Tradie Texts - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Every trade business loses jobs when the phone rings out. You're mid-job, hands full, and the call goes to nothing, no voicemail, no idea what it was worth. The caller doesn't hang about either. They've already decided to hire someone, and a text back is often enough to stop them ringing the next name while you finish up.

Tradie Texts closes that gap. When a call to your number goes unanswered, it texts the caller back from your business in about 5 seconds, then lets the AI handle the qualifying conversation.

How it works:

1. Forward your existing number. You keep the number you already advertise. Point it at your Tradie Texts number and calls still ring through to your mobile. Nothing changes for the caller or the signage on the van.

2. It tells missed from answered. You accept a call by pressing a key, so voicemail picking up instead of you still counts as missed. That's what makes detection voicemail-proof.

3. A text goes out fast. The caller gets an SMS named as your business within about 5 seconds of the miss.

4. The AI qualifies the job. A short back-and-forth over text covers what the job is, the address, and how urgent it is.

5. Emergencies escalate on the spot. A real emergency reaches you by SMS and a branded email, not buried in an inbox.

6. Everything lands in a dashboard. The lead, the transcript, the urgency, and a suggested callback time, so you ring back already briefed.

Plans (AUD/month):

Every tier runs on one inbound number that forwards to your phone, with AI qualifying and emergency escalation. What changes higher up is your crew, the SMS cap, and a few extras.

- Solo, $49: one number, 200 SMS a month, the full dashboard. For one phone, one truck.

- Crew, $129: everything in Solo, plus a teammate seat, AI job routing that sends each job to the right person by trade, team chat, a custom AI persona trained on your trade, and 1,500 SMS a month. For two to five vans.

- Fleet, $299: everything in Crew, plus up to four teammate seats, unlimited SMS on fair use, and priority support. For multi-trade shops and franchises.

Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial on the Solo tier, no credit card. Cancel anytime, no carry-on.

Why Australian tradies use it:

Tradie Texts is built and supported in Australia for local trade businesses: plumbers, sparkies, gardeners, cleaners, and the rest. Australian mobile numbers, running around the clock by default. Every outbound message names your business, and STOP and START opt-outs are handled for you, with STOP honoured for good. You're texting someone who rang you first, which keeps you inside the Spam Act.

It has real limits. SMS can't reach a withheld number or a landline, so those calls still ring through to you as normal. A caller who'd rather talk than text will still want a call back. Tradie Texts is built for the ordinary missed call from a mobile, the one that rings out today and sends the job to the next business in the search results.