Sizing up Buildxact? Here's the honest rundown. Both start at A$199 a month, but NextMinute's built for the crew on site, with live job cost tracking and two-way Xero, MYOB & QuickBooks sync included.
Short story: If you're running multi-stage builds and renos and want the team actually using the thing on site, NextMinute's the better fit. If you live in estimates all day from a desk, Buildxact's a fair shout.
Buildxact is great if you're parked in the office knocking out detailed takeoffs and estimates all day. But if you're an Aussie builder or tradie who's forever between the office and site, NextMinute's built for you and the crew. It's dead simple to use, so everyone (not just the estimator) can jump in and get stuff done.
From the first quote to the final invoice, you run the whole job in NextMinute: book in the work, schedule the crew, track time, sort variations, raise POs, send progress claims, and keep an eye on your margin as you go.
Perfect for residential builds, renos, landscaping, carpentry or any job where you need to know, right now, what's going on with your work and your team.
Both apps let the crew look at jobs, update the site diary, tick off tasks and log time on iOS and Android. NextMinute just goes a bit further for whoever's running the show. Knock up and send quotes, invoices and POs, shuffle the schedule, and keep everyone in the loop, all from your phone or tablet without heading back to the office
Two-way sync — including MYOB, which Buildxact doesn't do. Bills, invoices and timesheets flow through without you keying it twice.
Track actual vs estimate on framing, fit-out, whatever the stage — so you protect your margin before the job's done, not after.
Set buy/sell rates for machinery and have the crew log the hours. A ripper for earthworks, landscaping and pool builds.
Month-to-month, scale up or down as the crew changes. No annual contract, and a 10-day free trial to kick things off.
Full app on iOS and Android — quotes, POs, timesheets, photos, site notes and invoices, straight from the ute.
A Sydney team based team (Duncan, Ryan & Tarsha) who get tradie life. Setup, training and help for life, no overseas call centre.
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.
"The Reno Guys and Fervour Construction have been using NextMinute for over six years, and it continues to be the most flexible and user-friendly software we've ever come across! From managing leads and generating quotes to project management and invoicing, NextMinute handles it all seamlessly."
Alison Williams
The Reno Guys
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Rated 4.9/5 with 100+ reviews on Google and Facebook, with local Aussie support that actually helps.
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.
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We’ve answered the ones we hear most from builders and tradies.
While Buildxact is a solid choice for detailed takeoffs and office-based estimating, NextMinute is built more for the day-to-day grind on-site. It’s designed so the whole crew—from the boss to the apprentice—can actually use it to manage schedules, track time, and handle variations while they’re out on the tools.
It’s definitely for the whole team. The mobile app is a proper site-first tool that lets the crew log timesheets, check site plans, and snap photos, while you can still handle the quoting, POs, and invoicing from your phone or tablet without heading back to the shed.
You sure can. If you’ve got takeoffs from a quantity surveyor or another software package, you can pull those straight into NextMinute to get your quotes and actual-vs-estimate reporting sorted without entering all that data twice.
It handles them easily. You can manage client variations on the fly and set up progress payments so you aren't waiting until the very end of a renovation or build to get some cash flowing back into the business.
We keep it simple with predictable, crew-based pricing. Unlike some software that hides the best job management features behind expensive pro tiers or paid add-ons, our plans give you full access to all the features based on how many people are in your crew.
You get a proper visual Gantt chart for your job planning. It lets you lay out the stages of a build, assign tasks to the crew, and track progress against your budget so you always know if a project is actually making you money.
The transition is pretty smooth because we offer one-on-one onboarding. We'll help you import your existing data, get your accounting software synced up, and make sure the crew knows how to use the app so you're not left scratching your head.
There's no need for that. The site diary is built right in, so the crew can log what’s been done, add photos of the progress, and keep everything organised in one spot. It makes it much easier to show the client what's been happening on-site.
It’s perfect for residential builders, chippies, landscapers, and reno specialists. If you’re running multi-stage projects and need to manage people and costs daily—not just do a quick measurement and quote—NextMinute is usually the better fit for your workflow.
That’s one of the best bits. You get real-time reporting on your actual costs versus your estimates for every job or even just a specific stage. It’s a lifesaver for seeing exactly where your margin is being chewed up before it's too late.
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