Build professional quotes in minutes, not hours. Use templates, supplier price books, margin and wastage to price jobs properly, then send a clean PDF quote that’s ready for the client.
Regularly quoting for similar projects? Save a template to speed up your quoting process.
Easily import price books from your suppliers & drop items into quotes.
Win clients with clear and professional looking quotes. Estimate labour, materials, disbursements, add mark-ups and only show the info you want to the client.
With our awesome mobile app, you can fire out quotes without having to head back to the office.
See how the NextMinute quoting app helps Kiwi builders and tradies build accurate, professional quotes fast, then win the job and get straight to work.
Pick from ready-built quote templates or your own saved ones, so you're never starting from scratch at 9pm. Common jobs, line items and wording are already there, so you just tweak what's different and move on.
Import your supplier price books and bring in takeoffs from your QS or takeoff software in a few clicks. Your labour, materials and rates land straight in the quote, so the numbers are right the first time and you're not keying them in twice.
Add your markup on labour and materials and watch your margin update as you build. You know the job's making money before you send it, not after, so you can price with confidence instead of guessing.
Send a clean, professional quote with your logo, branding and clear line items. It shows the client you run a tight ship, which helps you stand out from the bloke who fired over a number on a text.
Fire the quote out from your phone or the office. Clients can approve it online with one click, so you're not chasing quotes or wondering if it landed.
Once it's approved, roll the quote straight into a job with the schedule, tasks and budget already set. Nothing gets re-entered, so you go from winning the work to getting started without the double handling.
Plus, you can track actuals vs estimates in real-time as the job progresses, so you know you're in the black on every stage.
NextMinute keeps your jobs and your accounts talking to each other. Contacts, invoices, timesheets & payments stay in sync, so you’re not re-entering info or cleaning up mistakes later.
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We’ve answered the ones we hear most from builders and tradies.
NextMinute is built specifically for Kiwi builders and tradies running teams of three or more — including carpenters, landscapers, roofers, pool builders, and earthworks crews. Unlike generic spreadsheet templates or overseas tools, it handles GST at 15%, syncs two-ways with Xero and MYOB, and links your quotes directly to job costs, timesheets, and invoicing. The local NZ team gets the trade life. Give it a crack with a free trial.
Quoting is included in every NextMinute plan — you don't pay extra for it. Pricing scales with the size of your team rather than the number of quotes you send, so you can fire out as many as you like without watching the meter. Have a look at the pricing page for current NZD plans, or book a quick chat and we'll work out which tier fits your crew best. NextMinute is built for teams of three or more.
Both let you build and send quotes, but NextMinute leans heavier into the back-end of a job. Once a client accepts your quote, it rolls straight into a project with stages, a Gantt schedule, and back-costing that compares estimated versus actual costs in real time. Tradify is solid for smaller service work; NextMinute fits builders, landscapers, and other tradies running multi-stage jobs with a crew. Check the Tradify alternative page for a proper side-by-side.
It depends on the kind of work you do. Fergus is geared toward plumbers, sparkies, and service trades doing quick callouts; NextMinute is built around project-based work — multi-stage builds, renovations, landscape jobs, pool builds, and earthworks — where you need takeoffs, templates, and proper variation tracking. If you're quoting jobs that run for weeks or months and need to see where the profit's going, NextMinute usually wins out. The Fergus alternative page walks through the key differences.
NextMinute lets you set labour rates and mark-ups separately for each role on the crew, then drop those hours into your quote line by line. You can show labour as a single line or itemise it — your call. Once the job kicks off, timesheets feed actual hours back against your estimate, so you can see straight away if a stage is running over and adjust your next quote accordingly. No more guessing on day-rates for the next one.
Yep, that's the sweet spot. NextMinute is designed for builders and tradies running multi-week or multi-month projects where you need to stage the work, import takeoffs from your QS, and track actuals against estimates as the job progresses. Renovations, new builds, landscape installs, pool builds, and earthworks projects with lots of moving parts are all handled well — variations track separately so you don't lose money on the extras when it's time to send the final invoice.
NextMinute syncs two-ways with Xero, so your contacts, invoices, and payments stay lined up between your job management software and your accounts. When a quote turns into a job and the invoice goes out, it lands in Xero ready to reconcile — no double-entry, no copy-paste between systems. MYOB and QuickBooks work the same way. Have a browse through the integrations overview to see what else hooks in.
Yes — the NextMinute mobile app lets you build and fire out a quote without heading back to the office. Pull up a template, drop in materials from your price book, add labour, and email the branded PDF straight to the client. Handy when you're between jobs or back at the ute after a site visit. Clients accept with one tap and you'll get notified the moment they sign off, so you're not waiting on a phone call to know the job's yours.
Sweet as — we offer a free trial so you can have a proper crack at the quoting tools before committing. The local NZ team can also set up a customised trial account, import some of your existing jobs and price books, and walk you through how it'd run for your business. Book a 15-min intro call if you'd rather have someone show you the ropes first before diving in.
Honest answer — probably not. NextMinute is built for teams of three or more running multi-stage projects — renovations, new builds, landscape installs, pool builds, earthworks, and similar trade work. If you're a solo operator doing quick service callouts, you'll likely find a lighter tool a better fit. But if you're growing a crew, juggling several jobs at once, or moving up to bigger work, NextMinute scales with you. Get in touch and we'll tell you straight whether it's the right fit.
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