| Multilingual reports (Spanish, French) | Hive: Write your report in English, deliver it in the language your client prefers — Spanish, French, and more. | Spectora: Spectora does not have this feature. |
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| Merging related defects | Hive: AI Comment Merge combines related findings into one clean comment, with photos and location tags carried across — a more readable report your Realtors and clients understand faster. | Spectora: Spectora does not have this feature. |
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| Market context on defects | Hive: Context Layer shows your client how common each defect is nationally and in their state, so findings land in proportion. | Spectora: Spectora does not have this feature. |
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| AI Comment Assist | Hive: AI writes comments in your own template writing style — unique to your reports, not generic AI boilerplate. | Spectora: Matches your speech to template comments you already approved; their published description does not mention adapting to your writing style. |
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| Automations, CRM, metrics | Hive: Automations, CRM and agent performance metrics are all included in the base plan. | Spectora: Sold separately as Spectora Advanced, at $4 per inspection. |
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| Customer Support | Hive: Seven days a week, with unlimited video calls and screen sharing. Support is staffed by engineers who solve your problem directly instead of escalating it, so queries get resolved sooner. | Spectora: Chat starts with Fin, their AI assistant — you type “talk to a human” to reach an agent. Agents staffed Mon–Thu 7am–6pm MT, Fri to 5pm, Saturday in two blocks; closed Sundays and nine holidays. |
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| Migration / Onboarding Support | Hive: Unlimited onboarding calls until your first inspection, plus video tutorials. Coming from another platform? The Hive team handles the complete data transfer for you — templates, agreements, contacts, services, business profile. | Spectora: Express Onboarding: 1-1 setup, on-demand videos, template migration, Template Center access. No mention of their team transferring the rest of your data — agreements, contacts, services. |
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| Real cost, 25 inspections a month (solo inspector) | Hive: $99/mo with Advanced — about $83/mo billed annually | Spectora: $209/mo with Advanced — $109 + (25 × $4) |
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| Real cost, 100 inspections a month (multi-inspector — three inspectors) | Hive: $237/mo with Advanced — about $183/mo billed annually | Spectora: $707/mo with Advanced — $109 + (2 × $99) + (100 × $4) |
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| Real cost, 300 inspections a month (multi-inspector — ten inspectors) | Hive: $720/mo with Advanced — about $533/mo billed annually | Spectora: $2,200/mo with Advanced — $109 + (9 × $99) + (300 × $4) |
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| Pay per report (part-time) | Hive: $9.90 per report — a $99 pack of ten, every feature included, AI included. | Spectora: Not offered — $109/mo or annual plans only. |
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| New-inspector pricing | Hive: $39 → $59 → $79 for your first three months, then $99 from month four — every feature included, AI included. | Spectora: Full $109/mo from day one, plus $4 per inspection with Advanced. |
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