Handoff
Handoff is software for residential construction businesses that combines estimating, project management, and administrative workflows.
What Handoff is
Handoff is software for residential construction businesses that combines estimating, project management, and administrative workflows. It can create estimates and proposals from scopes, blueprints, job photos, and site walkthroughs; uploaded drawings and photos can also provide details such as square footage, quantities, and material lists. Project tools include AI scheduling, daily logs, alerts, file and photo management, client portals, and change orders. Billing features cover invoices, payments, milestone billing, custom pricing and markup, and consumer financing. Estimates, invoices, and payments can sync with QuickBooks Online. Other named integrations include Google Calendar, Magicplan, and Zapier. The Scale plan includes a REST API with webhooks for syncing projects, estimates, proposals, invoices, and contacts. Handoff lists web, mobile, and desktop access, including iOS and Android apps. Flex costs $119 a month billed annually and includes 50 AI usage credits per month, one custom pricing catalog, and two users. A seven-day free trial does not require a credit card.
Good
- Creates estimates from scopes, plans, photos, and walkthroughs
- Includes scheduling, daily logs, alerts, and change orders
- Invoices, payments, and estimates sync with QuickBooks Online
- Seven-day trial requires no credit card
Watch out
- No free plan
- Flex is $119 a month billed annually
- API access is available on the Scale plan
Who it suits
Handoff suits remodelers, home builders, handyman contractors, fix-and-flippers, and construction trades that need estimating, project coordination, and billing tools. Its listed integrations and mobile and desktop access may also fit teams working across connected systems and devices.
Verdict
Handoff brings estimating, project management, and financial workflows together for residential construction businesses. Its free trial offers a way to explore the product, while ongoing use starts with a paid Flex plan.
Plans and prices
From Handoff's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Flex | $119 | 50 AI usage credits/month · 1 custom pricing catalog · AI proposals · voice transcription to estimate · mobile and desktop access · 2 users · per month, billed annually; list price $149 |
| Pro | $239 | Unlimited AI credits · unlimited catalogs · financing · site walkthroughs · 5 users · project-management suite · time tracking · success coach · per month, billed annually; list price $299; 12-month commitment |
| Scale | $719 | AI takeoffs up to 7,000 sq ft · material and labor quantities · branded proposals with up to 5 options · subcontractor portal · API and MCP access · per month, billed annually; list price $899; 12-month commitment |
| Supplier Platform | Priced on request | AI takeoffs · supplier SKU and pricing · ERP or quoting-system delivery · location and customer customization · uptime SLA · Contact sales |
The facts
Each one read from Handoff's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI estimates
- The service generates construction estimates from project descriptions, files, photos and plans using localized cost data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI takeoffs
- Scale includes takeoffs from residential plans up to 7,000 square feet with extracted material and labor quantities.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- A documented REST API with webhooks synchronizes projects, estimates, proposals, invoices and contacts and is available on Scale.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API capabilities
- The API supports bidirectional sync, delta feeds, cursor pagination, updated-since filters, HMAC-signed webhooks and idempotent writes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Client portal
- Client portals centralize documents, approvals and invoices and notify contractors about client activity.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CRM
- Its CRM tracks leads, clients, conversations, estimates and project status.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Handoff provides a Help Center, email, live chat and phone support, plus onboarding and success-coach services on higher plans.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Estimate inputs
- The pricing page says users can upload drawings, photos, and other relevant files for AI to extract information such as square footage, quantities, and material lists.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Estimating
- The product generates estimates and proposals from scopes, blueprints, job photos, and site walkthroughs.checked 2 Oct 2026
- File intelligence
- Uploaded drawings, photos and documents can be analyzed for quantities, square footage and material lists.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Financial workflows
- Handoff supports invoicing, payments, milestone-based billing, custom pricing and markup, and consumer financing.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- On July 2, 2025, Handoff announced a $5.8 million strategic round involving Nemetschek Group, Masco Corporation, Initialized Capital, Afore, Y Combinator and Greycroft.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official integrations include QuickBooks Online, Google Calendar, MagicPlan and Zapier; Zapier connects to more than 9,000 apps.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Invoicing and payments
- Handoff supports invoices, milestone billing, card and ACH payments, and client financing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: estimate accuracy
- G2 reviewers say some estimates miss details or require manual correction, and Capterra summarizes occasional labor and pricing inconsistencies.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing profitability view
- A G2 reviewer says Handoff lacks budget-versus-actual tracking for job profitability.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: organization
- G2 reviewers report limited organization for multiple estimates within a project and difficulty locating or sorting them.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: PDF and export issues
- Reviewers report proposal PDF problems with attachments and incomplete CSV exports into Buildertrend.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing concern
- A G2 reviewer initially considered the subscription unaffordable after the trial, despite later deciding time savings justified it.checked 15 Oct 2026
- MCP
- Scale includes an MCP connection allowing compatible AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT to work with approved Handoff project context.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company identity
- The privacy policy identifies the maker as 1build, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business as Handoff.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size and founding
- LinkedIn lists Handoff as privately held, founded in 2019, with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- LinkedIn lists 1build, the parent company developing Handoff, as headquartered in Miami, Florida.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: Android data disclosure
- Google Play states that the app may share app activity, collect personal and performance data, and that data is not encrypted.checked 15 Oct 2026
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