Software
What should a $10M roofing company run its business on?
If you run a roofing business from $3M to $50M and up, the fix is not another app. It is one place where the lead, the estimate, the job, and the money live together.
How Bench works
Why Bench isn't just another tool on the pile
Most contractor software is a tool you have to ask. Bench runs on a team of agents that brings you the decision, and a person still decides.
How Bench works
Where does the money leak in a roofing business?
A busy roofing business that keeps less than it should is not bleeding from one big hole. The money leaks through pinholes in the handoffs. Here is where.
Agents
Why do estimates go out late, and what does it cost you?
Your roofing estimate turnaround time drags because a handoff has nobody watching it, not because one person is slow. Here is what it costs and how to see it.
How Bench works
The inspection report that closes the job
A roofing inspection report closes when the homeowner can hold it and understand it: what is wrong, what it takes to fix, and what it costs, in one piece.
How Bench works
What would somebody find in your system?
Your business already holds the answer to where the money goes. It sits in your own systems, unsorted. Here is what turns up when somebody finally looks at it.
How Bench works
Why an AI agent needs a harness
AI companies sell agents now. What one does for your business depends on the setup around it. Here is what that setup holds and how contractors use it.
How Bench works
Fill out the survey and you get a map of how your company runs today.
Fill out the survey and you get a map of how your company runs today, in your words. Then we either book a call or you log in at $249 a month.
How Bench works
Pay the Platform year up front. Your rates lock for two years.
Pay the Platform year up front and Bench locks rates on everything you buy and on your expansion for two years. It binds Bench, not you.
How Bench works
You own the Mac. Here's the box most contractors buy.
You buy one Mac and it stays on in your office. For most contractors that's a Mac mini with 48GB of RAM. Get the RAM first. The chip matters less.
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Hand the agent a measurement. Get back a priced estimate with the math shown.
Hand the agent a measurement report and get back a priced estimate with the math on every line. A Kestrel credit is a dollar. Unused credits roll over.
How Bench works
When Bench says crew, it means your install crew.
In Bench, the people on the roof are the install crew. Agents are agents. The office is your people. Crew Dispatch keeps its name because it sends the install crew.
How Bench works
On the first call, we find two jobs you already run.
The first call is about your business, not ours. We find two jobs you already run every week and show those two on screen next time.
How Bench works
Can ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini explain what Google found? We check.
Bench reads one Search Console property and returns clicks, impressions, CTR, and position. ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini explain the rows; no model crawls or edits your site.
How Bench works
Call it a job, a claim, or a deal. The board uses your word.
Your board uses your word: job, claim, or deal. Underneath, Bench keeps one record and four hand-offs, so a retail reroof and a claim run on one board.
How Bench works
A chatbot thinks. A harness gets a job done.
ChatGPT is a visit. A Bench agent lives on your Mac. The harness is the setup on that Mac so work still runs when you close the laptop.
How Bench works
Software is the app. The harness is the Mac.
Bench Software is the browser app. The harness is how agents run on a Mac you own. The first always-on Mac is included with the first agent. Extra machines add compute, not seats.
How Bench works
Every tool works. They don't work as one.
Contractor tools already integrate. The problem is they do not run as one system. Bench keeps AccuLynx and the rest, and puts the file in one place.
How Bench works
Implementation starts after the Mac is on.
Bench Implementation is the onboarding you buy with the plan. Harness setup is a separate $525 charge. Single maps the board. Guided closes one real deal. Intensive adds named people and one recurring job.
Models
The job picks the model
Bench starts with Grok because it is fast. Opus is the model for a normal Tuesday. Fable builds a system that keeps doing the work, not one quick job.