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How roof measurement reports are made, what's in one, how RoofQuery compares to other providers, and how to put reports into your own software.

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How it worksMeasured reports

How many structures does a roof measurement report cover?

One address, one report, every building on the property. How scope works, how a house, a detached garage and outbuildings come back as separate structures, and why the price does not change with the count.

Updated September 10, 2026

ComparisonsMeasured reports

RoofQuery vs EagleView: pricing, turnaround and reselling compared

EagleView prices its Premium report by roof size and volume tier and licenses reports for internal use. RoofQuery has one report type at one price, delivers in about two hours, and lets you white-label and resell.

Updated September 10, 2026

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Adding roof measurement reports to a roofing CRM

How a roofing CRM or estimating platform offers measured roof reports under its own brand, what the integration looks like end to end, and the product decisions that matter more than the code.

Updated September 9, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

How a roof measurement report is made

What happens between sending an address and receiving a measured roof. Aerial imagery, a trained technician, a normalized geometry document, and the files rendered from it.

Updated September 9, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

How to order your first roof measurement report by API

From a new account to a delivered PDF, XML and ESX in one afternoon. Sandbox first, then live, with the exact request and the webhook you will receive.

Updated September 9, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

How to resell roof measurement reports under your own brand

What a resellable roof report is, what RoofQuery lets you do with one, how to price it, and the mechanics of putting your customer's brand on every PDF.

Updated September 9, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

How white-label branding works on RoofQuery roof reports

Your logo, colors and contact details on every PDF, set once for the account or passed per download. What can be changed, what cannot, and how to brand a report for one of your own customers.

Updated September 9, 2026

How it works

Roof measurement glossary: facets, pitch, eaves, hips, valleys and more

Every term a roof measurement report uses, defined the way RoofQuery measures it. Areas, pitch, the ten edge types, derived values and file formats, with the matching API field for each.

Updated September 9, 2026

By industryMeasured reports

Roof measurements in insurance claims workflows

How claims platforms, adjusting firms and restoration software order measured roof reports with the claim number on them and deliver an Xactimate ESX straight into the estimate.

Updated September 9, 2026

Getting startedMeasured reports

Testing a roof report integration in sandbox before you spend

Sandbox keys run scripted order timelines against fixed addresses, with real webhooks, real XML and real PDFs. What each scenario exercises and how to test revisions and failures.

Updated September 9, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

What is an Xactimate ESX file, and what RoofQuery puts in one

The .esx format, why insurance and restoration work runs on it, and how a RoofQuery report becomes an ESX that opens in Xactimate under the claim number.

Updated September 9, 2026

How it worksMeasured reports

What's in a roof measurement report

Page by page and field by field, what a RoofQuery report contains, how the PDF and the API data line up, and which numbers a contractor, adjuster or solar designer actually uses.

Updated September 9, 2026

Looking for the API reference?

Endpoints, webhooks, statuses and file formats live in the docs.