Free ESX Viewer - Open and Read an .esx File Online

Free ESX Viewer - Read Any Xactimate .esx File

Last updated: September 8, 2026

or paste estimate XML below

Read-only and fully in your browser: the file never leaves this machine.

Your pasted XML is saved in this browser only, so you can pick up where you left off. A file you choose is read here and never saved. Nothing is sent to ESXPress. Clear it when you finish on a shared computer.

What an .esx file contains

An ESX file is the Xactimate estimate format: folders, line items with CAT|SEL codes, quantities, prices, notes, and the project metadata. The .esx you receive from an adjuster or converter carries the whole estimate, not a scanned page. The viewer exposes the element structure the file carries; Xactimate itself remains the tool that opens, edits, and reprices.

Why you might get one without Xactimate

Adjusters, carriers, and roofers with licensed copies send .esx files routinely. On the receiving side you often only need to read it: confirm the line items, the prices, the totals - before you answer the carrier or hand the file to your own estimator.

Read-only is the safe mode

A viewer never changes your file. Any edit happens on a paid path: upload the scope PDF and convert, or reprice with the reprice tool. That is what makes a free viewer safe to use on a claim file you were only sent copies of.

What to do next

Have the scope as a PDF? Convert PDF to ESX - it becomes an .esx with the PDF's prices kept as the price.
Need current numbers? The reprice explainer covers why the file reprices on import.
What is inside the format? What an ESX file is explains it end to end.

Limitations

Sketches, drawings, and calculated items require Xactimate. ESXPress opens the numbers; Xactimate is still the drawing tool. Structural checks for a file that will not import live in the free ESX Validator.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the ESX viewer free?

Yes. The viewer runs entirely in your browser - no signup, no account, no server processing. Read-only: it never changes your file.

Is my file safe?

The file never leaves your machine. Parsing happens in the browser tab; nothing is uploaded.

The viewer could not read my file - why?

Xactimate writes .esx files as compressed project packages, and versions differ. The viewer reads the standard archive structure; if a file does not expose readable elements to the browser parser, use the ESX Validator for structural checks, or open it in your licensed copy of Xactimate.

Can I edit the estimate here?

No - this is read-only by design. A viewer never changes your file; any edit happens on the paid conversion/repricing path.

Have the scope as a PDF?

Convert it to an import-ready .esx in about two minutes, priced from the PDF.

Convert a scope PDF