Job Management Software for Tradies

Start with the workflow, not the feature list: can you quote and invoice from your phone on-site, does every invoice carry 10% GST and your ABN automatically, and can the customer accept the quote and pay the invoice online without a phone call. Then check the two things that bite later: whether the accounting is included or Xero or MYOB is an extra subscription, and how the price scales, because per-user pricing punishes putting on an apprentice and per-job tiers punish a busy month. OneBookPlus is flat-priced with the quoting, scheduling, invoicing, CRM and the books in the one platform, and the free plan lets you test all of that on real jobs first.

Yes, if you've searched for apps like ServiceM8 or a Tradify alternative, OneBookPlus is worth a look. ServiceM8 and Tradify are solid, established field-service apps with strong followings, and we're happy to say so. The difference is that OneBookPlus bundles job management, GST invoicing, accounting, a tradie booking platform and email/SMS marketing into one subscription that starts free, so most tradies replace two or three tools, not just the job app.

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

Every invoice raised off a job calculates 10% GST, carries your ABN, and meets the ATO's tax-invoice requirements. Because the books sit in the same platform as the jobs, the GST on each paid job flows straight into a BAS-ready summary you export in one click at quarter end. Nothing has to be re-keyed from a job app into a separate accounting subscription, which is where most tradies lose an evening every quarter.

Yes. OneBookPlus is fully mobile-responsive. Create quotes, convert to invoices, and send them to customers right from your phone while you're still on site.

OneBookPlus is built for every trade. Whether you're a plumber, electrician, builder, painter, landscaper, or carpenter, the invoicing, quoting, and scheduling features are designed for how tradies actually work.

Yes. Every invoice includes a payment link so your customers can pay instantly by card. No more chasing cheques or bank transfers.

Create an itemised quote with labour, materials, and a description of work. Send it as a professional PDF. When the customer accepts, convert it to an invoice with one click, no retyping.

On site it earns its keep in four places. The job card gives you the address, the fault notes, the photos and the full history with that customer, so you turn up knowing the job. The quote is built from your saved price-book lines while you're still standing in the driveway. Receipts and materials get photographed and tagged to the job as you buy them, so margin per job is the real number. And the finished job converts to a GST invoice with a pay link in one tap before you get back in the ute. The office side, scheduling, assignees, win rate and the BAS summary, is the by-product: the day writes itself down as you work instead of at 9pm.

It comes down to the pricing model more than the sticker price. ServiceM8 charges by job volume (a free 30-job plan, then $29 to $349 a month), Tradify is per user (from $48 a month ex GST) and Fergus is per full user (from $53 a month), and all three leave the books to Xero or MYOB, which is roughly another $35 to $78 a month. OneBookPlus is flat at $0, $29, $49 or $69 a month with the whole team and the accounting included, so a one-to-ten person crew usually lands under a job-app-plus-ledger stack. Vendor figures checked July 2026 against the vendors' own Australian pricing pages.

If you quote, schedule and invoice more than a couple of jobs a week, yes: the payoff is quoting on-site instead of at 9pm, never losing a job in a text thread, and invoices that go out the moment the work is done. The OneBookPlus free plan (10 invoices and 5 quotes a month) exists precisely for sole traders, so you can run it on real jobs without paying anything until the volume justifies an upgrade.

Yes. The same quote-to-job-to-invoice pipeline runs recurring pest treatment schedules, locksmith lockout callouts, pool servicing and any other trade with jobs, customers and GST invoices. There are dedicated guides for pest control and locksmith businesses, and the booking page, service reminders and job photos work identically for every trade.