ITpipes vs SubVysion

• What each does: ITpipes lists FieldVision for field crews (works offline), CoreVision for office access to inspection data, maps and reports, and SmartVision combining the two; AiDetect reviews sewer CCTV video and applies a NASSCO PACP code, distance and severity to each defect it finds. SubVysion's homepage describes multi-sensor ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and 3D surface mapping, aligning the GPR data with the surface data, quality control and validation, and delivery as georeferenced maps that crews view in place through a phone AR app or walk in 3D.
• Who each is for: ITpipes names public works leaders, engineers, supervisors, GIS specialists, asset managers and inspection contractors, and its Oct 20, 2026 announcement names wastewater agencies and CCTV contractors in the United States and Canada. SubVysion lists utility contractors, general and site contractors, utility locators, civil engineers, design firms, utility companies and insurers; its Y Combinator profile says its first market is utility contractors, with job sites in Philadelphia and Texas (company statement).
• AI (our reading): ITpipes is established inspection software with AI added, so we tag it AI features added. Its AiDetect page says a trained computer-vision model codes each defect with a confidence score, NASSCO-certified reviewers check low-confidence observations before results are released, and the customer's team reviews results against the video. On Oct 20, 2026 ITpipes announced AiDetect is also available to agencies and contractors that do not use ITpipes software: they send a NASSCO PACP v7 exchange database with .mp4 videos per pipe segment and get back a PACP exchange database for their own inspection software (mainline inspections). SubVysion calls itself a software company building AI-powered augmented-reality maps of underground infrastructure, and its YC profile says it processes the radar data with machine learning and agents; we tag it AI-first, though its homepage does not say which steps use AI.
• Data and systems: ITpipes says it is built on Esri ArcGIS and aligned with NASSCO PACP, MACP and LACP, and lists an ITpipes API and integrations with Trimble Cityworks, OpenGov, Infor IPS, Tyler Munis, CentralSquare and Aquanuity. SubVysion delivers georeferenced 3D maps and its AR app; the pages we read name no export formats or integrations.
• How you buy (our reading): ITpipes sells software, and AiDetect adds coding with expert human review on top of it or on its own; SubVysion's homepage presents mapping as a service it performs (What we handle) plus the app that shows the result. Company news: ITpipes announced a strategic growth investment from Luminate Capital Partners (no amount stated); SubVysion is in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch.
• Pricing (checked Oct 21, 2026): neither publishes figures. ITpipes' /pricing returns not found, and its AiDetect pricing request form asks for the total linear feet in the maintained system. SubVysion's /pricing returns not found; the calls to action are Book a demo and a contact form.
• Not used here: ITpipes' detection accuracy, coding-time, footage, repair-cost and customer-count figures and its customer testimonials, and the granularity, speed, strike-cost and spending figures on SubVysion's YC profile and the customer logo on its homepage (vendor claims). Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

Paraphrased from the sources listed above. Vendor claims are reported as claims.