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Upload your sketch, your photos, and the scope you agreed on site. We build the estimate line by line and send back an ESX file that opens in Xactimate®, ready for your price list and your header. The estimating desk you never had to hire.

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Nothing to installBuilt by estimators, for estimators

Independent of Verisk. Xactimate® is a trademark of Verisk Analytics, Inc.; we deliver standard ESX files that open in it.

WO-2641 · Reconstruction
Delivered
14 Orchard St — water loss
Kitchen, hallway, finished basement · 3 rooms · 94 line items
WO-2641 Orchard.ESX
Kitchen38 items
Tear out wet drywall, cleanup, bag for disposal176 SFRemove
1/2" drywall - hung, taped, floated, ready for paint176 SFReplace
Cabinetry - lower (base) units14 LFDetach & reset
Seal/prime (1 coat) then paint (2 coats) the walls412 SFAdd
Hallway11 items
Baseboard - 3 1/4"22 LFReplace
Casing - 2 1/4" · photos show water staining; confirm17 LFCheck this
Flagged for your review: 2Ready to price
Opens in your estimating softwareYour header, your price list
197line items
Our clients' average estimate line item count.
Same day service
On Black. Two hours on Signature. Next business day on Green. Not "when we get to it."
$0surprise bills
Run out mid-estimate? We'll finish it for you anyway! From there, you can purchase more line items or upgrade your plan.
Proof

Don't trust us. Check the lines.

We're in invited beta, so you won't find a testimonial wall here. You'll find the work.

Delivered estimate · excerpt
Checked line by line
Master Bathroom34 items
Paint
Mask and prep for paint - tape only (per LF)56 LFAdd
Seal the surface area w/PVA primer - one coat90.57 SFAdd
Paint the walls - two coats504 SFAdd
Seal (1 coat) & paint (2 coats) baseboard, oversized56 LFAdd
Paint door/window trim & jamb - 2 coats (per side)1 EAAdd
Caulking - silicone64 LFAdd
Cabinets & Countertops
Vanity with granite or marble top3 LFReplace
Finish Plumbing
Toilet - Detach & reset1 EADetach & reset
Finish Electrical
Recessed light fixture - Detach & reset trim only3 EADetach & reset
Light fixture - Detach & reset1 EADetach & reset
Light bar - 4 lights1 EAReplace
Hardware
Shower door - High grade1 EAAdd
Custom shower door & partition - 1/4" glass w/frame12 SFAdd
Towel ring - Detach & reset1 EADetach & reset
Towel bar - Detach & reset2 EADetach & reset
Robe hook - Detach & reset1 EADetach & reset
Toilet paper holder - Detach & reset1 EADetach & reset
Reviewed line by line before deliveryESX delivered
Check thisYour scope didn't mention plumbing. A vanity swap usually brings these along. Add what applies:
Sink faucet - Detach & reset1 EA+ Add
Angle stop valve2 EA+ Add
Water supply line - copper with fitting and hanger, 1/2"4 LF+ Add
Plumbing fixture supply line2 EA+ Add
Water line copper cap/plug - per cap2 EA+ Add
P-trap assembly - ABS (plastic)1 EA+ Add
Carbon, checked to the cent

When we rebuild an estimate from a locked PDF, it's exact: in our latest Carbon delivery audit, 279 of 280 comparable lines reconciled to the cent.

Benchmarked on real work

Our averages and allowances come from over 450+ measured restoration estimates: carrier, contractor, and public adjuster files. Not guesses.

Written by estimators

Meridian was started by a working restoration estimator who was done giving his evenings to line items. When we flag a line, it's in plain estimator English, and the last word is always yours.

Check thisSame story at the toilet. A reset needs its small parts back:
Angle stop valve1 EA+ Add
Plumbing fixture supply line1 EA+ Add
Water line copper cap/plug - per cap1 EA+ Add
How it works

First and goal, from the five.

We carried it 95 yards. The last five are yours.

You call the play

Your sketch or ESX, your photos, and the scope you agreed on site all go into the portal. From there, our estimating team takes the field. You know the job; we don't guess at it.

We move the chains

Every line item and quantity, with the conventions built in: flood-cut logic, the full detach-and-reset suite, the lines estimators miss. Anything we weren't sure about is flagged in plain English.

We hand you the ball

Open the ESX file, add your general conditions, your header and price list, make your tweaks, and punch it in. Your estimate, your name on it.

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Why Meridian

We watch the clock
so you don't have to.

The bid you never wrote can't win

Every estimate that dies on your desk is a job somebody else landed. When estimates stop eating evenings, more of them go out the door, and more of them come back signed.

We know what a flood cut drags with it

Not a line-item lookup. We know what comes with a flood cut, what a gut job flips, and which lines get left off when it's 9 PM and you're tired. Those lines go in.

Nothing to install. Nothing to learn.

You get a real ESX file. No bot on your machine, no new software, no second software seat. Your price list prices it; your header goes on it.

Get it off your desk

Every estimate sitting on your desk is a homeowner waiting on a number. Send the job over the day you walk it, and it comes back written while the walkthrough is still fresh.

Pricing

Flat monthly pricing. Stop paying by the estimate.

Priced per user, per month; every user is the same price. Line-item allowances pool across your whole office. Monthly, no contract, no percentage of the claim.

Green
$299/ seat / month
2,000 line items a monthAbout 10 average-size estimates a month
Delivered by end of next business day
  • Reconstruction and mitigation estimates
  • Finished ESX file, flags in plain English
  • Carbon Black and up
  • Redline reports Black and up
  • Unused line items roll over Black and up
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Most shops
Black
$699/ seat / month
6,000 line items a monthAbout 30 average-size estimates a month
Delivered same daySubmit by 2 PM Eastern, otherwise next morning
  • Everything in Green
  • Carbon: any estimate PDF into an editable ESX
  • 5 Redline reports a month
  • Unused line items roll over
  • Rush an estimate for $24.99
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Signature
$1,499/ seat / month
16,000 line items a monthAbout 80 average-size estimates a month
Delivered within 2 hours7 AM to 5 PM Eastern, Monday through Saturday
  • Everything in Black
  • 15 Redline reports a month
  • Unused line items roll over
  • A dedicated rep who knows your jobs
  • Extra line items at your plan rate
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What counts Line items are the physical lines we put into your estimate. Flags, notes and section headers never count. If you run out mid-estimate, we'll finish it for you anyway! Then add a 1,000-line pack ($129; $94 on Signature) or move up a plan. Unused line items on Black and Signature carry forward for up to 90 days, capped at one extra month of your allowance.
Bigger operation? Enterprise for multi-location companies and franchise groups. Each office is its own account with its own pool. Talk to us.
The toolkit

Proven tools that buy back your time.

Carbon and Redline are ready today. Margin ships when it's proven.

Carbon

Someone hands you a PDF and expects you to work from it. Retyping it is an evening of typo hunting. Carbon hands it back as a working ESX file: every line, every quantity, exactly as written. Their estimate becomes your starting point, ready for your price list and your changes.

Black · includedSignature · included
Redline

Somewhere in the gap between your estimate and theirs is money worth fighting for. Redline finds every difference, line by line: missing trades, short quantities, and the few categories carrying most of the gap. The document that wins the supplement, in your inbox in minutes instead of an evening.

Black · 5 a monthSignature · 15 a month
Margin

Something always eats the margin, and nobody sees it until the job closes out. Margin shows you where the money goes before it gets there: materials, equipment and labor, pulled from the estimate you already have. Because the margin is the part you keep.

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Questions estimators ask

Straight answers.

Does it work with Xactimate?

Yes. You get a standard ESX file and open it in your own Xactimate® seat, the same as any estimate you wrote yourself. We never touch your seat and nothing installs on your machine. Meridian is an independent company, not affiliated with Verisk.

Who's responsible for the estimate?

You are, by design. We build it; your estimator or authorized reviewer approves every line before it goes out. We're your estimating desk, not your signature.

What counts as a line item?

The physical line items we put into your estimate. Flags, notes and section headers never count. Carbon, our estimate extract, counts the lines we pull from the PDF.

What if I run out mid-month?

If you run out mid-estimate, we'll finish it for you anyway! After that you can add a 1,000-line pack or move up a plan, whichever makes sense. There is never a surprise bill.

Do unused line items roll over?

On Black and Signature, yes. Unused line items carry forward for up to 90 days, capped at one extra month of your plan allowance. Busy in the spring and quiet in August? They wait for you.

Which price list does it use?

Yours. We build the line items; you set the price list and tax in your estimating software and it prices out the way it always has.

Can my whole team use it?

Yes. Every seat is the same price and everyone draws from one pool. Each franchise or office gets its own account, so a Springfield office and a Worcester office never share a bill.

What happens to my files?

Your jobs are yours. We don't sell or share your data, and we keep your files only as long as it takes to deliver and support your estimate.