HOVER Alternatives: 7 Options for Contractors (2026)

What HOVER does well, and why contractors shop around

HOVER turns about eight phone photos into a measured 3D model of a house: roof, siding, windows, doors, and gutters. On top of that model it builds material lists, estimates, and proposals, and it runs on iPhone, Android, and the web. For exterior measurement it's a mature product, and most alternatives below cover one piece of what it does.

Its pricing is published. The pay-as-you-go Starter plan gives you three free projects, then charges $29 to $69 for a roof-only job depending on complexity, $59 to $139 for a full exterior, and $29 to $89 for an interior scan by size. Pro is $999 a year and takes $20 off every project. Business is $2,999 a year for flat per-project rates.

Contractors usually look past HOVER for one of four reasons. They'd rather measure from an address at the office than send someone to photograph the house. They want a cheaper roof number for bids they may not win. They want different design tools. Or the work is inside the house, where HOVER is newer. Each has a better fit below, after quick answers on HOVER AI and GAF e360.

HOVER AI and GAF e360, explained

You'll run into HOVER's AI in two places. The first is the machine learning that turns your photos into a measured model. The second is Instant Design, a generative AI tool HOVER launched in February 2025. It restyles a single photo of a home, inside or out, with real products from manufacturers such as James Hardie, Owens Corning, and Pella. You work from curated styles and click to swap materials. It's free on up to five projects a year; customizing and sharing designs takes a paid plan.

In January 2026 HOVER tied measurements, 2D and 3D design, estimates, and proposals with e-signature into one connected platform, so a design choice now flows into the estimate.

GAF e360 was GAF's branded version of HOVER for roofing contractors, built on the same photo-to-3D measurement. As of October 2026 the e360 app is no longer listed in the App Store or Google Play, and e360.gaf.com forwards to HOVER's own site. So if you're looking for e360, you're looking for HOVER. GAF's own roof measurement product is QuickMeasure, covered below.

1. Alcovia: for the work inside the house

Alcovia doesn't do roof or exterior measurement. It's built for interior remodels. If your work is roofs and siding, it won't replace HOVER, and you can skip to EagleView.

Inside, the workflow runs from scan to price. You scan the room with LiDAR on an iPhone Pro or iPad Pro, describe the redesign or drop in the client's inspiration photo, and get a photorealistic render of that room remodeled. The same scan feeds the floor plan, a material takeoff, a quote, and a client-ready presentation. Next to Instant Design, the difference is what the AI starts from. HOVER restyles a photo with catalog products. Alcovia redesigns the room you scanned from a written prompt, then prices it from the same measurements.

Pricing is per project with no monthly fee. Core, at $49 a project, covers the scan, floor plan, 3D model, AI redesigns, and photorealistic PDF. Growth, at $199, adds the material takeoff and project quote. The limits: iPhone and iPad only, no Android, and scanning needs a Pro model's LiDAR sensor. It's in closed beta, so you join the early-access list, and your first project is free.

Best for: contractors who use HOVER outside and want a design-and-sell tool for kitchens, baths, and basements. See Alcovia vs HOVER.

2. EagleView: measurements by address, no site visit

EagleView is the obvious alternative if you don't want to send anyone out to photograph the house. You order by address, and the measurements come from aerial imagery. Reports cover the roof, the walls, windows and doors, or the full house, and you can order on the web, in EagleView's iPhone and Android app, or inside tools like AccuLynx and JobNimbus.

EagleView lists its prices. Bid Perfect, the quick roof-squares report for bidding, is $18. Premium roof reports run $32.75 to $87 by roof size, a walls report is $40, and a Full House report is $105. Volume and partner discounts bring those down.

The trade-off is freshness and control. HOVER measures the house your crew photographed today. An aerial report is only as current and as clear as the imagery behind it.

Best for: roofing and exterior contractors who bid from the office and want measurements before anyone drives out.

3-5. GAF QuickMeasure, Roofr, and RoofSnap: cheaper roof reports

If the roof is what you price and the per-report cost matters, these three start at $20 or less.

GAF QuickMeasure is GAF's aerial roof report, and you don't need GAF certification to order one. A single-family report is $20, or $18 for GAF Master Elite contractors. It usually arrives in under an hour and includes a bill of materials and an interactive 3D rendering you can use to show shingle colors. There's an iPhone and Android app.

Roofr pairs satellite-based roof reports with roofing CRM, proposal, and payment tools in a browser-based app. On its free Starter plan a report costs $19 with 24-hour delivery. Paid plans drop that to $13 and deliver faster.

RoofSnap lets you measure it yourself. Its subscriptions include unlimited draw-it-yourself measurements on aerial imagery, handy for a ballpark quote before you book a visit, or you can order a report from $13 pay-as-you-go. It runs on iPhone, Android, and the web.

All three are roof-first. If you price siding and windows off the same model, HOVER or EagleView's walls reports cover more of the house.

6. Renoworks Pro: Renoworks vs HOVER

Renoworks comes up next to HOVER because both put real products on a homeowner's own house. They start from opposite ends. HOVER is measurement-first: the photos build a measured model, and design sits on top. Renoworks Pro is design-first. You upload a photo of the home, its AI preps it for design in under a minute, and you try on siding, roofing, windows, doors, paint, and stone from more than 300 manufacturers. An AI finishing pass makes the result look photoreal.

For measurements, Renoworks leans on partners. Connect an EagleView account and it builds 3D models from those reports, or upload 3D files from other measurement apps. It runs in a browser and on tablets, can sit on your website as a homeowner visualizer that tracks leads, and is priced as a flat annual fee you get by quote. HOVER publishes per-project prices.

So Renoworks vs HOVER comes down to what closes your jobs. If it's the homeowner seeing the exact siding profile and color on their own house, and you already buy EagleView reports, Renoworks is built around that moment. If you want measurements, design, estimate, and proposal from one capture on site, HOVER keeps them in one place.

Best for: exterior remodelers and dealers who sell on product selection.

7. magicplan: interior measurements for restoration work

HOVER's interior scans return measured floor plans, a 360° walkthrough, and sketches that flow into Xactimate. That puts them up against magicplan in restoration and insurance work. magicplan draws the floor plan as you walk the room, with LiDAR on iPhone and iPad Pro models and an Android app as well. Moisture readings, photos, checklists, and the Xactimate link live in the same job, and it builds estimates with quantities filled in from the plan.

Plans are sold by project volume, starting at 10 projects a month with unlimited users, so it fits companies with steady claim work better than occasional jobs. Like HOVER's interior scans, it documents rooms as they are. Both can use the iPhone's LiDAR sensor, so it's worth knowing how accurate iPhone LiDAR is before you order materials off a scan.

Best for: restoration contractors who want floor plans and estimates in one field app. If you're comparing room scanners more broadly, see our Polycam alternatives guide.

How to choose a HOVER alternative

Decide first whether someone has to stand in the driveway. If you'd rather measure from the office, order an aerial report: EagleView if you need walls and full-house reports as well as roofs, GAF QuickMeasure or Roofr for a roof at $20 or less, RoofSnap if you'd rather trace it yourself.

If photos on site are fine and you want one tool from measurement to signed proposal, HOVER is hard to replace. If the sale depends on the homeowner falling for a siding color, look at Renoworks. If the job is a water loss inside, magicplan.

And if the work is a kitchen, bath, or basement remodel, that's where Alcovia fits: scan the room, show the client the remodel, and price it on the same visit. One tool outside and another inside is a sensible setup. HOVER or EagleView for the exterior, Alcovia for the rooms.