Should you write roof reports yourself?
Sometimes the honest answer is yes. If you produce one report a month, a Word template is fine. Below is the straight comparison so you can decide where you actually sit.
Feature by feature
| AyeInspect | Word / PDF | Inspection app | Outsourced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage detected for you | ||||
| Defects circled on the photo | ||||
| Severity grade on every finding | ||||
| Recommended action written for you | ||||
| Numbered top-down roof overview | ||||
| Your logo and colours | ||||
| You control every word before sending | ||||
| Same-day turnaround | ||||
| No monthly subscription | ||||
| Unlimited team members |
Dash means it depends on the specific product or supplier. Competitor pricing ranges are indicative of the market, not quotes.
What each route really costs
Word or PDF by hand
- Time
- 60–120 minutes per report
- Cost
- Your own time — at £40/hour that is £40–£80
Free on paper, expensive in practice. Quality drifts between reports and between staff.
Generic inspection app
- Time
- 30–60 minutes per report
- Cost
- £30–£100 per month, often per user
Good for checklists, but you still identify and describe every defect yourself, and you pay whether you use it or not.
Outsourced report writing
- Time
- 10 minutes of your time, 1–3 days waiting
- Cost
- £25–£60 per report
Hands off, but slow, rarely in your branding, and a third party is interpreting a roof they never saw.
AyeInspect
- Time
- 10–15 minutes per report
- Cost
- From £7.40 per report, nothing when you are quiet
AI drafts, you approve. Your branding, your wording, sent the same visit if you want it.
Where we would not recommend us
If you never photograph roofs, if your clients only want a verbal opinion, or if you need internal structural surveying, AyeInspect is not the right tool. It is built for businesses producing visual roof condition reports from photographs — and for those it is faster, cheaper and more consistent than any of the alternatives above, from £7.40 per report.