DraftTally
One Platform. Trusted Survey Data.
DraftTally connects surveyors, brokers, and clients around verified barge draft surveys. Capture readings, auto-calculate cargo weight, and deliver signed reports — from the dock to the boardroom.
Everything you need for draft surveys
Purpose-built for marine surveyors and cargo inspectors working barge draft surveys on inland waterways.
Digital Draft Surveys
Replace paper worksheets with a streamlined digital form. Capture all six-point draft readings, tank soundings, and barge dimensions in one place.
Cargo From the Barge's Own Tables
Load a barge's register table once and cargo weight is interpolated from it, corrected for water density. Every survey records which table produced the number.
Verifiable Reports
Every PDF is stamped with a document ID and fingerprinted. Anyone you send it to can confirm the file is the one you issued, unaltered.
Works With No Signal
Create, photograph, and sign surveys anywhere on the river. Everything is stored on the device and uploads in order the moment you reconnect.
Excel & PDF Export
Export completed surveys to industry-standard Excel worksheets or PDF reports with a single click. Ready for clients and records.
Multi-Tenant Teams
Invite surveyors to your organization, assign roles, and manage permissions. Each team sees only their own data.
Reporting & Analytics
Track survey activity, client volumes, and surveyor performance with built-in reports and CSV exports.
REST API
Pull surveys, barge profiles, and issued documents into your own systems with an API key on the Enterprise plan.
Built for every role in the survey chain
Whether you're on the barge deck or in a corner office, DraftTally gives you the data you need, the moment you need it.
Surveyors
Digital forms that mirror the worksheet you already know. Six-point readings, GPS capture, register-table cargo weight, and a mobile app that keeps working with no signal.
Commodity Brokers
See survey results the moment they're entered. Manage multiple clients and surveyors from one dashboard with branded PDF reports.
Mills & Shippers
Verified loading surveys with timestamped, signed records. Every report you receive can be checked against the copy DraftTally issued.
Receivers
Compare loading and discharge surveys side by side. Get instant results backed by a signed, fingerprinted report and a full audit trail.
From draft readings to verified report
Five steps. Zero paper. Complete chain of custody.
Capture Light Draft
Surveyor records six-point draft readings on the empty barge at origin.
Barge Is Loaded
Cargo is loaded and the surveyor captures the loaded draft readings.
Cargo Weight Calculated
Cargo weight is interpolated from the barge's register table and corrected for water density, and the method is recorded on the survey.
Broker Reviews & Approves
The broker sees results in real time, reviews the survey, and approves the record.
Client Receives Report
A signed PDF is delivered with a document ID printed on every page, so anyone can confirm the file is unaltered.
Prove the report is the one you issued
A draft survey is evidence. When a load is disputed months later, the question is whether the PDF in someone's inbox is the document you actually signed. DraftTally answers it.
A document ID on every page
Each exported PDF is issued with its own ID and issue time, printed in the footer of every page.
A fingerprint on record
DraftTally stores a SHA-256 of the exact file it issued, along with who issued it and which signatures it carried.
The method travels with the number
The PDF states whether cargo weight came from the barge's register table or a dimensional estimate, and which table was used.
Printed on every page
Document DT-7K3M9P2QXA
Issued 09 Sep 2026 14:22 UTC · Page 1 of 3
Verify this document at drafttally.app/verify
Anyone can check it
Enter the ID and drop in the PDF. The fingerprint is computed in the browser and compared with the one on record. A single changed byte shows as a mismatch, and the file is never uploaded.
From clipboard to cloud in minutes
DraftTally was designed by people who know what it's like to stand on a barge deck with a clipboard and a deadline. Every field, every layout, every export matches the workflow you already use — just faster, cleaner, and permanent.
Cargo Weight You Can Defend
Weight comes from the barge's register table with a density correction, and the survey records the table, its source, and its fingerprint.
Digital Chain of Custody
Every survey is timestamped, signed, and GPS-tagged, and every action is written to an audit log you can export.
Built for Dead Zones
The mobile app keeps working with no signal and syncs in order when you are back in range, so a lost bar never costs you a survey.
Real-Time Collaboration
Surveyors, brokers, and clients all see results the moment they're entered — no waiting for faxes or emails.
The whole survey, on the phone in your pocket
Capture readings, photograph the hopper, collect signatures, and move a survey through broker and client approval from the app. It keeps working with no signal and uploads everything in order once you are back in range.
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Simple, transparent pricing
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Surveyor
Field surveyors
+ $7.50 per completed survey
- Digital survey forms
- PDF Export
- Excel Export
- Reports
- Custom Lookups
- Audit Log & Export
- GPS Capture
- Photo Attachments
Broker
Commodity brokers
+ $7.50 per completed survey
- Digital survey forms
- PDF Export
- Excel Export
- Reports
- Custom Lookups
- Broker Workflow
- Client Approvals
- Audit Log & Export
- GPS Capture
- Photo Attachments
Client Portal
Mills, shippers, receivers
No per-survey fees
- Digital survey forms
- PDF Export
- Excel Export
- Reports
- Custom Lookups
- Broker Workflow
- Client Approvals
- Audit Log & Export
- GPS Capture
- Photo Attachments
Enterprise
Large operations
+ $5.00 per completed survey
- Digital survey forms
- PDF Export
- Excel Export
- Reports
- Custom Lookups
- Broker Workflow
- Client Approvals
- Audit Log & Export
- GPS Capture
- Photo Attachments
- Single Sign-On
- API Access