# Opsler — Tradify Alternatives for Australian Trade Businesses

URL: https://opsler.com/au/compare/tradify-alternatives/
Last updated: 2026-08-04
Published by Opsler, which is one of the ten alternatives listed. Ownership is
disclosed on the page. Vendors are ordered alphabetically — the stated, published
criterion — and Opsler appears seventh. Every vendor is given a best-fit case and
a stated limitation, including Opsler.
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## Tradify baseline (official AU pricing page, checked 2026-08-04)

Lite A$48, Pro A$52, Plus A$62 per user per month, each labelled "Ex GST" on
Tradify's own Australian pricing page. Custom tier is contact-based (1800 955 260).
Add-ons: Instant Website A$19/month; SMS quotes and invoices A$0.20/message; SMS
appointment, quote and payment reminders A$0.20/message. 14-day free trial, no
credit card. Web plus native iOS and Android apps. Two-way sync with Xero, MYOB
and QuickBooks.

## The ten alternatives (alphabetical, prices checked 2026-08-04)

- AroFlo — no published price, demo request only. Australian-made, sole trader to
  40+ technicians. Asset management, compliance, inventory, GPS tracking, project
  work types. Native iOS and Android. Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Stripe, Square.
- Ascora — no published price. Australian since 2009, "built for 5-50 technicians
  running complex work." Multi-crew dispatch, multi-stage quoting, job
  profitability, digital SWMS/JSA forms, offline-capable field app. Two-way Xero,
  MYOB, QuickBooks. 14-day trial, no card.
- Fergus — Essentials from A$53/month, Pro from A$77/month, month-to-month, no
  setup fee, no lock-in. Australian, crews of 1-20. Supplier invoice matching,
  100+ Australian supplier integrations, job phases for progress claims.
- Formitize — A$29.99 per user/month excluding GST. Australian-headquartered,
  forms-led: safety compliance, document storage, quoting, invoicing, mobile
  payments. Industry packs priced separately.
- Jobber — its own Australian pricing page states "All prices in USD". Core
  US$29-49/month (1 user), Connect US$99-199 (5 users), Grow US$149-399 (10
  users), Plus US$399-699 (15 users). 14-day trial on Grow, no card.
- NextMinute — Tradie Growth from A$199/month (3-9 users), Tradie Pro from
  A$349/month (10-14 users), Tradie Max custom (15+). AUD excluding GST.
  Residential construction focus: Gantt scheduling, takeoff imports, variations.
- Opsler — US$25 per seat/month, no seat minimum, 14-day trial with no card. Free
  Budding plan: 2 seats (1 admin + 1 technician), 50 jobs/month, unlimited
  customers, 100 inventory items, 1 inventory location, 21 core features.
  Browser-installed app, not a native app store download. Pro adds route
  optimisation (a manual re-sequence of one technician's flexible stops for one
  day, fixed appointment times anchored) and GPS location snapshots at three
  milestones (en route, arrived, complete). Limitation: billed in USD not AUD,
  accounting is a formatted CSV export not a live sync, and there is no live
  vehicle tracking.
- ServiceM8 — Free A$0 (1 user, 30 jobs/month), Starter A$29 (50 jobs, 100 SMS),
  Growing A$79 (150 jobs, 300 SMS), Premium A$149 (500 jobs, 1,000 SMS), Premium
  Plus A$349 (1,500+ jobs, 3,000 SMS). Unlimited users on every paid tier — job
  volume is the pricing lever, not headcount. Extra SMS 10c; 20c per extra job
  past Premium Plus. GST basis is not stated on ServiceM8's published pages.
- Simpro — custom quote, no public numeric Australian list price, initial setup
  fee scaled to implementation complexity, tailored add-ons. Deepest option for
  projects, assets, inventory and multi-company structures. NOTE: Simpro's pricing
  page returned HTTP 403 on 2026-08-04 from both its global and Australian URLs;
  these facts come from research dated 2026-07-30 and are flagged as the least
  fresh on the page.
- WorkGuru — A$350/month including 10 team members, A$35/month per additional
  member. Inventory and stock control +A$300/month, automation suite
  +A$200/month, digital forms +A$150/month. Australian, fabrication and workshop
  businesses.

## The ServiceM8 vs Tradify crossover (the calculation buyers actually need)

Two people running 40 jobs a month: A$29 on ServiceM8 Starter, A$96 on Tradify
Lite. Two people running 200 jobs a month: A$96 on Tradify Lite, A$149 on
ServiceM8 Premium. Per-user pricing wins as job volume rises; job-volume pricing
wins as headcount rises. The crossover moves with your job count.

## NOT supported by Opsler

- AUD billing — Opsler prices in US dollars and does not convert.
- Live or two-way accounting sync. Opsler produces QuickBooks-formatted and
  Xero-formatted CSV files for manual import. AroFlo, Ascora, Fergus, NextMinute
  and Tradify all describe two-way syncing; Opsler does not.
- Native App Store or Google Play download — Opsler installs from the browser.
- SMS — a planned bring-your-own-provider integration, not live.
- GST filing, tax-invoice certification or automatic ABN validation.
- Supplier catalogue integrations of the kind Fergus offers.

## Verified Opsler capability

Enquiry to customer record with service address and history; quotes from a
reusable price book, single-price or three tiers, approved by the customer with a
one-time code sent by email plus a typed or drawn signature, always online in
their own browser; drag-and-drop dispatch board; job records carrying address,
notes and history to the field; invoices generated from completed work with
status tracked to paid; token-based customer access with no login and no app
download; recurring job series on a fixed interval you set, generated up to 30
days ahead, on the Pro plan.

## Method and freshness

Every price comes from that vendor's own Australian pricing page, fetched
2026-08-04. No review directory, comparison aggregator or third-party estimate
was used. Where a vendor publishes no price the page says "Not published" rather
than estimating. Treat all figures as a dated snapshot, not a live feed.

## Related

- https://opsler.com/au/compare/tradify-pricing/
- https://opsler.com/au/job-management-software/
- https://opsler.com/au/tradie-app/
- https://opsler.com/pricing/