InspectMind vs CivCheck

Project-team QA vs building department review

CivCheck accelerates permit review for municipalities. InspectMind helps architects, engineers, and GCs catch issues before submission.

What CivCheck does and who it's built for

CivCheck's Guided AI Plan Review™ (GPR) system accelerates building permit approvals by automating compliance prescreening and guiding municipal plan examiners through code review. The platform is deployed by city permitting departments and serves both the government reviewers using it and the applicants who submit through CivCheck-powered jurisdictions.

CivCheck is not available to project teams as a standalone self-service QA tool. It is a municipal platform deployed by jurisdictions, accessed by applicants through the permitting portal. Project teams cannot upload drawings to CivCheck independently.

What InspectMind does differently

InspectMind is the project team's QA tool—available directly, without going through a permitting portal, at any stage of the project. Its AI plan check reviews drawings for code compliance, coordination conflicts, and spec contradictions before submission.

Available before you submit, on your schedule

InspectMind is self-serve. Upload the drawing package, pay per project, and receive findings within hours. There is no dependency on which permitting system your jurisdiction uses.

Catches more than code: coordination and spec conflicts

CivCheck's focus is code compliance review for the permitting process. InspectMind catches code compliance issues plus spec vs drawing conflicts, coordination conflicts between disciplines, schedule callout errors, and dimension mismatches.

No jurisdiction dependency

InspectMind works on any project in any jurisdiction. The pre-submittal review process does not depend on local government software choices.

InspectMind: Project teams (architects, engineers, contractors)

CivCheck: Building departments and permitting agencies

InspectMind: Self-serve; upload and pay directly

CivCheck: Municipal platform; accessed through jurisdiction

InspectMind: Yes

CivCheck: No

InspectMind: Checks IBC, ASHRAE, NEC, NFPA, ADA, IFC

CivCheck: Permit code compliance for AHJ review

InspectMind: Yes, automatic

CivCheck: Permit review focus

InspectMind: Yes, across all disciplines

CivCheck: Permitting-focused review

InspectMind: Publicly listed, from $50

CivCheck: Free to government; applicants pay prescreening fee

InspectMind: 5+ issues or full refund

CivCheck: Not offered

InspectMind: Hours

CivCheck: Varies by jurisdiction

InspectMind: Full construction document set

CivCheck: Zoning, building, fire, accessibility, plumbing, structural

Can project teams access CivCheck directly?

CivCheck is deployed by municipalities and accessed through the jurisdictional permitting portal. It is not available as a standalone self-serve QA tool for project teams. InspectMind is the project-team equivalent: self-serve, available for any project, in any jurisdiction.

Does InspectMind help pass CivCheck review?

Yes. InspectMind catches code compliance issues, coordination conflicts, and drawing errors before submission, reducing the probability of plan check comments regardless of which platform the AHJ uses. Submissions that have been reviewed by InspectMind address more problems before they reach the plan examiner.

Is CivCheck available in my city?

CivCheck is deployed by individual municipalities and jurisdictions. Coverage varies by city and region. Check with your local building department or Clariti directly for current jurisdiction deployments. InspectMind is available everywhere, regardless of local permitting software.

What does InspectMind catch that CivCheck does not?

InspectMind reviews the full construction document set for coordination conflicts between disciplines, spec-to-drawing contradictions, schedule callout errors, and dimension mismatches, in addition to code compliance. CivCheck's focus is permit-level code review. The two tools cover different scopes of the same document quality problem.