What you will learn
- The key dates for the Horizon-to-Spectora migration
- Exactly what data transfers automatically — and what doesn't
- Why "one-click" doesn't mean your template comes with you
- What the pricing offer and onboarding actually include
Table of contents
Carson Dunlop's recommendation for Horizon users is a "one-click migration" to Spectora — and that phrase does a lot of marketing work. It's easy to hear it and assume your entire setup, template and all, moves over automatically. Based on Spectora's own published migration guide, that's not quite what happens. Here's a detailed, factual breakdown of what the tool actually does.
Key dates
- July 27, 2026 The Horizon-to-Spectora migration partnership is publicly announced.
- July 28, 2026 The one-click migration tool goes live, alongside a joint webinar.
- December 15, 2026 Horizon shuts down. This is the hard deadline to export your historical reports and photos — after this date, that data cannot be recovered.
- January 31, 2027 Spectora's discounted pricing offer for Horizon users expires.
What actually transfers
According to Spectora's migration documentation, the one-click tool moves over:
- Comments and presets — imported into a single Spectora template
- Company name and branding
- Client contacts — requires that the contact has an email address on file
- Agent contacts
- Team members
- Special forms with a Spectora equivalent — such as TREC, 4-Point, and Wind Mitigation forms
- Association templates — InterNACHI and ASHI templates for U.S. inspectors, CAHPI for Canadian inspectors, added automatically
It's also worth knowing that the migration can be re-run if your Horizon data changes after the first import — so it's not necessarily a one-time, one-shot process.
What doesn't transfer
Just as important is what the one-click tool leaves behind. None of the following come over automatically:
- Services and fees configuration
- Agreements and booking options
- Email automations
- Historical inspection reports and PDFs
- Photos
- Existing bookings
- Payment processing setup
Historical reports and photos are not part of the migration tool at all. If you don't export them from Horizon separately before December 15, 2026, they're gone.
Why "one-click" doesn't mean your template comes with you
This is the detail that matters most if you've spent years refining how your reports are organized. Spectora's own documentation is direct about it: Horizon templates don't transfer as separate templates. Your comments and presets get imported, but they're merged into a single Spectora template rather than preserving the structure, sections, and organization you built in Horizon.
In practice, that means the words you've written can follow you, but the way you organized them — which categories they live under, how your report flows section to section, the structure a client or agent actually sees — does not. You land inside Spectora's own default template shell, populated with your comment text, rather than a rebuild of your actual system. If your template structure is something you've deliberately designed around your inspection style or a specific standard of practice, expect to spend real time reorganizing it after the "one-click" step is done.
The pricing offer and onboarding
Spectora is offering Horizon users a discount through January 31, 2027:
- Monthly plan: $55/month for the first 6 months (regular price is $109/month)
- Annual plan: $545 for the first year (regular price is $1,090/year)
- Add-on inspectors: 50% off, either $49.50/month or $499.50/year
Horizon users also get access to Express Onboarding — a free 45-minute 1-on-1 session with a Spectora specialist covering account setup, the platform walkthrough, payments, and agreements, listed as a $299 value.
Worth noting: because services, fees, agreements, and payment processing don't transfer automatically, that onboarding session is likely where you'll actually be rebuilding a meaningful part of your account — not just clicking through a tour.
Once your data is exported and you're weighing where to go next, it's worth reading our broader roundup: what is the best Horizon alternative for home inspectors?
A different way to migrate
The trade-off with Spectora's one-click tool is speed for structure — you get moving fast, but you're the one who ends up rebuilding your template's organization by hand. InspectionX takes the opposite approach. Instead of merging your comments into a generic default template, our onboarding team reviews your actual recent Horizon reports and rebuilds your comment library, template structure, and report organization to match how you already work — not a one-size-fits-all shell. Most inspectors are up and running within 1–3 days, and it's included at no additional cost.
We're also currently offering Horizon users 6 months free on InspectionX, and unlike a menu- and checkbox-driven platform with AI layered on top, InspectionX is AI-first from the ground up — you speak your findings naturally as you inspect, and the AI organizes them into your report in real time.
Want to see it side by side? Here's a video comparing Horizon, Spectora, and InspectionX, including what a real migration looks like.
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What does Spectora's one-click migration from Horizon actually transfer?
It transfers your comments and presets (merged into a single Spectora template), company name and branding, client and agent contacts, team members, special forms with Spectora equivalents, and automatically adds association templates like InterNACHI or ASHI.
Does Spectora's migration bring over my Horizon report templates?
No. Horizon templates don't transfer as separate templates. Your comments and presets are imported but merged into one Spectora template rather than preserving your original template structure.
What data does NOT transfer in Spectora's one-click migration?
Services and fees configuration, agreements and booking options, email automations, historical inspection reports and PDFs, photos, existing bookings, and payment processing setup do not transfer.
When is the deadline to migrate from Horizon?
Horizon shuts down on December 15, 2026. Historical reports and photos must be exported from Horizon before that date, since they cannot be recovered afterward and are not part of Spectora's one-click migration.
Is Spectora's discounted pricing for Horizon users permanent?
No. The 50% off preferred pricing for Horizon users migrating to Spectora is only valid through January 31, 2027.