D-Tools, Inc. and Portal.io announced that they have merged, bringing together two software platforms used by residential and commercial integration, audio/video, security, and low-voltage professionals. The combined company will offer products covering different stages of an integrator’s business, from proposals and sales to system design, project management, scheduling, procurement, and service.
G Paul Hess will continue as Chief Executive Officer. Kirk Chisholm, founder and CEO of Portal.io, will join as Chief Product Officer, overseeing product vision and strategy across the portfolio. Josh Willits, Portal.io’s Chief Operating Officer, will serve as Head of Portal.io and continue to lead the Portal business unit.
A decade of partnership
D-Tools and Portal.io have worked together for more than a decade, beginning with the integration of Portal.io’s managed product catalog into D-Tools SI.
The merger brings together their respective customer bases, ranging from single-operator businesses to enterprise teams with hundreds of users. D-Tools has developed software for design, sales, project management, and procurement, while Portal.io has focused on proposals, product information, and sales workflows.
The companies said the combination will allow the teams to work together across their existing product portfolio rather than develop overlapping solutions separately.
Three products for different business needs
The combined company will continue to offer three products, with each designed for different types of integration businesses.
Portal.io: a proposal platform focused on creating and managing client-facing proposals.
D-Tools Cloud: a platform covering sales, system design, proposals, project management, scheduling, and service.
D-Tools System Integrator (SI): an enterprise deployment designed for larger and more complex integration operations.
Existing customers will remain on their current products and terms. The companies said there will be no forced migrations and no plans to discontinue products currently offered.
Product data and AI development
D-Tools operates a product data catalog containing specifications and pricing from thousands of manufacturer and distributor suppliers. Portal.io also maintains a managed product catalog. The companies plan to combine their product data resources to support product specification and related workflows across the portfolio.
The two companies are also developing AI capabilities for integrators. Portal.io introduced an AI proposal builder, while D-Tools has added AI features across its platforms. Following the merger, the teams plan to expand the use of AI across sales, design, project management, and other integration workflows.
Leadership
“Bringing D-Tools and Portal.io together gives our industry something it has never had before: the most established platforms in custom integration, the integrator communities that have grown up around them, and the most complete product data, now backed by one team. Kirk has spent more than a decade obsessing over what integrators need from software, and Portal.io reflects that in every detail. Together we get to build the next chapter for this industry as one team.”
G Paul Hess, Chief Executive Officer, D-Tools
“Portal.io was built on one idea: understand dealers better than anyone, and build software they love to use. We have known and worked with D-Tools for more than a decade, and what has always been clear is how aligned we are on what integrators actually need. In a world of AI, an integrator should be able to run their entire business on software that is powerful, beautiful, and intuitive all at once. If you had to hand-pick two companies to deliver on that, it would be D-Tools and Portal.io.”
Kirk Chisholm, Founder, Portal.io; Chief Product Officer, D-Tools
“Portal.io changed my business, from proposals in Word and spreadsheets to dynamic proposals that close bigger deals faster. Bringing the Portal and D-Tools teams together gets me excited about what they will be able to build next for dealers.”
Everett Katzen, Springboard Automation
“We use Portal.io for the speed and quality of our proposals, and we're excited about the possibilities that come from bringing D-Tools' capabilities into the same ecosystem. Seeing these two teams come together under one roof is the best of both worlds for our business.”
Aaron Cowden, Fusion Audio + Video
Serving the low-voltage market
The combined company will serve integrators across residential and commercial AV, security, and low-voltage markets. It also plans to expand its presence in commercial and international markets.
Existing relationships with distributors, buying groups, and industry associations will continue following the merger.
Existing customers do not need to take any action, and subscriptions will continue under their current terms. D-Tools and Portal.io will each exhibit at CEDIA Expo 2026 in Denver in September.
More information about the combined company is available at d-tools.com/together.
