Riptide's Roof Diagnose reads a roof photo and returns a damage assessment with severity and confidence scores in about thirty seconds. RoofGenius runs the same kind of per-photo classification, then keeps going: verified NOAA storm history for the address, building-code research, satellite measurements, the retail estimate, and the supplement — all on one job file.
Choose Riptide if all you want is a fast second opinion on a photo. Choose RoofGenius if the photo has to turn into a document an adjuster pays on.
| Feature | RoofGenius | Riptide AI |
|---|---|---|
| Per-photo damage classification | Yes — severity + confidence | Yes — severity + confidence |
| Confidence floor before a finding is shown | Sub-50 discarded | Not published |
| Written inspection note per photo | Yes | Not published |
| Verified NOAA storm history for the address | Yes | No |
| Building-code research attached to findings | Yes | Code citations, 14 states |
| Satellite roof measurements | Yes — $10 | No |
| Retail estimate (good / better / best) | Yes | No |
| Insurance supplement written from the findings | Yes | No |
| One combined file to the adjuster | Yes | Photo report only |
| Pricing | $149/mo retail; $497/mo with insurance supplements | From $99/mo |
| Best for | Storm contractors who need the photo evidence, the measurement, and the supplement in one document | Fast standalone photo triage |
Yes — each image is classified on its own for hail, wind, granule loss, flashing, soft-metal and tile damage, with severity and a confidence score, and anything under 50 confidence is dropped before you see it. The difference is what happens next: the findings carry a component and unit of measure into the scope, and the storm history and measurements attach to the same file.
Rarely on its own. Reviewers ask what caused it, when, and what the code requires. That is why the damage findings ship with verified storm events for the property coordinates and the code requirements behind the repair, instead of the photos alone.
Yes. Run the damage inspection by itself and ignore the rest of the platform. Most contractors turn on measurements and supplements once they see the findings already carry the units the scope needs.
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