Side By Side Media Pricing Guide
Virtual Drone Tour ($500)
✅ Full - continuous flight video (1-5 minutes long)
✅ Short highlight reel
✅ Background music
Agency Subscription Plans
Virtual Drone Tour Subscription - Bronze Level ($1500/mo)
✅ 5 virtual tour videos per month
Virtual Drone Tour Subscription - Silver Level ($2500/mo)
✅ 10 virtual tour videos per month
Virtual Drone Tour Subscription - Gold Level ($3000/mo)
✅ 15 virtual tour videos per month
Photography
Real Estate Drone Photos ($250)
✅ 10-20 Photos
✅ 1-3 - 360 deg panorama photo
✅ 1-3 short video clips
✅ Property Lines (approximate)
Real Estate Drone/Interior Photos ($400)
✅ 30-40 Photos
✅ 1-3 - 360 deg panorama photo
✅ 1-3 short video clips
✅ Property Lines (approximate)
Real Estate Drone/Interior Photos & Video ($800)
✅ 10-20 Photos
✅ 1-3 - 360 deg panorama photo
✅1 Social Media video
✅1 Full Virtual Tour Video
✅ Property Lines (approximate)
FAQs
Answers to your top Virtual Drone Tour Questions
What is a virtual drone tour?
A virtual drone tour for the inside and outside of a business or real estate listing is an immersive digital experience that uses drone technology to capture aerial-style indoor and put door footage of a property, allowing viewers to explore the space remotely. Unlike traditional ground-level video tours, indoor drone tours provide fluid, cinematic, and dynamic walkthroughs, offering a seamless perspective of the interior layout.
How It Works:
1. FPV (First-Person View) Drone Filming – Small, lightweight FPV drones fly through the interior and exterior, capturing smooth, continuous footage.
How will a virtual drone tour help me connect with my clients/customers?
A virtual drone tour can significantly enhance your connection with clients and customers by creating a more immersive, engaging, and accessible experience. Whether you're in real estate, hospitality, retail, or another industry, these tours provide an innovative way to showcase your space and build stronger relationships with potential clients.
Ways a Virtual Drone Tour Helps You Connect with Clients/Customers:
1. Enhances Engagement & Interest
Aerial and FPV drone footage create a dynamic, cinematic experience that keeps viewers interested longer than traditional photos or slide shows. The smooth, continuous movement of a drone walkthrough makes it easier for potential clients to visualize themselves in the space.
2. Builds Trust & Transparency
Clients get a realistic view of your business or property, reducing surprises and setting the right expectations. High-quality, unedited drone tours can eliminate skepticism by offering a genuine representation of the space.
3. Increases Accessibility & Convenience
Customers can explore your location remotely from anywhere, which is especially beneficial for out-of-town buyers, event planners, or businesses catering to international clients. Available 24/7, allowing prospects to view at their convenience without scheduling a visit.
4. Strengthens Your Brand & Market Position
Demonstrates that you are using modern, high-tech marketing techniques, setting you apart from competitors. Enhances your brand image as an innovative and customer-focused business.
5. Saves Time & Speeds Up Decision-Making
Helps pre-qualify potential buyers, tenants, or customers by giving them a complete view upfront. Reduces unnecessary in-person visits, allowing you to focus on serious leads who have already explored the space virtually.
6. Boosts Social Media & Online
Presence Highly shareable content—drone tours attract more views, engagement, and shares on social media. Improves SEO for real estate listings, business websites, and Google My Business profiles.
7. Provides a Competitive Advantage
In real estate, properties with virtual tours receive more inquiries and faster sales. In hospitality or retail, businesses with immersive tours see higher customer engagement and conversion rates.
Are your drone operators certified?
Yes. Our drone operators maintain a Part 107 sUAS pilot license and carry $1M of liability insurance. Jay has been flying drones as a licensed pilot since 2019.
Why a Virtual Drone Tour over a Matterport or Giraffe360 virtual tour?
Choosing a drone tour over a Matterport or Giraffe360 virtual tour depends on your specific needs, goals, and the type of experience you want to provide for your clients. Here’s a comparison of each and why a drone tour might be the best option for you:
Advantages of a Drone Tour Over Matterport or Giraffe360
1. Cinematic & Engaging Experience
Drone Tours: Offer a seamless, high-energy walkthrough that mimics a natural flow through the space. FPV drones create a cinematic, immersive feel, capturing details dynamically.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Provide static 360-degree capture, where users must click to move from one point to another, which can feel slower and less engaging.
2. Better Showcase of Space & Layout
Drone Tours: Showcase the entire space in one continuous shot, making it easy for viewers to understand the layout and flow of a property or business. Great for open-concept spaces.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Use stitched-together 360-degree images, which can make spaces feel disjointed and less intuitive.
3. Captures Both Exterior & Interior Seamlessly
Drone Tours: Provide both indoor and outdoor footage, offering a complete view of a property in a single, uninterrupted experience.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Primarily focus on interiors; exterior views require separate images or a different tour format.
4. Faster & More Cost-Effective Production
Drone Tours: Can be filmed quickly in one session, and basic editing can be done within a short time.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Require multiple scan points throughout the property, which can be time-consuming.
5. No Need for User Interaction
Drone Tours: Play as a fluid, guided video, perfect for social media, listings, and marketing campaigns.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Require users to click through manually, which can be tedious for some viewers.
6. More Versatile & Shareable
Drone Tours: Can be uploaded to YouTube, social media, real estate listings, and websites, making them highly shareable.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Often require a specific platform or a link to view, limiting shareability.
7. Great for Larger Spaces & Unique Architecture
Drone Tours: Ideal for luxury homes, commercial spaces, hotels, and venues, where showcasing the scale and ambiance is important.
Matterport/Giraffe360: Better for detailed interior shots but can struggle with high ceilings, large open spaces, or outdoor areas.---
When Matterport or Giraffe360 Might Be Better
• If you need precise, high-detail 3D floor plans or interactive property scans for documentation.
• If your audience prefers a self-guided, point-and-click tour with measurement capabilities.
• If you need an extensive, interactive property archive for commercial spaces.
Bottom Line: Why Choose a Drone Tour?
A drone tour is the best choice if you want a highly engaging, cinematic experience that quickly captures attention, showcases both interior and exterior seamlessly, and is easy to share across multiple platforms.
What geographical areas do you cover?
Our main focus is Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and Upstate South Carolina, but we are always willing to travel for the right project!
Why Side By Side Media?
At Side By Side Media, we’re more than just a service provider—we’re your partner. We take the time to understand your unique needs, align with your goals, and deliver a high-quality product that you can be proud of—all at a fair and reasonable price.
Our approach is built on collaboration and value. Whether we’re helping you grow your business or connect with buyers, we are committed to creating solutions that make a real impact. Plus, with our meticulous planning and organization, we always meet our deadlines, ensuring a smooth and efficient process from start to finish.
Let’s work side by side to bring your vision to life.
