Specs and modeled field performance for 98 airframes, plus service-rate benchmarks across 100 US metros. Built and maintained by drone operators at Air Pixels, served over REST and a hosted MCP server your AI agents can query in plain English.
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Which enterprise thermal drones under 1 kg still give 20+ usable minutes in 15 mph wind at Denver elevation?
{
"class": "enterprise_thermal",
"max_weight_g": 1000,
"wind_mph": 15,
"temp_f": 41,
"elevation_ft": 5280,
"reserve_pct": 25,
"min_usable_flight_min": 20
}Licensable Datasets
Normalized into one schema and modeled for field conditions. Every record carries its source and method, and estimated values are flagged, so your team knows what each number is before it ships.
98 airframes from 29 manufacturers in 8 classes, from consumer camera and FPV to enterprise thermal and fixed-wing VTOL. Specs, sensors, kit cost and FAA tier in one schema, with estimated specs flagged.
Model usable flight time, mission radius and mapping coverage for your wind, temperature, elevation and battery reserve. The engine behind airpixels.com/drones, as an endpoint. Outputs are planning estimates, not flight tests.
Low, typical and high rates for 13 job types in 100 US metros plus a US benchmark. Modeled from national anchors and a metro price index, not a survey of each metro. Built for quoting engines, marketplaces and procurement teams.
Planned dataset: delivery programs by operator, metro, aircraft, status and service area. Not part of any plan yet. Join the waitlist to hear when it ships.
Demand signals from the Air Pixels Job Board and pilot community: which jobs are posted, where, and at what rates. Join the waitlist to shape the schema.
Need a dataset that does not exist yet? Tell us the schema and coverage you need, such as a regional pricing study or extra airframe fields, and we will scope it as custom work under a Fleet License.
Access
Give an AI agent a drone expert or wire the data into your app. Same records, same key, same terms. Need files instead? Data Packs ship as CSV and JSON.
Point Claude, Cursor or your own agent at one URL. Ten read-only tools search, compare and recalculate drones in plain English, with no glue code.
JSON over HTTPS with filters, cursor pagination and an OpenAPI spec. Drop specs, rates and comparisons into your product.
Need files, not an API? Dataset snapshots as CSV and JSON, licensed as a Data Pack or included in a Fleet License.
Paste into Claude Desktop, Cursor or another MCP client that takes a URL and headers. Your agent gets read-only tools scoped to your plan. mcp.airpixels.com/v1
{
"mcpServers": {
"air-pixels": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.airpixels.com/v1",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer ap_live_••••••••"
}
}
}
}JSON over HTTPS with filters, cursor pagination and an OpenAPI spec. One key works across every endpoint your plan includes. api.airpixels.com/v1
# Filter the Hardware Index
curl "https://api.airpixels.com/v1/airframes?class=enterprise_thermal&max_weight_g=1000" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ap_live_••••••••"
# Recalculate performance for your conditions
curl -X POST "https://api.airpixels.com/v1/performance" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ap_live_••••••••" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"airframe_id":"dji-mavic-3-thermal","wind_mph":15,"temp_f":41,"elevation_ft":5280,"reserve_pct":25}'Explorer: sign up with your email and the key appears on screen. Builder and Operator keys are shown once, right after checkout. Fleet keys arrive by email.
Pricing & Licensing
Every plan includes MCP and REST access. You pay for volume and for the rights you need: internal use, display in your product, or redistribution to your clients.
Evaluate the data and prototype.
Internal tools, research and early products.
Customer-facing apps and production AI agents.
Redistribution, white-label and bulk files.
Card payment by Stripe. Your API key appears on screen right after checkout. By purchasing you agree to the Air Pixels Data Terms.
Already have a key? Sign in to your Data Console.
Data Packs. Need a file, not an API? License a snapshot of the Hardware Index, Rate Benchmarks or Insurance data as CSV + JSON, from $1,200 per dataset per year for internal use.
Usage Estimator
One call is one REST request or one MCP tool invocation, returning up to 100 records.
| Usage Rights | Explorer | Builder | Operator | Fleet License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal analysis & tools | Evaluation | Included | Included | Included |
| AI agent access via MCP | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Display in customer-facing products (B2C) | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Redistribute to your clients (B2B) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| White-label, no attribution | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Bulk files (CSV, JSON) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Train ML models on the data | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on |
| Support | Docs | Priority | SLA by contract |
Swipe the table to compare all four plans →
Why Air Pixels Data
Brochure numbers assume perfect conditions. Ours are modeled for wind, temperature, elevation and reserve, with the source and method on every record and estimates flagged, so you know what each number is.
Flight time, radius and coverage are recalculated for wind, temperature, elevation and reserve by the same model as the Drone Comparison Engine. Planning estimates, not flight tests.
Each row states where its values come from and how it was produced. Records with estimated specs carry a flag, so your analysts know what they are looking at.
Endpoints are versioned under /v1, the model carries a version string, and a public changelog lists dataset updates and corrections.
Every plan states exactly where the data may appear: internally, inside your product, or resold to your clients.
Who Builds On It
Airframe risk attributes, operating-envelope checks and claim-inspection cost benchmarks. See insurance data.
Price drone jobs against metro-level rate benchmarks.
Build spec tables and comparison tools on one maintained dataset.
Shortlist airframes for the missions and conditions you actually fly.
Connect the MCP server and your assistant answers drone questions with sourced data.
Compare hardware specs and service pricing across classes and metros.
FAQ
The Model Context Protocol is the open standard AI assistants use to call tools. Add our server URL and your API key to Claude, Cursor or your own agent and it can search, compare and recalculate drones on its own. Every record it returns names its source.
Explorer is free for 1,000 calls a month. Builder is $79 a month for 25,000 calls, Operator is $299 a month for 150,000 calls, and Fleet Licenses start at $1,500 a month on an annual contract. Annual billing on Builder and Operator gives you two months free.
Hardware specs are compiled from manufacturer published specifications by Air Pixels, a company run by drone operators. Every record lists its source and method, and records with estimated specs are flagged (82 of the 98 airframes today). Field performance comes from the same model as the Drone Comparison Engine, and service rates are modeled from national benchmarks and a metro price index. These are planning estimates, not test results.
Yes. Explorer is free: sign up with your email at airpixels.com/api/signup and the key appears on screen. Builder and Operator are self-serve: pay by card and your API key appears on screen right after checkout. Fleet Licenses are issued on request through the form on this page.
Use the same email at checkout and your account moves to the paid plan. Upgrading from the links on your sign-up page keeps your free key. If you upgrade from the pricing buttons, checkout shows a new key and the free key is switched off.
Yes, from Operator up, with an Air Pixels attribution. Reselling or passing the data to your own clients (B2B) and white-labelling require a Fleet License.
Agent retrieval over MCP is allowed on every plan. Training or fine-tuning models on the data requires a Fleet License with the training add-on.
Explorer stops at its limit until the next calendar month. Builder and Operator keep working and bill overage per call at the listed rate on your next invoice. You can set a spending cap on overage in the Data Console or with one API call (POST /v1/usage/spending-cap), and check usage at any time in the Data Console or with GET /v1/usage.
Sign in to the Data Console at airpixels.com/api/console with the email you signed up or paid with. It shows calls used and remaining, month by month history and your keys, on every plan including the free one. The same numbers are available from GET /v1/usage.
Fleet Licenses can include an SLA and a data processing agreement, agreed by contract. On every plan, keys are read-only, limited to the datasets in your plan and can be rotated at any time through the API. Air Pixels stores only a hash of each key.
Request Access
Explorer is free: sign up with your email and the key appears on screen. Builder and Operator are self-serve: pay by card in the pricing section and your key appears right after checkout. Use this form for a Fleet License, a Data Pack, a custom dataset or a question. We reply from support@airpixels.com.