AI Automation for Tradies
You're losing jobs while you're on the tools. Missed calls, forgotten follow-ups, and quotes sitting in your head instead of in the customer's inbox. AI fixes all of it, automatically.
AI Overview
AI automation for tradies uses tools like missed-call text-back, auto-quoting, and smart scheduling to handle admin while you're on the tools. The aim is to take quoting, follow-ups, and booking management off the ute dashboard and off your evenings.
The three biggest time-wasters killing your trade business.
You didn't become a tradie to spend half your day on admin.
Missed calls between jobs
You're elbow-deep in a job and the phone rings. You can't answer. By the time you call back, they've already booked someone else. Every missed call is a lost job worth $500–$5,000.
Quoting takes forever
You finish a 10-hour day, then spend another hour writing up quotes on the couch. Half of them never get sent. The ones that do take three days to leave your phone.
Follow-ups? What follow-ups?
That quote from last Tuesday is still sitting unanswered. You meant to chase it up. You forgot. The customer thinks you don't care. You just lost another job.
Four automations that run your admin while you run the job.
Set them up once. They work 24/7. No more late nights doing paperwork.
Missed Call Text-Back
Customer calls, you can't answer. AI sends an SMS within 30 seconds: 'Hey, saw you called. What do you need done?' Keeps the lead warm until you're free.
Auto-Quoting
Customer describes the job. AI generates a quote based on your pricing and sends it immediately. No more scribbling on the back of receipts.
Review Requests
Job done? AI sends a review request 2 hours later while the customer's still happy. Your Google reviews go up without you lifting a finger.
Smart Scheduling
AI books jobs into your calendar based on location and availability. No double-bookings. No wasted drive time between suburbs.
Plugs straight into the tools you already use.
No ripping out what works. We connect AI to your existing setup.
ServiceM8
AroFlo
Tradify
Fergus
Plus Xero, MYOB, Google Calendar, and 200+ other apps via workflow automation.
Start with the job management software you already pay for.
Most tradies do not need a new system. They need the one they already run to stop needing a human to babysit it. Pick your platform and see what can be automated inside it.
AI for ServiceM8
The go-to for solo tradies and small crews. Automate job creation from a phone call, quote follow-ups, and the badge-to-invoice chase.
AI for Tradify
Popular with 1 to 10 person teams. Automate enquiry capture, quote reminders, and the handover from accepted quote to scheduled job.
AI for simPRO
Built for larger commercial operations. Automate project data flow, recurring maintenance jobs, and reporting that currently lives in spreadsheets.
AI for AroFlo
Strong in field service and compliance-heavy trades. Automate task allocation, timesheet chasing, and client updates from the field.
Running something else? Fergus, Xero, MYOB and 200+ other apps connect through workflow automation.
Find the page written for your trade.
A sparky and a concreter lose money in completely different places. Each page below covers the specific jobs, quoting habits, and call patterns of that trade.
Emergency and callout trades
Where the first business to answer the phone usually wins the job.
Build and structural trades
Longer lead times, bigger quotes, and clients who go quiet for weeks.
Finishing and workshop trades
High job volume, smaller ticket sizes, and repeat work worth chasing.
Not sure where to start? The ROI calculator and the missed-call calculator give you a number in about 2 minutes.
Example Scenario
Where 12 hours a week actually comes back from.
Illustrative example only, not a specific client. The figures show how the numbers move, not a result we guarantee.
Before AI
- ✕15+ missed calls per week
- ✕Quotes took 2–3 days to send
- ✕Zero follow-ups on sent quotes
- ✕12+ hours/week on admin
After AI
- ✓Every call answered or texted back in 30s
- ✓Quotes sent within 5 minutes
- ✓Automatic 3-day follow-up on every quote
- ✓Admin down to 1 hour/week
12 hrs
saved per week
3x
more quotes sent
40%
higher close rate
Questions tradies actually ask us.
Will this work if I'm a one-man operation?
I'm not tech-savvy. Is this hard to set up?
Does it work with ServiceM8 / AroFlo / Tradify?
What does it actually cost?
Can the AI sound like me, not some robot?
Want more detail? Read our complete guide to AI for tradies.
Automations for Tradies
Purpose-built automations that keep your trade business running while you're on the tools.
Free AI Audit for Tradies
We'll look at how your business runs right now and show you exactly where AI can save you time and win you more jobs. No cost. No obligation. No tech jargon.
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