Looking for Simpro alternatives, or want to compare it with NextMinute? Read our helpful, transparent comparison of both products below.
Try NextMinute FreeSimpro is a powerful field service management platform built for larger trade businesses with complex service, maintenance and asset workflows.
NextMinute is a lighter, easier option for small–to–mid residential builders and tradies who mainly run project-based jobs – quotes, schedules, site diaries, photos, timesheets, variations and progress claims – without the enterprise bloat or price tag.
This page compares NextMinute vs Simpro so you can see which one actually fits the way your crew works day-to-day.
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
NextMinute is aimed at smaller residential builders and tradies who mainly run project-based jobs, not big service and maintenance operations. If you’ve got a crew of roughly 3–30 and spend most of your time on longer jobs rather than thousands of service calls, NextMinute is usually a simpler, better fit than Simpro.
Simpro is powerful but built like an enterprise system, which means lots of menus, options and setup. NextMinute keeps things focused on what builders actually use every day – quoting, scheduling, timesheets, site notes, photos, POs and progress claims – in a cleaner, more straightforward interface that crews and site supervisors can pick up quickly.
NextMinute is built around multi-stage construction jobs, so it’s very strong on planning stages, tracking labour and materials, managing variations and pulling everything together into clear progress claims and back-costing reports. Simpro can do projects too, but it’s also trying to handle service, maintenance, assets and inventory, which often makes it feel heavier than you need for straight building work.
Simpro typically uses quote-based pricing and paid implementation packages, which suits larger, more complex businesses. NextMinute has clear published pricing designed for small–mid teams, plus onboarding where we help import data, set up jobs and templates and train your crew. That keeps both the upfront and ongoing costs more manageable for smaller builders.
Switching from Simpro to NextMinute is straightforward for most builders. Our team helps you move key data across, set up job and stage templates and connect your accounting system. NextMinute integrates with Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, so your invoices, supplier bills and timesheets can keep flowing through to the accounts while your day-to-day job management moves into a system that’s easier for your crew to use.
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