Antigravity A1 vs DJI Avata 360
These two sit on opposite sides of the 250-gram line, which is usually where the decision ends rather than begins. The Antigravity A1 needs no FAA registration to fly recreationally; the DJI Avata 360 needs registration and Remote ID. The DJI Avata 360 is the cheaper of the two at ~$979.
| Drone | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bundle price | ~$1,599base kit | ~$979multi-battery bundle |
| True first-year price | ~$1,599 | ~$979 |
| Flight min per $100 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Rating | No cited rating | No cited rating |
| Takeoff weight | 249 g | 455 g |
| FAA registration | Not required | Required |
| Remote ID | Built-in | Built-in |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" | 1" |
| Sensor area | 71.5 mm² | 116.2 mm² |
| Megapixels | — | 120 MP |
| Max video | 8K/30fps 360, 5.2K/60fps, 4K/100fps | 8K/60fps 360 HDR, 4K/60fps single lens |
| Colour depth | — | 10-bit |
| Log profile | — | D-Log M |
| Gimbal | None | None |
| Obstacle sensing | Omnidirectional | Omnidirectional |
| Claimed flight time | 24 min | 23 min |
| Tested flight time | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Transmission | Proprietary digital | O4+ |
| Max range | 10 km | 20 km |
| Max speed | — | 40 mph |
| Wind resistance | Level 5 (10.7 m/s) | Level 5 (10.7 m/s) |
| Service ceiling | — | — |
| Internal storage | None | 42 GB |
| Controller | Antigravity Vision Goggles (2560x2560 per eye) and Grip controller | DJI RC 2; RC Motion 3 and goggles depending on kit |
| Return to home | Yes | Yes |
| Geofencing | Yes | Yes |
| Care plan (1 yr) | Not in our snapshot | Not in our snapshot |
| US availability | Sold | Sold |
| Released | 2025 | 2026 |
| Flight claim measured at | Antigravity quotes 24 minutes on the standard battery and 39 on the high-capacity pack, measured while recording 5.2K/30. The larger battery takes the aircraft past 249 g and with it the US registration exemption. | DJI quotes up to 23 minutes. As with every FPV aircraft, that assumes level cruising — throttle punches and climbs spend it far faster. |
Antigravity A1
Insta360's drone brand did the thing everyone expected Insta360 to do: put a 360 camera on an aircraft and delete the gimbal entirely. Two 1/1.28-inch lenses, one above and one below, capture everything around the drone at 8K/30, and the stitching algorithm removes the aircraft from its own footage. You do not frame during the flight; you fly, then pick angles afterwards from a sphere. Control is goggles-first — a 2560x2560-per-eye headset with head-tracked FreeMotion and a conventional FPV mode — which makes the flying feel closer to sitting in the thing than steering it. It squeezes under 249 grams on the standard battery, carries omnidirectional sensing and return-to-home, and is one of the few genuinely current aircraft a US buyer can order new without an import caveat. The workflow is also genuinely different from a camera drone's. You come home with spherical footage rather than shots, and every frame you publish is a crop and a reframe made afterwards in software — which is liberating if you already edit and tedious if you do not.
Full spec sheet →DJI Avata 360
DJI's answer to the 360 drone, and the direct rival to the Antigravity A1. Dual one-inch-equivalent lenses capture 8K/60 HDR in full 360 or 4K/60 through a single lens, with 120MP stills and 42 GB of internal storage — roughly half an hour of 8K spherical footage before you need to offload. Integrated prop guards and a replaceable front lens element acknowledge what actually happens to 360 drones. Omnidirectional sensing with nightscape support and O4+ transmission to 20 km put it comfortably ahead of the Avata 2 on everything except price. At 455 grams it needs registration and Remote ID, which it broadcasts itself, and unlike most of DJI's current line it genuinely arrived in the US.
Full spec sheet →