Cost Pilot● Real-time market intelligence
A cross-platform desktop app that watches a live auction passively, identifies items with vision AI, and shows real sold-price comps and live resale math — in seconds, without ever touching the platform.
REAL-TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE
LIVE
Live auctions move in seconds. There's no time to open ten tabs and guess what something's really worth.
Resellers were making fast buying calls on gut feel, then finding out later whether the numbers worked. The goal: surface real, sourced market data the instant an item appears on screen — and do it within the platform's rules, observing only, never automating a single click.
However the item shows up, the same identification-and-comp pipeline runs behind it.
Attach to your auction window once. Cost Pilot watches that region and only wakes the vision model when the frame actually changes.
Drag, drop, or paste a photo from anywhere. Pick from the best matches, then pull comps — no time pressure.
Already know what it is? Skip identification and go straight to sold-price research, online or off.
One codebase, two operating systems, and an architecture that makes adding new data sources a contained change.
A single Electron client ships native installers for both platforms.
Multiple AI providers behind one interface, with change-detection so the model only runs when something new appears.
Every price source implements the same contract, so a new marketplace is an isolated add — not a rewrite.
Works offline, then syncs across machines. A cloud API handles accounts, licensing, and shared data.
Zero automation, zero clicks, zero logins. Cost Pilot watches and reports — it never acts on the platform.
Every item shows the same complete data package. No hidden fields, no options buried.
Numbers and margins in plain language — "74% of median," never "good deal" or "overpaid." The call stays human.
Cost Pilot isn't a concept — it's a live product at thecostpilot.com. Access is application-based: resellers are vetted against a few criteria before onboarding, so the tool stays sharp for the people it's built for.
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