What does job management software cost?

It varies by vendor and by how many field staff you have. Omni Field has a Free plan at R0, PaYu at R149 per month plus R149 per technician seat, and Growth at R349 per month including one technician plus R349 per extra seat. All advertised prices include 15% VAT. Viewer users are free; admin seats are R99 per month on PaYu and R199 on Growth.

Can I try job management software before paying?

Yes, most vendors offer a trial. Omni Field's is 30 days with no credit card, which is long enough to run a real cycle of jobs rather than a demo. Put your actual week through it, including the awkward jobs, before you decide.

Do I still need accounting software?

Usually yes. Job management software raises and tracks the invoice against the job. Accounting software handles the ledger, VAT returns and financial statements. Omni Field connects to Xero and Sage so the invoice does not have to be captured twice.

Job management software

Job management software is a system that tracks a piece of work from enquiry to payment. It holds the customer, the quote, the schedule, the technician's notes and photos, and the invoice against one job record, so nobody has to reconcile a diary, a spreadsheet and an accounting package by hand.

What job management software does

Job management software gives every piece of work a single record that everyone updates. The office books it, a technician is assigned, the work is completed and evidenced in the app, and the invoice is raised from what was actually done rather than from someone's memory a week later.

The value is not any one feature. It is that the quote, the schedule, the site notes and the invoice stop being four separate documents that have to be matched up at month end.

Job management software compared with a spreadsheet

A spreadsheet holds the data but not the workflow. It cannot tell a technician the job address, collect a signature on site, warn you that two jobs clash, or send the customer a status update. Every one of those becomes a phone call.

The practical break point is around the second technician. One person can hold the week in their head. Three people cannot, and the cost of a missed appointment is larger than the software.

What to check before you buy

Check the currency you will be billed in, how your customers will pay you, what happens when a technician has no signal, and which of your existing systems it connects to. Those four answers decide whether the software fits your business or your business bends around the software.

Omni Field bills in South African Rand, collects customer payments through Paystack with payouts in 2 to 3 days and a 1% transaction charge, runs a technician PWA that tolerates a dropped signal, and connects to Google Calendar with two-way sync, Xero, Sage, Paystack, Resend and WhatsApp.

Common questions

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