Switching from Fergus
Looking for a Fergus alternative?
Fergus is priced per user, with cheaper seats for timesheet-only users. Crewzy is priced once for the business, with up to 20 active crew a month included and $10 a month for each one above that who worked. Here is a fair comparison, and how to move.
Who Fergus suits
- Fergus is built for Australian and New Zealand tradies, with Essentials and Professional plans and an Enterprise option for businesses with more than 10 staff.
- Its help centre says you pay per user, per month. Its pricing page lists cheaper timesheet users, and contractor users charged per user per day, plus add-ons such as certificates and SMS.
- It connects to Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB, has a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and offers phone support on the Professional plan.
- It suits a business that wants MYOB or QuickBooks as well as Xero, or phone support, and where per-user pricing works for the team.
Where Crewzy is different
- One price for the whole business: up to 20 active crew a month are included, timesheet-only or not, and anyone who did not work that month costs nothing.
- Projects with stages, variations, progress claims that print your state's security of payment statement, payment schedules, RCTIs and a retention ledger, from $99 a month on Connected.
- Forms, SWMS, test records and Take 5s on every plan.
Crewzy and Fergus side by side
What Fergus's own pages said when we read them on 23 October 2026.
| Topic | Crewzy | Fergus, from its own pages |
|---|---|---|
| How it is priced | One price for the business, from $49 to $249 a month in Australia, GST included. Up to 20 active crew a month are included on every plan; each active worker above 20 is $10 a month, up to 50, with a quoted plan past that. You also pay for office logins (1, 3, 10 included, more at $10 a month each). | Per user, per month, by plan, with separate prices for timesheet users and contractor users (per user per day). |
| Free trial | 30 days with everything switched on. No card needed. | 14 days, no credit card needed. |
| Accounting | Xero: invoices, payments both ways, credit notes, supplier bills and contacts go across by themselves. | Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB. |
| Forms and safety | Take 5s, SWMS, test records and sign-offs on the phone, offline too, on every plan. | Checklists, forms, hazards and SWMS are on its pricing page, with certificates as a paid add-on. |
| Moving across | The Import screen recognises Fergus exports, and any column it misses can be matched by hand. | Its 2024 release notes say customers export as CSV and every report can be downloaded as CSV. |
Moving from Fergus
- Export your customers, price list and jobs from the old system as CSV files.
- In Crewzy, open Settings, Import, and pick what each file holds. The columns are matched for you, and you can point any field at a different column.
- Bring customers in first, then sites and jobs, so they link up. Unpaid invoices come across as the balance still owed, and are never posted to your books a second time.
- Check the summary. The last import can be undone if something looks wrong.
- Photos, notes and forms usually do not export in bulk, so keep a final PDF of any open job you need them for.
- Bring in your data, in the help centre
- How to switch from Tradify or ServiceM8
- Job sheets and timesheets: what to record
- How to get paid faster
Where these facts come from
Read on 23 October 2026. Prices and features change, so check Fergus's current pages too.
- Fergus pricing (Australia)
- Fergus Australia home page
- Fergus help: What does Fergus cost?
- Fergus help: Release notes 2024
Tradify, ServiceM8, Fergus, Simpro, AroFlo, Ascora, NextMinute are trademarks of their owners. Crewzy is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any of them.
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Free 30-minute setup call, and we'll bring your data across
From Tradify, Fergus, ServiceM8 or a spreadsheet. On the call we set up your business, price list and crew with you, and answer your questions.
Export your customers, sites, jobs, price list and unpaid invoices as CSV files and we bring them in with you. Unpaid invoices come across as the balance still owed. Photos, notes and forms do not export in bulk from most apps, so they stay behind.
To book, email hello@getcrewzy.com with a day and time that suits and the app you are moving from.
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