Your drone, when you want it.
Flexible UK drone rental from the Drone-Sales fleet. DJI consumer, Pro cinema and enterprise platforms — delivered to your door, ready to fly, backed by our in-house repairs and technical support team.
Flexible Weekly Hire
Pick your equipment and dates online. Rentals are available from a minimum of one week, with easy extensions.
Doorstep Delivery
We handle delivery and collection. Every kit is prepped by our in-house technicians so it arrives flight-ready.
Simple Onboarding
Send us your insurance policy, valid Flyer ID (for drones) and proof of ID — that's it, you're cleared to fly.
Rent from one of the UK's largest DJI fleets
From sub-250g consumer drones to enterprise survey platforms — we hire the full DJI ecosystem.
DJI Consumer Drones
DJI Mini, Flip, Air 3S and Avata — perfect for recreational pilots, beginners and light commercial jobs.
- DJI Mini 5 Pro
- DJI Air 3S
- DJI Avata 2
- DJI Flip
DJI Pro Cinema Drones
Pro-level content creation and filmmaking platforms including the Inspire 3, Mavic 4 Pro and Mavic 3 Series.
- DJI Inspire 3
- DJI Mavic 4 Pro
- DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine
DJI Enterprise & Survey
Matrice 4 Series, Matrice 350 RTK and payload options for mapping, inspection, public safety and search & rescue.
- DJI Matrice 4E / 4T
- DJI M350 RTK Super Combo
- DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise / Thermal
A smarter alternative to buying
Rental keeps you flexible — pay for exactly the airframe and window you need, then hand it back.
In-house UK repair centre and technical support included with every hire.
- Short-term commercial jobs where purchase can't be justified
- Maintaining operational continuity while your own drone is being repaired
- Try-before-you-buy on a new DJI platform before committing capital
- One-off cinema, survey or inspection projects with specialist payloads
- Scaling up pilot capacity for a large campaign or shoot
From booking to flight in four steps
Choose kit & dates
Browse the fleet, pick your drone and select your hire window.
Submit documents
Upload insurance, Flyer ID and proof of ID for approval.
Prep & delivery
Our techs prep the kit, then we ship it flight-ready to your door.
Fly & return
Fly the job, then use the pre-paid label to return — or extend online.
Common rental questions
What are the benefits of drone rental?＋
Rental is a cost-effective alternative to buying: it's perfect for short-term projects, keeps you flying if your own drone is out of action, lets you try a platform before committing, and removes the burden of being left with redundant kit.
How long can I hire a drone for?＋
Our minimum rental period is one week. You can extend online during your hire, and long-term contracts are available for enterprise programmes.
What do I need to hire a drone?＋
A valid drone insurance policy, a valid CAA Flyer ID (for drone rentals) and photo ID. Full details and templates are shared before your rental starts.
What happens if something goes wrong on-site?＋
You have direct access to our in-house technical support and DJI-accredited repair centre during your hire — call us and we'll get you flying again.
Can I buy the drone at the end of the rental?＋
Yes. Every rental is a try-before-you-buy — talk to us about applying rental fees against a new-drone purchase.
Need a drone for your next job?
Tell us the drone, the dates and the mission — we'll come back with availability and a fixed price.
Get a rental quoteUK drone rental for creators, commercial teams and enterprise operators
Buying a drone outright doesn't always make sense. A one-week shoot, a seasonal survey campaign, a proof-of-concept flight for a client — most UK operators reach for drone hire because it turns a five-figure capital purchase into a predictable, project-based cost. Drone-Sales runs one of the largest DJI rental fleets in the UK, covering everything from sub-250g Mini airframes for hobby and social work through to Inspire 3 cinema rigs and Matrice 350 / 400 RTK enterprise platforms for mapping, thermal inspection and public-safety tasking.
Every hire ships flight-ready from our UK workshop: firmware checked, batteries balanced, propellers inspected and payloads calibrated. You get direct access to our in-house DJI-accredited technicians while you're on-site, so if something goes wrong on the job, you call an engineer — not a call centre. Rentals start at one week, can be extended online, and rental fees can be credited against the price of the same drone if you decide to buy it after the hire ends.
Looking to hire a DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise, a Matrice 4T thermal drone or a full Matrice 400 survey combo? See the full enterprise range and consumer DJI drones, or read our UK drone laws guide to check what's required before you fly a rented drone commercially.