Stop losing money on rough guesswork and estimates scribbled on napkins. Fergus is the estimating software tradespeople use to build professional job estimates, turn them into quotes in a few clicks, and track estimated vs. actual costs across the full job - so you actually make the margin you priced for.
Estimating software helps tradespeople price jobs accurately before a single tool leaves the van. It replaces the mental maths, recycled spreadsheets, and sticky-note systems that cost trades businesses thousands in underquoted work every year.
The problem isn't that you can't estimate - it's that the process takes too long and lives in too many places. Fergus brings it all together: build detailed estimates with saved materials and labour rates, convert them to professional quotes in a click, and track every dollar from estimate to invoice - cloud-based, mobile-ready, and built for the way tradespeople actually work.
The fastest estimate in the world means nothing if it's wrong. Fergus gives you the tools to price jobs properly - and win them.
Start with a blank estimate or pull from your saved favourites - pre-built material and labour combinations you've already priced for common jobs. A hot water cylinder replacement, a switchboard upgrade, a full bathroom fit-out - save them once, reuse them every time.
How much time does your team spend re-pricing the same types of jobs? With Fergus, you build an estimate once, save the sections as favourites, and drag them into new estimates whenever you need them.
Create favourites for your most common work - a standard powerpoint installation, a gas hot water replacement, a roof inspection checklist - and include all the materials, labour, and markup in one reusable block. Your team can build estimates in minutes instead of hours, and the pricing stays consistent whether it's the business owner or an apprentice putting it together.
The biggest risk in estimating isn't getting the price wrong - it's taking too long to send it. When a customer calls three tradies for a quote, the first one to respond with a clear, professional estimate usually wins.
With Fergus Go, our mobile app, your team can build and send estimates from site. Assess the job, add your line items, check your margin, and send the estimate while you're still standing in the customer's kitchen. No need to drive back to the office, transfer your notes, and fire up a spreadsheet.
During quote visits, everything your team captures - photos, notes, measurements, completed forms - sits directly on the job card in Fergus.
When your customer accepts the estimate, it converts to a quote with a single click. When the job's done, that quote becomes an invoice - with every line item, material cost, and labour hour already populated.
No manual entry. No copy-paste errors. No hunting through emails for what you originally priced.
This matters because the real cost of bad estimating isn't just underquoting - it's the gap. Fergus syncs with your accounting software - Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB - so estimates, quotes, and invoices all flow through to your books without double handling.
For jobs where you need to measure from plans - cable runs, pipe lengths, roofing areas, flooring quantities - Fergus integrates with Groundplan, a dedicated digital takeoff tool built for trades.
It's the best of both worlds: purpose-built takeoff accuracy for complex jobs, connected to the job management platform that handles everything after the estimate is accepted.
Fergus isn't just for builders. Whether you're pricing a switchboard upgrade or a full kitchen renovation, the estimating workflow adapts to the way your trade works.
Most estimating tools do one thing well - they help you price a job. But then what? You export the estimate, paste it into a quoting tool, email it to the customer, and manually re-enter everything when it's time to invoice. That's where the double handling creeps in.
Fergus is different because estimating is part of the workflow, not a disconnected step. Your estimate lives on the job card alongside the schedule, the purchase orders, the timesheets, and the invoice. Nothing gets lost in translation between tools.
Automate your admin tasks, eliminate data entry, and never miss charging out a cost with accounting and supplier integrations.
Fergus integrates with your accounting software to automatically sync contacts, invoices, and payments.
Less paperwork. Fewer mistakes. Getting paid faster. Hit play to hear it from them.
Build your first estimate, send it to a customer, and see how much time you save when estimating, quoting, and invoicing all live in one place.
