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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 track — from quoting and planning to timesheets and site comms. It’s built to handle the real day-to-day of longer jobs, with less stress and more control.
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NextMinute helps keep your crew in the loop and up-to-date with what needs to be done.
Project Management
The NextMinute app enables you and your crew to get your admin done anywhere, anytime on mobile or tablet.
Mobile App
Need to invoice part way through a project? NextMinute makes progress payments and claims super simple.
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.
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
NextMinute is designed for residential builders and tradies who manage longer, more complex jobs — like renovators, landscapers, painters, and carpenters. If your jobs run for days or weeks, we’ve got your back.
Fergus is solid for high-volume tradies smashing out quick jobs — like sparkies or plumbers doing a bunch of call-outs each day. But if you’re managing bigger, project-based work with more moving parts, NextMinute is built for you. It’s made for tradies who need to keep longer jobs running smoothly, from start to finish.
Yep — we’ll give you a hand moving over your job info, contacts, and anything else you need so you can hit the ground running with NextMinute.
Yes, NextMinute integrates seamlessly with Xero and MYOB to make quoting, invoicing, and reconciling a breeze.
We’re all about top-notch service and building solid relationships with our customers. Instead of chucking you the software and wishing you luck, we’ll work alongside you to make sure NextMinute’s the right fit and get you set up with as little stress as possible. Our team can bring across your jobs or quotes, walk you through how it all works, and help you get stuck into a proper trial — saving you time and making sure you’re getting the most out of NextMinute from day one.
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