Horizon closes on December 15, 2026, and every inspection software company knows it. So you are being marketed to hard right now: free months, buyouts, half-off offers, official picks. This page lines up the eight real options for a Horizon inspector, with the prices as they appear on each company's own site, what each tool is honestly good at, and the one question that separates them faster than price.
We make one of these tools, and we say so plainly. We think Mach One Reports is the best fit for inspectors leaving Horizon, and below we tell you exactly why, including the two things we do not do yet. We also tell you the truth about the other seven, because you deserve a fair map, not a sales trap. Prices were checked on the live pages in September 2026; check current offers yourself before you sign.
Whatever you choose, do one thing first: export your data from Horizon. Carson Dunlop's own page says the export tools run through December 15, 2026, and the Spectora migration FAQ says that after that date "the data will no longer be accessible." Nothing below matters if your records are gone.
The 8 options in one table
Eight tools, the three things that decide it. Where each report gets finished and what migration help you get are in every tool's section below.
| Tool | Regular price | Horizon offer | Whose words in the report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mach One Reports | $89/mo or $948/yr founders rate, no per-report fee, no contract | $79/mo or $799/yr with Horizon proof. 30 days free first. Runs to Feb 15, 2027 | Yours. Imported in your exact words, matched by voice on site |
| Spectora | $109/mo or $1,090/yr after the intro period | $55/mo for 6 months, or $545 first year. Ends Jan 31, 2027 | Yours, converted to their format, then their AI rewrites the wording |
| Hive Inspect | $99/mo or $999/yr | $50/mo for 6 months, or $500 first year | AI writes new comments, you review and edit |
| HomeGauge | Monthly plans, see their site | None published. Owned by Spectora | Yours, typed and formatted by you |
| Home Inspector Pro | Monthly plans, see their site | None published | Yours, typed and formatted by you |
| ScribeWare | Per-industry plans, see their site. 3 free reports | None published | Yours, built and written by you |
| InspectionX | No price shown. Book a demo | None published | Best match from 3,000 other inspectors' reports, AI fills the gaps |
| Property Vision | Free until Nov 1, 2026, then $79/mo or $799/yr | The free period, plus offers to buy out your contract | Their AI writes new text, you edit afterward |
Prices verified on each company's pricing page, September 2026. Competitor prices are their published rates and can change. Check their site before you decide.
Our pick: Mach One Reports
We built our rescue path for this exact moment. Your existing comment library is imported for you, in your exact words, from any of 7 common file types, so nothing gets rewritten into robot text. You speak as you inspect, and the report fills in from your own saved comments, so it sounds like you and is basically done before you leave the property. It is built to tell "no damage" from "damage," so it does not just grab any comment with the word damage in it. It works offline in the crawlspace. Your data and your clients stay yours, we never use them as leads, and you can export and leave anytime.
Good at: keeping your own voice through the move, because your library comes across in your exact words instead of being rebuilt into a stranger's writing. Finishing on site, so the evening desk shift goes away. A price you can read off one page, with no per-report meter and no contract.
The Horizon offer: show proof of your Horizon subscription (a bill, a receipt, or an account screenshot) and you get 30 days free, then $79 a month or $799 a year, locked, which is lower than most Horizon bills and lower than Spectora's regular rate. The offer runs to February 15, 2027, two weeks past Spectora's deadline. On every plan, founders or rescue, a real person moves your library and template over with you, one on one, free.
Watch for, so you hear it from us: we do not yet read appliance labels for recall checks, and we are not connected to ISN scheduling. Some of the tools below do those. We are also newer than most of this list, founded by a team of engineers, inspectors, and business executives, so we do not have a ten-year track record or a giant user forum yet. If those are dealbreakers, weigh them.
Carson Dunlop's official pick: Spectora
Carson Dunlop's sunset page says it in capitals: Spectora is their recommended platform going forward. Spectora built a one-click migration for Horizon accounts, runs a Horizon migration webinar, and includes one-on-one onboarding (a $299 value on their page) in the offer.
Good at: being the endorsed path with the fewest questions asked. It is established, it has one of the largest inspector communities in the country, and the one-click move carries your company information, users, agents, clients, settings, and your comment library across in one pass. Give them credit for that.
The Horizon offer: $55 a month for 6 months or $545 for the first year. After the intro period, standard pricing applies, which lists at $109 a month or $1,090 a year. The offer expires January 31, 2027. New accounts otherwise get 2 free inspections before paying.
Watch for: the fine print on the library. Spectora's own migration FAQ says your comments are "converted from Horizon format to Spectora format," and that AI Comment Assist "helps you rewrite and refine your language." So the words that land are not always the exact words you wrote. And the same FAQ lists what does not transfer: historical inspection reports, historical work order data, report PDF files, inspection photos and attachments, third-party integrations, payment connections, and existing subscriptions. Export those yourself before December 15. One more fact: Spectora now owns HomeGauge, so two tools on this list are one company.
The AI writer with a matching offer: Hive Inspect
Hive Inspect is a newer, smaller company that moved fast on the shutdown. It has a Horizon switch page, a Horizon comparison page, and ran twice-weekly migration webinars through early September.
Good at: writing comments for you from scratch. Its AI Comment Assist turns a few words into a full comment, which is genuinely useful if you never built a library you love. It finishes reports in the field, offers reports in Spanish and French, and its migration is free with a template plus client and agent import.
The Horizon offer: $50 a month for 6 months or $500 for the first year, half off the regular $99 a month or $999 a year. Five free reports to try it.
Watch for: whose words those are. Hive's AI generates new comments, then you review and edit. That is the opposite of importing what you already wrote. If you spent years tuning a library in your own voice, you will spend time steering the AI back toward it. Read their data terms before you sign, as with any tool that trains on what you type.
The familiar desktop tool, now owned by Spectora: HomeGauge
HomeGauge is one of the longest-running report writers in the trade, and a lot of inspectors know its screens by heart.
Good at: being established and familiar. Built-in and custom comment libraries, a desktop workflow many inspectors trust, and a free trial to check it out. If you like a tool that does not change much, that is a strength.
The price: monthly plans, check the current price on their site. No Horizon-specific offer is published, and since Spectora owns HomeGauge, Spectora's Horizon offer is the one the company is pushing.
Watch for: the two-step workflow. You collect in the field, then finish the report at a desktop, which is the evening desk shift Horizon inspectors often want to escape. No voice-matching AI; you type and format it yourself. Import is mostly do it yourself. And ask the ownership question directly: with Spectora as the parent, where is HomeGauge's development going?
The proven do-it-yourself tool: Home Inspector Pro
Home Inspector Pro is another veteran, respected for reliability and a loyal base.
Good at: being proven. Built-in and custom libraries, a free trial, monthly billing, and a desktop workflow that has worked for years. Inspectors who like control over every formatting detail tend to like it.
The price: monthly plans, check the current price on their site. No Horizon-specific offer is published.
Watch for: the setup is mostly on you. Import tools exist, but rebuilding your Horizon library and template inside a new structure is your evening project, not theirs. No voice-matching AI; the writing is yours to type. The report is finished at a desk after the inspection, not on site.
The craftsman's tool: ScribeWare
ScribeWare has a loyal base of inspectors who swear by it, and it earns that loyalty with a report-building approach that puts the inspector in charge.
Good at: letting you build the report your way. Built-in and custom libraries, no contract, and 3 free reports to try it before paying. Works on site and after.
The price: per-industry plans, check the current price on their site. No Horizon-specific offer is published.
Watch for: there is no voice-matching AI. You build and write each report yourself, which is the point for its fans and a cost for anyone trying to get their evenings back. Import is mostly do it yourself, so your Horizon library is your project to rebuild.
The shared-library AI: InspectionX
InspectionX is an AI-first tool, founded by a former Google employee, and it has been on the national ASHI stage.
Good at: speed from a big pool. Its AI voice feature matches what you say against a library trained on about 3,000 reports from other inspectors, then fills in the blanks. It finishes on site, which it calls Finish On-Site, and there is a free trial once you book a demo.
The price: not shown. You book a demo to learn it. No Horizon-specific offer is published.
Watch for: whose words those are. The best match comes from other inspectors' reports, not yours, so the report a buyer reads is a pool of strangers averaged together. Your Horizon library does not import as your library; you rebuild or retrain on theirs. And a price you cannot see on the page is a price you cannot compare.
The free-for-now option: Property Vision
Property Vision launched in October 2025 and is owned by Cotality (the company formerly known as CoreLogic), one of the largest real estate data companies in the country. It has offered to pay to buy inspectors out of their current contracts.
Good at: costing nothing today. It is free for everyone until November 1, 2026, and the photo and paperwork features are slick. Its CoreAI writes report text for you.
The price: free until November 1, 2026, then $79 a month or $799 a year. Monthly after the free period.
Watch for: free from a data company is worth a hard look. When the tool is free, ask what the company is doing with your inspections and your client list, and read the data terms before you move your whole business in. "Free until November" is a date, not forever, and moving back out after the bill starts is painful. The AI writes brand new text you edit afterward, and your Horizon library is rebuilt from scratch, not imported.
The one question that separates them all
Ask every tool on your list the same blunt question, and get the answer in writing:
"Do you import my comment library in my exact words, or do you rebuild it into new text?"
Sort the eight by that answer and the list gets short fast. Spectora imports it, then converts it and offers to rewrite it. Hive, InspectionX, and Property Vision generate new text. HomeGauge, Home Inspector Pro, and ScribeWare let you rebuild it yourself. Mach One imports it in your exact words and matches it to your voice on site.
Price matters. Offers matter. But that one answer decides whether your voice survives the move or gets averaged away into a stranger's writing that you then spend weeks fixing.
How to decide without regret
- Get your data out of Horizon first, no matter which way you lean. Export tools run through December 15, 2026.
- Run a real trial. Do an actual inspection in the tool and read the report at the end. Does it sound like you?
- Ask the library question above, and get the answer in writing.
- Ask who owns your data and your client list once they are inside, and whether you can export everything and leave cleanly.
- Then weigh price and offers last, not first.
If you have proof of your Horizon subscription, our rescue rate gives you 30 days free to run that real trial, then $79 a month or $799 a year, locked. On every plan, a real person moves your library and template over with you, one on one, free.
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