A committee member asks what a flyover costs. You find one price that looks cheap and another eight times higher. Now you have to explain the gap.
Three questions to answer first
- What do published prices look like?
- What does a quote usually leave out?
- What happens when your course changes?
This page answers all three, in that order.
Question 1
What do published prices look like?
We read the price pages of four US companies. One sells two packages, so there are five prices.
- $400A drone video of all 18 holes. The page does not say one video or eighteen.1
- $725 to $975One combined 18-hole video, a short highlight and photos
- $1,750 to $2,750Eighteen separate hole videos, narration and social cuts
- From $2,500Hole-by-hole drone flyovers, quoted by the number of holes, with no top price listed
- $3,199A 3D flyover package with on-screen graphics
These are the companies we found that publish a number, so treat this as a sample.
One 3D seller estimates a full on-site drone shoot at $5,000 to $10,000 or more.2 That is its own estimate, not a published price, so it is not in the list.
What it means for your club
- First ask whether you get one long video or one for every hole.
- A low price may be a good deal, or it may be a different product.
Question 2
What does a quote usually leave out?
Prices are hard to compare because they stop in different places. Ask about each of these.
- Travel. Two of the four charge for it past a set distance.1
- Going back later. One quotes return visits separately.
- Changes after delivery. One flyover company lists one round of revisions, on speed, colors and music.3
- Where the video lives. A file still needs a home on your website.
- Par and distances on screen. Ask who checks them against your scorecard.
What it means for your club
Get the answers in the quote, in writing. Two quotes only compare once they cover the same things.
Question 3
What happens when your course changes?
A video shows your course on the day it was made. When a tee moves or a bunker goes, the video still shows the old hole.
None of the four price pages lists a yearly fee.1 On these pages, keeping a video current looks like a new job, quoted when you need it.
What it means for your club
- A one-time video can cost less over the years if your course rarely changes.
- If it changes often, price the second shoot before you buy the first.
- Ask one thing: what would it cost to fix one hole next spring?
Why we quote a course tour on a call
We quote it on the call, after we have checked your course. It is a yearly licence, so it is not a like-for-like number with the prices above.
It covers the build, the hosting and matching the numbers to your scorecard. Each renewal includes a fresh build of up to three holes you choose, and other changes are quoted first.
Our tour can lag too. It shows your course as of stated dates, not today.
The bottom line
- The published prices we read started at about $400, and the highest flat price was about $3,200.1
- Compare what is included before you compare the number.
- Ask what it costs to fix one hole next spring.
Sources
- Published price pages of four US companies, read November 2026.
- One US 3D flyover seller's own page, read November 2026.
- One US flyover company's own page, read November 2026.
Hero Shots Media sells course tours, so we have a side in this question. We do not name other companies, so those sources carry no link.