Quoting Apps for Australian Tradies in 2026: A Fair Comparison

First, work out what you need the software to do

Most "quoting apps" for tradies aren't just quoting apps. The best known ones are job management systems. They take a job from enquiry through quote, scheduling, job sheets, invoicing and payment, and they usually connect to your accounting software. That's a lot of useful stuff, and it's priced to match.

Other tools only cover part of the job. Accounting software can send a quote. A quote-only tool like QuoteSnap handles the front end: getting the job details and photos, sending the quote and getting it accepted.

Full disclosure: this is the QuoteSnap blog, so we're not neutral. We've stuck to facts from each product's own website and left out anything we couldn't confirm there.

How we checked

All prices, plan names and trial lengths below were checked on each product's official Australian pricing page on 11 October 2026. Prices are in Australian dollars (AUD). Where a site says whether its prices include goods and services tax (GST), we've said so. Where it doesn't say, we've said that too.

ServiceM8

ServiceM8 is job management software for trade and service businesses: jobs, quotes, invoices, scheduling and client communication. Its pricing page says prices are in AUD and include GST.

• Free: $0 a month, one user, up to 30 jobs a month
• Starter: $29 a month, up to 50 jobs a month
• Growing: $79 a month, up to 150 jobs a month
• Premium: $149 a month, up to 500 jobs a month
• Premium Plus: $349 a month, 1,500 or more jobs a month

The paid plans list unlimited users. The Free plan includes quotes, invoices and scheduling. ServiceM8 offers a 14-day free trial, and its frequently asked questions page says you don't need to enter card details for it.

Tradify

Tradify is job management software for trade businesses, covering quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments. It's priced per user, and the Australian pricing page lists prices excluding GST:

• Lite: $48 per user a month
• Pro: $52 per user a month
• Plus: $62 per user a month
• Custom: price on request

Tradify offers a 14-day free trial that includes all features.

Fergus

Fergus is job management software for trade businesses, covering quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments. The Australian pricing page lists:

• Essentials: from $53 a month
• Professional: from $77 a month
• Enterprise: a custom plan for larger teams

The page doesn't say whether these prices include GST. When we checked, it was also showing a limited-time discount off these prices. Timesheet users are priced separately. Fergus offers a 14-day free trial.

Xero

Xero is accounting software rather than trade software, but every plan listed on its Australian pricing page includes sending quotes and invoices. Prices are in AUD and include GST:

• Grow: $78 a month
• Comprehensive: $107 a month
• Ultimate 10: $143 a month

When we checked, the page was showing introductory offers for new customers rather than a free trial, including a discount on the first three months.

QuoteSnap

QuoteSnap only covers the quote: the enquiry, the photos, the quote, acceptance and, on Premium, a deposit. It isn't job management software. There's no scheduling, dispatch or job tracking.

• Basic: $4.99 a month
• Premium: $8.99 a month

Prices are in AUD and include GST. Both plans include unlimited quote requests. There's a 7-day free trial (card needed), and you can cancel any time. Premium adds deposits when the customer accepts, paid into your own Stripe account, with Stripe's fee plus a 0.5% QuoteSnap fee capped at $20 a payment. It also adds AI quote drafts from the photos, answers and your past quotes, which you check, plus video and document uploads, add-ons and no QuoteSnap branding.

Side by side

Prices were checked on each official site on 11 October 2026 and are the standard prices shown, not limited-time discounts.

Which one fits

You want one system to run the whole business

If you've got staff to schedule, jobs to track and timesheets to collect, a job management system is built for that. ServiceM8, Tradify and Fergus all offer a 14-day trial, so put a couple through a real week of your work before you decide. Look at how you'd quote, how a won job moves onto the schedule, and how invoicing connects to your accounts.

You already have accounting software and your quotes are simple

Your accounting software may already send quotes. If your quotes are straightforward and you're happy getting job details over the phone, that might be all you need.

Your problem is getting the job details in the first place

If most of your quoting time goes on phone tag, chasing photos through text messages and driving out to look at jobs, that's the front end of the job. It's the part QuoteSnap is built for. It can sit alongside a job management system or accounting software, or on its own if the quote is all you need help with.

How QuoteSnap works

You text or email the customer a link. They open it in their phone browser, with nothing to download, answer mostly tap-to-answer questions and take photos. Artificial intelligence (AI) checks each photo as it comes in and asks them to retake it if it's blurry, too dark, not of the job or looks like a stock image.

There are ready-made forms for electricians, plumbers, builders, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technicians, roofers and painters. For any other job, you type the job name and AI writes the questions and photo requests for you to check and edit.

Each request lands with the answers, the photos and a short AI summary of what's in the photos and anything to check, such as access, safety or missing information. You price it on your phone and send the quote with a list of what's included, and the customer signs to accept on the same link. You can also raise an invoice from the job.

You always decide whether the photos are enough or a site visit is still needed. For more on that, see why tradies are moving to photo quoting.

The short version

Job management systems do a lot more than QuoteSnap, and they're priced for that. QuoteSnap does one part of the job, the quote, and is priced for that. Some tradies will want one, some will want both, and some will be fine with what their accounting software already does. See QuoteSnap pricing for the full plan details.

• Work out which part of your business you're trying to fix
• Running staff, schedules and timesheets? Put a couple of job management systems through a real week
• Simple quotes? Check whether your accounting software already sends them
• Losing time getting job details? That's the front end, the part QuoteSnap is built for
• Check prices on the official site before you sign up