Handoff
AI teammate that estimates, runs and bills residential construction jobs end to end.
By Handoff · 4.5/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Residential remodelers and home builders who bid from walkthroughs or plans and lose days to estimating admin
- Trade contractors and handymen running without back-office staff who need quotes, proposals and invoices produced automatically
- Small crews that want CRM, estimating, project management and payments in one connected system
Ideal size: 2–25 people · Small residential contractor moving off spreadsheets and sticky notes
Not for
- Commercial, industrial or civil contractors needing heavy project controls, bonding and certified payroll
- Firms that need on-premise deployment or deep ERP integration beyond QuickBooks
- Enterprises requiring formal SLAs, FedRAMP or audited security certifications today
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Same-day first estimate; 7-day free trial
~7 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$2,868/yr
Starts at $1,428 · Per-month subscription billed annually (20% saving); Flex, Pro and Scale plans; free 7-day trial, no credit card
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Flex includes 2 users; Pro and Scale include 5+ users
Add-on costs
- Card processing 3.35% (Flex) or 2.85% (Pro/Scale); ACH 1% capped at $10
- Supplier Platform priced on request with custom rollout and uptime SLA
Company & support
Who is behind Handoff, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhonePaid plans
- EmailPaid plans
- Live chatPaid plans
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumAll plans
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerPlan not stated
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Pricing page lists Realtime Support (email, live chat, phone); the help centre hosts self-serve articles; the public Facebook group 'Handoff Nation' is the customer community. Pro adds a Dedicated Success Coach for onboarding.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Handoff sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Handoff
- Roofr
- TestFit
- Builder Prime
- Beam AI
- MarketSharp
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Up to 10 companies including Handoff. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
Ships an official MCP server. Connects to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT connectors and Cursor out of the box.
AI & MCP readiness
What Handoff ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Vendor describes an 'AI Teammate' that builds estimates and proposals, runs projects end to end and acts as a business advisor; AI takeoffs and uploaded files extract square footage, quantities and material lists; voice transcription turns speech into estimates.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Trains on your data
- Runs on
- OpenAI
- AI pricing
- Billed by usage or credits
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Official MCP server
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Handoff is an AI teammate for residential construction: it turns walkthroughs, photos or plans into priced estimates and proposals, then runs scheduling, daily logs, change orders, invoicing and payments on one connected system. Plans run from $119/mo (Flex) to $719/mo (Scale) billed annually, with QuickBooks, Google Calendar, MagicPlan, Zapier and MCP/API connections. Built for remodelers, home builders and trade contractors rather than commercial or civil GCs.
Frequently asked questions
What does Handoff cost for a small residential contractor?
Flex is $119 per month billed annually (about $1,428 a year) with 2 users and 50 AI credits per month. Pro is $239 per month (about $2,868 a year) with 5 users, unlimited AI credits, client financing, AI site walkthroughs, time tracking and a dedicated success coach. Scale is $719 per month for AI takeoffs from plans up to 7,000 sqft plus API and MCP access. A 7-day free trial requires no credit card.
How quickly can we get value from Handoff?
The vendor markets same-day estimates and 'see results immediately', and the free trial runs 7 days. Flex onboarding is standard self-serve, Pro adds a Dedicated Success Coach, and Scale adds sales-assisted onboarding plus a Success Coach. A 7-day figure is the conservative planning assumption for first production value.
Which trades and job types does Handoff support?
The FAQ states Handoff works for all contractors and trades, listing remodelers, fix-and-flippers, handymen, kitchen and bath, general contractors, home builders, deck builders, painters, drywallers, framers, electricians, plumbers, finish carpenters, cabinet makers, countertop installers, HVAC, roofing and siding, doors and windows, concrete and flatwork, landscapers, insurance restoration, property managers, design-builders and ADA contractors.
Does Handoff connect to the tools we already use?
Yes. Documented integrations are QuickBooks Online (estimates, invoices, payments), Google Calendar (two-way project schedule sync), MagicPlan (floor plans and room measurements) and Zapier for 9,000+ apps. The Scale plan adds API and MCP access, and the vendor also exposes a Handoff-H1 Takeoff API for embedding takeoffs in other products.
Does Handoff train AI models on our data?
The privacy policy states that voice-to-text audio is sent to third-party speech-to-text providers (currently Google's Speech to Text API and OpenAI's Whisper API), and that recordings may be used to improve transcription accuracy and to train AI models that assist with contractor-client conversations for estimating, call answering, client outreach and document management. No opt-out is described on the pages reviewed.
Is Handoff a fit for commercial or civil construction?
No. Handoff is positioned for residential work — home builders, remodelers and trade contractors — with residential cost data, ZIP-code pricing and takeoffs from residential plans. Buyers with commercial, industrial or civil infrastructure requirements, bonded public work or enterprise security certification demands should evaluate heavier project-controls platforms instead.