Re-entry Hell
Typed in the field. Re-typed in Excel. Fixed again in Word.
Field data in. Certified report out.
No double entry. No enterprise tax. ASTM-compliant logs that stay provable — every sample hash-chained, every record verifiable by anyone you hand it to.
What every firm already knows
Four problems geotechnical firms accept as the cost of doing business.
Version Chaos
Third version of the same boring log. Still not sure which one is right.
Compliance Roulette
Bid submitted… then you remember you didn't check state DOT requirements.
Field Reality
If it rains, your data shouldn't dissolve.
What we built
Each pillar answers the pain card directly above it.
Logged once. Reported once.
Field data flows from the tablet into your reports. No Excel transcription. No Word rebuild. The work happens once.
One version. Always current.
Every borehole has one canonical record. Every change is tracked. Hash-chained from field to final report. You always know which one is right.
Compliance, layered.
ASTM D2487 / USCS classification, SPT recording, and lab-to-log linkage ship today. State DOT and environmental rules ship with the modules. The platform is designed around enforcing them, not adding them later.
Built for the field.
Chain-of-custody is digital, tamper-evident, and permanent. Geolocation timestamps every sample. Tablet-first interface designed for gloves, sun, and rain.
How we compare
Same job. Ours holds up.
Every tool here helps you produce a boring log. Only one of them makes the log defensible when a claim, a DOT review, or opposing counsel puts it under a microscope — sample custody sealed in a hash chain, and a public verifier anyone can check without an account. The rows below start with what only we do.
| gINT (Bentley) | BoreDM | MetaField | BoreholeIQ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public chain-of-custody verification | Not advertised | Not advertised | Not advertised | Yes — paste a hash, verify without an account |
| SHA-256 hash-chained sample custody | Not advertised | Not advertised | Custody tracking, not hash-chained | Built in |
| State DOT / environmental compliance engine | Not advertised | Not advertised | DOT export templates | Yes — data-defined rule engine* |
| DIGGS export (industry data standard) | AGS documented | Yes | Yes | Yes — project files, schema + semantic validated |
| Per-firm pricing (not per seat) | Per seat | Per user | Quote-based | Yes — flat per firm |
| Long-term roadmap | Support ends Dec 2028† | Active | Active | Active |
| AI-assisted soil classification | Not advertised | Not advertised | Not advertised | Yes (Pro) |
| AI-powered report narrative generation | Not advertised | Not advertised | Not advertised | Yes (Pro) |
| ASTM D2487 / USCS classification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SPT / depth recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lab-to-log auto-population | Add-on | Yes | Yes | Yes (Pro) |
| gINT data import | N/A (native) | Yes | Yes — GPJ interchange | Yes (Pro) |
| Cross-section generation | Professional tiers | Yes | Yes | Roadmap |
| Field-tablet interface | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes — gloved-hand designed |
| Modern cloud infrastructure | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*AI features and compliance engine ship with Pro tier subscription. †gINT support extended to December 31, 2028 per Seequent's May 2025 notice (new licenses were available through 2027); Bentley positions OpenGround as its successor.
Competitor rows reflect each vendor's own published materials as of July 2026 and are offered in good faith. “Not advertised” means we found no public vendor documentation of that capability — it is not a claim the product lacks it. Capabilities and pricing change; verify current details with each vendor.
Pricing locks at signup
Three phases. Each firm locks the rate it joined at — for the life of the subscription, never raised.
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Founding Member spots remaining
Free for the first 20 firms. $39/month flat after that.
16 of 20 Founding Member spots remaining. Lifetime free Pro access.
| Tier | Price | What you get | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founding Member (firms 1–20) | Free | Lifetime free Pro access. 2× data-licensing revenue share. Directory-top placement. Named in product credits. Direct line to engineering. | 16 of 20 remaining |
| Early Adopter (firms 21–200) | $39 | Locked-for-life rate. Unlimited users. The full platform surface — boring logs, chain of custody, AI-assisted classification, PDF reports. | Coming next |
| Standard (firm 201 onward) | $99 | Standard rack rate, locked at signup. Unlimited users. Same platform. Still cheaper than the per-seat incumbents — by a wide margin. | Coming after firm 200 |
Founding numbers retire when a member leaves; the program may finish with fewer than 20 active members. Scarcity is the point. Cohort math is enforced inside the registration transaction — concurrent signups cannot land on the same number.
Built by someone who's logged a hole.
The product is shaped by twenty years of geological fieldwork — projects where the tablet died, the sample tag got smudged, the PDF came back from the state with a red mark on row 47. The features here exist because of those days, not because of a competitive analysis spreadsheet.
BoreholeIQ is independent and small on purpose. The people answering your support email are the people writing the code. There is no escalation tier between you and the engineering team because there is no second tier.
Built for tablets and computers
The field runs on tablets. The office runs on real screens. Phones get a companion view for a quick check between holes — they aren't where the work happens.
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Whatever phase the counter shows when you sign up — that's the rate your firm carries for life. No credit card to start.
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