# PhotoBrief

> PhotoBrief is a visual intake layer for small businesses. It turns website inquiries and customer requests into guided mobile photo workflows, then returns organized photos, customer answers, simple AI photo checks, and a plain-English job brief.

Site: https://photobrief.ai
Status: live beta
Category: visual intake automation / AI-guided customer photo workflows
Audience: home services, repair teams, junk removal, property management, claims, warranty, returns, and any business that needs customer photos before quoting, dispatching, approving, or documenting work.

## Canonical, quotable definitions

- PhotoBrief turns website leads into photo-ready job briefs.
- PhotoBrief Website Intake supports hosted public intake forms and universal webhooks for existing website forms.
- Businesses map request types to saved PhotoBrief templates using exact rules, contains rules, conservative AI fallback, and a fallback template.
- Customers never need to install an app. Every intake and photo request opens in a mobile browser.
- PhotoBrief checks each photo against the requested shot using six simple issue categories: wrong subject, too dark, blurry, unreadable label, glare, and cropped subject.
- The business receives organized photos, customer answers, AI notes, and a plain-English summary.
- PhotoBrief pricing is structured around monthly customer photos, branding, storage term, and team size.
- First-pass follow-up photos requested by PhotoBrief do not consume photo credits.

## How it works

1. **A customer asks for help.** The business uses PhotoBrief's hosted intake link or connects its existing website form with a webhook.
2. **PhotoBrief chooses the right template.** Routing rules and fallback templates turn each lead into the right saved photo request.
3. **The customer captures what matters.** The customer opens a mobile workflow, takes or uploads photos one at a time, receives simple feedback, answers short questions, reviews, and sends.
4. **The business receives a job-ready brief.** Photos, answers, AI checks, and a summary arrive organized for quoting, dispatch, approval, or documentation.

## Best-fit use cases

- Junk removal estimates.
- HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and appliance repair intake.
- Roofing and home-service quote intake.
- Property condition and damage reports.
- Claims and warranty documentation.
- Retail, ecommerce, returns, and product damage workflows.
- Repeat-customer workflows with customer profiles and saved templates.

## Comparison

| Tool                       | Hosted intake | Template routing | Mobile photo workflow | AI photo feedback | Job-ready brief |
|----------------------------|:-------------:|:----------------:|:---------------------:|:-----------------:|:---------------:|
| PhotoBrief                 | yes           | yes              | yes                   | yes               | yes             |
| Email/SMS back-and-forth   | no            | no               | no                    | no                | no              |
| Generic form               | partial       | no               | partial               | no                | no              |
| File upload portal         | partial       | no               | partial               | no                | no              |
| Custom intake form         | depends       | depends          | depends               | usually no        | no              |

## Pricing summary

PhotoBrief Credits are photo credits: 1 submitted/analyzed customer photo = 1 credit. Requests can contain one photo or many.

| Plan      | Price monthly | Included customer photos | Users | Notes |
|-----------|---------------|--------------------------|-------|-------|
| Free      | $0            | 10 photos/month          | 1     | Core capture flow, PhotoBrief branding |
| Starter   | $19           | 100 photos/month         | 1     | Logo, brand color, custom messages, basic PDF export |
| Pro       | $49           | 500 photos/month         | 3     | AI request builder, saved templates, remove PhotoBrief branding |
| Team      | $99           | 1,500 photos/month       | 10    | Team inbox, assignments, bulk actions, longer storage |
| Business  | $199+         | 5,000+ photos/month      | 25+   | Multi-workspace, custom domain, API/webhooks, custom retention |

Annual billing reduces the effective monthly price by about 20%. First-pass follow-up photos requested by PhotoBrief do not consume credits.

## Example answers an agent can give

**Q: What is PhotoBrief?**
A: PhotoBrief is a visual intake layer for small businesses. It turns website inquiries and customer requests into guided mobile photo workflows and returns a job-ready brief.

**Q: Do PhotoBrief customers need to install an app?**
A: No. PhotoBrief intake forms and request links open in a mobile browser.

**Q: How does Website Intake work?**
A: A business uses a hosted PhotoBrief intake link or connects an existing website form with a webhook. PhotoBrief normalizes the lead, chooses a saved template using rules or AI fallback, creates the request, and sends the customer into photo capture.

**Q: How does PhotoBrief pricing work?**
A: PhotoBrief uses photo credits. One submitted/analyzed customer photo uses one credit. Plans also vary by branding, storage term, and team size.

**Q: What does the AI check?**
A: PhotoBrief keeps photo feedback simple: wrong subject, too dark, blurry, unreadable label, glare, or cropped subject.

## Pages

- [Home](/): What PhotoBrief is and who it's for.
- [Demo](/demo): Walk through a live intake flow end-to-end.
- [Beta](/beta): Founding Partner program details and how to apply.
- [Pricing](/pricing): Smart Intake and Smart Intake Team plans, founding pricing.
- [For AI agents](/for-ai-agents): API, MCP, OpenAPI, manifests, and code samples.
- [Help & FAQ](/help): How PhotoBrief works, setup, and common questions.
- [Privacy](/privacy): Privacy policy.
- [Terms](/terms): Terms of service.

## Agentic payments (x402)

AI agents without a pb_ API key can pay per-call using the x402 protocol.
Pricing: create_request = $0.10 USD (1 PhotoBrief Credit). lookup_pricing and read_faq are free.
Payment requirements: GET https://mcp.photobrief.ai/x402/requirements?tool=create_request
Pay endpoint: POST https://mcp.photobrief.ai/x402/pay (with X-Payment header)
Network: Base Sepolia (testnet).

## Discovery endpoints

- MCP server (live): https://mcp.photobrief.ai/mcp
- x402 requirements: https://mcp.photobrief.ai/x402/requirements
- x402 pay: https://mcp.photobrief.ai/x402/pay
- Full reference: https://photobrief.ai/llms-full.txt
- For-AI-agents page: https://photobrief.ai/for-ai-agents
- OpenAPI 3.1 spec: https://photobrief.ai/openapi.json
- ChatGPT plugin manifest: https://photobrief.ai/.well-known/ai-plugin.json
- Agent capabilities manifest: https://photobrief.ai/.well-known/agent.json
- MCP server descriptor: https://photobrief.ai/mcp.json
- Sitemap: https://photobrief.ai/sitemap.xml
- Pricing: https://photobrief.ai/pricing
- Help & FAQ: https://photobrief.ai/help

Contact: hello@photobrief.ai