Esri Site Scan for ArcGIS

enterprise quote-only; licensed within ArcGIS/ArcGIS Reality Administer Construction

End-to-end cloud drone-mapping software that produces orthomosaics, DSM, DTM, point clouds, and textured 3D meshes and publishes them natively into the ArcGIS ecosystem via the Site Scan - ArcGIS Connector. Outputs can be exported to GIS/CAD (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, AutoCAD Civil 3D) or pushed to Autodesk BIM 360. No standalone public REST API; enterprise/quote-based, licensed within ArcGIS/ArcGIS Reality.

Hidden Pricing
2.6 /5 composite score
Cloud drone reality-capture within ArcGIS -- captures via a mobile flight app and processes orthos/DSM/DTM/point clouds/3D mesh that publish natively into ArcGIS; exports to Civil 3D and BIM 360 give strong interoperability, but there is no standalone public API and pricing is enterprise/quote-only (RF1).
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Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 1/5 enterprise quote-only; licensed within ArcGIS/ArcGIS Reality Source →
Agent Friendliness 2/5 API: None standalone; outputs publish into ArcGIS Online/Enterprise via the Site Scan - ArcGIS Connector
Ease of adoption 2/5 --
Portability & lock-in 4/5 4 file formats
Interoperability 4/5 3 integrations

Pricing

Modelenterprise quote-only; licensed within ArcGIS/ArcGIS Reality
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Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
TIFF export full -- Orthomosaic GeoTIFF.
DSM export full
DTM export full
LAS export full -- Point cloud.

Integrations

Esri ArcGIS (native) AutoCAD Civil 3D Autodesk BIM 360

Sources

Pricing

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