The best job software for cleaning businesses
Prices checked · best for cleaners
Our pick
The cheapest fit depends on the size of your crew
- Solo Tradify Pro, $52 a month, for 40 jobs a week.
- 3 people Fergus Essentials, $105 a month, for 60 jobs a week.
- 6 people Fergus Essentials, $183 a month, for 120 jobs a week.
With most of the team cleaning rather than quoting, Fergus Essentials with timesheet seats is the cheapest fit: a crew of six doing 120 cleans a week pays about $183 a month, against $317 on ServiceM8. Working alone at 40 cleans a week, Tradify Pro at $52 per user ex GST or Fergus Essentials at $53 per user ex GST cost least.
Who pays us: ServiceM8, Tradify and Jobber run referral programmes that can pay us if you sign up through our links; none has paid us anything yet. Ascora, Fergus, Fieldmagic, AroFlo and simPRO pay us nothing. The order is always cheapest fit first and never changes for commission. How we rank
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What cleaners would pay
A month, ex GST, on each app’s cheapest plan that includes recurring jobs and timesheets. Lowest in each column in green.
Job software costs for cleaners
| App | Solo cleaner, 40 cleans a week | Crew of 3, two on timesheet seats | Crew of 6, five on timesheet seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tradify | $52Pro | $156Pro | $312Pro |
| Fergus | $53Essentials | $105Essentials | $183Essentials |
| Ascora | $59Elite | $177Elite | $354Elite |
| ServiceM8 | $135Premium | $135Premium | $317Premium Plus |
| Fieldmagic | No plan fits | No plan fits | No plan fits |
| AroFlo | Not costed | Not costed | Not costed |
| Jobber | Not costed | Not costed | Not costed |
| simPRO | Not costed | Not costed | Not costed |
A cleaning business turns over far more jobs a week than most trades, and most of them repeat. That flips the usual answer: ServiceM8's per-job pricing, which suits most crews, gets expensive fast, and per-user apps with cheap seats for cleaners come out ahead.
Why cleaners get a different answer
Job volume pushes ServiceM8 up the plans
ServiceM8's Growing plan covers 150 new jobs a month, about 34 a week. A solo cleaner doing 40 cleans a week already needs Premium at $149 inc GST, and a crew doing 120 needs Premium Plus at $349 inc GST. (ServiceM8 pricing, checked )
Cleaners only need to see the roster
Fergus sells timesheet users from $26 a month that show job information and record time, which is most of what a cleaner on a round needs. Fergus Essentials already includes recurring jobs and timesheets. (Fergus pricing, checked )
Repeat bookings
Recurring jobs are on every Fergus and ServiceM8 plan, on Tradify Pro and up, and on Ascora Elite. Ascora's entry plan doesn't include automatic recurring jobs. (Ascora pricing, checked )
The features that matter here
Where each app includes what cleaners need
| Feature | Ascora | Fergus | Fieldmagic | ServiceM8 | Tradify | AroFlo | Jobber | simPRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurring jobs | Elite and up | All plans | Professional and up | All plans | Pro and up | Not listed | Not listed | Paid add-on |
| Timesheets | All plans | All plans | Not listed | All plans | Pro and up | All plans | Connect and up | All plans |
Questions
Does each regular clean count as a new job on ServiceM8?
ServiceM8 says every new job card uses a job credit, so a recurring clean that creates a new job card each visit counts each time.