Where Urban Biome sits vs. existing solutions
Environmental intelligence
Administrative / manual
Professional only
Scalable / automated
Smart but
unscalable
The future
Legacy
Efficient but
surface-level
Only platform with citizen science + satellite + OS
Urban Biome
BNG Monitor · £3K/yr
Verna
Admin workflow · £10K/yr
Linckia
ESRI-locked · £1.2K+/user
BNGAI
Satellite only · US-backed
Gentian
Satellite mapping · £30/ha
NatureMetrics
eDNA sampling · $25M funded
GIS Consultancies
Manual surveys · £300–800/day
Joe's Blooms
Small developer tool
Environment Bank
Habitat bank operator
iNaturalist
Species ID only · free