Stark 
Cost PilotStop guessing. Start knowing.
● Real-time market intelligence
A cross-platform desktop app that watches a live auction passively, IDs items with vision AI, and shows real sold-price comps and resale math in seconds.
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.
Three ways in. One research engine.
However the item shows up, the same identification-and-comp pipeline runs behind it.
Live capture
Attach to your auction window once. Cost Pilot watches that region and only wakes the vision model when the frame actually changes.
Upload an image
Drag, drop, or paste a photo from anywhere. Pick from the best matches, then pull comps — no time pressure.
Type it in
Already know what it is? Skip identification and go straight to sold-price research, online or off.
Built clean, built cross-platform.
One codebase, two operating systems, and an architecture that makes adding new data sources a contained change.
One codebase, Windows & macOS
A single Electron client ships native installers for both platforms.
Vision AI identification
Multiple AI providers behind one interface, with change-detection so the model only runs when something new appears.
Pluggable comp-source adapters
Every price source implements the same contract, so a new marketplace is an isolated add — not a rewrite.
Local cache + cloud sync
Works offline, then syncs across machines. A cloud API handles accounts, licensing, and shared data.
A data feed, not a decision-maker.
Observe only
Zero automation, zero clicks, zero logins. Cost Pilot watches and reports — it never acts on the platform.
Full transparency
Every item shows the same complete data package. No hidden fields, no options buried.
Neutral by design
Numbers and margins in plain language — "74% of median," never "good deal" or "overpaid." The call stays human.
From idea to a live product.
A Stark's Dev product you can actually buy.
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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