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Contractor software in 2026: where CRM, estimating and measurement overlap

The categories used to be separate. They are not anymore. A map of who publishes what, from a contractor's desk.

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Three categories that became one shopping list

A roofing contractor once bought a CRM to track leads, an estimating tool to price jobs, and a measurement report to know the roof. The published product pages in 2026 show those categories folding into each other. Roofr's pricing page describes measurement reports feeding proposals, e-signature and a CRM on one plan. HOVER's pricing page describes measurements, 3D models, photo markups and design tools in the same subscription. RoofSnap describes measuring, estimating and getting paid in one app. iRoofing sells unlimited measurements with a subscription aimed at sales teams. The stand-alone report services (GAF QuickMeasure per parcel; Sketch My Roof per report) sit at the other end: a deliverable, not a workspace.

What is bundled and what is priced

The bundle changes the price you can see. Roofr publishes $19 reports on a free plan and $13 on paid plans with an ESX add-on at $10; the report is cheaper inside the plan because the plan is the product. HOVER's per-project Full Exterior prices fall from $59 / $99 / $139 on Starter to $39 / $79 / $119 on a $999-per-year Pro plan. RoofSnap's per-order figure ($13 pay-as-you-go) sits beside subscriptions from $52 to $105 per user per month. iRoofing's $149 monthly or $124 on a 12-month term buys unlimited use. Against those, GAF QuickMeasure's $18 to $20 per parcel and Sketch My Roof's $19 to $29 per report are priced as single line items with no plan on the page.

None of those numbers ranks the products. They describe two different purchases: a workspace with a report inside it, or a report on its own. A shop that already runs a CRM it likes is shopping for the second; a shop that wants one login is shopping for the first.

The insurance seam

Where the categories still do not fully overlap is the insurance side of a contractor's book. Estimates for claims are written in Xactimate® or Symbility®, and the platform reads an ESX or XML file. Contractor bundles that describe ESX as an add-on (Roofr, $10 per report) or through integrations, and per-report services that list ESX as the base product (Sketch My Roof) or do not list it (GAF QuickMeasure's page, as of the access date), are describing where each product stops and the estimating platform starts. A shop that does both retail and insurance work is often buying twice, once for the kitchen table and once for the claim file, and the published pages are honest about that if read closely.

How to read a product page in this category

Find the deliverable, then the plan it depends on, then the file format, then the delivery term. Write down the total for one job in your workflow. Every figure in this feature carries an access date and a source; product pages in this segment change often, and the date is the only honest anchor.

Questions readers ask

Do contractor CRMs include roof measurements now?
Several publish measurement reports inside a plan (Roofr; HOVER as measurements and 3D models; RoofSnap and iRoofing as do-it-yourself measurement in the app). Stand-alone report services (GAF QuickMeasure, Sketch My Roof) publish per-report prices without a plan.
Which contractor tools deliver ESX for insurance estimates?
As of July 13, 2026: Roofr lists ESX as a $10 add-on on paid plans; Sketch My Roof lists ESX as its base product; EagleView describes ESX through EagleView One and integrations. Check each provider's current page for formats.

Sources

  1. Free plan $19 measurement reports delivered in 24 hours or less; paid plans $13 reports with 2 or 6 hour delivery guarantees; ESX files $10 per report on paid plans: Roofr pricing page (as of July 13, 2026)
  2. Full Exterior measurements priced by structure complexity: simple $59 Starter / $39 Pro; average $99 / $79; complex $139 / $119; Pro plan $999 per year; expedited delivery $39 (Starter) or $19 (Pro) per project: HOVER pricing page (as of July 13, 2026)
  3. Pay-as-you-go from $13 per measurement order; Monthly $105 per user per month; Annual from $52 (10+ users), $61 (5 to 9), $78 (2 to 4) per user per month: RoofSnap pricing page (as of July 13, 2026)
  4. $149 per month billed monthly; $124 per month on a 12-month term ($1,488 per year); a 24-month term is also listed; unlimited measurements: iRoofing pricing page (as of July 13, 2026)
  5. Single-family $18 per parcel (GAF Master Elite contractors) or $20 per parcel (all other pros); multi-family $54 or $60 per building; delivery listed as 1 hour or less; add-ons $10: GAF QuickMeasure page (as of July 13, 2026)
  6. Standard Roof Report (ESX only) $19; Complex Roof Report (ESX only) $25; Standard Roof Report (ESX + PDF) $29; Standard Roof Report (PDF only) $25; same-day delivery on orders placed before the published cutoff: Sketch My Roof residential order page (as of July 13, 2026)
  7. Published residential per-report pricing by size and tier: Small (20 sq) $32.75 Bronze / $27.50 Silver / $24.25 Gold; Medium (40 sq) $60 / $54.75 / $49; Large (40+ sq) $87 / $81.25 / $75.50; Commercial $89.50 / $84.25 / $79; Platinum and Premium 'call for pricing': EagleView pricing page (as of July 13, 2026)
  8. Xactimate® is Verisk's property estimating platform; ESX is its estimate file format: Verisk Xactimate® product page (as of July 13, 2026)

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