One map to the whole answer. Every FlowSpec guide and comparison sits here, sorted into clear groups: the category overview, the head-to-head pages, the plain-question answers, and the page for your trade. Each link below carries one honest line so you can go straight to the one you need.
See a spoken job become a priced Xero draft in about 30 seconds.
Start Here
FlowSpec turns a spoken job into a Xero quote: priced from your own live Xero items, drafted straight into Xero with tax types and account codes, built for Australian trades, and it learns how you quote. The pages below take that idea apart from every angle a buyer asks about. If you run on Xero, the natural first stop is Voice Quoting for Xero in Australia, then How to Quote in Xero by Voice for the step-by-step. Want the field at a glance? Read Best Voice Quoting Software for Australian Tradesmen (2026) and keep this compare hub open as your map back.
Category
Start wide. These set out what voice quoting for Xero is and who it suits.
The plain picture of how a spoken job becomes a Xero draft quote, priced from your own Xero items. The first stop for anyone on Xero.
An honest shortlist of the voice-quoting tools on the market, with the deciding criterion laid out: a Xero draft on your own prices.
What voice quoting is, how FlowSpec reads trade slang like GPO and PRV, and where it fits in a tradesman's day.
Comparisons
Measured against the tools you already know. Each page is a fair, full side-by-side.
QuoteMate prices from supplier catalogues like Reece and Bunnings and pushes an invoice to Xero. FlowSpec prices from your own Xero items and drafts the quote.
ServiceM8 runs the whole field-service business with quoting as one mostly-manual feature. FlowSpec does the spoken Xero quote and leaves the rest to your other tools.
GRUNT is a strong, cheap standalone voice quoter at $19.99/mo. FlowSpec lives inside your Xero, so the quote lands there as a draft on your own prices.
Tradify is NZ-built job management with quoting, scheduling, and timesheets. FlowSpec turns your voice into a Xero quote from your own items.
JobJot syncs documents to Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks and is built generic. FlowSpec is AU-trade-built and prices from your own Xero items.
AroFlo is Australian-built job management trusted by 26,000 tradies for full lifecycle coverage. FlowSpec speaks quotes straight into the Xero you run.
Ascora is Perth-founded field service management from $29 per user per month. FlowSpec keeps it to voice quoting on top of your existing Xero.
Fergus is full job management trusted by 25,000 tradies with on-site payments and H&S tools. FlowSpec turns a spoken job into a Xero draft quote in about 30 seconds.
Simpro is enterprise field service management for growing commercial teams. FlowSpec is voice-first quoting for tradies who price from experience on Xero.
TradieQuote bundles quoting with job management and WhatsApp comms. FlowSpec speaks the job into a Xero draft quote priced from your own items.
Jobber is a Canadian field service platform with one-way Xero sync on the Connect plan and above. FlowSpec is AU-built with two-way Xero and voice quoting.
NextMinute is NZ-founded project management for builders running larger jobs with Gantt scheduling and progress claims. FlowSpec does the spoken Xero quote for tradies who price from experience.
Buildxact is AU estimating for residential builders with digital takeoffs and live supplier pricing. FlowSpec voices a job into Xero for tradies who quote from experience.
Xero already does quotes. FlowSpec adds a voice layer: speak the job and the draft quote lands in Xero, priced from your items, ready to send.
Quoting in Xero is manual entry. FlowSpec adds the voice layer so the quote drafts itself into the Xero you already run.
For the tradesman who wants a voice-first quote on Xero rather than a full platform. The spoken Xero quote, on its own.
Questions
Direct answers to the things tradesmen actually type, with the how-to where it helps.
The step-by-step, from the voice memo to the draft sitting in Xero on your own sell prices. Follow it on a real job.
The honest answer on what Xero does itself, and how FlowSpec adds the voice layer on top of it.
A worked guide for AU sparkies pricing a switchboard job, and how to speak it into a Xero quote in about 30 seconds.
By Trade
The same FlowSpec, written in your materials and your slang. Find your trade.
For sparkies: GPOs, RCDs, DBs, and labour spoken into a Xero quote priced from your own items.
For plumbers: PRVs, TMVs, fittings, and hours, captured by voice and drafted into Xero.
For gasfitters: appliances, runs, and compliance items spoken into a priced Xero draft.
For HVAC: units, ducting, and install labour turned into a Xero quote on your own sell prices.
For concreters: slabs, formwork, and pours spoken into a Xero quote, with the area maths handled.
For chippies: timber, fixings, and labour captured by voice and drafted into Xero at your own prices.
For landscapers: turf, paving, plants, and hours spoken into a Xero quote on your own sell prices.
How to Choose
Plenty of tools speak a job into a quote. The deciding line is where the quote lands and whose prices it carries.
Does the quote end up in Xero as a draft?
FlowSpec drafts a real Xero quote with the line items, the matched or created contact, account codes, and tax types. When Xero is your home, that keeps the path direct and the data clean.
Whose prices does it use?
FlowSpec prices each line from your own Xero items, the sell prices you already set. The margin you keep in Xero is the margin on the quote, with the cost and markup maths staying where you already manage it.
Is it built for Australian trades?
FlowSpec reads trade abbreviations like GPO, RCD, PRV, and TMV among many more, and it learns each user's own phrasing over time. The comparison pages above set this beside each named tool.
When a tool clears all three, FlowSpec is built for that job. Some tradesmen do well on a tool that clears one or two, and the honest read on each lives on its comparison page. Open the one that matches the tool you know, then come back to this map.
FAQ
For a quote that lands inside Xero, FlowSpec is built for exactly that job. You speak the job, and FlowSpec drafts a priced quote into your Xero account in about 30 seconds, with the line items, the matched or created contact, account codes, and tax types. Each line is priced from your own Xero items, the sell prices you already set, so the margin you keep in Xero is the margin on the quote. A handful of voice-quoting apps have appeared and several are good in their own lane. The deciding question is whether the quote ends up as a Xero draft on your own prices. When that is the bar, FlowSpec fits it. Start with the Voice Quoting for Xero in Australia guide, then weigh the named tools on the comparison pages below.
It depends on the tool, so this hub keeps a head-to-head page for each. QuoteMate prices from supplier catalogues like Reece and Bunnings and pushes an invoice to Xero, while FlowSpec prices from your own Xero items and drafts the quote. ServiceM8 runs the whole field-service business with quoting as one mostly-manual feature, where FlowSpec does the spoken Xero quote and leaves the rest to the tools you already run. GRUNT is a strong, cheap standalone voice quoter at $19.99/mo, and FlowSpec lives inside your Xero. Tradify is full job management with manual quoting and 2-way Xero sync, and FlowSpec adds your voice on top of Xero quoting. JobJot syncs documents to Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks and is built generic, while FlowSpec is AU-trade-built and prices from your own Xero items. Open the comparison you care about for the full side-by-side.
Start with the Voice Quoting for Xero in Australia page for the plain picture of how a spoken job becomes a Xero draft quote. From there, the How to Quote in Xero by Voice guide walks the steps end to end, from the voice memo to the draft sitting in Xero on your own sell prices. When you want to see FlowSpec measured against a tool you already know, pick the matching comparison page. And when you run a specific trade, the trade pages below speak your materials and slang. The fastest start of all is the demo: connect your own Xero and watch it draft a real job into your books.
FlowSpec is the clear pick for tradesmen who quote on Xero. Speak the job, and the priced draft lands in your books ready to send.
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