The DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced is now released. We've already been receiving a lot of questions this morning on how we believe this new aircraft stacks up against the Autel EVO II Dual. At the time of this post, DJI has not yet released pricing on the new M2EA, so therefore we'll stick to comparing the feature sets with the below high level takeaways with a simple list of areas these two platforms where one platform excels over the other.
Autel EVO II Dual > DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced
- Interchangeable Payloads/Cameras – It appears that there will be no upgrade path forward for Mavic 2 Enterprise (Dual) owners to upgrade to the M2EA camera payload.
- Made in the USA – This is incredibly important for Advexure's gov't customers, public safety, or any private entity/company that contracts with state and federal entities as a service provider. While the EVO II Dual is not on the Blue UAS list, it has checked the box for many customer requirements with it's FTC certification for Made in the USA (more info here)
- No Geofencing – Autel's system does impose geofencing and restricted flight areas, which allows you as the certified operator to determine compliancy with regulations and fly where and when you want without unlocks from the manufacturer.
- Flight Time – We expect that once we get a better understanding from real-world experience with the M2EA, we anticipate the EVO II Dual to be slight superior in terms of its flight time.
- FLIR Thermal Camera – Autel partnered with FLIR, the most well-known name in the thermal imaging infrared camera space to create the EVO II Dual by using FLIR's Boson core in an OEM partnership. The sUAS industry knows, loves and relies on FLIR (a US company) for IR needs.
DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced > Autel EVO II Dual
More information on both of these platforms can be found on the Advexure website. What are your thoughts between the Autel EVO II Dual and DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced? We want to hear your takeaways!
- Add-On Modules – Public safety, search and rescue, inspection, and many other applications have come to love the add-on modules for the DJI M2E series (except the Beacon). While the EVO II Dual does come with it's FoxFury Lighting System, most users love the integration of these add-on modules that can be remotely controlled from the DJI Pilot app. It would certainly be likely to see DJI further leverage their add-on module capability with other modules in the near future.
- RTK Capability – DJI introduced the RTK add-on module which brings the ability to achieve centimeter accuracy through the use of an NTRIP network on the M2EA. This is incredibly important for inspection users and particularly the utility/energy field.
- Cross Fleet Interoperability – The DJI M2EA uses DJI's Smart Controller which is cross compatible across the Mavic 2 Enterprise, Mavic 2, Phantom 4 Pro V2.0, and Mavic Air 2 series. For operators and users that operate multiple DJI aircraft, the cross compatibility aspect is certainly beneficial.
- Price – We said we'd stick to the feature sets in this comparison list but must make a note about price (even though pricing is not yet available on the M2EA at the time of this post). We expect the M2EA to price under the EVO II Dual.
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