Checked October 26, 2026. Prices were read on each vendor's own pages. ISN does not publish a dollar price, and we say so. Prices change: re-check before you buy. Dooza Crew is our product and our top pick for the office side of the business; we say why, and where the others fit better. A home inspection report carries your name and license: nothing here replaces your own findings.
Best AI tools for home inspectors: the short answer
Our top pick for the office work around inspections is Dooza Crew: AI employees that answer calls, draft follow-ups and chase the admin you do at night, $49 a month for the whole organization, and they ask before they send anything. For the report itself, use the AI inside inspection software: Spectora, ISN or InspectorData. For a stand-alone phone line, Goodcall.
What we could not find on home inspector AI adoption
We looked for a survey of home inspectors on AI use from an association such as InterNACHI or ASHI and did not find one. The only figures we found come from a software vendor's own reports and do not agree with each other, so we are not quoting any. What the vendors say is clear enough: report writing is where the AI money is going. InspectorData's page says "AI writes 90% of your report", and then "Verify and send to client". That is a vendor claim, not a result.
The practical split for an inspection business is three jobs: the report after each inspection, the phone while you are in a crawlspace, and the admin in the evening (agent follow-ups, booking questions, review requests). The tools below cover those.
One more practical point: inspection AI splits into two kinds. Report-side tools (Spectora, ISN, InspectorData, Home Inspector Pro) live inside your reporting system and work from your notes and photos. Office-side tools (Dooza Crew, Goodcall, Smith.ai, Fathom, Otter) sit outside it and handle calls, messages and meetings. Most small inspection businesses end up using one of each, and the two kinds do not share data unless you copy it across yourself.
AI tools for home inspectors compared
| Tool | What the AI does | Price (vendor page, Oct 26) | Free option |
| Dooza Crew (ours, top pick) | AI employees that answer calls, draft emails and follow-ups, fill forms | $49/mo per organization, unlimited users and agents, AI usage included | 7 days free (card required) |
| Spectora | AI Comment Assist for report comments | $109/month, or $1090/year; extra inspectors $99/month | 2 free inspections |
| ISN | AI Comment Helper and AI Image Defect Detector | Not published; included in volume-based ISN fees | 30-day free trial |
| InspectorData | AI drafts the report from photos and notes | $79/month or $790/year; or $15 per inspection | 2 reports free |
| Home Inspector Pro | AI translation of reports into 6 languages | $89/mo | 30-day free trial |
| Goodcall | AI phone answering | $79, $129 or $299 a month | Free demo agent |
| Smith.ai | Call answering, AI-first or human | $300/mo for 30 calls; $810 for 90; $2,100 for 300 | 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Fathom | AI notes for video calls | Free forever; Team from $15/user/mo | Free forever plan |
| Otter.ai | AI meeting notes | Free; Pro from $8.33 user/month | Free forever plan |
1. Dooza Crew (our product, top pick): AI employees for the office side
An inspection business loses time outside the inspection: the phone rings while you are on a roof, agents ask when a report will be ready, the booking enquiry from last night is still unanswered. Crew gives your company AI employees, each with its own computer and browser and its own job. They work around the clock, work with your team in one chat, and pass work to each other. Before one sends an email or clicks Send, Submit or Pay, it asks you to Approve, Edit or Reject.
Example jobs you could give it: you could give one agent the job of answering the phone and taking a message for every new booking enquiry; another the job of drafting a polite follow-up to the buyer's agent after each inspection, for you to approve; another the job of filling a fillable PDF or Word agreement or intake form you upload with the details a client sent; another the job of drafting review requests to past clients for you to edit. Crew works in web-based tools you log in to with a browser, and you type passwords and 2FA codes yourself.
- Forms: it fills fillable PDF, Word and Excel files you upload. Scanned PDFs without form fields cannot be filled.
- Phones: Crew agents take phone calls too, included in the plan.
- Price: free for 7 days (card required), then $49 a month for the whole organization (unlimited users and agents), AI usage included with a hard spending cap. At the cap it pauses and tells you.
- Watch for: no inspection software (such as Spectora or HomeGauge) is certified or integrated with it, so it does not sync with your reporting system; it works only in web tools you log in to. It is not a licensed inspector and does not write or sign inspection findings.
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2. Spectora: AI comments inside the most-used inspection platform
Spectora is inspection software, and its page lists "AI Comment Assist" among its features: "Let AI Comment Assist help you write fast, smart, buyer and agent-friendly comments that make you look like a pro." Spectora's own comparison page also describes a voice feature that matches what you say to comments you have already written and approved in your template, listed as early access.
3. ISN: AI comment and photo helpers in the report writer
ISN (Inspection Support Network) puts AI in its report writer. The vendor lists an "AI Comment Helper" that "Automatically suggests categorized, editable comments based on your notes", and an AI Image Defect Detector that "Flags potential defects in the home or systems shown in your inspection photos."
4. InspectorData: AI that drafts the whole report
InspectorData is the most aggressive on AI. It says you take photos on the mobile app, click Start Report, and "AI writes 90% of your report", then you verify and send. It also lists AI photo analysis.
5. Home Inspector Pro: a smaller AI feature in a desktop-style report writer
Home Inspector Pro's AI feature we could find is translation: "Using integrated AI functionality, automatically translate your reports in 6 different languages." Useful if your clients read another language.
6. Goodcall: AI phone answering with a free demo agent
Goodcall builds an AI agent for your business line. Its pricing page says "Start free with a demo agent. Add a number when you're ready."
- Price: "Starter $79 a month" (100 unique customers a month, then 79¢ each), Growth $129 and Scale $299 a month. It says "We never meter minutes."
- Free trial: a free demo agent; you pay when you connect a number.
- Watch for: billing is per unique caller, and it is not connected to your inspection software.
7. Smith.ai: call answering with real people, AI-first or hybrid
Smith.ai sells live-staffed call answering around the clock, with AI-first, hybrid and human-first options.
8. Fathom: free AI notes for video calls
Fathom records and summarizes video calls. Its free plan has "Unlimited recordings, instant call summaries, integrations with LLMs & more." Handy for client consultations and team meetings held on video.
- Price: "Free forever." Team shows $19 and $15 per user per month (the page does not label which is annual), with a 2-user minimum, so budget from $15.
- Free trial: paid plans have a free trial and a 90-day guarantee.
- Watch for: video calls only: not for on-site inspections and not for the phone line.
9. Otter.ai: AI meeting notes with a free plan
Otter calls itself "The world's smartest AI Notetaker". It has a free Basic plan.
- Price: Basic is free; Pro shows "$8.33 user/month" and Business $19.99 user/month. The page has a monthly and annual toggle and does not label which it shows, so budget from $8.33.
- Free trial: the free Basic plan.
- Watch for: it takes meeting notes, not inspection findings.
Free AI tools and trials for home inspectors
- Call notes: Fathom's free forever plan; Otter's free Basic plan.
- AI phone line: Goodcall's free demo agent, until you connect a number.
- Report software: Spectora 2 free inspections, InspectorData 2 reports free, ISN and Home Inspector Pro 30-day free trials.
- Trial: Dooza Crew 7 days (card required).
How to choose an AI tool for your inspection business
- Start with the biggest time sink. Report writing, missed calls, or follow-up. Pick the one that costs you the most evenings.
- Check your inspection software first. If you already pay for Spectora or ISN, ask what AI is built in before buying a second tool. Dooza Crew and the phone tools do not integrate with them.
- Count inspectors and callers. Spectora charges for additional inspectors, Goodcall per unique caller; Dooza Crew is a flat monthly price for the whole organization.
- Keep your name on your findings. Read every AI-drafted comment and photo flag before the report goes out; you carry the license and the liability.
- Pick tools that ask before they send. Anything that emails agents or clients should let you approve first.
- Test on one workflow for a couple of weeks before you route every call or report through a bot.
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