Best Industrial & Infrastructure Software Tools for your needs in 2026
The top Industrial & Infrastructure Software software for your needs, ranked by our weighted criteria scores. Compare their features and listed pricing to make the best choice.
Quick Summary
Neara builds physics-based 3D digital twins of electric utility networks from LiDAR, imagery and GIS data, used for resilience, wildfire, vegetation and capacity planning.
Mission Planner is a free, open-source ground control station. It is used to configure ArduPilot drones and other vehicles, plan autonomous and survey missions, and analyse flight logs.
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Plans DJI drone inspection missions for power line towers from LiDAR scans: it finds the towers, places photo stops, checks clearance, and splits the route into battery flights.
Made by the team behind b stack radar. Shown here because it fits this topic. It is not part of our rankings. How we rank tools
Top 9 Industrial & Infrastructure Software Tools
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- 1. Neara
Neara builds physics-based 3D digital twins of electric utility networks from LiDAR, imagery and GIS data, used for resilience, wildfire, vegetation and capacity planning.
- 2. Katapult Pro
Katapult Pro is a cloud pole attachment platform. It covers field data collection, make-ready engineering design, and joint use management for utilities, telecom builders, and OSP engineering firms.
- 3. SPIDA
SPIDA, now owned by Bentley Systems, makes pole loading analysis and overhead asset management software (SPIDAcalc, SPIDAsilk, SPIDAstudio) for electric and telecom utilities and their engineering contractors.
- 4. PLS-CADD
Windows software from Bentley's Power Line Systems for 3D design, sag-tension and structural analysis of overhead transmission, distribution and telecom lines.
- 5. ikeGPS
ikeGPS sells a pole data platform for utilities and telecom companies: the IKE Device, IKE Office Pro, and IKE PoleForeman. It covers field collection, pole loading analysis and joint-use workflows.
- 6. GE Smallworld
GE Vernova's Smallworld is a geospatial network management (GIS) platform that electric, gas, water and telecom utilities use to model, plan and maintain their physical networks.
- 7. IKE PoleForeman
IKE PoleForeman is pole loading and structural analysis software from ikeGPS. Electric utilities, telecom carriers and engineering firms use it to design overhead pole lines that comply with the NESC.
- 8. O-Calc Pro
O-Calc Pro is pole loading and structural analysis software from Osmose that electric and telecom utilities and broadband providers use to model and check utility poles against loading codes.
- 9. Mission Planner
Mission Planner is a free, open-source ground control station. It is used to configure ArduPilot drones and other vehicles, plan autonomous and survey missions, and analyse flight logs.
How We Evaluated These Tools
We rate each Industrial & Infrastructure Software tool on the criteria below and rank by the weighted average of those ratings. Each criterion's share of the overall score is shown next to it.
- Analytics15.4%
- Customization15.4%
- Ease of Use15.4%
- Integration15.4%
- Support15.4%
- Cost7.7%
- Scalability7.7%
- Security7.7%
Frequently Asked Questions
Neara ranks first in this guide with a score of 6.8/10 on our Industrial & Infrastructure Software criteria, ahead of Katapult Pro. Its highest-rated criterion is Analytics, at 9/10.
Mission Planner is free for 10 users on its Free (open source) plan, the lowest cost among the top-ranked tools in this guide that list prices.
Mission Planner is the only tool in this guide with a free plan.
We list Industrial & Infrastructure tools that have engineering simulation, ranked by the weighted average of our criteria scores, led by Analytics, Customization and Ease of Use.
