Quoting & Invoicing Software for Carpenters

Yes, our free plan includes 10 invoices and 5 quotes a month and up to 250 contacts. Perfect for sole-trader chippies just getting started. Upgrade to Starter ($29/mo) for unlimited invoices and quotes as your carpentry business grows.

Every invoice automatically calculates 10% GST, displays your ABN and licence number, and meets ATO requirements. At BAS time, export a GST summary in one click, collected GST on sales and paid GST on timber and hardware purchases already tallied.

Yes. Build line items priced per door, per linear metre of skirting or trim, per square metre of decking, or fixed-price for custom built-ins. Mix unit-priced and fixed-price items on the same quote so the customer sees a clear breakdown.

Absolutely. Log purchases from Bunnings, Bowens, Dahlsens, or any supplier at cost, then apply your standard markup automatically when it appears on the invoice. Snap a receipt photo and it attaches to the job record so you see real margin, not just revenue.

Yes. The job board is built for multi-week work, wardrobes, staircases, deck builds, full fit-outs. Move cards through Quoted, Materials Ordered, In Progress, Snag List, and Invoiced. Track progress photos, hours, and supplier runs across the whole build.

Yes. Frame and pergola jobs in Australia must be built to AS 1684 (Residential Timber-Framed Construction) using the site's wind classification, N1 to N6 in non-cyclonic areas or C1 to C4 in cyclonic regions, derived per AS 4055 or AS/NZS 1170.2. Store the engineer's wind classification, span tables used, tie-down details and timber stress grades against each job, plus photos of bracing and fixings, handy for the building surveyor's frame inspection and your own warranty records.

Yes. Describe the job, a deck, a wardrobe, a full fit-out, and AI drafts a sectioned estimate priced from your own cost catalogue. Or upload a plan and AI reads the measured quantities (deck area, wall runs, opening counts) off it into a review queue. A separate AI reviewer checks your drafted estimate for missing items before it goes out. You review and adjust every line; the AI does the first draft, you make the call. AI estimating and plan takeoff need the optional Builder Suite add-on ($99/mo) on top of any core plan.

Yes. Build estimates from a cost catalogue and reusable recipes (assemblies), priced per door, per linear metre, or per square metre of decking, with markup or margin and wastage, then convert an accepted estimate straight into a job. You can also upload a plan and have AI read the quantities off it. Unlike a standalone estimating tool, the quoting, invoicing, online payments and GST accounting all live in the one platform.

Yes. Photograph the work as it progresses and AI reads the photos against your job's schedule of values, suggesting a percent complete for each stage, framing, fit-out, finishing, with a short reason for each. It drafts the claim; you review and adjust every stage, and nothing is billed until you send it. The claim materialises as a GST-compliant progress-claim invoice (with retention withheld if you use it) that your client can pay online. Reading the photos against the schedule of values needs the optional Builder Suite add-on ($99/mo), with a monthly photo allowance.

Buildxact is a capable estimating and job-management tool, but it has no built-in payment collection, a tax-exclusive-only engine, and its AI estimating is a paid add-on. OneBookPlus builds the estimating, AI plan takeoff, progress claims with retention, variations and GST-ready accounting into one platform, with the AI included in the flat $99/mo Builder Suite price rather than metered on top, and clients able to pay progress claims online. A couple of things Buildxact can't do: tap one symbol on a plan and have AI find and count every other one (their counting is click-by-click), and turn site photos into a drafted progress claim. You can export your data any time, so there's no lock-in.