---
title: "What Wave does and doesn't do (yet)"
description: "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."
group: "concepts"
lane: "explanation"
status: "published"
publishedAt: 2026-05-15
sidebarOrder: 60
tags: ["scope", "roadmap", "limits"]
relatedSlugs:
  - "billing/plan-comparison"
  - "concepts/how-wave-prices"
  - "concepts/why-structured-chat"
sidebarLabel: "What Wave does (and doesn't)"
---

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

- **Water losses** — Category 1, 2, and 3
- **Mold remediation**
- **Storm losses** — wind, hail, and the water mitigation that often follows
- **Residential restoration estimating**
- **Multi-room jobs** — per-room interview, per-room line items, per-room photo tagging
- **Insurance-grade PDF export** — cover page, FNOL block, line items, totals, photos *(paid plans only)*
- **Regional pricing** — US ZIP / Canadian postal code lookup, locked to the loss address
- **Photo documentation** — upload via the right pane or a chat attachment, tag by room, included in the exported PDF
- **Team accounts** — unlimited users on every paid plan, two roles (Admin / Member)
- **Voice-to-text dictation** — mic button on the chat, ideal on a phone in the field

## What Wave doesn't do yet

**Coming soon**
- **Fire mitigation** — fire/smoke loss estimating is on the near roadmap, but not in the product today
- **Asbestos** — same, on the near roadmap

**On the roadmap**
- **Construction / rebuild estimates** — Wave is mitigation-focused today. Rebuild is planned.
- **Sketches and floor plans** — Wave doesn't generate sketches. You can attach photos; that's it for spatial documentation today.
- **Dry logs** — IICRC drying logs (moisture readings, equipment runtime, day-by-day) aren't tracked in Wave yet.

**Not on the roadmap**
- **Xactimate ESX export** — we export PDF, not ESX.
- **PDF or contract analysis on upload** — the paperclip in chat accepts photos only. We don't parse PDFs, contracts, or other file types.
- **Two-way voice conversations** — the mic is voice-to-text dictation, not a live voice agent.
- **A public API or developer surface** — Wave isn't built for developers. We don't currently offer an API.

## Adjacent capability notes

- **The free plan caps at 3 estimates total**, 5 chat-driven edits per estimate, and no PDF export. See [Plans and limits](/docs/billing/plan-comparison) for the full table.
- **Pricing is locked to the loss address.** Changing the address mid-estimate does not reprice line items. See [Wave's regional price list](/docs/concepts/how-wave-prices) for the gotcha and the fix.

## 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 on the roadmap and you think it should be, email [hello@buildwithwave.com](mailto:hello@buildwithwave.com).

## Related

- [Plans and limits](/docs/billing/plan-comparison) — the free-plan caps in detail
- [Wave's regional price list](/docs/concepts/how-wave-prices) — what "regional" means and where it locks
- [Why we use structured chat](/docs/concepts/why-structured-chat) — design choices behind the product