Compared
Our pick for most tradies is Tradies Line, because Wombo, its AI office manager, works inside your jobs, quotes and invoices. He drafts quotes and invoices and chases what's owed, and you check before anything goes out. ChatGPT answers almost anything but doesn't hold your jobs, and REX and Tradie Assistant help with compliance and fault finding. ServiceM8 and Tradify add AI to their job software.
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Our pick: Tradies Line
Job management software with AI staff for trade businesses. Wombo is the AI office manager.
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We make Tradies Line. Every other product's facts come from its own website or app store listing, checked on 6 October 2026. Each number links to the page the fact came from. On a phone, swipe the table sideways.
| What you get | Tradies Line | ChatGPT | Tradie AI | REX Tradie | Tradie Assistant | ServiceM8 | Tradify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on your own jobs and invoices | Yes: Wombo finds and updates jobs, customers, quotes, invoices and prices inside Tradies Line | Through connected apps, such as Xero (read-only) or Gmail, or files you upload [1] [2] [3] | Partly: AI drafts quotes and invoices linked to the job and client; its chat answers trade questions [1] | Its AI answers from codes and standards and reviews documents and financials you upload; AI on your jobs isn't described [1] | No: separate tools you type details into [1] | Yes: a voice assistant on the job you're on, and AI reports [1] | Writes descriptions from your line items, and reads supplier bills [1] |
| Drafts quotes | Yes, from your price list, for you to check and send | Not mentioned for trade quotes [1] | Yes, with a scope and suggested pricing [1] | Quoting included; AI drafting not stated [1] | Yes, from your site notes [2] | Yes, Auto-Quote; ServiceM8 says it needs at least 100 completed jobs for reasonable results [1] | Writes the quote description, not the quote [2] |
| Drafts invoices | Yes, for you to check and send | Not mentioned for trade invoices [1] | Yes [1] | Invoicing included; AI drafting not stated [1] | Yes [2] | Yes, Auto-Invoice, with the same 100-job guidance [1] | Writes the invoice description [1] |
| Chases unpaid invoices | Yes: 3 emails, then with TradiesLine Pay 2 texts and up to 5 short AI calls | Can list overdue Xero invoices (read-only); sending reminders not stated [2] | Not mentioned [1] | Invoice reminders; whether AI sends them isn't stated [1] | Drafts reminder emails [2] | Automated payment chasing, not described as AI [2] | Automatic reminders on Pro, not described as AI; texts 20c each [3] |
| Replies to customers | Yes, in your business name on website chat, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and texts (AU); email replies drafted for you | Through its Gmail plugin [4] | Drafts client replies; sending them isn't described [2] | Not mentioned [1] | Drafts email templates and review replies [2] | AI help writing emails and texts [1] | Improves the wording of messages [1] |
| Answers your calls | Yes, the AI receptionist on paid plans, or Free with a calls top-up | Not mentioned [1] | Not mentioned [1] | Not mentioned [1] | Not mentioned [3] | An AI Phone Agent in its paid phone add-on [3] | None named [3] |
| Talk to it | Yes, tap to talk from any page | Yes, voice on every plan [1] | Yes [1] | Yes, for questions [2] | Not mentioned [2] | Yes, through Siri [1] | Not mentioned [1] |
| Jobs, quotes and invoices included | Yes | None listed [1] | Yes: jobs, quotes and invoices [1] | Yes; its plan tables put jobs and scheduling on Pro and Premium [1] | No; it sits alongside job management software [4] | Yes [1] | Yes [3] |
| Australia and NZ | Both | Both, billed in AUD or NZD [5] | Both [3] | Australia; NZ not stated [1] | Australia; usable in NZ [4] | Both [2] [4] | Both [3] [4] |
Job management software with AI staff for trade businesses. Wombo is the AI office manager.
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Anyone; business plans exist, but it isn't made for trades.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] chatgpt.com/pricing , [2] openai.com/business/plugins/xero , [3] help.openai.com/en/articles/20001256-plugins-in-chatgpt , [4] openai.com/business/plugins/gmail , [5] help.openai.com/en/articles/10421635-multicurrency-billing , [6] apps.apple.com/au/app/chatgpt/id6448311069 , [7] openai.com/business/plugins/?tab=plugins-finance
Tradesmen and contractors, from sole traders to small crews, plus apprentices.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tradieai.app&hl=en_AU&gl=AU , [2] tradie-ai.com , [3] tradie-ai.com/terms-of-service
Licensed tradies, site supervisors and owner-operators.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] askrex.com.au/tradie , [2] apps.apple.com/au/app/rex-tradie/id6749257611
Sole traders and trade businesses in Australia.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] tradieassistant.app , [2] tradieassistant.app/tools , [3] tradieassistant.app/pricing , [4] tradieassistant.app/faqs
Trade contractors and service businesses.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] servicem8.com/au/ai-job-management-software-for-trade-contractors , [2] servicem8.com/au/pricing , [3] servicem8.com/au/phone , [4] servicem8.com/nz/pricing
Trade businesses, from tradies who want the basics to large teams.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] tradifyhq.com/au/features/smarttools , [2] help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/39975359476889-Use-SmartWrite-to-Write-your-Quote-Invoice-Description-for-you-on-Tradify-Web , [3] tradifyhq.com/au/pricing , [4] tradifyhq.com/nz/pricing
We make Tradies Line, so weigh what we say about ourselves. This page covers where Tradies Line does more; each product's own site has the rest. Every fact about another product comes from that company's own website or app store listing, linked under each one, checked on 6 October 2026. Prices are per month as each site shows them, including whether GST is added. Tradies Line is not GST registered, so its prices are the full price.
It can write and answer almost anything, and with plugins it can read Xero or Gmail, but it doesn't hold your jobs, quotes and invoices. Job software with AI built in, like ServiceM8, Tradify or Tradies Line, works on your own records instead.
Tradies Line chases with 3 emails, then, with TradiesLine Pay connected, 2 texts and up to 5 short AI calls. ServiceM8 and Tradify send automatic reminders without describing them as AI, Tradie Assistant drafts reminder emails, and ChatGPT can list overdue Xero invoices.
Tradies Line's AI receptionist answers the calls you miss and books the job, on paid plans or on Free with a calls top-up. ServiceM8 sells an AI Phone Agent as a paid phone add-on. ChatGPT, Tradie AI, REX Tradie, Tradie Assistant and Tradify don't mention answering calls.
REX Tradie generates SWMS on its Pro and Premium plans, and Tradie Assistant does it on its free plan. Tradies Line doesn't write SWMS.
In Tradies Line, quotes and invoices are always checked and sent by you; Wombo only sends replies to customer messages in conversations assigned to him. ServiceM8 and Tradify have you review AI text first, and ChatGPT may ask before app actions, depending on your settings.
Jobs, quotes, invoices and every customer message in one place, with Wombo doing the admin while you're on the tools.
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