Procore costs $500+/month and manages everything except the thing that actually delays your projects: inspection scheduling. Fieldwire tracks tasks but doesn't talk to LADBS. Spreadsheets work until they don't. Here's how they actually compare.
InspectPilot does one job — it handles your LADBS inspections so you don't have to. It submits through iRFIS and 311, tracks results, catches sequencing errors before they cost you money, and manages the correction loop when something fails. You don't need training. You don't need to change how you run your jobs. You just stop logging into iRFIS.
Procore does project management, financials, quality, and safety. Inspections are one module inside a much bigger system. If you're running a 200-person operation and need everything in one place, Procore makes sense. If you're a GC running 4–8 ADU projects and just need inspections handled, you're paying for a lot you'll never use.
Fieldwire is good for viewing plans on your phone and managing punch lists. But it doesn't talk to LADBS, doesn't submit inspection requests, and doesn't know your inspection sequence. You'd still be logging into iRFIS yourself every afternoon.
You log into iRFIS before 3 PM, call 311 when the site is down, track results by checking LADBS the next morning, and keep correction notices in your email. It works. You've been doing it for 30 years. But it costs you 8–10 hours a week and every missed deadline costs $1,200 on average.
| Feature | InspectPilot | Procore | Fieldwire | Manual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submits to iRFIS for you | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Calls 311/AIRS for you | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Tracks results automatically | ✓ | Basic | Tasks | — |
| Catches sequencing errors | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Correction loop management | ✓ | Manual | Punch list | |
| Monthly cost | $200/mo | $500+/mo | $39/user/mo | Free |
| Annual contract required | No | Yes | Optional | No |
| Best for | LA contractors | Enterprise GCs | Field teams | 1–2 permits |
If you're already on Procore, keep using it for project management. But Procore doesn't submit inspection requests to LADBS, doesn't track the 3 PM deadline, and doesn't catch sequencing errors. InspectPilot handles the inspection-specific work that Procore doesn't.
You're not doing it for free. You're spending 8–10 hours a week on inspection admin. One missed deadline costs $1,200 in delays. One sequencing error costs even more. If InspectPilot prevents one mistake per quarter, it's paid for itself three times over.
Yes. InspectPilot handles the inspection workflow that those platforms don't. It doesn't replace your project management tool — it handles the one thing they can't do.
Then manual probably works fine for now. InspectPilot makes the most difference when you're running 4+ permits with overlapping inspection schedules. That's where missed deadlines and sequencing errors start costing real money.
No. If you can use iRFIS, you can use InspectPilot. It takes about 5 minutes to set up your permits. After that, it handles the rest. If you'd rather set it up over the phone, we'll walk you through it.
Cancel anytime. No annual contract, no cancellation fee. Your LADBS credentials stay yours, your permit data stays yours, and you go back to doing it manually. Nothing locks you in.
Join the waitlist. $200/month, month-to-month, cancel anytime. Or call us and we'll set it up for you over the phone.
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