Fergus vs FieldCommand

Fergus is job management software for trades and service businesses, covering work from customer enquiry and quoting through scheduling and invoicing. Teams can prepare professional quotes and use a customisable calendar to assign jobs. Job Cards gather information such as quotes, purchase orders, costs, reporting, and customer details. The mobile app for iOS and Android supports quoting, invoicing, and job management, with real-time tracking of time, materials, and safety. Fergus lists recurring jobs, route optimisation, and offline mode. Accounting integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, and MYOB can sync business information. Supplier integrations can import invoices and match them to jobs; premium supplier connections add pricebook updates, purchase orders, and invoice reconciliation. A Zapier integration connects Fergus to more than 3,000 apps. The product is made by Fergus, headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. Its 14-day free trial of Essentials starts without a credit card. Features are offered in set tiers rather than selected individually. Listed additional charges include certificates at $30 for 1–9 staff or $80 for 10+ staff, SMS at $15 per 100 texts, and credit-card payments at 2.95% + $0.30 per transaction. Local support in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom is available by phone, live chat, and email.

FieldCommand connects CRM, scheduling, quoting, change orders, invoicing, and payments to job records for electrical shops. It is designed for owner-operators running 2 to 25 trucks on residential and light commercial work. The scheduling board offers multi-crew, truck, and foreman views, drive-time awareness, and automatic customer confirmation texts. AI-assisted quoting uses electrical templates for service calls, panel upgrades, EV chargers, generator hookups, and light commercial jobs. Foremen can start change orders with field photos, while the system tracks customer e-signature approval through billing and payment. Its mobile app provides job history and notes, photo capture, material check-in and check-out, and job completion. Automatic follow-ups address open quotes, unpaid invoices, and incomplete work; the owner dashboard reports quote-to-cash time, close rates, and gross margin across job types and staff. QuickBooks Online sync is included on every plan. Core costs $199 a month, Control $399 a month, and Command $599 a month. Each plan includes a 7-day free trial. Platforms include Android, iOS, web, and API.