Tradify handles job management and timesheets well, but you still need Xero for accounting and have no CRM, bookings, or marketing tools. OneBookPlus gives Australian tradies everything in one affordable app.





Key takeaways
5From $0/mo, everything included
$48 to $62/user/mo ex GST, jobs & timesheets only
See exactly what's included in each platform. OneBookPlus replaces Tradify plus the Xero subscription Australian tradies typically pay for on top.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | Tradify |
|---|---|---|
| GST-compliant invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Quoting with one-click accept | Yes | Yes |
| Job scheduling & tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Timesheet tracking | Yes | Yes |
| CRM & contact management | Yes | No |
| Online booking page | Yes | No |
| Google Calendar sync | Yes | Yes |
| Email marketing & campaigns | Yes | No |
| Accounting & P&L reports | Yes | No |
| BAS / ATO tax summaries | Yes | No |
| Expense tracking with receipts | Yes | Yes |
| Google review requests | Yes | No |
| Payment reminders | Yes | Yes |
| Xero / MYOB integration | Yes | Yes |
| POS & retail management | Yes | No |
| Native mobile app | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan available | Yes | No |
| Deep two-way Xero / MYOB / QuickBooks sync | No | Yes |
| Decade-plus trades-app track record | No | Yes |
| Price (AUD) | From $0/mo | $48 to $62/user/mo ex GST |
| All included | + Xero for accounting |
Capability rows where the difference between an AU-tax-native platform and a NZ-built tradie tool actually shows up. Cited against Tradify’s public pages.
| Category | Feature | OneBookPlus | Tradify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verticals | Vertical-specific dashboards | 18 verticals | Trades only (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| Quotes & jobs | Quote → job → invoice pipeline | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing | GST-native invoicing + ABN validation | Yes | GST yes; ABN validation not documented (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| Payments | Stripe + Stripe Tax surcharging | Stripe + Stripe Tax | Stripe / payment gateways (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| Bookings | Customer-facing online booking widget | Yes | No |
| Customer portal | White-label portal, book, pay, accept quote | Yes | No |
| Bank feeds | Australian bank feeds (via Basiq) + AI categorisation | Yes | No |
| GST / BAS | Quarterly BAS-ready reports (G1, 1A, 1B) | Yes | Via Xero/MYOB integration only (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| STP / Payroll | STP Phase 2 lodgement & SuperStream | Yes | Via Xero/MYOB only (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| AI features | AI Companion (chase, follow-up, winback, EOD) | Yes | Not documented (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| Mobile | Native mobile app | Native iOS app (Android on waitlist; web app on Android today) | iOS + Android (source: tradifyhq.com/features) |
| Integrations | Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Stripe | Yes | Yes |
| Data residency | Where customer data is stored | AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2) | Not declared on site (source: tradifyhq.com/security) |
| Security certs | ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / IRAP | Roadmap; AWS Sydney shared-responsibility | Not documented (source: tradifyhq.com/security) |
| Annual pricing transparency | Annual price shown alongside monthly | Yes | Monthly only on AU page (source: tradifyhq.com/au/pricing) |
| GST inclusivity | Price page declares inc. / ex. GST | Declared inc. GST | Declared ex GST (source: tradifyhq.com/au/pricing) |
| Starting price (AUD, inc. GST) | From $0/mo | From A$48/mo | |
| Inc. GST · Annual price shown | Per user · Verify GST treatment on vendor page |
Where Tradify wins
Tradify has been built since 2013 with one job: tradies. That decade of feature depth shows in the timesheet automation, the materials tracking, the way job costing rolls up to weekly reports. The mobile app is purpose-built for site use, and the Xero / MYOB / QuickBooks integration is mature enough that bookkeepers across AU and NZ have years of muscle memory with the workflow. If you run multiple crews, need detailed crew dispatch, and your accountant lives in Xero, the existing Tradify + Xero stack is a working answer. Don’t tear it down without a reason.
Where OneBookPlus wins
AU compliance is native, not a Xero pass-through. Quarterly BAS-ready reports (G1, 1A, 1B), STP Phase 2 lodgement with each pay run, and ABN validation at quote time all live inside OneBookPlus, with no second subscription and no sync errors at quarter-end. Tradify’s public features page routes BAS and STP through Xero or MYOB, which is one more bill and one more reconciliation.
Customer-facing portal and online bookings included. OneBookPlus ships a white-label customer portal where clients book, pay deposits, and accept quotes, plus an online booking widget you can embed on your site or paste into Google Business Profile. Tradify’s features page doesn’t document either capability.
AU data residency & AI Companion. OneBookPlus runs in AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2), and the AI Companion handles no-show follow-up, payment chase, predictive rebooking, winback, review harvesting, and end-of-day summary automatically. Tradify is NZ-built and its data residency for AU customers isn’t spelled out on the security page; ask before assuming.
Tradify needs Xero or MYOB for accounting, so that's a second subscription every month. OneBookPlus includes P&L reports, expense tracking, BAS summaries, and GST compliance. One subscription, not two.
Tradify has no CRM and no marketing tools. OneBookPlus includes contact management, email campaigns, and Google review requests, so you can win more jobs, not just track them.
Tradify at $48 to $62/user/mo ex GST is charged for every person on the tools, and a Xero subscription sits on top. OneBookPlus starts free, includes the accounting, and doesn't charge per user on the smaller plans.
Tradify doesn't offer a client-facing booking page. OneBookPlus gives you a shareable booking page with Google Calendar sync and automated reminders, no extra tool needed.
Tradify is NZ-based and works in Australia, but OneBookPlus is built for Australian tax from the ground up, ABN validation, GST handling, BAS reports, and ATO-ready summaries.
The split is job management versus whole business. Tradify is solid for job tracking, quoting, and timesheets, with more than a decade of trades-specific refinement in it, and its two-way sync with Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks is mature. What it relies on Xero or MYOB for is accounting, and it has no CRM, bookings, or marketing tools. OneBookPlus includes all of that. If you only need job management and already pay for Xero, Tradify does the job. If you want to stop juggling apps, OneBookPlus covers more ground.
Yes. OneBookPlus handles quoting, invoicing, job scheduling, timesheets, and expense tracking, the core features tradies use Tradify for. It also includes accounting, P&L reports, BAS summaries, and GST compliance, replacing the Xero subscription you need alongside Tradify.
Tradify charges $48 to $62/user/mo ex GST across its three Australian tiers, as published on tradifyhq.com/au/pricing. Because it bills per user, a two-person crew pays twice that, and because it has no accounting, a Xero or MYOB subscription sits on top of it. OneBookPlus starts free, doesn't charge per user on the smaller plans, and includes accounting and BAS reporting for $0, $29, $49, or $69 a month.
Yes. OneBookPlus includes job tracking and time management. While Tradify has purpose-built timesheet features for crews, OneBookPlus covers time tracking needs for most trades businesses and adds accounting, CRM, online bookings, and marketing tools that Tradify doesn't offer.
The ones who switch are usually sole traders and small crews paying for Tradify and Xero side by side. Tradify focuses on job management and needs Xero or MYOB for accounting, so OneBookPlus tends to suit tradies who want invoicing, CRM, bookings, accounting, BAS reports, marketing, and job management in one book, built for Australian tax compliance from day one. The ones who should stay are larger operations: Tradify has been built for tradies since 2013, its timesheet automation and job costing across multi-stage projects go deeper than ours, and its two-way Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks sync matters if your accountant works in those tools.
A BAS (Business Activity Statement) is the form Australian businesses lodge with the ATO to report GST collected on sales, GST paid on purchases, and the net amount owed or refunded. OneBookPlus generates BAS-ready GST figures automatically from your invoices and expenses, so you can lodge or hand them to your accountant without a separate accounting subscription. Tradify has no built-in accounting, so its users produce a BAS through Xero or MYOB alongside their Tradify plan.
Tradify handles job management well, quoting, scheduling, timesheets, and tracking materials. But it doesn't do your books. That means you still need Xero or MYOB running alongside it, syncing data between two systems, paying two subscriptions, and reconciling discrepancies every BAS quarter. OneBookPlus eliminates that split entirely. Jobs, invoices, expenses, bank feeds, and GST reporting live in one place, purpose-built for Australian sole traders and small teams in the trades.
Where Tradify thinks in jobs and tasks, OneBookPlus thinks in cash flow. Every quote you send, every invoice that gets paid, and every supplier receipt you snap on your phone feeds directly into your financial picture, no exports, no journal entries, no accountant-speak. You see what you've earned, what you're owed, and what the taxman needs, updated in real time.
AI-powered bank feed categorisation: OneBookPlus connects to your bank via Basiq, our bank-feed provider. Every transaction is pulled in automatically and categorised using AI trained on trades-specific spending patterns, Bunnings runs, fuel stops, tool purchases, subcontractor payments. Instead of manually coding 200 transactions a month, you review and confirm what the AI has already sorted.
Instant quoting-to-invoice pipeline: Create a quote on site from your phone, send it for approval, and convert it to an invoice with one tap once the job's done. Materials, labour, and markup are carried through automatically. Payment reminders go out on schedule, and when the client pays, the transaction matches to your bank feed without you touching it.
GST and BAS built into every transaction: Every line item, every expense, every invoice has GST handled natively, not bolted on via an accounting integration. When BAS time comes, your figures are already calculated. No exporting from Tradify into Xero, no chasing missing receipts across two apps, no last-minute reconciliation panic. OneBookPlus generates BAS-ready reports directly.
Stay with Tradify if: you run a larger operation with multiple crews, need detailed job costing across complex multi-stage projects, or rely heavily on Tradify's scheduling and timesheet features for staff management.
Switching takes about fifteen minutes. Start by connecting your business bank account, OneBookPlus pulls in your recent transactions automatically via Basiq. Next, import your client list from Tradify using a CSV export (Tradify > Customers > Export). Set your default GST treatment, ABN, and payment terms. From there, any new quotes and invoices happen in OneBookPlus, and your bank feed keeps your books current without the second app.
Job management, accounting and BAS in one Australian-built app, free to start.
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About this comparison
Feature claims about OneBookPlus reflect what is shipping today on onebookplus.com.au. Tradify pricing and feature claims were last verified against Tradify’s public Australian product pages on the date below; vendor pricing changes frequently, so check the Tradify website for your specific situation before making a decision.
Disclosure: OneBookPlus publishes this comparison and stands to benefit if you switch. We aim to compare like-for-like on capability and Australian tax compliance, if you spot something out of date, email hello@onebookplus.com.au and we’ll review it.
About the author
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal spent a decade running digital projects for Australian small businesses before founding OneBookPlus. Bishal regularly assists Australian small to medium businesses with software stack consolidation, including the trade-offs of moving from Tradify to an integrated platform. The comparison above is informed by direct migration experience, not a single read of the Tradify marketing site.
Read the founder bioLast reviewed and updated: June 2026 by Bishal Shrestha
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