HailScore™ vs Other Hail Map Tools: What Each One Publishes

By Alex ChiciloLast updated October 6, 2026

Full disclosure: Alex helps run operations at a Colorado roofing company. That dual role is a conflict of interest we disclose on purpose. HailScore™ is a separate legal entity (Hailscore LLC), and this page recommends no contractor. See Independence & conflicts.

We make HailScore. Here's how it compares, using what each company publishes about itself.

We did not buy, sign up for or test these products. Each competitor statement below is what that company says on the page linked in its footnote, on the date shown.

Who each tool is built for

Grouped by what each company says it offers, not by our judgment of who should buy it. A company can appear in more than one group.

Homeowners checking one address

  • HailScore: A free 0–100 exposure score and storm ledger for any US address, with no account.
  • StormAuditor: “Free — $0 For homeowners checking their own address.”[1]
  • HailMate: “Checking a single address stays free forever on the hail tracker — no account, no card.”[2]

Roofing contractors

  • HailTrace: Integrations listed: JobNimbus, OneClick Code, Spotio, SalesRabbit, LettrLabs and Enzy[3] Enterprise plan: “Full platform with Commercial Data and Canvassing features”[4] “We get prospect data from Cole information”[5]
  • StormConnect: “Native JobNimbus sync”[6]
  • HailMate: Describes itself as “Hail Maps, Canvassing & Roofing CRM”[7]
  • HailScore: The HailScore Pro iPhone app: 14-day free trial, no card · then $13 first month and $33/mo after, or $99/mo for up to 10 seats.

Carriers and claims teams

  • Verisk Benchmark: “Reports arrive in Xactimate, XactAnalysis, ClaimSearch's Research Hub, Guidewire, the online store, or the Benchmark API.”[8]
  • Cotality: “Available through Cotality Claims Workspace or Guidewire”[9]
  • Canopy Weather: Its DamageDetector scores “help the carrier eliminate steps in the claims-adjusting process”[10]

Adjusters and legal work

  • HailTrace: “Meteorologist Reviewed” report, “$150”[11] “Meteorologist Certified” report, “$1,000”[12]
  • HailStrike: Litigation: “$2500”, renews “Yearly”[13]
  • HailScore: A $9.95 storm-history PDF for one address, or Team ($49/mo) and Firm ($199/mo) for repeat pulls.

Side by side: what each company publishes

Each competitor cell is that company's own wording, with a numbered source. “Not published” means the page we checked shows no price; “—” means the pages we checked don't cover it.

HailScore™ (ours)

Free option
  • Free for any US address: the score, the full storm ledger, and an address-level event map on your report — no account, no card.
Prices they publish
  • Single Report: $9.95 one-time
  • Team: $49 per month
  • Firm: $199 per month
  • Pro (iOS app): $13 first month, then $33/mo
Single-address report
  • Single Report: $9.95 one-time. One storm-history PDF for one address. No account, no subscription.
Delivery and integrations
  • Web app on any device
  • HailScore Pro iPhone app for professionals: 14-day free trial, no card · then $13 first month and $33/mo after, or $99/mo for up to 10 seats
  • CRM integrations: Not available
  • Self-serve API: Not available
  • Canvassing or territory tools: Not available
Data they describe
  • 41.2M+ hail records across government sources, plus a live MRMS radar feed
  • Measures hail exposure near an address, not roof damage

HailTrace

Free option
  • “free access to all of our 1-Star hail maps, or you may purchase individual maps”[14]
Prices they publish
  • Plans: “Free”, “Maps Only”, “Maps & Data” and “Enterprise”. The paid plans say “Contact us” or “Request Demo” instead of a price.[15]
Single-address report
  • Weather History report, “$40”: “Show an extensive history of hail, wind, hurricane, and tornado events at a location.”[16]
  • “Meteorologist Reviewed” report, “$150”[11]
  • “Meteorologist Certified” report, “$1,000”[12]
  • “Meteorologist Expert”: “Hourly rate”[17]
Delivery and integrations
  • Plans list a “Mobile App (Android & iOS)”[18]
  • Integrations listed: JobNimbus, OneClick Code, Spotio, SalesRabbit, LettrLabs and Enzy[3]
Data they describe
  • “We get prospect data from Cole information”[5]

HailStrike

Free option
—
Prices they publish
  • Premium Plus+: “$149”, renews “Monthly”[19]
  • Ultimate: “$249”, renews “Monthly”[20]
  • Litigation: “$2500”, renews “Yearly”[13]
  • “All subscriptions come with 5 free subusers!”[21]
Single-address report
—
Delivery and integrations
  • API: “7 year historical and near real-time data”[22]
Data they describe
—

Cotality

Free option
—
Prices they publish
Not published[9]
Single-address report
  • “Confirm occurrences of hail sizes 0.75" and larger” (Cotality's own size threshold)[23]
  • “Detection at-location, within 1 mile, 3 miles, and 5 miles”[24]
Delivery and integrations
  • “Purchase reports online, via license agreement, or API integration”[25]
  • “Available through Cotality Claims Workspace or Guidewire”[9]
Data they describe
  • “Coverage across the continental U.S.”[26]

Verisk Benchmark

Free option
—
Prices they publish
  • “Hail report $35 / report”[27]
  • “Wind report $35 / report”[28]
  • “Lightning report $99 / report”[29]
  • “Per-report pricing, no subscription required”[30]
Single-address report
  • “Hail report $35 / report”[27]
Delivery and integrations
  • “Reports arrive in Xactimate, XactAnalysis, ClaimSearch's Research Hub, Guidewire, the online store, or the Benchmark API.”[8]
Data they describe
  • “Weather conditions for any continental U.S. or Canada location”[31]

StormAuditor

Free option
  • “Free — $0 For homeowners checking their own address.”[1]
Prices they publish
  • “Pro — $4.99/month”[32]
  • “Pro+ — $9.99/month”[33]
  • “Organization — $29.99/month”[34]
Single-address report
  • “Single Weather Report — $2.99 (One-time · No account)”[35]
Delivery and integrations
—
Data they describe
  • Uses “radar-estimated hail size (NOAA MRMS MESH) at and around the property, cross-referenced with NWS warnings and Local Storm Reports”[36]
  • “StormAuditor never converts a radar estimate into a damage conclusion.”[37]

HailMate

Free option
  • “Checking a single address stays free forever on the hail tracker — no account, no card.”[2]
Prices they publish
  • Plans “from $79/mo”[38]
  • “HailMate Team”: “$299/mo”[39]
Single-address report
—
Delivery and integrations
—
Data they describe
—

StormConnect

Free option
—
Prices they publish
  • “Starter $49/mo, Pro $79/mo, Enterprise $99/mo”[40]
  • “$19 One storm, no subscription.”[41]
Single-address report
—
Delivery and integrations
  • “Native JobNimbus sync”[6]
Data they describe
—

Canopy Weather

Free option
—
Prices they publish
Not published[42]
Single-address report
  • Weather History Reports are “available the next day after a storm”; “Once a report is created, it is static and not updated.”[42]
Delivery and integrations
  • Delivered “via PDF or API (with JSON output)”[43]
Data they describe
—

About HailScore's free tier: Street-level zoom on the storm-day map pages comes with the Team and Firm plans, and we do not sell canvassing routes or homeowner contact data at any tier.

Product names are trademarks of their owners. HailScore is not affiliated with them.

Where they're stronger

  • Meteorologist review

    HailTrace: “Meteorologist Reviewed” report, “$150”[11]

    HailTrace: “Meteorologist Certified” report, “$1,000”[12]

    HailTrace: “Meteorologist Expert”: “Hourly rate”[17]

    HailScore's PDFs are generated from public records. No meteorologist reviews them.

  • Roofing-CRM sync

    HailTrace: Integrations listed: JobNimbus, OneClick Code, Spotio, SalesRabbit, LettrLabs and Enzy[3]

    StormConnect: “Native JobNimbus sync”[6]

    HailScore has no CRM integration.

  • Delivery inside claims software

    Verisk Benchmark: “Reports arrive in Xactimate, XactAnalysis, ClaimSearch's Research Hub, Guidewire, the online store, or the Benchmark API.”[8]

    Cotality: “Available through Cotality Claims Workspace or Guidewire”[9]

    HailScore reports are not delivered inside claims software.

  • Android

    HailTrace: Plans list a “Mobile App (Android & iOS)”[18]

    The HailScore Pro app runs on iPhone; there is no Android version.

  • Canada

    Verisk Benchmark: “Weather conditions for any continental U.S. or Canada location”[31]

    HailScore covers US addresses, not Canadian ones.

  • API delivery

    HailStrike: API: “7 year historical and near real-time data”[22]

    Cotality: “Purchase reports online, via license agreement, or API integration”[25]

    Canopy Weather: Delivered “via PDF or API (with JSON output)”[43]

    HailScore has no self-serve API.

  • A cheaper single report

    StormAuditor: “Single Weather Report — $2.99 (One-time · No account)”[35]

    HailScore's single report is $9.95.

When HailScore is the wrong tool

  • You want a meteorologist's opinion on a storm.[11][12][17]
  • Your claims team orders reports inside Xactimate, XactAnalysis or Guidewire.[8][9]
  • You want storm data synced into your roofing CRM.[3][6]
  • You want prospect or homeowner contact lists. HailScore sells none of these: homeowner contact lists or door-knocking lead lists; canvassing territory, routes or per-state map packages; nationwide contractor map subscriptions.[5]
  • The property is in Canada.[31]
  • You need an API you can sign up for yourself today.[22][43]
  • Your team works on Android phones.[18]
  • You want to know whether a roof is damaged. HailScore measures hail exposure, not damage; an on-roof inspection is what tells you. StormAuditor states the same limit for its own reports.[37]

How we built this table

Every competitor statement quotes that company's own public page. On October 6, 2026, we fetched each page with a plain web request. A statement stays when its words were on the page that day, word for word, and is dropped when they were not. The footnotes show the exact words, the page and the date.

“Not published” means the page we checked shows no price. “—” means the pages we checked don't cover that column. A company whose pages we could not re-check is left out.

Prices and plans change. HailScore re-checks every source page at least every 30 days and removes any statement that no longer matches.

Spot something out of date? Email hello@myhailscore.com and we will re-check it.

Sources

  1. [1] StormAuditor: “Free — $0 For homeowners checking their own address.” www.stormauditor.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  2. [2] HailMate: “Checking a single address stays free forever on the hail tracker — no account, no card.” hailmate.ai/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  3. [3] HailTrace: “JobNimbus Integration OneClick Code Integration Spotio Integration SalesRabbit Integration LettrLabs Integration Enzy Integration” hailtrace.com/partners-integrations, checked October 6, 2026
  4. [4] HailTrace: “Full platform with Commercial Data and Canvassing features” hailtrace.com/plans, checked October 6, 2026
  5. [5] HailTrace: “We get prospect data from Cole information” hailtrace.com/faq, checked October 6, 2026
  6. [6] StormConnect: “Native JobNimbus sync plus webhook hooks into whatever you're running now.” stormconnect.io/integrations, checked October 6, 2026
  7. [7] HailMate: “Hail Maps, Canvassing & Roofing CRM from $79/mo” hailmate.ai/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  8. [8] Verisk Benchmark: “Reports arrive in Xactimate, XactAnalysis, ClaimSearch's Research Hub, Guidewire, the online store, or the Benchmark API.” www.xactware.com/home/products/benchmark.html, checked October 6, 2026
  9. [9] Cotality: “Available through Cotality Claims Workspace or Guidewire” content.cotality.com/product-docs/claims-weather-hail-verify/, checked October 6, 2026
  10. [10] Canopy Weather: “These scores help the carrier eliminate steps in the claims-adjusting process.” canopyweather.com/canopy-weather-products/hail-damagedetector-scores/, checked October 6, 2026
  11. [11] HailTrace: “Meteorologist Reviewed $150” hailtrace.com/hail-reports, checked October 6, 2026
  12. [12] HailTrace: “Meteorologist Certified $1,000” hailtrace.com/hail-reports, checked October 6, 2026
  13. [13] HailStrike: “Pricing $2500 Auto Renews Yearly” www.hailstrike.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  14. [14] HailTrace: “We do allow free access to all of our 1-Star hail maps, or you may purchase individual maps” hailtrace.com/faq, checked October 6, 2026
  15. [15] HailTrace: “Contact us” hailtrace.com/plans, checked October 6, 2026
  16. [16] HailTrace: “Hail & Wind Weather History $40” hailtrace.com/hail-reports, checked October 6, 2026
  17. [17] HailTrace: “Meteorologist Expert Hourly rate” hailtrace.com/hail-reports, checked October 6, 2026
  18. [18] HailTrace: “Mobile App (Android & iOS)” hailtrace.com/plans, checked October 6, 2026
  19. [19] HailStrike: “Pricing $149 Auto Renews Monthly” www.hailstrike.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  20. [20] HailStrike: “Pricing $249 Auto Renews Monthly” www.hailstrike.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  21. [21] HailStrike: “All subscriptions come with 5 free subusers!” www.hailstrike.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  22. [22] HailStrike: “Flexible RESTful JSON APIs that scale with your needs. 7 year historical and near real-time data.” www.hailstrike.com/api-data-service, checked October 6, 2026
  23. [23] Cotality: “Confirm occurrences of hail sizes 0.75" and larger” content.cotality.com/product-docs/claims-weather-hail-verify/, checked October 6, 2026
  24. [24] Cotality: “Detection at-location, within 1 mile, 3 miles, and 5 miles” content.cotality.com/product-docs/claims-weather-hail-verify/, checked October 6, 2026
  25. [25] Cotality: “Purchase reports online, via license agreement, or API integration” content.cotality.com/product-docs/claims-weather-hail-verify/, checked October 6, 2026
  26. [26] Cotality: “Coverage across the continental U.S.” content.cotality.com/product-docs/claims-weather-hail-verify/, checked October 6, 2026
  27. [27] Verisk Benchmark: “Hail report $35 / report” www.xactware.com/home/products/benchmark.html, checked October 6, 2026
  28. [28] Verisk Benchmark: “Wind report $35 / report” www.xactware.com/home/products/benchmark.html, checked October 6, 2026
  29. [29] Verisk Benchmark: “Lightning report $99 / report” www.xactware.com/home/products/benchmark.html, checked October 6, 2026
  30. [30] Verisk Benchmark: “Per-report pricing, no subscription required” www.xactware.com/home/products/benchmark.html, checked October 6, 2026
  31. [31] Verisk Benchmark: “Weather conditions for any continental U.S. or Canada location” www.xactware.com/home/products/benchmark.html, checked October 6, 2026
  32. [32] StormAuditor: “Pro — $4.99/month” www.stormauditor.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  33. [33] StormAuditor: “Pro+ — $9.99/month” www.stormauditor.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  34. [34] StormAuditor: “Organization — $29.99/month” www.stormauditor.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  35. [35] StormAuditor: “Single Weather Report — $2.99 (One-time · No account)” www.stormauditor.com/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  36. [36] StormAuditor: “radar-estimated hail size (NOAA MRMS MESH) at and around the property, cross-referenced with NWS warnings and Local Storm Reports” www.stormauditor.com/methodology/hail, checked October 6, 2026
  37. [37] StormAuditor: “StormAuditor never converts a radar estimate into a damage conclusion.” www.stormauditor.com/methodology/hail, checked October 6, 2026
  38. [38] HailMate: “Hail Maps, Canvassing & Roofing CRM from $79/mo” hailmate.ai/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  39. [39] HailMate: “HailMate Team — all of it, one product NOAA hail maps + canvassing + CRM + e-sign + texting/calling + AI supplements $299/mo” hailmate.ai/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  40. [40] StormConnect: “Starter $49/mo, Pro $79/mo, Enterprise $99/mo” stormconnect.io/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  41. [41] StormConnect: “$19 One storm, no subscription.” stormconnect.io/pricing, checked October 6, 2026
  42. [42] Canopy Weather: “Our reports are available the next day after a storm. Once a report is created, it is static and not updated.” canopyweather.com/canopy-weather-products/weather-history-reports/, checked October 6, 2026
  43. [43] Canopy Weather: “via PDF or API (with JSON output)” canopyweather.com/canopy-weather-products/weather-history-reports/, checked October 6, 2026

What HailScore measures

HailScore™ is a Denver, Colorado, company, founded by Alex Chicilo, whose website, myhailscore.com, uses NOAA radar and storm records plus volunteer hail reports to give homeowners a free 0–100 hail exposure score for any US street address.

It is an exposure score: records of hail near an address on a date, each cited to its public source. It does not tell you whether a roof is damaged.

We have not yet published a test of the score against roof-damage outcomes. Appendix A of the methodology explains where that stands.

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