Best Fergus Alternative Australia
The Fergus alternative for builders and tradies
Comparing Fergus with NextMinute? We’ve put together a clear, no-nonsense comparison to help Australian builders and tradies choose the right job management software.
Comparing Fergus with NextMinute? We’ve put together a clear, no-nonsense comparison to help Australian builders and tradies choose the right job management software.
While Fergus is built for on-the-go sparkies and plumbers doing lots of quick jobs each day, NextMinute is made for tradies working on bigger, more involved projects.
If you’re in residential building, renos, landscaping, or carpentry, NextMinute gives you the tools to keep everything on try-to-day of longer jobs, with less stress and more control.
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Rated 4.9/5 in Reviews on Google and Facebook, with local Aussie support that actually helps.
Import your price books and use templates to save hours on quoting. Send to clients and get approval with one click.
Use your takeoff software or QS of choice, and quickly import takeoffs to NextMinute to start planning the job.
Easy-to-use Gantt chart for planning jobs. Assign jobs and tasks to crew to reduce confusion and get on with the job.
No more chasing timesheets or payroll errors. Talk-to-text notes, attach photos, and log time + expenses.
Your team can easily view plans on site. Ditch the paperwork and have less mistakes and confused tradies.
Crew can save photos to jobs so you have a leg to stand on and can keep the customer up-to-date.
Crew can easily log notes and photos against jobs and tasks to keep you & your client informed.
Manage your jobs from on-site or in the ute with ease. Plus, your crew can view jobs and tasks, and log time with ease.
With all your job costs in one system, you can easily send accurate progress or final invoices with a few clicks.
No more handshake agreements and client disputes. NextMinute makes managing and tracking variations a breeze.
Report on actuals vs estimates in real-time by job and stage. Spot blow outs early to protect your profit.
Set custom buy/sell rates for machinery and have your crew log the hours.
Easily add in job expenses to keep track of your actuals vs. estimates.
Easily send SMS, email, and in-app messages straight from NextMinute.
Starting from AU$199/month for 3 users, and it’s easy to adjust as your team changes.
No limits - full access to all features on all plans
Unlimited projects & jobs
Flexible, month-to-month pricing based on your crew size
No lock-in contracts
Unlimited setup, training, and ongoing support for life
Dedicated help from our local crew: Duncan, Ryan & Tarsha.
Sydney-based support team who actually understand tradie life.
Pricing
Comparing NextMinute 1 Admin and 5 Team users
Easy to use mobile apps
Fully featured mobile app built for fat fingers
Job Management
All job information in one place, available anywhere – contacts, files, notes, photos etc
Job planning
Fully drag and drop gantt chart including multiple jobs
Timesheets
Easy to use timesheets with configurable rate cards
Payroll integration
Accounting system payroll integration and standard payroll extracts for other systems
Invoicing
Quick job invoicing for both fixed price and cost plus, integrated to accounting system
Supplier invoice integration
2 way supplier invoicing sync, match supplier invoices to jobs for accurate cost allocation
Detailed back costing
Job and stage level profitability analysis incorporating all material and labor costs
Reporting
Full reporting suite including live WIP report, job profitability and timesheet analysis
Customer Portal
Customer facing portal incorporating progress updates, invoices, variations and customer interactions
Quoting
Template driven job quoting and workflows
Talk to a Real Person
Have a quick chat with our Sydney-based team. We’ll walk through how you run jobs and show you how NextMinute fits.
Anna-Kate
Sales Manager
From the land of Guinness, she’ll help you work out if NextMinute’s a good fit. Straight talk, no sales BS, and a good sense of humour.
Mat
Former Plumber & NextMinute Pro
Mat’s a plumber, not a software guy. He’s been on the tools and shows you how to run jobs without the admin headaches.
Tell us what you need
Let us know your requirements and how you run your jobs
No bullsh*t
Real humans with construction experience that you'll actually like talking to
Get a trial account
We'll set you up with a customised account to try out NextMinute. We can even import your jobs and quotes
We’ve answered the ones we hear most from builders and tradies.
No way. We keep it simple with month-to-month pricing and no lock-in contracts. You can cancel anytime if it's not working for you, but we reckon once you see the time saved on admin, you'll be sticking around.
You can grab a 10-day free trial without even putting in a credit card. If you want to see how it works for your specific business, book a quick demo with us and we'll show you the ropes and even help import some of your current project data.
Managing client variations is a breeze—you can track them separately so you don't lose money on extra work. It also handles progress claims and final invoicing, making it easy to keep the cash flowing on long-term projects.
It plugs straight into Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks. It’s a two-way sync, so your supplier bills pull through automatically and your timesheets push straight to payroll, saving the admin team a heap of double-handling.
NextMinute is usually the better fit for renos because it handles multi-stage project tracking and back-costing. You can track actuals vs estimates for every single stage of the job, which is a lifesaver for keeping your margins healthy on complex builds.
We sure do. Unlike Fergus which focuses more on calendar-based scheduling, NextMinute has a full drag-and-drop Gantt chart. You can map out every stage of a build, set dependencies, and if the rain holds you up, you can move the whole schedule in one go.
For most Aussie teams of five, NextMinute can be up to 50% more affordable than Fergus. Our pricing is in AUD and we don't charge extra for certain features—every plan gets full access to the whole tool belt without sneaky add-ons.
Fergus is great for sparkies or plumbers doing heaps of small call-out jobs, whereas NextMinute is built specifically for residential construction. If you're doing bigger projects like new builds, renovations, or landscaping that take weeks or months, NextMinute gives you more control over job stages and long-term planning.
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