ok i know this gets asked constantly and i promise ive read through like a dozen old threads before posting this but most of them are either from 2021 or end up turning into a DJI fanboy pile-on so here i am.

my situation is i do mostly real estate and some event work, nothing crazy cinematic, just need reliable footage, decent color science, and ideally something that doesnt require me to register with the FAA every five minutes (i have my Part 107 so thats handled). ive been using a Phantom 4 Pro V2 for years and its starting to feel really long in the tooth, especially compared to what clients are used to seeing now.

the Autel EVO Lite+ keeps coming up in my research as a legit alternative and the 6k sensor sounds appealing on paper but i honestly dont know anyone personally whos done real paid work with one. everything i find is either a sponsored review or someone who bought it and flew it twice. is the Autel ecosystem actually mature enough now or is it still playing catchup on the firmware and app side of things? thats my biggest concern, not the hardware.

ran the EVO Lite+ for about eight months doing real estate alongside a Mini 3 Pro and my honest take is the image quality is genuinely great, colors out of camera are actually a bit warmer and more pleasing to some clients without grading, but the app situation drove me nuts. there were a couple firmware updates that introduced new bugs and the Autel sky app just doesnt feel as polished as DJI fly. small stuff like gimbal calibration UI and the waypoint system felt half baked compared to what i was used to. i ended up going back to DJI just for the reliability and ecosystem maturity you mentioned. might be different now, i havent touched it in a few months so maybe they've improved things.

this is kind of tangential but if budget allows the Air 3 is honestly worth a look for real estate too, the dual camera thing is more useful than i expected for showing context shots without switching gear. the wide + medium tele combo on one drone saves time on shoots. just throwing it out there since you mentioned you were upgrading anyway and the price gap between that and the EVO Lite+ isnt massive depending on where you buy.