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Sawwer or a drone crew?

A crew flies a real drone over the real place. We make a film from your photos. Here is what each costs, how long each takes, and when you should hire the crew.

	Sawwer Drone Film	Crew with a drone
Price in Lebanon	$99, fixed	About $560 to $1,500 (published minimum budgets of Lebanese studios, typical price estimated)
Price in Dubai	Gulf prices with our Dubai launch	AED 5,000 to 8,000 ($1,361 to $2,178) for a mid-tier video with drone
Flight permit	None: nothing flies	Lebanon: Lebanese Army permit for every flight, at least a week, no fee. Dubai: about AED 4,500 ($1,225), 3 to 16 working days, licensed companies only
Site visit	No	Yes, on a day the weather allows
Ready in	Preview within 24 hours of the photos	Dubai: 48 hours to 5 days after the shoot, 5 to 7 days for a luxury film, plus the permit wait
Real aerial footage	No: the aerial moves are generated from your photos	Yes

Price in Lebanon

Sawwer Drone Film: $99, fixed
Crew with a drone: About $560 to $1,500 (published minimum budgets of Lebanese studios, typical price estimated)

Price in Dubai

Sawwer Drone Film: Gulf prices with our Dubai launch
Crew with a drone: AED 5,000 to 8,000 ($1,361 to $2,178) for a mid-tier video with drone

Flight permit

Sawwer Drone Film: None: nothing flies
Crew with a drone: Lebanon: Lebanese Army permit for every flight, at least a week, no fee. Dubai: about AED 4,500 ($1,225), 3 to 16 working days, licensed companies only

Site visit

Sawwer Drone Film: No
Crew with a drone: Yes, on a day the weather allows

Ready in

Sawwer Drone Film: Preview within 24 hours of the photos
Crew with a drone: Dubai: 48 hours to 5 days after the shoot, 5 to 7 days for a luxury film, plus the permit wait

Real aerial footage

Sawwer Drone Film: No: the aerial moves are generated from your photos
Crew with a drone: Yes

Lebanese studios publish almost no prices: the Lebanon crew figure combines Sortlist minimum budgets (from EUR 500 to EUR 1,000 for drone projects) with estimates. The UAE stopped all drone flying from 2026-02-28 to 2026-06-30, as reported by an operator blog (not checked against an official notice). Figures: our research, 2026-10.

Hire the crew when

You need real aerial footage of the whole neighbourhood or a large plot
Nothing is photographed yet and you also need professional photos
The film has people in it, an event, or a narrated luxury story

Sawwer fits when

You have good photos of the outside and want a film tomorrow
The permit, the weather or the price makes a shoot impractical
You want the same look for every listing at a fixed price

From the air, Batroun, Lebanon. Drone Film, 26 s.Example: made from 4 listing-style photos, not a client property.

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Sources

Pages read for our research on 2026-10-04. Prices change: ask each provider for a written quote.

Send 10 photos. See your film tomorrow.

A free watermarked preview first. You pay only if you love it.

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From $49. Ready in 24 hours. No drone, no crew, no permits.