Handoff

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AI-powered estimating and job-management platform for residential contractors -- turns walkthroughs, photos, videos, and plan files into estimates, proposals, invoices, schedules, and daily logs across web and mobile.

Also in Companies -- Strategic (Nemetschek Group, Masco Corporation, Initialized Capital, Afore Capital, Y Combinator, Greycroft)

3.2 /5 composite score
C1 4/5 reflects the published USD 149 and USD 299 monthly tiers, C2 2/5 reflects enterprise-only API details plus invite-only Zapier automation, and C4 3/5 reflects PDF import with CSV export. The estimating workflow is residential, and firm-size fit is solo to small-team.
Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 tiered subscription, from $149 Source →
Agent Friendliness 2/5 API: enterprise-only / not publicly documented
Ease of adoption 4/5 web-saas, gentle learning curve Source →
Portability & lock-in 3/5 2 file formats, export: manual Source →
Interoperability 3/5 3 integrations Source →

Pricing

Modeltiered subscription
Entry price$149
Free tierno
Trialyes
Billing unitflat
TiersFlex ($149), Pro ($299)
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How we verified this: we checked Handoff against its live site and an independent source — capterra.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-12.

Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
PDF import partial -- Pro plan includes AI estimating from PDFs.
CSV export partial -- Google Play release notes confirm estimate export as CSV.

Integrations

QuickBooks (native) Acorn Finance (native) Zapier (middleware)

Adoption

Deploymentweb-saas
Self-serve signupyes
Implementation requirednone
SSO/admin requiredno
Training requiredtutorials
Learning curvegentle

Data export

Export mechanismmanual
Export scopepartial

Also covers

Handoff also appears in these sub-categories:

Construction Management
The construction-management placement is the residential operations bundle rather than a general contractor platform: CRM, project management, scheduling, change orders, and daily logs. C5 3/5 reflects QuickBooks, Acorn Finance, and Zapier integrations, and C3 4/5 reflects self-serve signup across web, iOS, and Android.
Accounting & Invoicing
The accounting-invoicing placement covers proposals, signatures, financing, invoices, and QuickBooks sync inside the same residential workflow. C5 3/5 reflects the QuickBooks and Acorn Finance integrations, and C3 4/5 reflects self-serve onboarding without implementation.

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