RoofMetric
The TL;DR
EagleView is a roof report service — you pay $50–$80 per roof, they send you a measurement PDF a few hours later. Best when you need a court-defensible, surveyor-grade report (insurance claims, large commercial bids).
RoofMetric is roofing business software — you measure roofs yourself in 2 minutes using AI on satellite imagery, plus get a full CRM, branded estimate PDFs, photo annotation, hail tracking, and team collaboration. Flat $29/month, unlimited measurements.
Most residential roofing contractors measure 5–20 roofs per week. At EagleView prices that's $1,000–$6,400/month just on reports — before you've written a single estimate. RoofMetric pays for itself after the first roof.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Capability | RoofMetric | EagleView |
|---|---|---|
| Measure a roof from satellite | ✓ In ~2 minutes, AI traced | ✓ Surveyor-grade, hours-long turnaround |
| Pricing | $29/mo flat — unlimited | $50–$80 per report |
| Customer CRM | ✓ Pipeline, custom fields, photos, notes | ✗ Reports only — no customer management |
| Branded PDF estimates | ✓ 4 templates, your logo, your colors | ✗ Measurement report only — bring your own estimating tool |
| Photo annotation with measurement | ✓ Arrow, text, pixel-accurate calibrated measurement | ✗ |
| Hail history & storm alerts | ✓ NOAA-backed lookup + alerts | ✗ Separate product (Assess) |
| E-signature on estimates | ✓ Built in, mobile-friendly | ✗ |
| Stripe Connect — accept payments | ✓ Built in | ✗ |
| Team collaboration | ✓ Up to 10 seats on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise | Multi-user available on enterprise plans |
| EagleView PDF import | ✓ Drop EagleView PDFs in, extracts measurements automatically | N/A (it's their format) |
| Court-defensible insurance-grade reports | For most jobs, no — sketches and AI traces (~99% accurate for residential) | ✓ Their core strength — sealed, signed, audit-grade |
| Calendar & task management | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mobile (iOS / Android) | ✓ Full-featured web app, works on any device | Mobile app exists for ordering reports |
| Free trial | ✓ 14 days, no credit card | ✗ Pay per report from day one |
When to use EagleView
EagleView still wins for these scenarios:
- Hail damage insurance claims where the adjuster expects a sealed EagleView measurement report
- Large commercial roofs (50,000+ sq ft warehouses) where AI tracing on satellite gets fuzzy
- Public agency / government bids requiring third-party verified measurements
- Anything where the roof is occluded on satellite (heavy tree cover, recent build, low-res imagery)
The good news: you can use both. RoofMetric has a one-click EagleView PDF importer — order an EagleView report when you need one, drag the PDF into your RoofMetric customer file, and the measurements drop straight into the estimate.
When RoofMetric is the better fit
- Residential roofing (~85% of contractor work) — AI tracing on satellite is plenty accurate
- High-volume estimating — measure 10 roofs in the time EagleView takes to deliver one report
- You also need a CRM, estimate generator, and follow-up tracking — EagleView gives you a PDF and stops there
- You want flat, predictable pricing — $29 or $79/month vs. "depends on how many roofs you bid this month"
- You're a solo or small operation — EagleView's enterprise pricing is geared to volume
The math
Say you measure 6 roofs a week (24 a month) at $60 per EagleView report: $1,440/month.
RoofMetric Solo: $29/month. Difference: $1,411/month, $16,932/year.
Even if you keep using EagleView for the 1–2 insurance jobs per month that absolutely need it, you save ~$1,300/month on the prelim measurements that don't need that level of certification.