RoofScout vs. Hover: Which One Do You Actually Need?

Hover and RoofScout both get filed under "AI roofing software," which makes them sound like competitors. In practice they sit on opposite sides of the same job: one decides where your crew should go, the other measures the property once you're already there.

RoofScout: deciding which roofs are worth a knock

Point RoofScout at a neighborhood and it pulls satellite imagery and Google Solar measurement data for every rooftop in view, then has Claude's vision model grade each one's visible condition — staining, missing shingles, moss, sagging rooflines — the same cues a canvasser looks for from the sidewalk. You get back a ranked, priced list of the roofs actually worth a stop, before you've knocked on a single door.

• Free: 3 scans total, no card required
• Pro: $49/mo, 50 scans/month
• Apex: $149/mo, unlimited scans + Storm Tracker (targets scans to active severe weather)

Hover: an exact 3D model of one property

Hover works from photos of a specific home — captured on-site with a phone, either by the homeowner or the contractor — and turns them into a precise 3D exterior model with measurements for the roof, siding, gutters, and windows. It's built for accuracy on a property you've already identified, feeding straight into estimates, proposals, and material orders.

• Starter: pay-as-you-go, first 3 projects free — roof-only measurements run $29–69/project, full exterior $59–139/project
• Pro: $999/yr ($99/mo), the same project types drop to $9–49 (roof) and $39–119 (full exterior), plus CRM, 2D designs, and team tracking
• Enterprise: custom pricing, multi-branch management and SSO

The honest comparison

Hover assumes you already have the address and, usually, someone standing at the property to capture it. RoofScout assumes the opposite — you don't yet know which addresses in an area deserve that visit. Neither replaces the other: a lot of roofing companies use RoofScout to build the target list for a neighborhood, then reach for Hover once a specific homeowner is ready to talk numbers and needs an exact model for the proposal.

If the question is "which houses on this street need a new roof," that's RoofScout. If the question is "what's the precise measurement on this one house," that's Hover.

Which one should you start with?

• Canvassing an area with no idea which homes are worth targeting: start with RoofScout.
• Already have a homeowner ready to talk and need a bankable measurement for the proposal: start with Hover.
• Running both together: RoofScout narrows the neighborhood down to a short list, Hover measures each one once a homeowner engages.

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