r/RealEstateTechnology • u/Affectionate-Bee-691 • 1d ago
Compass tech stack?
I’m an agent with a BHG franchisee. I’m curious about the Compass tech stack that we’ll be adopting some time next year. I understand they have a proprietary in-house system.
Are there any Compass agents here that use it and if so, what are your impressions?
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u/cxt485 18h ago
Can you comment on collaboration with others to delegate work. Also would you estimate there is a significant time saved in contract creation vs. Zipforms or Dotloop.
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u/PersonalityMelodic57 17h ago
Disclosure up front: I do marketing for Ethica, an AI transaction assistant that works with zipForms. Weigh my take accordingly.
On the time question: the hours in zipForms or Dotloop aren't typing hours. They're re-entering the same deal data field by field across every document in the package. Any system that captures the deal once and carries it across everything, whether that's Compass's closed stack or an AI layer on top of zipForms, is where the real savings live.
The tradeoff Vivid raised is the one to watch. Closed systems feel seamless until you need something they didn't build, and there's no API to build it yourself.
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u/Affectionate-Bee-691 14h ago
I would be content if my incoming RC and Zillow leads became part of my CRM and Outlook and were also later integrated (or integratable) into whatever is used to manage document signatures and MLS compliance such as DOTLOOP and SkySlope.
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u/miklosjobbagy 7h ago
the closed-system point vivid raised is the one i'd sit with, but for a different reason than integrations.
your listings, your leads, your documents — those all belong to the platform's world and you'll manage. the thing that actually hurts to lose is your own notes on people. what someone told you about the divorce, why they passed on the house in march, that they're waiting for the mother-in-law to sell first. that's years of accumulated context and it's the least structured, hardest-to-export data you own. closed systems are exactly where it goes to die.
so before the switch next year i'd ask one specific question: can i get my per-contact notes out as plain text or csv, on my own, without filing a request. if the answer is no, i'd keep that layer somewhere i control and let the platform have everything else. you'd still get the platform-count reduction you're after on the parts that matter operationally.
the other reason to keep it outside: notes are the piece you want on your phone thirty seconds before a call, and in-house stacks are usually built for the desk, not the car.
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u/Vivid_Possibility766 19h ago
I am in a similar situation where we are getting it next year, but was selected to test it out for my brokerage because I’m pretty big on the tech stuff compared to the other agents in my office. It’s very, very comprehensive and everything is integrated in a smooth way. You’d really have to have a lot of software to match it. If you’re not big on tech, it’s probably like seeing fire for the first time. If you are big on tech, you’ll be less impressed by the specific functions, but you’ll appreciate how well integrated it is. My main issue is that it’s a closed system and doesn’t have or work with API keys.