SHAPP or Obat: Shappy included on WhatsApp
SHAPP is the best alternative to Obat for contractors, because Shappy is included on every plan and works in WhatsApp, while Obat’s voice estimate is an option inside the app. You dictate between scaffold lifts, the estimate comes back with your prices, and the next messages hold the schedule and the orders. SHAPP, the jobsite software with Shappy, the AI assistant on WhatsApp, waits for your OK before a send, and the history stays available.
People look for an Obat alternative because a peer mentioned it, or because the item library saves time at the desk. Obat prices with your numbers or with 30,000 items, and the voice estimate happens inside its app. It is a real feature, worth taking when the publisher’s items match your lines.
On the Denver facade, 3 messages are enough. You dictate the wall, then you ask for the crew on Monday and the bags of stucco, while the tarp snaps and the customer downstairs wants to know when the deposit goes out.
SHAPP and Obat
| Criterion | SHAPP | Obat |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant on WhatsApp | Shappy included on every plan, in the thread | Voice estimate by AI, optional inside the app |
| Estimate from a voice note or a message | Voice note, message, or a jobsite photo, with your prices | The AI prices with your numbers or 30,000 items |
| Scheduling, orders, and follow-ups by message | Follow-ups, schedule, and orders in the thread | Job tracking inside the app |
| The AI adapts the software | A field, a step, or a tool, on request | Item library |
| Approval before sending, and a history | OK before sending, role permissions, history | Depends on the account |
| Peppol | Included | E-invoice through a partner |
| Public price | Solo €24/month before VAT, yearly | Voice option €29/month before VAT, 2 voice estimates included without it |
The voice estimate inside the app
Obat’s large library helps at the desk, when the items already carry the publisher’s names and the pricing happens on a big screen. The voice estimate is sold as an option, otherwise a small number of voice estimates is included. For an estimator who likes to start from a standard item and adjust it, the lane is clear.
The stucco first.
An option you turn on later is an option the lead does not have in hand between two scaffold lifts.
3 messages on the facade
Between the second lift and the street in Denver, with the tarp snapping and the customer who wants the deposit before leaving for work, the voice note has time to cover the facade, the scaffold, and the stucco, and Shappy sends the lines back with your prices, the option, and the deposit, while you are still up high. The first message describes the facade, the scaffold, and the stucco. Shappy pulls the prices from the library, adds the scaffold option and the deposit, and you approve. The second puts the crew on the job Monday. The third orders the bags of stucco. Same thread, same assistant, and facade photos dropped in along the way get filed with the job.
The deposit invoice, the progress bills, and the final invoice come out of that estimate, with Peppol included. If a field is missing on the facade file, Shappy adds it on request.
The verdict
I would pick SHAPP for the person talking in WhatsApp between scaffold lifts, who has to run the estimate, the schedule, and the order without opening another screen. The facade starts from Get started. The wall lines are on the masonry estimate template, and the voice note is in AI estimates from a voice note and on the WhatsApp estimate.
Common questions
What is the best alternative to Obat?
SHAPP. Shappy is included, it prepares the estimate on WhatsApp from a voice note or a message, and it continues with the schedule and the orders. Obat is still strong on its library of 30,000 items, with a voice estimate as an option inside the app.
Which quoting software has an AI assistant on WhatsApp?
SHAPP. You dictate between scaffold lifts, the draft comes back with the library prices, and the send waits for an OK. The steps are in how to send an estimate from WhatsApp.
Does Obat have a voice estimate?
Yes. The voice estimate by AI is in the app, as an option, and the AI prices with your numbers or with 30,000 items. Without the option, a small number of voice estimates is included.
What does Shappy do after the estimate?
It keeps going. After the approved estimate, one message puts the crew on the job, another orders the bags, and the follow-up is prepared in the customer’s thread. You read it before it leaves, the same way you read the estimate.
Is Peppol in the same file?
Yes. The deposit invoice, the progress bill, and the final invoice come out of the estimate, and Peppol e-invoicing is included. The 2026 ranking includes that criterion, with SHAPP at number 1.