Self Inspection vs PAVE
AI vehicle inspections from any smartphone — no app, no hardware, expert-validated, live in days. The full platform, not just a capture API.
What's the difference between Self Inspection and PAVE?
PAVE is an API-first capture platform that grades vehicles from smartphone photos. Self Inspection is an end-to-end condition platform: guided smartphone capture, AI detection across 6,000+ damage combinations, expert validation on every report, line-item cost estimates, a standardized CR score and a management dashboard with customizable flows — for dealerships, rentals, fleets, lenders, marketplaces, transporters and tire programs.
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Self Inspection vs PAVE: capability comparison
Based on publicly available information as of August 2026. "Not publicly listed" means the vendor does not document the capability publicly. marks a capability Self Inspection documents and the vendor does not.
Which one fits your operation?
Two different tools for two different jobs. Here's how we'd call it — including when the other one is the right answer.
Three steps. One verified condition report.
Capture
Send a link by text or email. Anyone completes a guided photo and video walkaround from any smartphone — no app download, no training.
Verify
AI detects and classifies damage across 6,000+ part, type and severity combinations, then expert reviewers validate the results.
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Report
A standardized condition report with CR score, mapped damages and line-item cost estimates lands in your dashboard — ready for decisions.
Trusted by lenders, dealerships, rental and fleet operators
“Self Inspection helped us standardize vehicle inspections without adding friction for our teams or customers. We resolve issues faster, reduce disputes and keep more vehicles in service.”
Switching from PAVE in 3 steps
No rip-and-replace. Most teams run both for a few weeks and let the reports decide.
Side-by-side pilot on 25 vehicles
Keep PAVE running. Send the same 25 vehicles through a Self Inspection link and compare the two outputs side by side — detected damage, cost estimates, turnaround, and what your team actually does with each report.
Rebuild your flows — no engineering
Your appraisal, trade-in and transport steps are recreated in the Flow Constructor by use case, year, make and model — configured, not coded, so nobody waits on an API sprint.
Parallel-run, then cut over
Run both for a few weeks while your team switches link by link. When the CRs agree and the workflow is smoother, cut over. API and bulk workflows are there when you want deeper integration.
