For drone operators
You bought the drone. Keep it flying.
Sky Spray sends DGCA-certified pilots paid spraying jobs from farms around them. Farmers name a price per acre, the first pilot to accept gets the job, and you keep all of it: cash at the field, or a weekly UPI payout for online jobs. No commission.
Jobs near you
Requests from farms in your radius arrive as notifications with location, crop, acres, date, the farmer's price and whether it is cash or UPI. First to accept gets it.
Keep every rupee
No commission. Cash jobs are paid to you at the field before you start. Online jobs are paid out every week to your UPI ID, less only the processing fee on online payments.
Fill the gaps between seasons
Kharif in one district, rabi in the next, orchards and sugarcane year-round. The app shows demand across your travel radius.
Ratings that bring work back
Farmers rate every completed job. A strong record puts you in front of more customers in your district.
What a month of spraying earns
Move the sliders to your own numbers. This is gross revenue before batteries, generator fuel, travel and a helper's wage. Sky Spray takes no commission; see what it costs instead below.
What you need to get verified
Submit these once during onboarding. Once approved, your verified badge shows on every request.
DGCA Remote Pilot Certificate
For the small or medium drone category, from a DGCA-approved remote pilot training organisation. Courses run around five to seven days.
A type-certified spraying drone
Registered on Digital Sky with a UIN. Any DGCA type-certified 10 L or larger agricultural drone qualifies.
Identity and payout details
Government ID and a UPI ID for online-job payouts. Insurance is optional and earns an Insured badge that farmers can see.
Willingness to follow the SOP
Approved products only, label dose, SOP flight height and wind limits, buffers from water and homes. Verified once, trusted after.
Do not own a drone yet? See how the Kisan Drone and Namo Drone Didi subsidies fund up to 80% of the cost.
What Sky Spray costs you
No joining fee and no commission. Every job is yours in full. Once the platform is earning you real money, you hold a subscription instead.
To start
Free
₹0
- Until you have earned ₹10,000 in a rolling 30 days
- Every job paid to you in full
- No commission, ever
After that
Standard
₹299/month
- or ₹29 a day, ₹99 a week, ₹2,990 a year
- Accept any job in your radius
- 3 days of grace after it ends
For big fields
Premium
₹1,499/month
- or ₹14,990 a year
- Jobs of 25 acres and more reach you 2 minutes before everyone else
- Everything in Standard
Standard prices shown; the exact price for your area is shown in the app before you buy and is fixed for the period you pay for. Online payments carry a processing fee of 3% capped at ₹50 per job, which covers the cost of collecting the payment and is not a margin. Cash jobs carry no fee at all. A GST tax invoice is issued for every subscription.
Operators: common questions
How much can a drone operator earn?
Farmers name the price per acre; accepted rates on Sky Spray average ₹300 to ₹600, and your own rates in your profile set the floor farmers near you see. A pilot covering 20 acres on a working day at the middle of that range grosses around ₹9,000 before batteries, fuel for the generator, travel and a helper, and every rupee of it is yours. Use the estimator above with your own numbers.
How are jobs priced?
The farmer names a price per acre when they post the field. The app will not let them go below the lowest rate operators near them charge, so set your rates honestly in your profile. You see the price, the acreage, the crop, the date and whether it is cash or UPI before you accept, and the first operator to accept gets the job.
When do I get paid?
Cash jobs: the farmer pays you at the field before sharing the start code, and nothing is owed to anyone. Online jobs: the farmer pays in the app when they accept, and you are paid out every Saturday in one UPI transfer covering all your completed online jobs, less a processing fee on online payments of 3% capped at ₹50 per job.
Do I need my own drone to join?
Yes, or access to one through an FPO, custom hiring centre or self-help group. The subsidy guide explains how those bodies get 50 to 80 percent of the cost funded.
Who supplies the chemical?
Usually the farmer. You bring the drone, batteries, water, pilot and helper. Agree it in the booking chat before the visit.
How do I get verified?
Download the app, choose the operator role at sign-up, and upload your Remote Pilot Certificate, drone UIN and ID. Verification usually completes within a few working days and your badge then shows on every request.
Is there a fee to join?
No joining fee and no commission. You work free until your earnings and booked work over a rolling 30 days reach ₹10,000; from then on you hold a subscription, from ₹29 a day or ₹299 a month, bought in the app by UPI with a GST invoice. If it lapses you still have 3 days to renew before new jobs are refused.
What is Premium?
A higher tier for operators who want the big jobs. Requests of 25 acres or more reach Premium operators 2 minutes before everyone else. ₹1,499 a month or ₹14,990 a year.
Start taking jobs this season.
Download the app, choose the operator role when you sign up, and upload your certificate and drone details.
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