Every Feature Inside Drodat: The All-in-One Claim Management Platform Built for Public Adjusters

If you’re running a public adjusting firm in 2026, you already know the problem. One tool for storing photos. Another for pulling weather data. A separate platform for contracts. A shared drive for files. A notes app on your phone. A spreadsheet to track where every claim stands.

None of them talk to each other. None of them know what property you’re working on. And every time you switch between them, you’re losing time — and risking details falling through the cracks.

Drodat was built to end that. It’s a centralized claim management platform designed specifically for public adjusters, restoration contractors, and field service professionals who need everything in one place. Below is a complete breakdown of every feature inside Drodat and the specific problem each one solves.

Project Management: Your Claim Pipeline at a Glance

Managing a high volume of claims without a clear system is how things get dropped. Drodat’s Project Management feature gives your firm a centralized Kanban-style dashboard where every claim lives — organized by stage, assigned to the right team member, and tracked from intake to resolution.

You can see at a glance how many claims are in negotiation, how many are pending inspection, and who owns what. No more status-check calls. No more wondering where a file stands. Total visibility across your entire pipeline.

The problem it solves: Firms lose track of claims in spreadsheets and email threads. Project Management replaces that chaos with a real command center built for public adjusting workflows.

Intake Management: Standardize Every New Client from Day One

The way you onboard a new client sets the tone for the entire claim. Drodat’s Intake Management feature creates a standardized data record for every property from the first touchpoint — capturing client details, policy numbers, dates of loss, claim numbers, and scope notes all in one structured form.

But the real value comes from what happens with that data next. Every detail you capture in the intake automatically pre-fills your contracts, proposals, and other documents — eliminating duplicate data entry and the costly errors that come with it. Enter it once. Use it everywhere.

The problem it solves: Inconsistent onboarding leads to missing information and manual re-entry across multiple documents. Intake Management creates a single source of truth for every claim from the moment it opens.

Contract Management: Contracts That Close Faster

Chasing signatures is one of the most avoidable time drains in a public adjusting firm. Drodat’s Contract Management feature eliminates it. Upload your existing contract templates as PDFs, add signature fields, and send them out pre-filled with data from the property intake — all in a matter of minutes.

Clients can sign from any device. You get real-time status tracking, automated reminders for unsigned agreements, and a court-admissible audit trail on every executed document. Every signed contract is automatically stored in the property file.

The problem it solves: Paper contracts, manual follow-ups, and missing signatures slow down project starts and create compliance risk. Drodat’s digital contract system takes your firm from agreement to execution in minutes, not days.

Historical Weather Data: Pinpoint the Moment of Impact

Establishing a date of loss is one of the most critical steps in any weather-related claim — and one of the most contested. Drodat’s Historical Weather Data feature automatically retrieves a property-specific, three-year history of severe weather events the moment a new property is created in the platform.

This includes hail events with documented hail size, severe wind events with recorded gust speeds, and tornadic activity. Each event can be downloaded as a professional PDF report complete with eyewitness accounts and a unique QR code that allows anyone — including opposing counsel or carriers — to verify the report’s authenticity against Drodat’s secure servers.

Better yet, you can visually correlate specific damages from your inspection photos directly to the storm event that caused them, building an evidence-based narrative that leaves no room for dispute.

The problem it solves: Carriers dispute dates of loss constantly. Drodat gives adjusters hyperlocal, verifiable forensic weather data that strengthens claim foundations from day one.

Storm Explorer: Turn Every Storm Into a List of Leads

Storm Explorer takes weather intelligence a step further — from claim defense to business development. This feature lets you search historical hail and severe weather events by state and year, see exactly which areas were impacted on an interactive map, and download a list of every affected address within the storm’s footprint.

For a PA firm, that means you can identify storm-damaged properties before the competition does, build targeted canvassing lists, and reach out to homeowners who may not even know they have a claimable loss.

The problem it solves: Lead generation for public adjusters is often slow and reactive. Storm Explorer makes it proactive — turning storm data into actionable prospect lists before the market gets saturated.

AI Inspections: Speak Your Inspection, Get a Polished Report

Property inspections are time-intensive. Writing them up afterward is even more so. Drodat’s AI Inspections feature transforms the process entirely. Simply open the mobile app, start an inspection, and walk the property while talking naturally about what you see and snapping photos as you go.

The AI transcribes everything in real time, attaches your photos, and automatically organizes the entire inspection into a structured, room-by-room report the moment you finish. From there, you can ask Dex — Drodat’s built-in AI assistant — to polish each room’s raw transcription into a professional summary with a single tap. The final notes sync across the entire property file.

The problem it solves: Manual inspection documentation is slow, inconsistent, and prone to details being forgotten. AI Inspections let adjusters document in the field and walk away with a finished report — without spending hours at a desk.

Dex — Your AI Expert: The Property-Aware AI Built for Claims

Dex is Drodat’s AI assistant, and she’s unlike any generic AI tool. Because Dex is fully integrated with your property data — weather history, inspection notes, contracts, and uploaded documents — she can answer questions that are specific, contextual, and immediately actionable.

Need to find a matching clause in a policy? Ask Dex. Want to know where your estimate differs from the carrier’s line by line? Dex flags every discrepancy. Need to build a narrative that connects a hail event to specific damages you documented? Dex cross-references your weather data with your inspection notes and writes it for you.

Dex can also surface claim strategy — recommending which policy sections to cite, identifying coverage angles you may have missed, and helping you counter low estimates with documented evidence.

The problem it solves: Reading through dense policy language, comparing estimates manually, and building claim narratives from scratch take hours. Dex compresses that work into seconds by knowing your property, your documents, and your claim inside and out.

Smart Notes: Your Centralized Property Brain

Every adjuster has a notes problem. Details end up scattered across phone apps, email threads, text messages, and memory. Drodat’s Smart Notes feature solves this by tying every note directly to the property it belongs to — creating a clean, chronological log of every measurement, conversation, observation, and follow-up action for each claim.

Notes sync in real time across mobile and desktop, so something you capture in the field is immediately visible to your team back at the office. A universal search scans across all properties simultaneously, so you can surface any detail in seconds regardless of where it was captured. And since notes live inside the property file, every team member working that claim has full visibility.

The problem it solves: Scattered note-taking creates blind spots and communication gaps on a team. Smart Notes creates a shared, searchable, property-specific record that keeps every team member working from the same information.

Cloud Management: A Secure Home for Every File

Public adjusters deal with a massive volume of documentation — photos, policies, estimates, signed contracts, inspection reports, weather reports. Drodat’s Cloud Management feature gives every property its own dedicated, secure file storage environment, accessible from any device at any time.

Upload files from the field directly from your phone’s camera or gallery, or drag and drop documents from your desktop. Create custom folder structures for inspections, contracts, or whatever organization system works best for your firm. Every file is stored with enterprise-grade security and available instantly to anyone on your team with property access.

The problem it solves: Files stored across shared drives, email attachments, and phone galleries create version confusion and access issues. Drodat’s Cloud Management consolidates everything in one organized, property-linked environment.

Calendar: One Place for Every Appointment

Inspections, demos, appraisal hearings, follow-up calls — a public adjuster’s schedule is relentless. Drodat’s built-in Calendar feature keeps every appointment in one place, viewable by day, week, or month. Each event can be tied directly to the relevant property and contact, so you always have context when you show up.

No more bouncing between a separate calendar app and your claim files. No more double-booking. No more losing track of scheduled follow-ups.

The problem it solves: Disconnected scheduling tools mean appointments get missed and property context gets lost. The Drodat Calendar keeps your schedule inside the same platform where your claims live.

Roof Measurements: AI-Powered Precision From Above

Accurate roof measurements are the foundation of a credible estimate — and waiting on third-party measurement reports slows down the entire claim workflow. Drodat’s Roof Measurements feature generates detailed, AI-powered roof dimension reports directly inside the platform, including slope analysis and material calculations.

No waiting on external providers. No manual calculations. Just precise measurements, available when you need them, integrated with the property file they belong to.

The problem it solves: Dependency on third-party measurement services adds delays and cost to every roof claim. Drodat brings that capability in-house, giving adjusters accurate data on demand.

One Platform. Every Tool You Need.

The firms that scale in public adjusting aren’t the ones working harder — they’re the ones who’ve eliminated the friction between their tools. Drodat replaces the patchwork of disconnected software with a single platform where every piece of a claim — the data, the documents, the evidence, the workflow — lives together.

From the moment a client calls to the day a settlement is reached, Drodat keeps your team organized, your documentation complete, and your claims moving.

Start your free 14-day trial at drodat.com — or go directly to drodat.com/sign-up — and see how much smoother your firm runs when the workflow finally lives in one place.