accurate pattern for a single building. About the flight pattern

RTK

Correction data makes the drone’s position accurate to 2 to 4 cm instead of 1 to 3 m. You need it when the model has to sit in the right place in real-world coordinates. “Optional” means: available as a retrofit module. Setting up RTK