Handoff is an AI estimating and project management tool [10] for contractors across many trades, with supplier pricing built in. Remodelr is built only for residential remodelers, and keeps every correction you make so the next estimate starts at your number.
Written by Josh Shelton, founder of Remodelr and a remodeler for 20 years. So yes, I'm biased — which is why every claim about Handoff below links to where it came from. Checked October 2026.
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| Remodelr | Handoff | |
|---|---|---|
| Price, one person | $97/mo | $149/mo (Flex, 2 users) [1] |
| Price, five people | $297/mo, month to month | $299/mo (Pro), 12-month commitment [1] |
| AI limits | No monthly estimate credits. | Flex includes 50 AI credits a month; Pro is unlimited. [1] |
| Free trial | 14 days, card required. | 7 days, no card. [1] |
| Built for | Residential remodelers only. | Builders, remodelers, trade contractors and handymen, plus suppliers. [2] |
| Estimate from a walkthrough | Talk it through, type it or add photos, on every plan. | Type a scope or upload photos; voice transcription on Flex; AI site walkthroughs on Pro. [1] [3] |
| Where prices come from | Priced for your area, then your own corrected rates take over. | Your catalog first, then supplier catalogs, then Handoff's AI pricing. [4] 60M+ supplier SKUs tracked; local pricing by ZIP code. [3] |
| How it learns your rates | Automatically — every rate you change on an estimate is kept (Rate Capture). | You can push an edited line back into your catalog so later estimates use it. [5] |
| Selections & allowances | Client selection sheets; overage becomes a signed change order. | Not documented on Handoff's site as of Oct 2026. |
| Job costing | Receipts (scan the photo), crew hours and sub invoices against the estimate, with what's left and projected profit. | Budget tracking and time tracking, added in 2026. [10] |
| Change orders | With your markup, signed by the client online. | AI-drafted, client-approved, can generate an invoice. [6] |
| QuickBooks | QuickBooks Online: estimates and invoices push across. | QuickBooks Online: customers sync both ways; estimates and invoices push across. [7] |
| Phone | Native iPhone app; browser on Android. | Web, iOS and Android. [2] |
Handoff's prices are its monthly rates; it offers 20% off billed annually. Remodelr's yearly billing is two months free.
Handoff now prices from your own catalog first, and you can push an edited line back into that catalog. [4] [5] That's a real improvement over pricing from averages alone.
Remodelr doesn't ask you to maintain a catalog. Every rate you change is recorded with the kind of work, the scale and your zip code, along with whether the client accepted the price. The next estimate starts there without you doing anything extra.
Allowance overages are where remodelers quietly lose money. Remodelr sends the client a selection sheet, shows the overage against each allowance the day they enter it, and turns it into a change order they sign.
I couldn't find selections or allowances on Handoff's site. If they've added it since October 2026, this page will be updated.
You can push an edited line into your catalog so later estimates use it. [5] Remodelr records every correction on its own, with no catalog to update.
One of reviewers' most common complaints about Handoff has been pricing that didn't match their costs, though those reviews date from the first half of 2025, before its custom catalogs shipped. [9] The honest test for either is the same: run a job you've already priced and compare.
Both take card and bank payments from invoices. Handoff's processing rates vary by plan. [6] Remodelr payments run through Stripe and you can pass the card fee on where your state allows.
Run a job you've already priced, fix the rates that are off, and run a second one. Fourteen days free.
14 days free, then $97 a month. Cancel before it ends and you're not charged.
Checked October 2026. Prices and features change; if something here is out of date, email josh@sheltonsolutionsva.com and it gets fixed.