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Fergus (AU) vs ServiceM8 (AU)
Two Australia software options, compared side by side for Australia trades.
Which should you choose?
Fergus (AU) and ServiceM8 (AU) are both Tier S: our check found each one's prices published on its own website, so you can compare their costs before talking to sales. The tier is not a quality ranking: weigh the pros, cons, pricing and Australia-specific notes below against your trade and region.
Fergus (AU)
Tier S · Published pricesJob management software for trade businesses, built by a tradesman, from AU$53 per user a month
Fergus is job management software created by Dan Pollard, a tradesman who built it while running his own trades business. It covers quoting, scheduling, job phases for progress claims, time and materials tracking, invoicing, job costing and reporting, with iOS and Android apps. Fergus says it is trusted by more than 25,000 tradies and sells Essentials and Professional plans, with a custom Enterprise plan for teams over 10 staff.
Pros
- + Published AUD prices, month to month with no setup fee or lock-in
- + Supplier invoice import from Australian merchants such as Reece and Tradelink
- + Job phases for progress claims, plus job costing and reporting
- + 14-day free trial with no credit card and a free one-hour onboarding session
Cons
- − Checklists, forms, purchase orders and SWMS tools are on Professional only
- − Essentials support is email and chat only; phone support needs Professional
- − Pricing page does not say whether prices include GST
- − Teams over 10 staff need a custom Enterprise quote
Australia note
Priced in AUD, month to month per user, with an office in Woolloomooloo NSW. Fergus says supplier invoices from Australian merchants such as Reece and Tradelink import and match to jobs automatically, and it syncs GST-compliant invoices to Xero or MYOB; QuickBooks is also supported.
ServiceM8 (AU)
Tier S · Published pricesAustralian job management app for small trade and service businesses, priced by jobs per month with unlimited users
ServiceM8 is job management software from ServiceM8 Pty Ltd, an Australian company, built around its iPhone and iPad app, with ServiceM8 Lite for Android. Pricing is per business by jobs per month rather than per user, and every paid plan includes unlimited users. ServiceM8 says trades and service contractors around the world have used it to manage over $35B in jobs.
Pros
- + Published AUD prices including GST, from a free plan up to $349 a month
- + Unlimited users on every paid plan
- + No lock-in: change plans at any time, and the 14-day trial needs no payment details
- + Integrates with Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks Online
Cons
- − Optimised for iPhone and iPad; Android users get ServiceM8 Lite
- − Price rises with monthly job volume, and the Free plan is limited to 1 user and 30 jobs
- − Premium Plus charges 20c per job above 1,500 a month, and extra SMS cost 10c each
Australia note
Australian prices are in AUD and include GST. Accounting integrations cover Xero, MYOB (a MYOB Certified Add-on) and QuickBooks Online, and Deputy connects for rostering and timesheets.
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