Fergus vs QuoteSoft

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.

QuoteSoft estimates labor hours and material costs for ductwork, HVAC, plumbing, piping, and related mechanical contracting work. Its products target piping, plumbing, ductwork, HVAC, refrigeration, industrial process, and medical-gas contractors. Users can customize assemblies, specifications, material names, icons, labor tables, formulas, costs, and variables. QuoteSoft Pipe shows labor and material during takeoff, generates pipe between fittings, and can spool lengths automatically. QuoteSoft Duct calculates fabrication, installation, and material costs for rectangular, round, and oval ductwork and HVAC equipment. Integrations include AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Dexter + Chaney, and accounting or project-management packages. Exports include customizable CSV, database, XML, and more than 20 standard Excel formats. Pipe includes a database of over 110,000 items linked to labor tables. Windows desktop deployment supports local networks from one computer to dozens. Pricing is on request; a license includes one year of support and training.