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AI for tradies in 2026 does four things well: drafts quotes from a voice note or photo, answers your phone while you're on the tools, actions admin by voice, and auto-generates compliance certificates. This roundup covers the 12 tools doing that work for AU and NZ trades, what each actually does, what it costs, and the honest caveats. One disclosure up front: this page is published by Chippie (a job management platform, entry 12), and we've labelled every vendor-reported claim as exactly that.
Single-feature tools that turn a voice note, photo, or typed description into a draft quote. Fast for drafting; none of them runs the rest of your business.
What it does: photo or job description in, generated quote out in about 60 seconds. Trade-agnostic, not region-specific.
The caveats: the site's "2,847+ tradies" figure is vendor-reported; we found no independent review listing (Capterra, G2, Trustpilot) to corroborate it. Quoting only, so pair it with something that handles the job after the quote.
What it does: Australian-built quoting app promising a quote in about a minute, with an AI assistant, automatic follow-up, and instant invoicing. 7-day free trial.
The caveats: small-scale and vendor-sourced claims only; no independent review presence found. The AU focus is its strongest point in this group.
What it does: speak or type a job description and it generates a quote and PDF proposal. Australian-focused, on the App Store, 7-day free trial.
The caveats: estimating only, not job management. The voice-first flow is the draw if you hate typing on site.
What it does: voice, text, or photo in, quote PDF out. "Built by a tradie," NZ and Australia focused.
The caveats: single-feature like its siblings above. It does have a live Trustpilot listing, which is more independent-review signal than most of this group can show.
What it does: the most internationally scaled AI quoting tool in this group; the vendor claims coverage of 25+ trades across 26 countries with region-aware pricing and multi-language quotes, from $16.58 USD a month. Live Capterra listing.
The caveats: global positioning, priced in US dollars, and we found no evidence of AU GST or UK/EU VAT-specific handling. Quoting only.
The missed-call problem is real: if you're on the tools, you can't answer the phone, and the caller rings the next tradie. These tools attack that, two by answering for you and one by letting you do admin by talking.
What it does: the most established Australian AI receptionist; answers your calls, books jobs, and captures leads. Around $300 a month plus a setup fee of roughly $800, with partner promos discounting setup to about $400.
The caveats: that's a real monthly cost, so it makes sense once missed calls are demonstrably costing you more than it does. Call handling only; it doesn't quote or invoice.
What it does: AI phone receptionist for tradies; call answering and admin capture, in the same category as Sophiie. Pricing is on its site.
The caveats: newer and less established than Sophiie; same category limits apply. Not a quote-to-invoice tool.
What it does: the inverse of a receptionist, and the most genuinely novel tool on this list: you ring it and say what you need ("send the invoice for the Smith job," "book Dave in Thursday") and it actions that in Fergus, ServiceM8, Xero, QuickBooks, Google Workspace, or Apple Calendar. $80 AUD a month for about 3 hours of voice time, 30-day trial. Tradify and MYOB integrations are on its roadmap.
The caveats: it's a voice layer on top of your existing tools, so its value depends entirely on which platforms it can reach; check the integration list against what you run.
Not AI wrappers, but they turn up in the same conversations: purpose-built tools for specific trades or business shapes.
What it does: residential construction and renovation project management, founder-built by a two-person team with 35 years of construction experience: scheduling, site diary, subbie management, compliance docs, and a client portal. Live on iOS and Android.
The caveats: project-management-first, not quote-to-invoice-first. Best fit is builders and renovators running multi-week projects, not service tradies running many small jobs.
What it does: Melbourne-based all-in-one small business app: invoicing, quotes, CRM, bookings, accounting, and marketing, with GST, ABN, and BAS built in. Free to start, native iOS app.
The caveats: general small-business software that targets tradies as one of several verticals, not a purpose-built trade tool, and its scale claims are vendor-sourced only; no independent review listing found.
What it does: two unrelated electrician-focused products share this name. TradeDocs NZ is full electrician job management with NZ EWRB-compliant Certificate of Compliance templates. TradeDocs UK is narrower and more novel: photograph a consumer unit or boiler data plate and its AI vision extracts the circuit data, cross-references BS 7671 and Gas Safe requirements, and issues a QR-verified PDF certificate, pay as you go with no subscription.
The caveats: electrician-only, and make sure you're reading about the right one; the NZ and UK products are different companies.
What it does: full disclosure: this page is published by Chippie, so we're the last entry and you should read it accordingly. Chippie is quote-to-invoice job management for crews of 1 to 10: quotes, scheduling, invoicing, and payments in one app on Android and iPhone, with voice dictation built in for hands-free notes. Free plan of 20 jobs a month; Pro is $25 AUD a month including 2 users.
The caveats: Chippie is not an AI point tool and doesn't pretend to be; it's the job-management layer the tools above sit alongside. If you want the enterprise depth of an AroFlo or Ascora, we're not that either; see the full comparison.
All tool details on this page were verified 3 July 2026 from vendor sites and, where they exist, independent listings (Capterra, Trustpilot, app stores). Where a user count or claim comes only from the vendor, we've said so. Prices change; check each vendor's site for current figures.
Four things reliably: draft quotes from a voice note, photo, or job description (QuoteMatey, QuoteMe, Sammy AI, Insta Quote AI, PlanUpPro); answer your phone and capture leads while you're on the tools (Sophiie AI, Tradie Pal); action admin by voice, like sending invoices or booking jobs through a phone call (Wired); and generate compliance certificates from photos (TradeDocs UK). None of these runs your whole business; they're point tools that sit alongside job management software.
They're genuinely fast at producing a draft quote from a voice note or photo, which beats typing on a ute tailgate. The honest caveats: they're single-feature tools, so the quote still has to land somewhere for scheduling, invoicing, and payment; most are young products whose user numbers are vendor-reported rather than independently reviewed; and a generated quote still needs your pricing judgement before it goes out. Most offer 7-day trials, so the cost of finding out is low.
Sophiie AI is the most established Australian option, at around $300 a month plus a setup fee of roughly $800 (partner promos discount it). Tradie Pal is a newer, similar call-answering tool. Wired is a different shape worth knowing about: instead of answering inbound calls, you ring it and tell it what to do (send an invoice, book a job, chase a payment) and it actions that in Fergus, ServiceM8, Xero, QuickBooks, Google Workspace, or Apple Calendar, at $80 AUD a month with a 30-day trial.
No. Every AI tool on this list is a point solution: it quotes, or answers the phone, or files a compliance certificate. The quote-to-invoice backbone (clients, jobs, scheduling, invoicing, payments) still needs a job management platform underneath, whether that's Chippie, Tradify, ServiceM8, Fergus, or another. Wired makes this explicit: it's a voice layer that works on top of Fergus, ServiceM8, and Xero rather than replacing them.
It ranges widely. Wired is $80 AUD a month for about 3 hours of voice time. Sophiie AI is around $300 a month plus a setup fee. PlanUpPro starts at $16.58 USD a month. Most of the AI quoting apps (QuoteMe, Sammy AI, Insta Quote AI) run 7-day free trials rather than publishing simple price lists, and OneBookPlus is free to start. Check the current price on each vendor's site; these were verified 3 July 2026.
No, and this page is published by Chippie, so read our entry knowing that. Chippie is a quote-to-invoice job management platform for crews of 1 to 10 with voice dictation built in for hands-free notes; it's the layer the AI point tools on this list sit alongside, not one of them. It has a free plan (20 jobs a month) and Pro is $25 AUD a month including 2 users.
Chippie handles quote, schedule, invoice, get paid. Free plan: 20 jobs a month, forever.
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G'day, I'm Chip, Chippie's AI assistant. Ask me anything about Chippie.