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Tradies Line is our pick for a ServiceM8 alternative if you want AI staff doing the office work. Wombo, the AI office manager, drafts quotes and invoices and chases what's owed, and the AI receptionist answers the calls you miss and books the job. With ServiceM8, AI call answering is a paid phone add-on, and plans are priced by jobs, with 20c for each extra job on Premium Plus.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| Australia and NZ | Both | Both [1] [5] |
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
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 builds in AI staff. Wombo, the AI office manager, drafts quotes and invoices and chases what's owed, and the AI receptionist answers and books your calls. ServiceM8 sells its AI Phone Agent as a paid phone add-on.
ServiceM8 sends automatic emails and texts, and the texts use your SMS credits. 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.
Yes. Tradies Line's AI receptionist answers the calls you miss, on paid plans or on Free with a calls top-up, and pushes the jobs it books into ServiceM8.
Yes. Tradies Line sends the invoice with a pay link, syncs a copy to Xero, and marks it paid when it's paid in 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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