Xactimate is a property claims estimating application, supporting restoration professionals with repair process management. Xactimate was developed by Xactware, a property insurance and repair / remodeling software specialist that is now a Verisk Analytics company since the 2017 acquisition.
We have not used any other software other than Xactimate at this time. We feel it is the most widely used software product by insurance companies and they also continue to try and improve their software regularly. Most recently, I have found out they are working towards …
Xactimate is an industry-standard piece of software that is utilized for communication between insurance agencies and restorative drawing and restoration companies. Basically, it is a requirement to be used 90% of the time in these circumstances. If you are a new start-up and are doing your work based on referrals only not associated with insurance Xactimate will likely be a large bite for you to chew.
Since Xactimate is used by Insurance Companies, the pricing lists are constantly updated. This means we will almost always have up-to-date pricing that matches the Insurance Companies.
The ability to print different styles of reports is very valuable. Depending on who the report is for, you can exclude or include certain things accordingly.
We have not used any other software other than Xactimate at this time. We feel it is the most widely used software product by insurance companies and they also continue to try and improve their software regularly. Most recently, I have found out they are working towards integration of (I may be using the wrong terms for this...) photographic/scanning measurements just auto populating into the sketch window. Even the auto population of line items with other software integration would almost eliminate the need to take physical measurements in the future and drastically reduce the time it takes to generate a claim report.