Angi and Thumbtack sell the same lead to 4 or 5 contractors. We send exclusive inbound customer calls straight to your phone — roofing, remodeling, pool, HVAC and more. You never share a contact with a competitor.
Wondering if it's really different? Here's the honest side-by-side — who gets the lead, how fast it reaches you, the quality, and what happens when one turns out to be junk.
| Angi / HomeAdvisor | Thumbtack | AI Advantaged ✓ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead exclusivity | Sold to 3–5 contractors | Competing bids required | 100% exclusive to you |
| How it reaches you | Email, hope they reply | You message, they choose | Direct call to your phone |
| Lead quality | Survey fills, browsers | Price shoppers | Ready-to-hire homeowners |
| Do you compete? | Race to call first | Compete on price & reviews | No — it's yours alone |
| Territory protection | None | None | One contractor per niche |
| Junk leads | Common, hard to dispute | Common, no recourse | Reviewed & credited in 48hrs |
No ad accounts, no agencies. Just answer the phone when a customer calls.
We confirm your niche is available and lock it exclusively to you in your service area.
We generate customer interest in your specific trade and territory — you don't lift a finger.
Inbound calls ring straight to your phone. Form requests land in your inbox. No chasing.
Pay per lead or flat monthly. You only invest after real customers contact you.
If your crew travels to the customer's property to do the work, we can fill your pipeline. Tap your trade to see how it works.
Replacements, repairs, storm damage. Highest-value leads in home services.
Kitchen, bath, whole-home remodels. Big budgets, motivated buyers.
Maintenance contracts, repairs, openings. Recurring revenue per customer.
AC installs, repairs, tune-ups. Urgent customers, fast decisions.
Sod, irrigation, design, maintenance. Steady year-round demand.
Panel upgrades, rewires, EV chargers. High-trust, high-ticket jobs.
Repipes, water heaters, drain cleaning. Urgent needs, fast decisions.
Interior, exterior, commercial. High volume, strong repeat potential.
No setup fees. No long contracts. Every option is tied directly to your results — not our effort.
Pay 10–15% of the gross profit on jobs you close from our leads. If you don't make money, you don't pay us.
Exact rate set by trade and average job size — confirmed when you claim your niche.
Prefer predictable costs? Pay one flat rate and keep 100% of every job you close.
Rate set by trade and territory size. Roofing and remodeling are at the higher end.
You close a $12,000 roofing job from one of our leads. At 12% you pay us $1,440. The customer cost you nothing upfront — no monthly fees, no retainer.
Customers call or fill out a form and it lands directly with you. No portal to log into, no leads going cold.
Claim roofing in your market and that niche is yours. Your competition is locked out.
Every contact is a homeowner actively searching for your service right now — not browsing or price comparing.
Monthly reports show lead volume, call recordings, and performance. You always know what you paid for.
You don't fund a single ad campaign. We handle all the marketing so your phone rings.
Once your niche is open and confirmed, we can have exclusive customers flowing to you fast.
"I used to pay Angi and split every lead with 4 other roofers. Half the time I couldn't even get the customer on the phone. With AI Advantaged they call me directly and I'm the only option. Night and day difference."
"Went from 5 new pool inquiries a month to more than I could handle in week one. Had to hire a second tech within 30 days. The flat monthly fee was the best business decision I've made."
"These aren't tire-kickers. When someone calls me they already want a kitchen remodel — I just show up and close. My close rate is way higher than anything from Thumbtack ever was."
Angi and Thumbtack sell the same lead to multiple contractors at once — you end up racing competitors to call first. We send each customer contact to one business only: yours. They call directly to you and you're never competing for the same person.
When a customer contacts us for your service, that contact goes to you and only you. We also only work with one contractor per trade per territory — if you're our roofer in your market, we won't sign on another roofer in your area.
Two ways: they call and the call is forwarded directly to your phone, or they fill out a short form and that request is sent to you immediately. Straight to you — no portals, no delay.
For pay-per-lead clients, we review any disputed contact within 48 hours. If it's clearly spam or out of area, we credit it or don't charge. We have no interest in billing you for garbage contacts.
We only take one contractor per trade per area, so some niches may already be claimed. Reach out and we'll tell you right away. If it's open, we can typically have customers flowing to you within a week.
No. Pay-per-lead has zero commitment. Monthly plans require just 30 days' notice to cancel — no exit fees, no questions asked. We keep clients because of results, not paperwork.
Straight answers on how contractors get more leads, what those leads cost, and why exclusive beats shared.
Eight real lead sources for roofers, ranked by cost and difficulty.
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Updated June 17, 2026Read more →Fill out the form and we'll check if your trade is open in your area. We'll get back to you within a few hours.
AI Advantaged is a contractor lead generation service built as the honest Angi alternative. Instead of selling the same lead to four contractors, we send each exclusive customer contact to one business per market — yours. Every roofing, HVAC, remodeling and home service lead rings straight to your phone or lands in your inbox, and you pay per lead or a flat monthly fee with no shared contacts and no wasted spend.
We generate exclusive leads for roofing, HVAC, remodeling, pool service, landscaping, electrical, plumbing and painting contractors across the United States. Each trade is limited to one contractor per market, so when you claim yours your competitors are locked out.
Angi, HomeAdvisor and Thumbtack sell shared leads — you race three other contractors to the phone and compete on price for a customer you already paid for. Exclusive contractor leads flip that: the homeowner has spoken to no one else, so you close more jobs at a healthier margin. That is the difference between buying a chance to compete and buying the customer.
Choose a performance share where you pay only a percentage of jobs you actually close, or a flat monthly fee where you keep 100% of every job. Either way there are no long contracts and no shared leads. New to paid leads? Read our contractor lead generation guides, including what contractor leads cost and exclusive vs shared leads.