Should your business use Tradify or NextMinute?

Tradify is a solid option for smaller field service tradespeople, particularly sole traders or those with 1-2 staff who do not manage complex projects. It's user-friendly for simple operations but may fall short for more intricate requirements.

NextMinute's job management software, on the other hand, excels in managing more complex building and construction projects, offering advanced job planning and back costing capabilities that set it apart from Tradify.

NextMinute provides superior integration with accounting systems, including comprehensive support for payroll and supplier invoices, making it a robust Tradify alternative for growing businesses seeking seamless financial management and project oversight.

‍Designed for residential construction

Designed for residential construction with 5-50 staff. Every tool you need to plan, price, execute, and bill for your complex jobs.

‍Priced for any scale

Only pay for what you need. You can build your team (and pricing) to exactly suit your business needs.

Built for multiple large jobs

Account for everything, labour, material disbursement and subcontractor costs. Full visibility of all your complex jobs in one place with live actual vs estimates and drag-and-drop Gantt charts.

Epic customer support

We provide you with free onboarding and setup, unlimited support, and a dedicated team member to help you whenever you need.

Designed for sole trader or field service

Great for Plumbers or Electricians with short jobs. Not built for longer residential construction jobs like builders, roofers etc.

‍Expensive limited plans for all users

Very limited functionality at the Lite plan or very expensive for the equivalent plan to NextMinute. All users locked into the same tier of plan.

Not built for long jobs

Tradify does not provide the planning features for multiple or complex jobs and tasks in a simple planning dashboard like Gantt charts that NextMinute provides.

‍Limited industry support

Generic software support from a call center. Limited industry knowledge in first-tier support.

Compare Tradify & NextMinute Pricing (NZD)

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Admin Users:

Free onboarding, training, and support for the lifetime of your subscription. Supported by a dedicated, local team of experts.

Access to all reports and the dashboard

Full visibility to create and edit jobs and tasks

Work assignment and notification to the team

Build and template quotes and issue to customer

Integration features – connect to Xero, QuickBooks or MYOB

Create and maintain Job Plans in the Gantt Chart

Create and send invoices and sync to Xero, QuickBooks or MYOB

Full contact management

Financial summaries and back costing

Staff timesheet review and syncing into Payroll

Full administration access to customise user roles and system set up

Team Members:

Access to only their assigned Jobs and Tasks

Fast and seamless timesheet entry

View what they are scheduled on

Ability to take photos and view files

Receive messages to action tasks

Provide job notes and updates back to the office

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Lite Plan:

Job Management, Notes & Tracking

Scheduling

Quoting & Invoicing

Pricing & Markup

Accounting Software Sync

Online & Credit Card Payments

Pro Plan:

Lite +

Enquiry Form & Email Inbox

Job Photos and Files

Recurring Jobs & Custom Statuses

Job Templates

Progress Invoicing

Quote & Invoice Templates

Timesheets

Costing & Bill Tracking

Subcontractor Scheduling

Plus Plan:

Pro +

Job Tasks

Purchase Orders

Reporting

Feature Comparison

NextMinute

Tradify

Pricing
Comparing NextMinute 1 Admin and 5 Team users vs. 6 users on the Tradify Pro plan

Easy to use mobile apps
Fully featured mobile app

Job Management
All job information in one place, available anywhere – contacts, files, notes, photos etc

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Job planning
Fully drag and drop gantt chart including multiple jobs

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Timesheets
Easy to use timesheets with configurable rate cards

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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 labour costs

✔

Reporting
Full reporting suite including live WIP report, job profitability and timesheet analysis

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Customer Portal
Customer facing portal incorporating progress updates, invoices, variations and customer interactions

Quoting
Template driven job quoting and workflows

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Best Tradify Alternative

Tradify vs NextMinute