Compared
Our pick for most trade businesses doing service work is Tradies Line, because it builds in AI staff. Wombo, the AI office manager, drafts quotes and invoices and chases what's owed, and the AI receptionist answers your calls. Tradify and Fergus charge per user, Jobber charges for extra users, and ServiceM8 sells AI call answering as a phone add-on.
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Our pick: Tradies Line
Job management software with AI staff for trade businesses doing service work in AU and NZ.
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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 | ServiceM8 | Tradify | Fergus | Jobber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI built in | Wombo, the AI office manager: drafts quotes and invoices, finds anything, answers messages | AI quote and invoice drafts, a writing helper, a voice assistant and an Office Agent [1] [2] | SmartWrite and SmartRead, on its Plus plan [1] | Fergus Assistant on desktop and mobile, by voice or text [1] | Jobber AI by voice and chat (beta), on all plans [1] |
| Answers your calls | Yes, the AI receptionist on paid plans, or Free with a calls top-up | Yes, an AI Phone Agent in its paid phone add-on [3] | None named [1] | Through a partner, H3llo, in its marketplace [2] | Its AI Receptionist isn't available in Australia or New Zealand [2] |
| Chases unpaid invoices | 3 emails, then 2 texts and up to 5 short AI calls once TradiesLine Pay is connected, from your plan's allowance | Automatic emails and texts; texts use your SMS credits [1] [4] | Automatic emails and texts on a fixed schedule, from Pro; texts are a 20c add-on [1] [2] [3] | Automatic emails and texts on both plans; texts cost $15 per 100 [3] [4] | Automatic emails or texts, from the Connect plan [3] [4] |
| Priced per | Business: 1 login on Free, 5 on Starter, unlimited on Pro and Enterprise | Business, by jobs a month; 20c per extra job on Premium Plus [1] | User [1] | User [5] | Plan, priced by team size [4] |
| Quotes | From your price list, by you or Wombo; accepted online; follow-ups by email and text | Templates, supplier price lists and online acceptance [1] | Price lists and supplier import; templates and online acceptance on Pro [1] | Templates, supplier price books and online acceptance [6] | Templates, a products list, and online approval with a deposit [5] [6] [7] |
| Invoices and online payments | From the job; TradiesLine Pay takes card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Afterpay or Klarna where available | Yes, card payments in the app or by link [1] | Yes, on every plan [1] | Yes, with Fergus Pay [4] | Yes, through payment integrations like Stripe or Square, in AUD for Australian accounts [8] |
| Scheduling and crews | Crews with their own calendars, a day board, and day runs by text or email | Scheduling, a dispatch map and a staff app [1] | A scheduler with dispatch, and a staff app with timesheets [1] [4] | Drag-and-drop calendar, crews and subbies, and the Fergus Go app [7] | Scheduling and a team app [9] |
| Australia and NZ | Both | Both [1] [5] | Both [1] [5] | Both [8] | Usable in Australia, without an Australian price page; New Zealand partly [8] [10] |
Job management software with AI staff for trade businesses doing service work in AU and NZ.
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Tradies and service businesses; the free plan is for sole traders.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] servicem8.com/au/pricing , [2] servicem8.com/au/september-2026-update , [3] servicem8.com/au/phone , [4] support.servicem8.com/help-center/servicem8-add-ons/automation/payment-follow-up-automation , [5] servicem8.com/nz/pricing , [6] servicem8.com/au/free-plan , [7] support.servicem8.com/help-center/servicem8-add-ons/forms/creating-a-simple-contract-variation-form , [8] apps.apple.com/au/app/servicem8-job-management-app/id378062736 , [9] servicem8.com/au/features-integrations , [10] servicem8.com/au/myob-integration
Trade businesses, from tradies who want the basics to large teams.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] tradifyhq.com/au/pricing , [2] help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/22210582335001-Use-Invoice-Payment-Reminders , [3] help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/9413013071769-Automated-Text-Reminders-for-Invoices-in-Tradify , [4] tradifyhq.com/au , [5] tradifyhq.com/nz/pricing , [6] help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/21977107022233-How-To-Create-a-Deposit-Invoice , [7] help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034018253-Manage-Variations-on-Jobs , [8] tradifyhq.com/au/features
Australian tradies and trade businesses, from sole traders to multi-crew.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] fergus.com/au/ai , [2] fergus.com/marketplace/h3llo , [3] help.fergus.com/en/articles/1634555-invoice-reminders , [4] fergus.com/au/pricing , [5] help.fergus.com/en/articles/362678-what-does-fergus-cost , [6] fergus.com/au/features/quoting , [7] fergus.com/au/features/scheduling , [8] fergus.com/au/llm-info , [9] help.fergus.com/en/articles/11381674-deposits-for-quotes-and-estimates , [10] fergus.com/au/features/invoicing , [11] fergus.com/au/features/track-manage-jobs , [12] fergus.com/au
Home and commercial service businesses, solo to multi-crew.
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Sources, checked 6 October 2026: [1] help.getjobber.com/hc/en-us/articles/25315900454423-Jobber-Copilot , [2] help.getjobber.com/en/articles/receptionistpowered-by-jobber-ai , [3] getjobber.com/features/field-service-invoicing-software , [4] getjobber.com/pricing , [5] help.getjobber.com/hc/en-us/articles/29292809768983-Quote-Templates , [6] help.getjobber.com/hc/en-us/articles/115009735848-Products-Services-List , [7] help.getjobber.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012715008-Quote-Approvals , [8] help.getjobber.com/en/articles/payment-integrations , [9] getjobber.com/features/scheduling , [10] help.getjobber.com/hc/en-us/articles/24609570718359-Jobber-and-Xero-Integration , [11] help.getjobber.com/en/articles/progress-invoicing , [12] help.getjobber.com/hc/en-us/articles/14343244961175-Job-Costing , [13] getjobber.com/llm-info
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.
Tradies Line has AI staff built in. Wombo, the AI office manager, drafts quotes and invoices, finds anything and answers messages, and the AI receptionist answers your calls. ServiceM8 has AI drafts and an Office Agent, Fergus and Jobber have AI assistants, and Tradify's AI tools are on its Plus plan.
Tradies Line has an AI receptionist built in, and ServiceM8 sells an AI Phone Agent in a paid phone add-on. Fergus connects to a partner, Jobber's AI Receptionist isn't available in Australia or New Zealand, and Tradify doesn't name one.
All five send automatic reminders: ServiceM8 by email and text, Tradify from its Pro plan, Fergus with texts at $15 per 100, and Jobber from its Connect plan. Tradies Line sends 3 emails, then, once TradiesLine Pay is connected, 2 texts and up to 5 short AI calls that text the pay link, from your plan's allowance. None of the others mention chasing by phone.
As of October 2026, Tradify and Fergus charge per user, and Jobber's plans include a set number of users with extra users charged. ServiceM8 and Tradies Line charge per business: ServiceM8 by jobs a month, Tradies Line by calls, texts and AI credits.
Yes. ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus, Jobber and Tradies Line all connect to Xero. In Tradies Line, invoices go out with a pay link, a copy syncs to Xero, and it comes back marked paid. Jobber's sync needs its Connect plan or higher and runs one way into Xero.
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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