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SEE THE CHARTER
FORGE/COMPARE/FORGE VS ACCULYNX
vs.RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CRM VS. COMMERCIAL ROOFING CHEST

AccuLynx is the residential roofing CRM.
Forge is the commercial roofer's chest.

AccuLynx leads the residential roofing category — insurance restoration workflows, supplement management, lead-to-job pipeline. Strong for residential. Forge is built for the operator whose work is commercial re-roof, retrofit, and TPO/EPDM/modified-bitumen install where the dormer that loses the bid lives or dies on the geometry of the actual roof.

FORGE VS ACCULYNX
The honest read. Not a takedown.
CLOSES WITH "WHEN NOT TO CHOOSE FORGE"
i.The capability read

Side by side. Honest about both.

01 · CAPABILITY
Insurance restoration workflow
FORGE

Not the primary use case. Forge will handle supplements via Treasury (coming soon) change-orders, but the workflow is built for commercial bid-build, not residential insurance restoration.

ACCULYNX

Native and deep. Xactimate-native, supplement automation, restoration-specific lead-to-job pipeline.

02 · CAPABILITY
Commercial re-roof + retrofit assemblies
FORGE

Native — TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen, ballast, single-ply assemblies that match what commercial crews actually install.

ACCULYNX

Residential-first assemblies. Commercial work typically handled in a separate estimating tool.

03 · CAPABILITY
In-field LiDAR scan-to-estimate
FORGE

Yes. Hyperion — iPad Pro M-series LiDAR. Walk the parapet, get a line-item bid in 60–90 seconds.

ACCULYNX

Aerial-imagery integrations and paper takeoff; no in-field scan-to-placement engine.

04 · CAPABILITY
Certified payroll · prevailing wage
FORGE

Treasury (coming soon). Davis-Bacon, OCIP/CCIP-aware, WH-347 designed to be ready to file. Targeting 11–15 minutes per pay period.

ACCULYNX

Not native. Operators export to a third-party payroll service.

05 · CAPABILITY
Change-order workflow
FORGE

Field-initiated. Scan delta → change-order → customer signs from the truck → Treasury (coming soon) will write financial impact. PM sees signed change-order in the project log.

ACCULYNX

Supplement-style workflow built around insurance approvals. Commercial change-orders are an awkward fit.

06 · CAPABILITY
Pricing posture
FORGE

Public list: Forge Core $599/mo flat (unlimited users, no per-seat), Hyperion $499/mo, Ariadne $499/mo, Torch $35/mo per phone number, Sigil $49/mo, Treasury coming soon with no published price, and Iris $2,099/mo everything included. Bundle pricing remains unpublished. Founding Charter is the founder program by application: roughly half off the modular stack you need, from $299/mo (MSRP $599), locked for the life of the subscription, ten seats (one claimed).

ACCULYNX

Custom-quoted per user. Not published; typically requires a sales call.

ii.Where AccuLynx is the right call

Where AccuLynx is the right call.

  • 01.
    Residential roofing operators whose primary revenue is insurance restoration and supplement work.
  • 02.
    Storm-chase + retail residential models — the lead lifecycle and Xactimate-native supplement workflow are AccuLynx's strongest area.
  • 03.
    Single-vehicle to mid-size residential operators with a desk-bound estimator and door-knock canvassing.
  • 04.
    Operators whose entire crew is residential and who don't need certified-payroll, OCIP, or commercial change-order tooling.
iii.Where Forge is built differently

Where Forge is built differently.

  • 01.
    Commercial re-roof + retrofit — TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen, ballast assemblies that match actual commercial install.
  • 02.
    Hyperion in-field LiDAR — the dormer that loses the bid is the one Hyperion built itself to model. Aerial imagery is a fallback, not the primary measurement.
  • 03.
    Native certified payroll, prevailing wage, OCIP/CCIP reporting — the commercial roofer's compliance burden lives in the chest.
  • 04.
    Federation — estimating, dispatch, change-orders, payroll, and Hyperion share state because they share an architecture, not because they integrate nightly.
  • 05.
    Founding Charter — the founder program by application: roughly half off the modular stack you need, from $299/mo (MSRP $599), locked for the life of the subscription, ten seats (one claimed), where the operator helps prove the platform.
iv.When not to choose Forge

The honest line.

If the work is residential storm-chase or insurance-restoration roofing, AccuLynx is the right tool. Founding Charter is built for the commercial roofing operator with multi-crew bid-build work and a change-order trail to defend.

THE SPINE — RETURN

Residential roofing has its own trade. So does commercial. Pick the chest built for yours.

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