Top Quoting Apps for Australian Painting Contractors

Room-by-room quotes with product specs, labour rates, and material mark-ups. Walk through a property in the app, noting each room, surface type, paint product, number of coats, and any prep work required. The quote is built as you go and can be sent as a professional PDF before you've reached the front gate.

Follow-up automation chases unsigned quotes automatically — useful for painters competing for residential work against multiple competitors. Quote accepted in the app converts to a job and invoice in one click, syncing to Xero. Works on both iOS and Android, which matters when you have a mixed-device team.

No offline mode, so it requires signal to work. NZ company but well established in the Australian market. The most popular painting quoting tool for a reason.

Walk through property, note rooms and surfaces in the app, generate a professional quote at the front gate. Photo capture of surfaces, access conditions, and existing damage protects you before the job starts and gives the client context for the quote. Offline mode works in properties with no signal.

Cheaper than Tradify, built in Australia, and the iOS app is best-in-class. The room-by-room quoting is less refined than Tradify — you'll be working more with custom line items than a structured room-based workflow. For painters primarily on iPhone who want the lowest price and on-site speed, it's the better choice.

For painters who compete on presentation — which is most painters — Quotient is worth knowing about. Your client receives a beautifully formatted quote they can review on their phone, tick optional extras (e.g. "add second coat on feature wall — $180"), and accept with one click. You get a notification instantly. Xero invoice created automatically.

It's not a job management tool. It doesn't do scheduling, crew management, or offline quoting. But as the quoting front-end alongside your existing tools, it makes your quotes look and feel significantly more professional than a PDF email attachment.

Clients receive a professional quote, review it online, approve with one click, and pay through the portal on completion — without a phone call required. For painters with a strong residential repeat book, the self-service client experience reduces back-and-forth and speeds up acceptance.

Automated follow-up sequences chase unsigned quotes. Recurring job scheduling handles maintenance painting contracts. USD pricing and US-based support are the main drawbacks for Australian users. Worth it if your residential client experience is a competitive differentiator.

Suits painters doing larger residential and commercial projects where multi-day scheduling and project tracking are needed alongside quoting. Australian-built and highly rated by AU tradies who've outgrown simpler tools. More expensive than Tradify for similar quoting functionality, justified primarily by the project management depth.

At ~$159/month, it's hard to justify over Tradify for most painting operations unless you're regularly managing large project jobs across a team of painters.

Basic quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and Xero integration. Functional for simple painting operations running straightforward residential jobs. Australian-built, local support, same price as ServiceM8 but without the polish.

The interface is dated compared to Tradify and ServiceM8. Worth considering if you're specifically cost-conscious and want Australian support, and are happy to trade off a modern UI for a lower price.