HailMate vs HailTrace

THE HAILTRACE ALTERNATIVE THAT DOESN'T STOP AT THE MAP

HailTrace sells storm data — meteorologist-drawn swaths, quoted on a sales call, billed on top of whatever actually runs your business. HailMate is street-level hail maps built for canvassing, with the CRM already inside: $79/mo covers your whole state — the swath, the doors, and everything after the knock.

One state, one user, everything included · $79/mo, cancel anytime

Side by side

How HailMate compares to HailTrace

Feature
HailMate
HailTrace
Street-level hail swaths, banded by size
Hail data source
NOAA MRMS radar (MESH) + NWS spotter reports
Radar, drawn and reviewed by staff meteorologists
Hail history depth
Mid-2023 to today
Back to 2010 (per their FAQ)
Storm forecasting
Meteorologist-certified forensic reports
$150–$1,000 per report
Door-to-door canvassing on the same map
Every plan
Enterprise tier
Jobs, estimates & proposals
E-signature on the contingency agreement
Insurance claim workflow, FNOL to final check
AI reads carrier scopes & writes supplement letters
Invoicing & payments
Phone number, calling & texting per rep
Storm alerts for your market
Free with the hail tracker
Published subscription pricing
Quote only
Free tier
Free address lookup, no signup
Free 1-star maps with an account
The switching triggers

Why crews leave HailTrace

These aren't our opinions — they're the complaints HailTrace users repeat in public reviews, and how HailMate was built to answer them.

You can't find out what it costs without a sales call

HailTrace's plans page lists four tiers — Free, Maps Only, Maps & Data, and Enterprise — and every paid one says contact us. The only prices they publish are per-report: $40 for a weather history report, $150 meteorologist-reviewed, $1,000 for a certified forensic report.

HailMate's price is on the pricing page and it is the whole price: $79/mo for one state and one user, $149 for three states and three users, $299 for nationwide and ten, $499 for nationwide with no seat limit. Month-to-month, no setup fee, no per-seat math.

It's a map subscription sitting on top of a CRM subscription

HailTrace integrates with JobNimbus, SalesRabbit, SPOTIO, Enzy, and LettrLabs — because it isn't any of those things. Nothing inside it writes an estimate, sends a contract for signature, files a supplement, or invoices the homeowner. Those are separate vendors and separate bills.

In HailMate the map is one screen of the product you already run the company on. Maps, canvassing, jobs, estimates, e-sign, supplements, and invoicing are one login and one bill.

The swath tells you where to knock, then clocks out

In a standalone map app the storm data ends at the door. Your CRM never learns that a job sits inside a verified 1.75-inch hail event, the date of loss gets typed in by hand, and the adjuster never sees the radar that proves the claim.

HailMate badges every pin and job inside a swath with hail size and storm date, suggests the date of loss when the job is created, and cites the verified event in the supplement letters it drafts.

Why roofers switch

Where HailMate pulls ahead

Maps Are the Product, Not an Add-On

NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail — accurate to roughly a quarter inch — merged with NWS spotter reports for ground truth and POSH probability swaths, rendered street by street on the map your canvassers work. Not a weather layer bolted onto a CRM.

One Bill Instead of Two

Storm crews normally pay a hail-map vendor and a CRM vendor to do one job. HailMate is both from $79/mo — which is why the comparison isn't map vs. map, it's one subscription vs. two.

The Storm Follows the Job

The same event that sent your rep down the street prefills the date of loss, badges the job with hail size, and shows up as radar evidence in the supplement letter the adjuster reads. A separate map app can't do that at any price.

Pricing

What you actually pay

Recommended

HailMate

$79/mo flat

One state, one user — hail maps, canvassing, and the full CRM. $149/mo for three states, $299/mo nationwide, $499/mo nationwide with no seat limit.

HailTrace

Quote-only

Subscription pricing isn't published; all paid tiers route to a sales call. Maps and storm data only — the CRM is still a separate bill.

Often needs paid add-ons for full functionality.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

It depends on why you bought HailTrace. If you bought it for meteorologist-certified forensic reports, storm forecasting, or hail events from 2012, no — those are real products and we don't have them. If you bought it to find out which streets got hit so your crew can knock them this week, then yes: HailMate puts NOAA radar hail swaths and spotter reports street by street on the canvassing map, and you stop paying for a second product to do it. The difference is that HailMate is also the CRM, so the storm keeps working after the knock.

Ready to switch from HailTrace?

One flat price, no contracts, cancel anytime. Claim your state and put the crew on the streets that took hail.

One state, everything included · from $79/mo · month-to-month, cancel anytime