OneBookPlus vs AroFlo
The simpler AroFlo alternative

How OneBookPlus replaces AroFlo, without the enterprise price tag

AroFlo earned its reputation by serving large field-service operators, multi-crew electrical contractors, commercial HVAC firms, plumbing companies running fleets across multiple sites. The depth is real: skills-based dispatch, asset-linked job histories, complex job costing, granular permission systems. But that depth comes with a cost you can't see in advance. AroFlo's pricing page is a request form rather than a self-serve sign-up, so the number arrives after a sales conversation. And every small trade business that signs up still pays Xero or MYOB on the side, because AroFlo doesn't actually do your books.

OneBookPlus is built around a different observation: most Australian tradies never touch the deep end of what AroFlo does. They need to quote fast, schedule jobs, send GST-compliant invoices, chase payments, track expenses, and keep the BAS straight, and they need it without a sales process standing between them and a working system. Where AroFlo thinks in workflows and asset hierarchies, OneBookPlus thinks in cash flow. Every quote, every paid invoice, every receipt snapped on a phone feeds straight into your books.

Feature deep dive

Dispatch board, without the learning curve: OneBookPlus ships a clean dispatch board with week view, drag-and-drop job assignment, crew availability, and a calendar subscription link that Google, Apple and Outlook pick up (two-way Google sync is built but not yet open to customers). There's no consultant required to set it up, you can build your first week's schedule in under five minutes. AroFlo's dispatch is more powerful for very large fleets, but for trades businesses under 15 techs, OneBookPlus does what you actually use, faster.

Built-in accounting and BAS: Every line item, every expense, every invoice has GST handled natively. Trades spending, Bunnings, fuel, subbies, tools, goes in from the phone: photograph the docket or drag in the bill and the supplier, date, GST and total are read off it. When BAS quarter rolls around, your figures are already calculated. No exports between AroFlo and Xero, no missing receipts across two systems, no last-minute panic.

Marketing and bookings AroFlo doesn't touch: AroFlo focuses on internal operations. OneBookPlus also gives you a public booking page so customers can self-schedule, automated email and SMS marketing campaigns, and one-click Google review requests after every completed job. The result: more inbound work without paying for a separate marketing tool or hiring an agency.

Who should switch

• Solo tradies and small crews (under 10 people) paying enterprise prices for software built for fleets ten times their size.
• Trade businesses currently running AroFlo plus a separate Xero or MYOB subscription, you can consolidate into one platform.
• Teams still waiting on an AroFlo quote who want to be operational this week rather than after a sales cycle.

Stay with AroFlo if: you run 20+ technicians across multiple branches, need skills-based dispatch and complex SLA management, rely on asset-history tracking across long-lived equipment, or have dedicated office staff whose full-time job is running the field-service system.

Getting started

Switching from AroFlo takes about an afternoon, not a rollout project. Start by exporting your customer list and open jobs from AroFlo (Settings > Export). Import your contacts, set your default GST treatment, ABN, and payment terms. From there, any new quotes, invoices, and dispatches happen in OneBookPlus, and your books stay current in the same place without a second app or a second subscription.