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24 alternatives to Aptonomy

Drone Security Guards

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Aptonomy launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sunflower Labs▲227

   Drone-based home security for the rest of us

   2016 · sunflower-labs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Ehang 184▲227

   An autonomous drone for people

   2016 · ehang.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   DRONEGUN▲73

   Highly effective drone countermeasure

   2016 · droneshield.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Animal Robo▲117

   Uber for drones

   2014 · animalrobo-com.l.ink · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Airobotics▲124

   Automated industrial drones

   2016 · airobotics.co.il · its alternatives →

6. 6
   AirVūz▲92

   A video-sharing platform for the worldwide drone community

   2017 · airvuz.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pitch Drone▲98

   PR is hard, get a fucking drone

   2017 · pitchfriendly.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Shift▲156

   Drone with a one-handed controller

   2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Airblock▲75

   Modular and programmable starter drone

   2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Skycatch▲63

    Autonomous, data-collecting drones. Badass.

    2014 · rpmglobal.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    FreeSkies▲78

    Mobile app for autonomous drone cinematography

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    eBee▲70

    Professional mapping drone

    2015 · sensefly.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Photojojo Rentals▲143

    Borrow drones and other rare and weird stuff

    2014 · parabo.press · its alternatives →

14. 14
    UP1▲98

    Programmable drone on wheels

    2016 · updroid.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    FloNew▲74

    Use beacons to navigate drones

    2015 · flonew.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Dronebase▲81

    Marketplace for drone services

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Drone Sweaters▲147

    Clothes for cold drones

    2016 · dronesweaters.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Gladius▲86

    Underwater drone

    2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    AirDog▲107

    World's first auto-follow action sports drone

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Kittyhawk 2.0▲77

    Flight logging and intelligence for drone operators

    2015 · kittyhawk.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shift▲137

    Smooth image tracking add on for drones (preorder)

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Ghost Drone▲71

    The drone for everyone

    2014 · raja700universe.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Metacert▲7

    Enterprise Security for Slack

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DroneDeploy▲112

    Control your Drones in the Clouds, from the Cloud

    2014 · dronedeploy.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →