QuickPrice or ServiceM8?
Depends what you need.
Short version. ServiceM8 is Australian-made and probably the best-known field-service app for tradies in the country. If you dispatch a team of iPhones through the day, it's a strong pick. Go QuickPrice if quoting is the bit of your day you want faster: AI input by voice, photo, or video, Australian pricing built in, flat A$ pricing with no per-job caps, and an app that runs on Android as well as iOS. They both quote. They don't both do everything.
Quick read
Which one fits you.
Quoting is what's slowing you down.
- You quote 10 to 80 jobs a month and want each one done in a minute, not twenty.
- You or your crew are on Android, so an iPhone-and-iPad-only field app rules it out.
- You want Australian pricing data built in, not set up by you.
- You want one flat A$ price with no per-job caps, and the AI learning how you quote.
You need a full field platform, not just quoting.
- You dispatch several field staff through the day and need scheduling tied to job records.
- Everyone on the tools is on an iPhone or iPad, so iOS-only isn't a problem.
- You lean on online bookings, forms and checklists, GPS tracking, and job history.
- Mature accounting sync and a wide add-on ecosystem matter to you right now.
Where QuickPrice is different
Three things ServiceM8 doesn't do.
On Android, with AI input
ServiceM8's field app has historically run on iPhone and iPad only, with the office side on the web. QuickPrice runs on both iOS and Android, so it works on whatever phone's in the ute. And there's no catalogue to build. Tap the mic and talk through the job, snap up to five photos, or film a walkthrough, and the AI writes the line items, prices, and totals.
Australian pricing built in, by area
QuickPrice ships with current material costs from Australian suppliers like Bunnings Trade and Reece, plus labour rates tuned by state, city and postcode. Sydney rates aren't Ballarat rates. ServiceM8 leaves the pricing to you: you set up your own items and rates, or import them.
Quote DNA: trained on your quotes
Upload up to five quotes you've already sent. QuickPrice picks up your prices, your tone, how you lay things out, and the items you always include. New quotes come out reading like yours. ServiceM8 doesn't do this. Nobody does this.
Where ServiceM8 is stronger
Three things QuickPrice can't do yet.
If you need these today, ServiceM8 (or Tradify, or Fergus) is probably the better call until QuickPrice ships its team and ops features. That said, it only holds if your field staff are on iPhones.
Scheduling and dispatch
Multi-staff calendars, dispatch through the day, online bookings dropping straight into job records. ServiceM8 has done this for years. It's on the QuickPrice roadmap, but it isn't shipped yet.
GPS tracking and forms
ServiceM8 tracks field staff by GPS and runs forms, checklists, and asset and job history against each job. QuickPrice doesn't track staff in the field. Its job ends at the invoice.
Accounting sync and add-ons
ServiceM8's Xero and QuickBooks sync is mature, and there's a wide add-on ecosystem on top (though some add-ons carry their own cost). QuickPrice has accounting sync on the roadmap. Until it ships, exporting PDFs by hand is the workaround.
Feature by feature
Everything that matters for Australian tradies, side by side.
| Feature | QuickPrice | ServiceM8 |
|---|---|---|
| Australian-made | UK-built, localised for Australia | |
| Native Android app | iPhone & iPad only | |
| Voice input on-site (talk through the job) | ||
| Photo input (up to 5 photos per job) | ||
| Video walkthrough input | ||
| AI pricing from job description | ||
| Quote DNA, AI learns from your past quotes | ||
| Built-in Australian material costs and labour rates | You set your own prices | |
| GST-ready branded PDF quotes with your logo | ||
| Customer accepts in browser (no app needed) | ||
| Quote-to-invoice in one tap | ||
| Flat monthly price, no per-job caps | Tiers based on monthly job volume | |
| Scheduling and dispatch | Coming soon | |
| GPS tracking of field staff | ||
| Forms and checklists | ||
| Online booking | ||
| Xero / QuickBooks accounting sync | Coming soon | |
| Free plan available | Limited entry tier |
ServiceM8 pricing, platform support, and integrations change, see servicem8.com for current. QuickPrice pricing is on the pricing page.
Moving over from ServiceM8
Bring your clients. Bring your quoting voice.
Export your client list from ServiceM8 as a CSV and drop it into QuickPrice. Take five of the quotes you've already sent through ServiceM8 and upload them to Quote DNA. The AI reads them, picks up how you price and how you write, and the first quote you generate on QuickPrice already reads like the ones you were sending before. And because QuickPrice runs on Android as well as iOS, the whole crew can get on it, whatever phone's in the ute. Most tradies are up and running inside an hour.
FAQ
Things people ask
Is QuickPrice a straight swap for ServiceM8?
For the quoting side, mostly. QuickPrice was built around quoting on-site from a phone. Talk it through, snap a photo, or type it, and the AI writes the quote, prices it on Australian rates, adds GST, brands it, and the customer accepts it in their browser. ServiceM8 does a lot more than quote. It handles scheduling and dispatch, online bookings, forms and checklists, GPS tracking, and ongoing job history. So if most of your day is quoting and you want that faster, QuickPrice is the closer fit. If you also need to dispatch field staff and track jobs end to end, ServiceM8 covers more.
Does ServiceM8 work on Android?
Historically, no. ServiceM8's field app runs on iPhone and iPad only, and the office side is web-based, so there's been no native Android app for the people on the tools. If your crew's on Samsungs and Pixels, that's a real blocker. QuickPrice runs on both iOS and Android, so it doesn't matter what phone's in the ute. Platform support can change, mind, so it's worth confirming the current position on servicem8.com before you decide.
Isn't ServiceM8 the Australian option?
ServiceM8 is Australian-made and probably the best-known field-service app for tradies in the country, and that counts for something. QuickPrice is built by Hanse Media LTD, a company registered in England and Wales, but the Australian version isn't a re-badge: the pricing data, labour rates, and GST handling are localised for Australia, with rates tuned by state, city and postcode, and your ABN and licence details on every PDF. Pick on what the tool does for your day, not the flag on the box.
Why would I pick QuickPrice over ServiceM8?
A few reasons. QuickPrice runs natively on Android as well as iOS, so it fits whatever phone your crew already carry. The pricing data is localised for Australia: labour rates tuned by state, city and postcode and current material costs, rather than a global product where you set your own prices. The input is AI — you describe the job by voice, photo, or video instead of building a catalogue and picking line items off it, and Quote DNA reads your old quotes so new ones come out reading like yours. And the price is flat per business in A$, with no per-job caps.
Why would I pick ServiceM8 over QuickPrice?
If you run several field staff on iPhones, dispatch them through the day, and lean on online bookings, forms and checklists, GPS tracking, and detailed job and asset history, ServiceM8 does all of that and QuickPrice doesn't yet. Its accounting sync and add-on ecosystem are mature too, and it's Australian-made with a big local user base. For an established service business managing a team in the field, that breadth is the draw.
Can I get a quote done in under a minute with ServiceM8?
ServiceM8 quoting is form and catalogue based. You set up your items and prices, then build the quote from them. Quick once it's configured, slower at the start. QuickPrice skips the catalogue altogether. You describe the job, the AI writes the line items, prices materials and labour on Australian rates, adds GST, and you've got a branded PDF in about a minute. Usually before you're back at the ute.
What does it cost compared to ServiceM8?
QuickPrice has a free tier with 3 AI quotes a month, and paid plans from A$14.99/mo (inc. GST). Pro is A$29.99/mo with a 14-day trial, and the price is flat per business with no cap on how many jobs you run. ServiceM8 charges on job volume: a limited entry tier, then paid tiers based on how many jobs you run each month, with some capabilities sold as add-ons on top. So the maths comes down to your monthly job count and which add-ons you'd switch on. Check current pricing on servicem8.com and run it against your own numbers. For a solo tradie who mainly needs fast quoting, QuickPrice tends to be the cheaper start.
Does QuickPrice sync with Xero or QuickBooks?
Not yet. It's on the roadmap. ServiceM8 has mature accounting sync today, so if that's non-negotiable for you right now, it wins on that. If you can live with exporting branded PDFs by hand for the time being, QuickPrice's quoting flow is quick enough to get by until the integration ships.