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Clariti also acquired CivCheck (AI-powered guided plan review) in October 2025.","verdict":"situational","composite":2.4,"verdicts":{"permitting":"Broad, actively-developed permitting/licensing platform (5th consecutive GovTech 100 recognition, new municipal wins through early 2026, an Oct 2025 AI plan-review acquisition) with native Bluebeam/Esri/ProjectDox integrations; Capterra and GetApp both independently list a starting price of $1,800/user/year for the Basic plan, so the pricing-wall no longer applies, though onboarding is still a 6-12 month vendor-led implementation and no public data-export or developer-API documentation was found.","code-compliance":"Useful secondary placement for AI-assisted plan review on the municipal side -- CivCheck (acquired Oct 2025, now a native Clariti module) automates guided plan review against building codes for municipal plan examiners, but Clariti is primarily a govtech platform sold to municipalities (not to architects or engineers doing their own compliance checks)."},"redFlags":[],"primarySubCategory":"permitting","subCategories":["permitting","code-compliance"],"sectors":["agnostic"],"firmSizeFit":["small-team","growing"],"agentAccess":{"mcp":false,"cli":"unknown","api":"Enterprise tier described by the vendor as having \"flexible APIs\"; no public developer-docs portal found for either tier","authModel":"unknown","scripting":"unknown","webhooks":"unknown","agentDocs":[]},"integrations":[{"name":"Esri ArcGIS","type":"native"},{"name":"Bluebeam Revu","type":"native"},{"name":"ePlanSoft","type":"native"},{"name":"ProjectDox","type":"native"},{"name":"Power BI","type":"native"},{"name":"Paysafe","type":"native"},{"name":"Salesforce Platform","type":"api-only"},{"name":"CivCheck","type":"native"},{"name":"Zapier","type":"middleware"}],"fileFormats":[{"format":"PDF","direction":"import","support":"full","note":"CivCheck is PDF-native for plan-review submissions."},{"format":"CSV","direction":"export","support":"full","note":"Launch reports and activity-feed export."},{"format":"XLSX","direction":"export","support":"full","note":"Launch reports and activity-feed export to Excel."}],"scores":{"c1":3,"c2":2,"c3":1,"c4":3,"c5":3},"pricing":{"model":"population-based licensing for Launch (quote-only); Basic/Enterprise per-user/year with a Capterra/GetApp-listed starting price","freeTier":false,"freeViewer":"unknown","trial":false,"entryUsd":1800},"evidenceUrls":{"pricing":"https://www.capterra.com/p/89168/Clariti/","integrations":"https://www.claritisoftware.com/products/integrations","signup":"https://www.claritisoftware.com/get-a-demo","formats":"https://www.claritisoftware.com/products/launch-permitting-software"},"platforms":["web","ios","android"],"lifecycle":"active","lastVerified":"2026-07-08","category":"win"},{"id":"dwellci","name":"Dwellci","url":"https://www.dwellci.com","description":"SaaS that turns an address into zoning-validated 3D massing with multi-parcel unit-yield and density comparison for pre-acquisition feasibility. 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Used by appraisal firms, brokers, lenders, and CRE developers for site selection, property research, and zoning due diligence. Self-service web GIS; no public developer API. Starting at $8,400/year per Capterra; enterprise configurations are quote-based.","verdict":"situational","composite":2.2,"verdicts":{"permitting":"Situational for CRE zoning due diligence -- the PZR acquisition (June 2022) added 223K+ digitized zoning reports and a national zoning layer, making LandVision a credible source for zoning research in a CRE context; but no public API (RF2), $8,400/yr+ pricing (RF1), and a GIS-platform UX position it as a CRE analyst tool rather than a design-workflow or agent-accessible resource.","site-intelligence":"Address/parcel-to-data layer via a web GIS -- LandVision aggregates parcel data, ownership portfolios, a national zoning layer, natural hazards, demographics, and aerial imagery for site selection; portal-only with no public API (RF2), so agent access is limited."},"redFlags":["RF1","RF2"],"primarySubCategory":"permitting","subCategories":["permitting","site-intelligence"],"sectors":["commercial"],"firmSizeFit":["small-team","growing"],"agentAccess":{"mcp":false,"cli":false,"api":"none confirmed; LandVision is positioned as a self-service web GIS platform, not a data API product","authModel":"none","scripting":"none","webhooks":false,"agentDocs":[]},"integrations":[],"fileFormats":[{"format":"CSV","direction":"export","support":"unknown"},{"format":"SHP","direction":"both","support":"unknown"},{"format":"FGDB","direction":"export","support":"unknown"}],"scores":{"c1":3,"c2":1,"c3":2,"c4":3,"c5":2},"pricing":{"model":"subscription; starting ~$8,400/year per Capterra; enterprise quote-based","freeTier":false,"freeViewer":false,"trial":"unknown"},"evidenceUrls":{"pricing":"https://lightboxre.com/product/landvision"},"platforms":["web"],"lifecycle":"active","lastVerified":"2026-07-18","category":"win"},{"id":"deepblocks","name":"DeepBlocks","url":"https://deepblocks.com","description":"AI-powered real estate development and site-selection platform covering 126+ US cities (NYC five boroughs, Philadelphia, Jersey City, Miami, and others). Core capabilities: automated zoning reports with 20+ computed values per parcel (buildable area by FAR, lot coverage, max units, height limits), city-wide property screening by total buildable area, a \"Zoning Signal\" algorithm detecting how municipal zoning changes alter development potential, 3D massing and financial pro forma generation, a ChatDB demographic/economic data query tool, and AIM (deal-flow CRM). Founded 2017. 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