Frequently asked questions

You drop in the messy artifacts you already have — a spec-sheet PDF, photos of the hours meter and data plate, a few condition notes. Smelta extracts them into a clean structured asset record, prices it against real comparable sales with a confidence-banded range, and drafts a publish-ready listing — in minutes.

No — deliberately. Smelta produces market estimates and decision-support drafts that sit below the certified-appraisal line. It makes a later human appraisal faster and cheaper, and powers everyday buy/sell/list decisions, but never claims legal-grade status.

Heavy equipment and marine & offshore are live, with agriculture and trucks available next. The engine is vertical-agnostic — each category is a swappable "domain pack," not a rewrite.

From real sold data — Ritchie Bros. Price Results, Mascus, and auction lots — plus the proprietary corpus that compounds with every valuation you run. Every figure links back to the specific comps behind it.

Because that's how value actually behaves, and how appraisers think — Fair Market, Orderly Liquidation, Forced Liquidation. A confidence-banded range is honest; a single false-precision number isn't.

The model is constrained to reason only over retrieved real comps (RAG), and every figure carries a citation chip back to its sources. Low-confidence fields are routed to a human, never silently accepted.

Yes. The review queue surfaces anything uncertain or conflicting; you confirm, edit, or flag it. The tool accelerates an expert — it doesn't replace one.

No. Smelta is standalone with open export to Mascus, your dealer site, and other channels. On a qualifying Rekyndo plan you get it free with one-click push; otherwise you subscribe directly. More on the integration →

An early customer who pre-pays a discounted annual seat to help fund the build. You lock in the lowest price we'll offer, get concierge onboarding, and help shape the roadmap and the next domain pack.

Founding annual is $99/mo billed yearly; Smelta Pro is $149/mo month-to-month; and it's free on qualifying Rekyndo plans. See pricing →

You do. Your uploaded documents and asset records are yours. Comp signal is only shared with explicit consent, and a human reviews anything uncertain before it influences a published listing.

Yes — open export is a core value prop, not a concession. Structure your asset once and publish to Rekyndo, Mascus, your dealer site, and beyond.