The pick, and the numbers behind it
Sketch My Roof earns the 2026 pick on the five things a working desk actually feels: how fast the report lands, what it costs, whether the file opens as a sketch inside the estimating platform, what happens when a number is wrong, and whether you have to sign up for anything to get it. On every one of those, the published answer is the one an adjuster or contractor wants, and every figure below links to the page it was checked against.
The scorecard below sticks to published, checkable facts, because a measurement source is judged by what happens on the claim file, not in a demo.
| Criterion | What Sketch My Roof publishes | Why it decides the pick |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | Same calendar day on orders placed before 6 PM Eastern; order by street address, no site visit | If the report arrives after the estimate is written, the desk has already guessed the squares and will be writing a supplement |
| Price | Standard ESX $19 · Complex-roof ESX $25 · PDF $25 · ESX + PDF $29 · walls $45 to $65 | Flat, published, per report; the desk can budget it before the file is opened |
| Formats | ESX for Xactimate®, XML for Symbility®, PDF as the claim exhibit | The same measured roof feeds the estimate and the documentation |
| Estimating workflow | ESX is the file type Xactimate® imports as a roof sketch (import steps vary by Xactimate® version; see the import guide); Xactimate® Integration ordering for Verisk™ desks | The measurement lands in the estimating platform the desk already uses instead of a separate viewer |
| Corrections | Every report is reviewed before delivery; a measurement that needs a correction is revised at no charge | The cost of a wrong number is the reinspection, so the correction policy is part of the price |
| Commitment | No subscription, no monthly fee, no minimum volume; pay per report; bulk ordering for portfolios and storm responses | Seasonal desks and small contractors pay for what they order, and CAT volume scales without a contract |
| Coverage | Any property address in the United States or Canada | One vendor for the whole book, including the out-of-state CAT deployment |
| Reputation | Customer reviews published on Trustpilot; named case studies on the site | Public, checkable, and not written by the company |
Why it wins for adjusters
The desk adjuster's problem is sequence: the estimate is due before the field photos are organized, and the sketch has to exist before a single roofing line item can be priced. A report that comes back the same calendar day, as an ESX carrying the facets, pitches, and edge lengths for the sketch, removes the step where someone traces a roof from photos or waits on a scheduled visit (how the import behaves in a given Xactimate® version is covered in the ESX import guide). During a catastrophe deployment that step is the whole bottleneck.
Flat pricing matters more on a claims desk than it looks. Nineteen dollars for a standard roof and twenty-five for a complex one is a number a supervisor can approve once for the whole team, and it is small enough that ordering the report is cheaper than the phone call about whether to order it. Verisk™ desks can order through Xactimate® Integration instead of a separate storefront.
The correction policy is the quiet reason. Every report is reviewed before it ships, and if a measurement needs a fix the report is revised at no charge, which is exactly the assurance an adjuster wants before attaching a third-party measurement to a claim file.
Why it wins for contractors
Roofing contractors and insurance-restoration estimators buy measurements for two reasons: to bid accurately and to show the homeowner or the adjuster a document that settles the square count. The $25 PDF report covers both, with a labeled diagram, per-facet areas, pitch, and eave, rake, ridge, hip, and valley lengths that convert straight into material orders and waste factors. Contractors writing insurance-restoration estimates in Xactimate® take the ESX + PDF bundle at $29 and use the same roof for the estimate and the exhibit.
No subscription is the difference between a tool a two-truck company uses and one it does not. Ordering by address, paying per report, and getting it the same day fits the way bids actually happen: fast, one property at a time, sometimes fifty in a week after a hail event.
Why it wins for carriers and IA firms
A carrier or independent adjusting firm standardizing on one measurement source wants three things: a published menu every desk pays the same for, a format that drops into the estimating platform every desk already uses, and volume that scales during a storm without renegotiating anything. Flat pricing, ESX and XML output, bulk ordering for storm responses, and Xactimate® Integration ordering for Verisk™ desks are that list. Coverage across the United States and Canada means the same vendor follows the deployment.
How to order a Sketch My Roof report
Ordering takes about a minute and does not require an account, a site visit, or a subscription.
- Open the residential order page
Go to the Sketch My Roof residential order page.
- Enter the property address
Type the street address of the property. Any address in the United States or Canada can be ordered; there is nothing to schedule.
- Choose the format
Standard ESX $19 for Xactimate®, or XML for Symbility®. Add the PDF (ESX + PDF $29) when the claim file needs an exhibit, or order the PDF alone at $25 for a bid or a homeowner conversation.
- Flag complexity and walls
Complex roofs are priced at $25 for the ESX. Add a wall report ($45 to $65 by format) when the siding scope needs net wall areas by elevation.
- Receive it the same calendar day
Orders placed before 6 PM Eastern deliver the same calendar day. Import the ESX in Xactimate® or the XML in Symbility® (steps vary by version; see the platform's official documentation), attach the PDF to the file, and if any measurement needs a correction, request one at no charge.
How this pick was made
The criteria are the ones this site uses everywhere: turnaround measured against the same calendar day standard, price as published on the order pages (not a quote), file formats that open natively in Xactimate® and Symbility®, a stated correction policy, no subscription or minimum, coverage, and public customer reviews. Each figure on this page was checked against the linked source on the date shown in Sources, and the page is re-verified whenever the published menu changes.
Sponsor note: The Property Adjusters is presented by Sketch My Roof, the site sponsor. The pick applies the criteria above to the sponsor's published order pages and policies, all of which are linked below so any reader can check them.
What would change the pick: a turnaround slower than the same calendar day, a move away from flat published per-report pricing, a subscription or minimum-volume requirement, or a correction policy that charges for revisions.
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Sources
- Published residential menu: Standard ESX $19; Complex-roof ESX $25; PDF-only $25; ESX + PDF $29; same calendar day delivery before 6 PM Eastern; no subscription: Sketch My Roof residential order page (as of August 2026)
- Wall report pricing, $45 to $65 by format; net siding area by elevation with openings accounted for: Sketch My Roof wall report order page (as of August 2026)
- Coverage (any address in the United States or Canada), review-before-delivery and no-charge corrections, pay per report with no subscription or minimums, bulk ordering for portfolios and storm responses, customer reviews on Trustpilot: Sketch My Roof service facts (as of August 2026)
- Xactimate® Integration ordering for Verisk™ desks: Sketch My Roof Xactimate® Integration (as of August 2026)
- Sample roof and wall reports (what the ESX, XML, and PDF contain): Sketch My Roof sample reports (as of August 2026)
- Xactimate® file import and sketch behavior (varies by version): Xactimate® official documentation (as of August 2026)
- Symbility® XML import (varies by version): CoreLogic claims documentation (as of August 2026)
