Taskr vs Fergus:
the honest side-by-side.
Fergus was built by a plumber and it shows — its back-costing discipline is real. The difference is where the time goes: Fergus gives you a rigorous manual workflow; Taskr's AI does the entry so the discipline happens automatically. Here's the sourced comparison.
Taskr and Fergus, feature by feature.
| Taskr | Fergus | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (per user/month) | ||
| Entry plan | $42 AUD (Lite) | From $53 as displayed (Basic) |
| Main plan | $65 AUD (Pro) | From $75 as displayed (Professional) |
| Top plan | $79 AUD (Plus) | Enterprise — custom (10+ staff) |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days, incl. 1-hour onboarding session |
| AI | ||
| Quote drafted from a voice note | ||
| Quote drafted from site photos | ||
| AI assistant that takes actions (docs, scheduling, time, payments) | ||
| AI document capture | Receipts & PDF supplier invoices, every plan | PDF invoice reader; AI job creation from work-order PDFs |
| Costing & suppliers | ||
| Job costing approach | Live quoted-vs-actual; receipts link to quote lines automatically | Formal back-costing workflow before invoicing (their known strength) |
| Supplier catalogue integrations | 100+ incl. Reece, Tradelink, Bunnings Trade NZ | |
| Recurring-job profitability (per visit / contract / to-date) | Recurring jobs on all plans; per-visit profit views not published | |
| Money & platform | ||
| SMS | Quotes, invoices & reminders built in | $15 per 100 texts (as displayed) |
| Pay-now card links | Fergus Pay (Stripe-powered) | |
| Automatic invoice reminders | Email + SMS, every plan | |
| Accounting sync | Xero & MYOB | Xero, MYOB & QuickBooks |
| Full app on iPhone AND Android | ||
Fergus details from fergus.com (pricing, features, Fergus Pay, integrations) and their help centre, accessed July 2026. Their pricing page displays "$" amounts without an explicit currency label (site serves AU/NZ/UK/US regions) — figures shown are as displayed on fergus.com/en-au/pricing; confirm currency with Fergus. Features and prices change; check both sites for the latest. Fergus is a trademark of its owner; Taskr is not affiliated with Fergus.
The gap, in plain terms.
The costing happens by itself
Fergus's back-costing is a disciplined manual checkpoint before invoicing — verify labour, reconcile supplier invoices, then invoice. In Taskr, the AI reads the receipt, links it to the quote line and updates margin live, so the same rigour happens without the ritual.
Quotes start from your voice, not a form
Fergus speeds up quoting with favourites and price books — legitimately good. Taskr starts one step earlier: describe the job out loud from the ute and the priced, GST-correct draft appears for review.
An assistant across the whole business
Taskr's AI drafts and sends documents, builds recurring schedules, logs time and chases payment — behind your confirmation. Fergus's published AI is document capture (PDF invoice reader, work-order job creation), not an assistant.
SMS without a meter
Texted quotes, invoices and automatic reminders are built into Taskr on every plan. Fergus prices SMS at $15 per 100 texts.
Fair’s fair — where Fergus might suit you better
- Fergus's supplier integrations are genuinely deep — live Reece and Tradelink pricing, POs and invoice reconciliation across 100+ suppliers. Taskr has no supplier-catalogue integrations today; receipts are captured by AI instead.
- If you want a formal gated back-costing checkpoint before any invoice goes out, Fergus's workflow enforces that discipline structurally.
- Fergus includes a free 1-hour onboarding session with a product specialist on trial — high-touch onboarding if you want a human walkthrough.
- Fergus syncs to QuickBooks Online as well as Xero and MYOB; Taskr doesn't sync QuickBooks today.
- Timesheet-only seats (from $26) and $4/day contractor access are flexible options Taskr doesn't offer — every Taskr user is a full seat.
Switching questions.
Different philosophy, same goal. Fergus enforces a manual back-costing checkpoint before invoicing. Taskr links every scanned receipt to its quote line and costs labour at each worker's real rate automatically, so quoted-vs-actual is live during the job rather than reconciled at the end. If you want automated rigour, that's Taskr; if you want an enforced manual gate, that's Fergus.
Not today — Fergus is ahead there. Taskr's approach is AI capture: photograph or forward any supplier invoice or receipt and it's read, itemised and pushed to Xero/MYOB as a bill with the image attached, whoever the supplier is.
Export clients to CSV and import into Taskr with AI column-mapping. Run both on the 14-day trial — most businesses send their first voice-drafted quote within the first hour.
As displayed on their AU pricing page, Fergus starts from $53/user (Basic) and $75/user (Professional); Taskr is $42/$65/$79 AUD with AI included on every plan. Fergus adds $15/100 SMS and a certificates add-on; check both against your team size.
Sources (accessed July 2026): Fergus pricing (AU) · Fergus features · Fergus back-costing (help centre) · Fergus integrations · Fergus Pay
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