in saved crew time + per-report fees
Annual replacement at parity if you bought the equivalent tools and services separately. Custom-building this one feature alone would land in our Large build band ($80k–$180k). Source ladder + per-line citations on methodology .
Concretely, what you get
- Homeowner-uploaded photo set + guided capture sequence.
- AI photo damage diagnostic.
- Drone-imagery + measurement-report handoff where applicable.
- Inspector-supervised review path.
- Output → quote / insurance supplement / on-site decision.
The shelf-of-tools this one offering removes
Categories, not brand names — pricing benchmarks observed from public pricing pages, agency proposals, and freelance rates current to the year. Every range is backed by a line-by-line worksheet you can audit once your trial is live.
| What you'd otherwise buy | Type | Typical price |
|---|---|---|
| Crew windshield time (3–5 inspections/day, loaded cost) | Labor | $50k–$90k/yr for a 3-truck shop |
| Per-report measurement vendors | SaaS | $15–$80/report |
| Drone-imagery property-scan vendors | Specialist | $30–$100/property |
What you'd pay elsewhere vs. what this costs you here
Vendor ranges observed from public pricing pages and agency proposals, current to the year. Full source worksheet shared with you once your trial is live.
What it adds to your business in dollars
The biggest single multiplier on inspector throughput in the past decade. A team doing 1.5 inspections a day in person can triage 8–12 by photo before a truck rolls — only the qualified ones get the windshield time.
Three or four moves. Then you walk away.
You: Send the homeowner the capture link.
System: They walk their phone around the property with the guided overlay.
You: Review the AI diagnostic.
System: Decide: quote, supplement, or in-person inspection.
The outcomes this feature feeds into
Before you ask
Will the AI miss damage?
The AI flags candidates; an inspector signs off. The point isn’t to remove the human — it’s to remove the windshield time so the human spends the day inspecting, not driving.
Will adjusters accept the photo evidence?
The Storm Photo Documentation App produces evidence in the structure adjusters expect — geo-tagged, timestamped, ordered, with the inspector’s confirmation overlay. Acceptance rates are well above generic phone photos.
What if the homeowner can’t walk the property?
Drone-imagery handoff via your existing drone vendor. The AI diagnostic runs on the drone shots the same way it runs on phone shots.
How long does a remote inspection take the homeowner?
4–8 minutes of guided photo capture, then they’re done. Compared to coordinating a truck visit, that’s a near-zero friction step for both sides.
What about new construction?
The same flow works for new-build pre-install verification — the system just runs a different checklist behind the same capture experience.
See an inspection and quote happen without the truck roll.
Then close a week’s work in a day.
No credit card. No strings. We stand the whole platform up on a subdomain alongside your existing site so you can compare the numbers directly — leads, bookings, ticket size. The Standard guarantee covers cancellation between day 90 and day 180 at full refund.