How we make money and how we rank

How we make money

Tradie Pick is free to use because some providers pay us a commission when you click through to them and sign up or buy. It costs you nothing extra. Commission never changes which providers we include, the order we list them in, or what we say about them.

Only some of the software makers on this site run a referral programme that a publisher like us can join. The ones whose programmes are open to sites like this are ServiceM8, Tradify and Jobber. None has accepted us yet, so no link on the site earns anything today. AroFlo, Fergus and simPRO run partner schemes for customers, advisers or consultants rather than publishers. The others are compared on exactly the same terms, linked the same way, and earn us nothing. When a programme accepts us, the note “We may earn a commission” appears next to that maker’s links automatically.

Links to software makers go through an address on this site starting with /go/, so we can count which pages help people and switch a link to a tracked referral in one place. Search engines are told not to treat those links as endorsements.

How we rank

Tradie Pick ranks providers by the monthly cost of the cheapest published plan that covers the team size, job volume and must-have features you give us, worked out from each maker's own Australian price list. Commission is never an input: a provider that pays us is ranked exactly where it would be if it paid nothing, and providers that pay nothing are still included when they fit.

Where a maker publishes no price, we say so and leave it out of the cost order rather than guess. Where two plans tie, the one with more of your must-haves included ranks first. On the vs and best-for pages, the verdict follows the same rule: we name the cheaper fit for the situation described and say what would change the answer.

How costs are worked out

Every price is read from the maker’s own Australian pricing page and stored with the address it came from and the date we checked it. Makers quote prices differently: some per user and excluding GST, some per account with GST included, some by the number of jobs you run. We convert everything to Australian dollars a month, excluding GST, so the numbers line up, and show the GST-inclusive figure beside it.

If your business is registered for GST you can usually claim back the GST on software you use in the business, so the ex-GST figure is your real cost. If you are not registered, the GST-inclusive figure is what you pay. Monthly prices assume month-to-month billing unless a page says otherwise.

Feature differences come from the makers’ own plan pages. We list a feature as included only when the maker says it is part of the plan, and we don’t publish anything we couldn’t check.

What we compare

We compare only the 8 job management apps listed here, not the whole market. Other products may be available that suit you better.

We include a job management app when it is sold to Australian trades and we can check its terms from a primary source, whether or not it pays us. We don’t publish star ratings or reviews, because we haven’t run a business on every app, and we never invent reviews or testimonials.

The true hourly rate checker

The rate checker divides what you bill in a week by every hour you work, including unbilled admin. Its break-even figure is the software’s monthly price divided by your charge-out rate: the billable time the app has to free up each month to cover itself. It uses only the numbers you type, which never leave your browser.

Fixing mistakes

Prices change. When a maker changes its price list we update the figure and its checked date. If you spot something out of date, email hello@tradiepick.com.au and we will correct it.

General information only

Tradie Pick provides general information only. It does not take your circumstances into account. Check prices, terms and suitability with the provider before you buy or sign up.

Anything we say about trade licensing, certificates or state rules is general information. Check the current requirements with your state’s licensing regulator before relying on it.