Looking for ServiceM8 alternatives, or want to compare it with NextMinute? Read our helpful, transparent comparison of both products below.
Try NextMinute FreeServiceM8 is good for small trade businesses smashing through lots of quick jobs each day, especially if everyone’s on iPhone.
NextMinute is built for a different world – Kiwi builders and tradies running bigger, project-based work like new builds, renos and landscaping, who need proper job planning, Gantt charts, site diaries, variations, progress claims and tight job costing.
It runs smoothly on both iOS and Android, plugs straight into Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, and brings together timesheets, supplier invoices and WIP so you can actually see what you’re making on every stage of every job.
Click on each feature to see a video of NextMinute in action.
NextMinute helps keep your crew in the loop and up-to-date with what needs to be done.
Job Scheduling
The NextMinute app enables you and your crew to get your admin done anywhere, anytime on mobile or tablet.
Mobile App
NextMinute makes creating and sending final and progress payment invoices easy.
NextMinute Invoicing
Place supplier orders with a few clicks.
Set custom buy/sell rates for machinery and have your crew log the hours.
Create and send estimates or import take-offs from your QS/software.
Quoting Software for Trades
Easily import takeoffs from your software or quantity surveyor of choice.
Takeoff Imports
Easily add in job expenses to keep track of your actuals vs. estimates.
Expense Tracking
Easily communicate with your crew within the NextMinute app.
Your crew can easily view site plans – anywhere, any time.
"Highly recommend using NextMinute! The software is great. It is very easy to use and very adaptable for all different types of trades...Signing up to NextMinute was one of the best business decisions we made."
Taisha Stephens, Phoenix Renovations & Building
Rated 4.9/5 across Google, Facebook, and Xero App Store.
All pricing in New Zealand Dollars (NZD)
ServiceM8 is brilliant for lots of short, simple jobs, but it starts to strain when you’re juggling bigger projects. NextMinute gives you proper Gantt planning, stage-based job costing, progress claims and tight links between quotes, POs, supplier invoices and timesheets, so you can actually run the whole build in one place.
NextMinute gives your team the same full-featured app on both iOS and Android, so everyone can see schedules, log time, add photos and notes, and update jobs from their own phone. ServiceM8 is strongest on iPhone and iPad, with a cut-down Android experience aimed more at basic field use.
With NextMinute, quotes, variations, progress claims, timesheets and supplier invoices are all tied to jobs and stages, then pushed through to Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks in a way that mirrors how builders actually bill. You get clearer WIP and profitability on every stage of every job, instead of piecing it together from separate systems and add-ons.
Most builders move across in a short, guided process. The NextMinute team helps bring over your clients and active jobs, set up templates and stages that match the way you work, connect your accounting system and train both office staff and the crew. You end up with a system that feels familiar to use day to day, but is better suited to larger, project-based work.
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