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What Wave does and doesn't do (yet)

An explicit list of what's in scope today, what's on the roadmap, and what we don't plan to build. Save this page if you find yourself asking 'can Wave do X?' a lot.

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We get the same set of "does Wave do X?" questions every week. This page is the canonical answer so you don't have to ask.

What Wave does today

  • Interior water damage: Category 1, 2, and 3
  • Mold remediation
  • Residential focus: single-family homes and multi-unit properties
  • Multi-room jobs: per-room scoping, line items, and photo tagging
  • Multi-unit losses: rooms grouped by unit with per-unit subtotals, in the app and on the PDF
  • Insurance-grade PDF export: cover page, customer and loss details, line items, notes, photos, totals (paid plans only)
  • Regional pricing: keyed to the loss address, US and Canada
  • Custom pricing: admins can set their own price for any catalog item and save their own custom items. See Custom pricing and Your Items.
  • Photo documentation: attach photos in chat, tagged by room, included in the PDF
  • Voice-to-text dictation: mic button on the chat, ideal on a phone in the field
  • Chat in your language: talk to Wave in Spanish, French, and more; line item names stay in English so exports stay industry-standard
  • Recall past jobs: ask Wave about earlier estimates by customer or job name
  • Drying logs (beta): suggested drying plans and daily reading tracking, available on higher-tier plans

What Wave doesn't do yet

Being straight about this list is the point. If it's here, it's a real gap, not fine print.

On the roadmap

  • Storm losses (wind, hail): not supported today
  • Fire and smoke: not supported today
  • Exterior damage: Wave scopes interior losses today
  • Construction / rebuild estimates: Wave is mitigation-focused; rebuild is planned
  • Asbestos: not supported today

Not supported today

  • Reading uploaded documents: the paperclip accepts photos only. Wave doesn't parse PDFs, contracts, or floor plans.
  • Photo analysis: photos are documentation. Wave doesn't analyze their contents.
  • Exporting to other estimating platforms: Wave produces PDF documents, not file formats for other estimating tools.
  • A public API: Wave isn't built for developers today.

Adjacent capability notes

  • Wave supports the United States and Canada. Regional cost data isn't available outside North America yet. If you're elsewhere and want Wave, tell us; it helps us prioritize.
  • The free trial caps at 3 estimates, with no PDF export and a 5-message follow-up limit after an estimate is completed. See Plans and limits.

Why this list exists

Because the answer to "does Wave do X?" should not be a tour of the homepage. If something you need is on the roadmap, tell us; we ship the things customers actually ask for first.

If something's not listed and you think it should be, email hello@buildwithwave.com.

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