Fergus Review 2026: AI Job Management That Answers Margin Questions for Electrical Shops

Updated October 26, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Fergus is job management software built for trade businesses — quoting, scheduling, job costing and invoicing in one system — and its new Fergus Assistant AI works inside that data: it creates jobs from a sentence, turns a supplier PDF into a quote, and answers “which jobs are under 30% margin?” The catch for US shops is rollout: the AI launch listed Australia, New Zealand and the UK first, so confirm Assistant availability in your market before buying for the AI.

What it is

Fergus is a job management platform built for tradespeople — founded by a plumber in New Zealand and shaped over 15 years serving trade businesses. The company says more than 26,000 tradespeople use it across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US. For an electrical shop, it runs the service day: an enquiry becomes a job card carrying the estimate, schedule, timesheets, photos and supplier costs, and the finished job converts to an invoice synced to your accounting software.

The 2026 addition is AI. Fergus Assistant (desk) and Assistant on Fergus Go (field) sit inside the platform, working with the customer, site, quote, costs and invoice already linked to each job, per Fergus’s AI page. A broader “Fergus AI” experience was announced in September 2026 via GlobeNewswire.

Key features

• Fergus Assistant: create a job in one sentence, find any job detail with a prompt, adjust the schedule, draft messages, prepare invoices — and turn a supplier PDF into a quote — with a confirmation step before anything changes
• Ask-your-numbers AI: ask “Why is this job losing money?” and get answers grounded in your job data; describe a report and Fergus builds it
• Estimating: estimates from saved favourites and supplier price books, real-time margin, one-click estimate to quote to invoice
• Fergus Go mobile app: techs view jobs, capture photos, log time and update jobs from site; the office sees it in real time
• Integrations: supplier invoices matched to jobs; Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB sync; Groundplan for takeoffs

Pricing

Fergus publishes its pricing, which sets it apart in this category. Its US page lists Essentials from $31 per month and Pro from $44 per month, with a 14-day free trial, monthly billing, no lock-in contracts and a free one-hour onboarding session. Read your market’s table before signing: other markets price per user per month, with extras such as SMS bundles and card fees on top — get your crew count priced in writing.

Who it’s for

Small to mid-sized electrical service shops — a few techs to a few dozen — pricing repeat work all day: switchboard upgrades, fault calls, fit-outs and maintenance rounds. If estimators rebuild the same quotes from spreadsheets and the office re-types them into invoices, Fergus attacks exactly that waste.

Who should skip it

US shops buying mainly for the AI should verify Assistant is live in their market first — the September 2026 launch named Australia, New Zealand and the UK, not the US. Contractors running large bid projects should look elsewhere too: Fergus is built for job-by-job service work, not deep project estimating — compare Trimble Accubid Anywhere, covered here.

Pros

• AI that works on your real job data — quotes, costs and invoices — not a generic chatbot
• Published pricing, a free trial and no lock-in contracts
• Built for trades, with a dedicated electrical workflow and supplier price books
• Estimate, quote, schedule and invoice on one job card — no re-typing

Cons

• AI rollout is market-staged: the launch listed AU, NZ and UK first
• Per-user pricing plus add-ons: the “from” price is not your crew’s real total
• Service-job focus: not a takeoff or bid platform for large projects
• Supplier integrations are deepest in its AU/NZ home markets

FAQ

What can Fergus Assistant actually do?

Per Fergus, Assistant can find information, set up jobs, build quotes (including from a supplier PDF), prepare invoices, adjust the schedule, draft messages and run reports. It respects each user’s permissions and confirms before anything changes.

How much does Fergus cost?

Fergus’s US page lists Essentials from $31 per month and Pro from $44 per month, with a 14-day free trial and no lock-in contracts. Other markets price per user, and extras can apply — confirm the full crew cost.

Is Fergus built for electricians, or is it general software?

It is trade-specific software with a dedicated electrician offering: Fergus’s electrical pages cover cable runs, fixtures and switchboard work, favourites for common jobs, and pricing from your preferred wholesaler. It is not takeoff software — Fergus integrates with Groundplan for that.

Bottom line

Fergus earns its place because its AI sits on a job system electricians already understand — one job card from enquiry to invoice — instead of asking the office to adopt a separate AI tool. Trial it on real repeat jobs, confirm Assistant’s availability in your market, and price the whole crew first.