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While Fergus is designed for on-the-move tradespeople like plumbers and electricians juggling multiple short jobs a day, NextMinute is purpose-built for residential builders and trades working on longer, more complex projects.
With powerful tools for quoting, project planning, timesheets, and on-site communication, NextMinute helps you stay in control from start to finish — perfect for building projects, renovations, landscaping, carpentry, and other project-based work.
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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
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.
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 trades 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 great for high-volume trades doing quick jobs (like electricians or plumbers doing multiple call-outs a day). NextMinute is built for tradies managing bigger, project-based work with more moving parts.
Yes — we can help you migrate your job info, contacts, and other important data 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 unbeatable service and close relationships with our customers. Instead of leaving you to figure things out alone, we work side by side with you to ensure NextMinute is the right fit for your business and get you up and running with minimal stress. Our team can import your jobs or quotes, walk you through the system, and help you trial it effectively—saving you time in the long run and ensuring you get the most out of NextMinute from day one.
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