+ What Should Estimating Software Cost? DryIQ vs Xactimate | IRI
DryIQ Estimator — Beta Pricing

What should estimating
software cost?

Not $350 a month. Not per user. Not an upcharge for AI.

DryIQ is the direct-bill estimating platform for restoration and abatement work — every line priced from federal data, printed with its source, ready for any adjuster or contracting officer.

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Beta Offer
$49/month
month-to-month · cancel anytime
  • ✓30 days free with any IRI course enrollment
  • ✓Hope AI partner included — no upcharge
  • ✓Every line sourced: BLS · SAM · your county
  • ✓No contract · no annual lock-in

The honest comparison

Competitor list pricing read from the Verisk storefront on August 7, 2026. Enterprise and preferred-vendor agreements vary.

  Xactimate Pro (Verisk) DryIQ Estimator (beta)
Monthly$350/month, per user$49/month · cancel anytime
Annual term$2,690/year, per userNo annual lock-in during beta
Contents tool+$65/monthIncluded
AI assistant+$29/user/month (early access)Hope included — she walks, dictates, and draws
Where prices come fromCarrier-configured price listsBLS materials · SAM wages · county — printed per line
Built forInsurance claims workflowDirect-bill, owner-paid work, government contracts, storm chasers, and independent restoration companies

Why we can charge $49

Their price has to carry a carrier-grade licensing machine. Ours carries federal data and a sketcher.

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No per-user seat tax

A five-estimator shop doesn't pay five times. One subscription covers the verified specialist and their crew's workflow.

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AI is not an upcharge

Their AI costs +$29 per user. Ours is Hope — she walks the job, takes dictation, draws the rooms, and proposes every line. Included.

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No price-list licensing

Our catalog is computed from BLS Producer Price Index materials and SAM Davis-Bacon wages, resolved to your county. Refreshed monthly on the 15th.

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No lock-in

Month-to-month on purpose. Storm season ends, work slows — cancel from your account page. Your files export any time.

How access works

The beta is invitation-only through IRI — because a tool this honest deserves workers we can vouch for.

1

Enroll in any IRI course

Water, mold, fire, or estimation — every new enrollment includes 30 days of DryIQ free.

2

Get ID verified

Upload your ID at the campus — the same verification every IRI specialist goes through.

3

IRI grants your access

The DryIQ card appears on your campus dashboard — one tap, no second password. Employers: every crew member is verified individually.

4

30 days free, then $49

Days count only when you actually use the estimator. After that: $49/month, month-to-month, cancel anytime.

Questions contractors ask

Do I need an IRI course to use DryIQ?

During the beta, yes — access is granted to ID-verified IRI specialists in good standing. The course trains the workflow the tool bills for. The beta will widen over time.

Can my employer buy it for the crew?

Yes — employers order course enrollments for workers the same way they always have at IRI. Each specialist still gets ID verified and approved individually before DryIQ access opens.

What is the $49 price actually built from?

That's the subscription. The catalog inside it — the per-line prices on your estimate — is computed from BLS Producer Price Index materials and SAM Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, resolved to your county, refreshed monthly on the 15th. Every line prints its source.

What happens when the beta ends?

Beta pricing is $49/month. When the beta closes, subscribers will be offered standard pricing with the option to keep their rate for a loyalty term — no surprises on an invoice.

Can I really cancel anytime?

Yes — month-to-month, no contract, cancel from your account or by emailing info@iriedu.com. Your projects export to a file you keep, any time.

Take the class. Bill the work.

Every new IRI enrollment includes 30 days of DryIQ free. Then $49/month during beta — month-to-month, cancel anytime.

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DryIQ Estimator is invitation-only during beta. Catalog pricing computed from BLS PPI materials and SAM Davis-Bacon wages — refreshed monthly on the 15th.

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