simPRO alternative
Karven vs simPRO: an honest comparison
simPRO is built for larger trade and facility-services businesses: project accounting, stock, asset maintenance and multi-branch setups, with an implementation project to get going. Karven is for solo tradies and small crews who just need to quote.
Prices checked 22 Oct 2026. We make Karven, so read this as our view and check their site too.
Price and what you get
simPRO
- Price
- Price on request
- How it's charged
- Quoted per business. Third-party sites estimate about $60 to $140 per user a month; we could not confirm this.
- Free trial
- Not published
- Source
- www.simprogroup.com/au/pricing, checked 22 Oct 2026. The pricing page could not be loaded when we checked; estimate from https://fieldservicesoftware.io/software/simpro/
Karven
- Price
- Starter $29, Business $49, Pro $99 a month inc GST. Annual billing gets 2 months free.
- Free trial
- 21 days from the day you set up, no card
- What it is
- Karven is quoting software, not a full job management system. You start a quote from a blank page, your trade's common items come up as you type, and your private profit % goes on top of your costs. The customer opens a link on their phone, ticks any optional extras, asks questions, accepts online and can pay a deposit by card. Starter is $29 a month inc GST for one user and unlimited quotes, Business is $49 for up to 5 users (1 user for now, team invites coming soon), and Pro is $99 with unlimited users (1 user for now, team invites coming soon) and the compliance paperwork. 21 days free, no card.
Where Karven is better
Sign up and send a quote the same day, no implementation project
Published flat prices: Starter $29, Business $49, Pro $99 a month inc GST
Customer accepts online and pays a deposit by card
Where simPRO is better
Project accounting and work-in-progress reporting
Stock, assets and service contracts
Supplier catalogue integrations
Multi-branch and enterprise controls
Karven doesn't do: job scheduling and dispatch; timesheets and job costing; app store apps (karven runs in your phone's browser and can be added to your home screen); finding you leads.
Switching from simPRO is easy
- 1Bring your customers and old quotes from simPROExport your customers and quotes from simPRO as a CSV. Karven's import matches the usual column names (name, email, address, total) and you check the mapping before anything is saved. Then import it in Settings → Import.
- 2Paste or upload an old quoteKarven reads the lines off it and puts them on a new draft for you to check. Prices come across as they were, nothing is sent.
- 3Your trade's items are already therePick your trade and its common items come up as you type, each with a starting cost. Save your own prices in My items once.
- 4Keep simPRO for the rest, if you likeKeep simPRO for project accounting and stock if the office runs on it.
Karven's CSV import recognises exports from Quotient, Tradify, ServiceM8, Fergus and Jobber. Anything else imports with a column mapping you check first. If you need a hand, our support team can help.
Electrical at 14 Banksia Avenue
Prices ex GST
Power points & data
Supply and install power and data points. Includes cabling, terminations and testing of every new point. All work by a licensed electrician to AS/NZS 3000. Certificate of compliance supplied on completion.
Double power point
4 × $240.00
USB-A/C double power point
2 × $288.00
Includes all work and materials listed above.
A $168.96 deposit (10% of the total) is due when you accept.
What your customer opens from Karven: a sample electrical quote with every line, GST once and the deposit, then Accept.
Who should pick which
Pick simPRO if
Mid to large commercial trade businesses with office staff.
Pick Karven if
You're a solo tradie or small crew and the quote is the problem: writing it fast, making it look right, and getting the customer to say yes and pay a deposit.
simPRO for a big commercial operation with an office. Karven for the tradie quoting residential work on site.
Karven, simPRO and the rest side by side
| Karven | Quotient | Tradify | simPRO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | Starter $29, Business $49, Pro $99 a month inc GST | Solo $33 a month (1 user, up to 100 quotes a month). Team $54 a month (2 to 5 users, unlimited quotes). $9 a month for each extra user after 5. | Lite $48, Pro $52, Plus $62 per user a month. Custom on request. | Price on request |
| How it's charged | AUD inc GST, flat monthly price: 1 user, up to 5 users or unlimited (1 user for now, team invites coming soon) | AUD, monthly. The page doesn't say whether GST is included. | AUD ex GST, per user, monthly, no contract | Quoted per business. Third-party sites estimate about $60 to $140 per user a month; we could not confirm this. |
| Free trial | 21 days from the day you set up, no card | 21 days, no card | 14 days | Not published |
| Runs the job after the quote | No. Quoting, customer acceptance, deposits and follow-ups | No. Quoting only, like Karven | Yes: scheduling, timesheets, invoicing | Yes: projects, stock, scheduling |
Competitor prices checked 22 Oct 2026from each company's own pricing page, except where a page says otherwise. Prices change; check their site before you decide.
Karven vs simPRO
Common questions
Is Karven a simPRO alternative?
Not for a large commercial business: Karven doesn't do project accounting, stock or scheduling. For a solo tradie or small crew who mainly needs quotes, it's a much lighter option.
How much does simPRO cost compared with Karven?
simPRO: Price on request (Quoted per business. Third-party sites estimate about $60 to $140 per user a month; we could not confirm this.), checked 22 Oct 2026. Karven: Starter $29, Business $49, Pro $99 a month inc GST, with 21 days free and no card.
Try Karven on your next quote
21 days free from the day you set up, no card. Cancel any time.