# Kanop estimates carbon from space; Restoration Scope keeps the records on the ground

> Kanop estimates carbon from satellite data for due diligence, baselines and monitoring. Restoration Scope keeps field plots and land records. Where each fits.

Kanop is an MRV data provider: satellite and AI estimates of carbon stocks for due diligence, project design and monitoring, at 10 or 30 m with confidence intervals. It is one of three providers Verra vetted for the VM0047 performance benchmark. Restoration Scope keeps what happens on the ground: land, field teams, plots and their measurements across seasons. Many reforestation carbon projects need both.

## Should you use Kanop or Restoration Scope?

Usually not one or the other. If you need biomass estimates, a dynamic baseline or eligibility maps, Kanop provides them and Restoration Scope does not. If you need to run the project on the ground, with land agreements, field teams and plots measured every season, Restoration Scope is configured around that, and Kanop’s site does not describe field operations. Kanop can recalibrate its estimates with your plot measurements, so the two fit together.

### Kanop and Restoration Scope at a glance

| | Kanop | Restoration Scope |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | An MRV data provider: satellite and AI estimates of carbon and land use, through a web app, an API and expert services. | A restoration data platform configured around your project: land and landowner records, a field app, monitoring, maps and portals. |
| Cost | Not published. Demos on request. | Priced per project after a scoping call. No public price list. |
| Carbon estimates | Its core: biomass and carbon stock layers at 10 or 30 m with 95% confidence intervals, from optical and radar satellite data, trained on lidar. | We don’t estimate biomass or carbon from satellite data. Pair us with a provider such as Kanop. |
| Baselines and VM0047 | One of three providers Verra vetted in May 2026 for the VM0047 performance benchmark. It says it has delivered more than 30 VM0047 dynamic baselines, and it drafts PDD sections. | We don’t build baselines or write PDDs. We keep the plot and monitoring records your methodology asks for. |
| Field data | An optional input: your plot measurements can recalibrate its estimates, and it supplies sampling protocols. Its site does not describe a field app. | Field teams record surveys, photos and planting areas offline in the Field App; plots and trees keep their observations across seasons. |
| Land | Eligibility maps at 30 m show which land qualifies and why. Its site does not describe landowner records or land agreements. | Parcels, landowners and eligible area, moving through a pipeline from first conversation to contract. |
| Outputs | CSV, GeoJSON and raster files through its web app and API, and reports for auditors and buyers. | Sites, plots and boundaries on a satellite map. GIS files, including GeoJSON and GeoTIFF, come in as layers. |

**Use both.** Keep Kanop for the estimates and Restoration Scope for the ground. Field teams measure plots in Restoration Scope, Kanop recalibrates its estimates with those measurements, and its GeoJSON and raster files come back in as layers beside the plots.

1. Restoration Scope: Field teams measure plots; each tree joins its plot and site.
2. Kanop: Kanop recalibrates its satellite estimates with those plot measurements.
3. Restoration Scope: Its GeoJSON and raster files come in as layers beside the plots.

## Where Restoration Scope differs, on screen

- **Plots and trees on each site.** A site keeps its boundary, monitoring plots and plantings, with censused trees and survival rate beside them.
- **Land and landowners in the same system.** Properties carry their acquisition status, landowner, area and eligibility, next to their boundaries on the map.

Checked against Kanop's own pages on October 19, 2026: [Kanop](https://www.kanop.io/), [For project developers](https://www.kanop.io/nbs-project-development), [VM0047 support](https://www.kanop.io/blog/how-kanop-supports-vm0047-projects-dynamic-baseline-performance-benchmark), [Verra vetted providers](https://verra.org/verra-announces-vetted-data-service-providers-for-arr-methodology/).

## Where each fits

### Pick Kanop when

- You need biomass estimates, a dynamic baseline or the VM0047 performance benchmark.
- You are screening land or projects and want eligibility and carbon potential before going on site.
- You want satellite monitoring of carbon stock and land-use change across many sites.

### Pick Restoration Scope when

- You run the project on the ground: land agreements, field teams and plots measured every season.
- Your field data sits in separate spreadsheets, forms and GIS files, and you want it joined and set up with you.
- You want plot records your team owns and can trace at every verification.

### Where each sits, from word of mouth to a custom system

1. Word of mouth
2. Paper
3. Excel files
4. Google Sheets (workable from here)
5. Connected Google Sheets
6. Sheets with Apps Script
7. Airtable and similar
8. Restoration software
9. A network of tools
10. An adaptable platform: **Restoration Scope**
11. A custom system

Kanop is not where project records live; it is a data source whose satellite estimates feed whichever level your records sit on. Restoration Scope is an adaptable platform that keeps the plots and land those estimates rest on. The full ladder: [Where restoration records live, from word of mouth to custom software](https://restorationscope.com/blog/where-restoration-records-live).

## Questions teams ask

### Does Kanop collect field data?

Its site describes field data as an optional input: plot measurements recalibrate its estimates, and it supplies sampling protocols. It does not describe a field app. The Restoration Scope Field App records surveys, photos and planting areas offline.

### Is Kanop vetted by Verra for VM0047?

Yes. In May 2026 Verra named Sylvera, Kanop and Chloris Geospatial as vetted providers of stocking-index data for the VM0047 performance benchmark. Using one is optional.

### Can Kanop and Restoration Scope work together?

Yes, through files. Plot measurements from your field records can recalibrate Kanop’s estimates, and Kanop’s GeoJSON and raster outputs come into Restoration Scope as map layers beside the plots.

### How much does Kanop cost?

Kanop does not publish prices; it offers demos on request. Restoration Scope is priced per project after a scoping call, with no public price list.

Restoration Scope publishes this comparison. Something out of date? Write to info@restorationscope.com.

More: [All comparisons](https://restorationscope.com/compare), [Field data capture apps compared](https://restorationscope.com/blog/field-data-capture-apps), [Where restoration records live, from word of mouth to custom software](https://restorationscope.com/blog/where-restoration-records-live).