Job management software for Irish trades

Job management software for Irish trades, set up around how you actually work.

Enquiries, quotes, scheduling, job sheets, timesheets and invoices in one system. Not a template you spend weekends configuring, but a board we set up around your own stages, team and trade.

Free demo. No obligation. We'll tell you honestly if we can help.

Example trade board
New enquiryWhatsApp, phone, website, Facebook
7
Site visit booked2 today, routes planned
3
Quote sent3 need a follow-up
8
Job scheduledThu: Clontarf, 2 crew
5
Invoice sent€3,420 outstanding
4
Paid / completeThis month
26

Illustrative numbers. Your board uses your own stage names.

The Problem

Most trade businesses run on a phone, a notebook and memory.

That works until it doesn't. Somewhere between the third WhatsApp thread and the docket in the van, jobs, quotes and money start slipping.

Jobs live in five places

Enquiries in WhatsApp, quotes in email, the diary on a whiteboard, dockets in the van and invoices with the accountant. Nobody can see the whole picture.

Generic tools need building

Off-the-shelf apps, Irish or international, are powerful, but someone has to set them up, and that someone is usually you at 10pm.

Admin happens after hours

Quotes, invoices and follow-ups get done at 10pm, or not at all. That's where the money leaks.

The Basics

What job management software should do for an Irish trade business.

Job management software is one system that tracks every piece of work from the first enquiry to the paid invoice. Instead of a job being split across your phone, your notebook and your accountant, it lives in one record that everyone on the team can see.

Every decent tool covers the basics: customers, quotes, scheduling, job sheets and invoicing. For an Irish trade business, a few things matter just as much:

  • Enquiries from WhatsApp, Facebook and missed calls, not just web forms. That's how Irish customers actually get in touch.
  • Irish VAT, including the 13.5% reduced rate for many construction and installation services, set up on your quote templates.
  • Eircodes and route planning, so the day's jobs are grouped sensibly instead of zig-zagging across a county.
  • Irish paperwork steps for your trade, like Safe Electric certs, the NC6 to ESB Networks, or SEAI grant documents, tracked on the job until they're done.
  • Your accounts package, so invoices land in Sage, Xero or QuickBooks without being typed twice.
  • Follow-up that runs itself, because the jobs you lose are usually the quotes nobody chased.

Off-the-shelf or set up for you?

Tools like JobFlow, Tradify, ServiceM8 and Jobber are good products, and plenty of Irish trades use them well. The catch is that you set them up yourself. If you'd rather have the system built around your existing stages and team, with the follow-up, lead generation and call answering joined up, that's what FlashBooked does. There's an honest side-by-side on our Tradify, ServiceM8 and Jobber comparison, and a wider round-up of the best job management software in Ireland.

Want to click through a real example first? Try the interactive walkthrough of one enquiry going all the way to a paid invoice.

How It Works

How a job moves through FlashBooked.

Every board is set up around your own stages. This is the shape most trades end up with.

  1. Enquiry

    Calls, texts, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and web forms land in one pipeline, with an instant first reply.

  2. Contact and details

    Contact attempts are logged, and an automatic reply collects the address, Eircode and photos.

  3. Site visit

    Book the visit into the right person's calendar, with the route planned on a map. Skipped for jobs priced from photos.

  4. Quote

    Start from a template for the jobs you do most, with VAT worked out, and send a link the customer can accept.

  5. Follow-up

    Unanswered quotes get chased automatically until they're won or lost.

  6. Job

    Scheduled onto the team calendar, then job sheets, safety checks, photos, hours and dockets from the phone.

  7. Invoice and paid

    Invoiced from the job record into your accounts package, and tracked until it's paid.

What's Included

What's included.

✓

One inbox for every enquiry

Phone, text, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, your website and lead ads in one pipeline.

✓

Pipeline with your own stages

Columns named the way your business already talks, not a generic template.

✓

Quote templates and links

Common jobs priced from templates and sent as a link the customer can view and accept.

✓

Automatic quote follow-up

Quotes get chased politely until there's a decision.

✓

Scheduling, calendar and routes

Team calendar, a map of the day's jobs, and a Planner that groups work by area.

✓

Crew app with their own logins

Each person sees only their own jobs, with job sheets, photos and safety checks on their phone.

✓

Timesheets and dockets

Clock-in with a location check and supplier dockets logged against each job.

✓

Job profit

Labour and materials against the price, so you know which jobs actually make money.

✓

Invoicing and payment tracking

Invoices raised from the job, connected to your accounts package, with outstanding money always visible.

Lead generation and AI call answering plug in when you need them.

The Growth plan adds Facebook and Instagram lead ads that land straight on your board. AI Front Office adds Laura, who answers calls you can't take and books the job. Ring the number to hear her.

Call Laura: +353 1 964 0379

Features: CRM for trades · Quote follow-up · Digital job sheets · Scheduling · Job costing · WhatsApp CRM · AI receptionist

By Trade

See how it's set up for your trade.

Every trade has its own stages, paperwork and busy seasons. These pages show what the board looks like for each one.

Pricing

Three levels. One system that grows with you.

Start with the core and add more as you need it. We recommend a level on your free demo and agree the price before anything is set up.

€0 setup on all plans, current availability

Core CRM

Run the business from one place.

Includes:

  • Every enquiry in one pipeline: calls, WhatsApp, web and Facebook
  • Quotes with automatic follow-up until they're won or lost
  • Scheduling, job sheets and team calendar
  • Invoicing and payment reminders, connected to your accounts package
  • Built around your trade's workflow, not a generic template
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AI Front Office

Never miss a call again.

Everything in Growth, plus:

  • AI receptionist answers your phone 24/7 in your business's name
  • Missed-call text-back on every call you can't take
  • Qualifies the job and books it into your calendar
  • Emergencies go straight to you, every time
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Every FlashBooked setup is configured around your business. Pricing depends on team size, workflows and integrations. Ad spend for Growth is paid directly to Meta.

The Guarantee: if the system we build doesn't fix the problem we agreed to fix, we keep working on it until it does, at no extra charge.
FAQ

Straight answers.

What is job management software?

It's one system that tracks every job from the first enquiry to the paid invoice: customers, quotes, scheduling, job sheets, timesheets and invoicing, all on the same record so the whole team can see where each job is.

Is it different from a CRM?

A CRM tracks customers and sales. Job management software also runs the work itself: scheduling, job sheets, materials and invoicing. FlashBooked does both on one board, which is why the Core level is called Core CRM.

I'm a sole trader. Do I need it?

Often, yes, because there's nobody else to catch what slips. Most of the value is in replying fast, chasing quotes and invoicing straight after the job. We'll tell you honestly on the demo if it isn't worth it yet.

Can I move from Tradify, ServiceM8 or Jobber?

Yes. We bring your customers and open jobs across as part of setup; most tools can export these as a spreadsheet. You can also keep tools that are working and connect them instead.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. The board, quotes, job sheets and invoices all work on a phone, and each crew member can have their own login.

How much does it cost?

There are three levels: Core CRM, Growth and AI Front Office. Setup is currently €0. Your monthly price depends on team size, workflows and integrations, and we agree it on the free demo before anything is set up.

Want to see your own business on one board?

Show us how a job moves through your business today. We'll map it and tell you honestly whether FlashBooked would help.

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