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
Esri's GIS platform for mapping, spatial analysis and field data collection, used by utilities, governments and infrastructure owners to manage networks and assets.
Blue Marble Geographics makes geospatial software. Its products are Global Mapper for desktop GIS and LiDAR processing, Geographic Calculator for coordinate conversion, and the Avenza Maps offline field app.
UgCS is desktop drone flight-planning and control software from SPH Engineering. Survey, LiDAR, geophysics and inspection teams use it across DJI, ArduPilot, PX4 and other drone platforms.
Air Inspection Automation (AiA)Our product
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 10+ Industrial & Infrastructure Software Tools
Use filters and sort to find the best match for your needs. Compare what every Industrial & Infrastructure Software tool costs at 1 to 50 users.
- 1. ArcGIS
Esri's GIS platform for mapping, spatial analysis and field data collection, used by utilities, governments and infrastructure owners to manage networks and assets.
- 2. Blue Marble Geographics
Blue Marble Geographics makes geospatial software. Its products are Global Mapper for desktop GIS and LiDAR processing, Geographic Calculator for coordinate conversion, and the Avenza Maps offline field app.
- 3. Inspectivity
Inspectivity is a no-code cloud and mobile platform from Perth that lets energy, mining and engineering teams run digital inspections, track issues and model asset hierarchies.
- 4. UgCS
UgCS is desktop drone flight-planning and control software from SPH Engineering. Survey, LiDAR, geophysics and inspection teams use it across DJI, ArduPilot, PX4 and other drone platforms.
- 5. Raptor Maps
Raptor Maps is solar asset management software that turns drone, robotic and sensor inspection data into a map-based digital twin for solar owners, O&M providers and EPCs.
- 6. Sharper Shape
AI-powered asset and vegetation management software, Sharper CORE, for electric transmission and distribution utilities and the drone service providers that inspect their lines.
- 7. SenseHawk
SenseHawk is a map-based platform for solar developers, EPCs and O&M teams. It covers construction tracking, drone thermal inspection and asset management for solar and storage sites.
- 8. Dronelink
Dronelink is a web and mobile flight automation app for DJI and Autel drones that plans and flies mapping, orbit, facade and inspection missions.
- 9. Carlson Scan3D
A handheld 3D scanning app for iOS LiDAR devices and Carlson Windows tablets. It produces colour point clouds for surveyors, engineers and construction teams.
- 10. Carlson Scan
Windows software that runs Carlson's laser scanners and borehole tools to capture, mesh and measure underground voids, stopes and boreholes for mining and civil surveyors.
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
ArcGIS ranks first in this guide with a score of 7.2/10 on our Industrial & Infrastructure Software criteria, ahead of Blue Marble Geographics. Its highest-rated criterion is Analytics, at 9/10.
Blue Marble Geographics is free for 10 users on its Avenza Maps Free plan, the lowest cost among the top-ranked tools in this guide that list prices in USD.
Blue Marble Geographics and UgCS are the highest-ranked tools in this guide with a free plan.
We list Industrial & Infrastructure tools that have offline field app, ranked by the weighted average of our criteria scores, led by Analytics, Customization and Ease of Use.
