What it really costs
Fergus, over five years.
Fergus does the right thing in principle: a flat account price rather than a per-seat one. Basic is US$53 a month, Professional is US$75, and neither goes up because you hired someone.
Then you count the other four meters. Timesheet users are from US$26 a month each. Contractors are US$4 a day. Certificates are US$30 or US$80 depending on staff count. SMS is US$15 per hundred. And past ten staff you leave published pricing altogether and enter a quote process.
Their published price
Fergus, as Fergus prints it.
The other meters
Source: www.fergus.com/en-au/pricing, read 17 August 2026. Published in US dollars, so the Australian cost moves with the exchange rate. The page does not state its GST treatment.
The sum
Multiply it out. That is the whole trick.
Do it on your own number
Set the dial to what you actually pay Fergus, including the meters most people forget: SMS, card processing, the extra seats, the add-ons.
Honestly
What Fergus is good at, and where it stops fitting.
Genuinely good
- A flat account price rather than per seat, which is the right instinct and the reason it looks cheap at a glance
- Good scheduling and a clear job flow
Where it stops
- The flat price is only flat until you count the add-ons. Timesheet users, contractor days, certificates and SMS are four more meters
- Past ten staff you leave published pricing entirely and enter a quote process
- Billed in US dollars
If Fergus fits, stay on it. A build is worth doing when the software is fighting the business, or when the meter has grown past what the software is worth to you. Neither of those is true for everyone reading this, and we would rather say so here than on the invoice.
The alternative
What we would build instead.
The flat rate is real, and for a small operation Fergus is genuinely inexpensive. The problem is that the headline is the smallest number on the page, and the meters that grow are attached to the things you do more of as you get busier.
Where it tips
Professional at US$75 with six timesheet users at US$26 is US$231 a month, or US$13,860 over five years, before certificates and SMS. A Premium build at $9,000 clears that in about thirty-nine months and then costs nothing for the rest of the decade.
What we would build
Jobs, quotes, scheduling and invoicing with your own stages, plus the two things flat-rate products always meter separately: timesheets for everyone at no extra cost, and compliance certificates generated from job data rather than bought per staff band. See what we build for trades.
Common questions
Fergus, answered plainly.
How much does Fergus cost?
Fergus publishes two flat plans: Basic at US$53 a month and Professional at US$75 a month, both per account rather than per user. Timesheet users are from US$26 a month each, contractor users are US$4 per user per day, certificates are US$30 for one to nine staff or US$80 for ten or more, and SMS is US$15 per hundred. Read from fergus.com/en-au/pricing on 17 August 2026.
Is Fergus really flat rate?
The plan is flat. The account is not. Timesheet users, contractor days, certificates and SMS are four separate meters on top, and they all scale with the same growth that makes you busier. Add them up before comparing the headline against a per-seat competitor.
What happens past ten staff on Fergus?
You leave published pricing. Fergus asks businesses with more than ten staff to contact them for a custom plan, which means the price stops being something you can check and starts being something you negotiate.
What does Fergus cost over five years?
Professional alone is US$4,500 over sixty months. Professional with six timesheet users at US$26 is US$13,860. Certificates, SMS and card processing sit on top of both figures, and the ten-staff quote threshold sits above them.
Is a custom build cheaper than Fergus?
For a small operation on Basic with no extra meters running, no. Once the timesheet users and certificates are running, a Premium build at $9,000 typically clears the five-year cost with time to spare, and removes every meter permanently.
Where to next
Bring the invoice, not the brochure.
The free cost check takes twenty minutes. We add up what you actually pay across every meter, run it out five years, and tell you honestly whether a build is worth it for a business your size. You keep the numbers either way.