Need quotes, a schedule and each job's value, not inventory and job costing? Then you don't need simPRO's price.
simPRO is a full job-management platform: quoting, invoicing, inventory, job costing, with scheduling inside it. If quotes, scheduling and site paperwork are the part you actually need, Dayboard does that part for a number that's on the page.
A platform and a tool are different purchases
Plenty of businesses run their whole operation through simPRO, and for a service business quoting hundreds of small jobs it earns its keep. But if your invoices come out of Xero or MYOB, then a platform whose core is invoicing and job costing means paying for, setting up, and training everyone on modules you'll never open. Dayboard prices and tracks your quotes, turns a won one into a job, schedules your crew, plant and vehicles, and puts the drawings, SWMS and prestarts on site phones. It deliberately does no invoicing: your accounting stays where it already works.
| Dayboard | simPRO | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Crew, plant and paperwork scheduling, with quotes | Quoting, invoicing, inventory and job costing, with scheduling inside |
| Pricing | Published: $5 field worker / $10 manager / $25 admin, per month, GST in | Custom quote after a demo |
| Implementation | None: self-serve, working the same afternoon | Scoped and quoted separately |
| Contract | Month to month, cancel anytime in the app | Quoted, typically annual |
| Trial | 14 days, no card, no demo call | Demo first |
| Quoting | Yes, priced and tracked to a job | Yes |
| Invoicing | Records each invoice against its job and shows what's left to bill; your accounting package makes the invoice | Yes, it's the core of the product |
| Site forms & prestarts | Built in: photos, signatures, PDF out | Available |
simPRO details checked September 2026 from their public website; their offering changes, so verify with them before deciding. Out of date? Tell us: support@dayboard.com.au.
When simPRO is the better choice
Straight answer:
- You quote and invoice in volume and want it in the same system as the schedule, service and maintenance businesses especially.
- You need inventory, purchasing or job costing tied to every job.
- You have office staff whose day is the system, and the implementation project will actually get done.
When Dayboard is the smarter buy
Built by an Australian civil contractor for his own crew, for exactly this gap.
- The schedule is the problem you're solving: who's where tomorrow, with which machine, holding which paperwork. Nine views, clashes caught as you book.
- Your invoicing already works. Dayboard records each invoice your accounting package sends against the job, with its amount and the PDF, and shows the job's value, its variations and what's left to bill. The invoice itself is still made where it always was.
- The crew works from phones, not the office. Today's jobs, the documents, the prestart to sign, for $5 a month per field seat.
- The bill is arithmetic: a typical eight-person crew is $65 a month including GST, and the first 20 companies get 30% off for life.
- Leaving is easy, on purpose: export every record, document and signed form, any day you like, cancel in the app.
Try the part you actually need
Start a trial, load the sample data, and see a working schedule in under two minutes. No card, no demo call, no follow-up sequence.
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