XOi

Guided job documentation with equipment recognition

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Price band Quote only
Rough cost Quote only; per-technician monthly subscription
Company size 5โ€“500 technicians
Category Tech AI, Photos & docs

What XOi is

XOi puts a structured capture workflow in the technician phone: scan or photograph the equipment nameplate and it identifies the unit and pulls manuals and specifications, then guides the tech through photo and video documentation that becomes a customer-facing report. A remote expert can join the call to help on the hard ones.

Best for

Mechanical service companies wanting consistent documentation and remote expert support

Watch out

Value depends on technician adoption, and the knowledge base is strongest on common commercial and residential equipment.

What it does well

  • Equipment identification from nameplate capture
  • Guided documentation workflows per job type
  • Remote expert video assistance
  • Customer-facing reports that justify the price

The AI, specifically

Computer vision for nameplate and equipment recognition, plus automatic job report generation from captured media.

We name what the AI actually does rather than repeating the word, because in this market it covers everything from a genuine voice agent to a template that fills in a customer name.

Integrates with

ServiceTitan ยท FieldEdge ยท BuildOps ยท Custom via API

Integration lists change often and "integrates" can mean anything from a real two-way sync to a one-way push through Zapier. Ask the vendor which fields move, in which direction, and how often.

Before you commit

  • Treat diagnostic output as a second opinion, never as an authority. A wrong call in the field is expensive.
  • The honest win here is documentation speed โ€” measure that, and let diagnosis be a bonus.
  • Check it works offline or degrades gracefully; mechanical rooms are signal dead zones.
  • Ask what happens to your job video and customer footage, and who can access it.
  • Adoption is the whole game. If your best tech will not use it, nobody will.

How to judge it in a trial

Run one real job through it end to end โ€” not the demo data. Quote it, schedule it, do it, invoice it, take the payment. Then ask the only question that matters on day 400: did the people who have to use this every day find it faster than what they do now? Friction you notice in week one compounds forever, and tool-hopping costs more than any feature gap.

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