---
title: "Export to Xactimate"
description: "Wave is compatible with Xactimate. In the export options, you can export your estimate to Xactimate and keep working there — rooms, line items, and quantities intact."
group: "estimates"
lane: "how-to"
status: "published"
publishedAt: 2026-07-31
sidebarOrder: 164
tags: ["export", "xactimate", "how-to"]
relatedSlugs:
  - "estimates/export-pdf"
  - "estimates/send-to-quickbooks"
  - "billing/plan-comparison"
sidebarLabel: "Export to Xactimate"
---

Wave is compatible with Xactimate. Some carriers and TPAs want the estimate in Xactimate, not as a PDF — so in the export options, you can export your estimate straight to Xactimate.

## How to export

1. Open the estimate and click **Export**.
2. Choose the Xactimate export.
3. Wave builds the file and downloads it (on a phone, the share sheet opens instead).
4. Import it in Xactimate like any estimate file.

From there it's a normal Xactimate estimate — rooms, line items, and quantities intact, reviewable and editable like anything else in that system.

## Availability

Xactimate export is available on **Basic and above**, and included in the free trial. See [Plans and limits](/docs/billing/plan-comparison).

## Related

- [Export reports](/docs/estimates/export-pdf): the PDF side of exporting
- [Send an estimate to QuickBooks](/docs/estimates/send-to-quickbooks): invoicing instead of estimating
- [Plans and limits](/docs/billing/plan-comparison)