OneBookPlus vs NextMinute
Job management with the accounting built in

NextMinute is an Australian/New Zealand job-management platform for residential builders and trades, quoting, scheduling, timesheets, invoicing, and live job costing. It is not accounting software: it relies on a two-way sync with Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks Online to keep your books. OneBookPlus is an all-in-one Australian platform that bundles the same job-management workflow with built-in accounting, BAS-ready GST reporting, online customer bookings, a customer portal, email marketing, and an AI Companion, so you don't run a separate accounting subscription alongside it.

NextMinute's current Australian pricing is team-size band pricing, listed plus GST: Tradie Growth is AU$199/month (3 to 9 users), Tradie Pro is AU$349/month (10 to 14 users), and Tradie Max (15+ users) is a custom quote (nextminute.com/au/solutions/pricing). Because NextMinute has no built-in accounting, most Australian trade businesses also pay for Xero or MYOB on top. OneBookPlus starts free and includes job management plus accounting in one bill, $0/month (Free), $29/month (Starter), $49/month (Plus), or $69/month (Growth). It bands logins rather than crew size: Each plan includes a set number of logins, one login on Free, three on Starter, five on Plus and ten on Growth, and below the cap there is no per-seat charge at all. On Growth an extra login is $9/mo, added to the same invoice, so an eleventh person costs $9 and not a new plan. Staff you roster and book but who never sign in (instructors, carers, cleaners, stylists) are free and unlimited on every plan.

No. NextMinute is a job-management platform, not accounting software, its own pages describe it as keeping your jobs and your accounts "talking to each other" via two-way sync with Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks Online. You keep a separate accounting subscription for GST, BAS, and payroll. OneBookPlus includes accounting, GST tracking and BAS-ready reports in the plan, so there is no second accounting tool to pay for or reconcile. Rostering and payroll are a separate $29/month add-on that works out pay, PAYG withholding and super. Single Touch Payroll pay events are not lodged to the ATO from OneBookPlus, so if you pay staff you still report each pay run through STP-enabled software.

Yes, particularly for solo operators and small crews that want one bill instead of a job tool plus an accounting subscription. NextMinute is purpose-built for residential building teams of three or more and is genuinely strong on multi-stage project costing and Gantt scheduling. If you're a smaller operation, or you want online bookings, a customer portal, and marketing included, OneBookPlus covers the same job workflow and folds the accounting in.

For many trade businesses, yes. OneBookPlus handles quoting, job scheduling, timesheets, invoicing, and job costing, the core of what NextMinute does, and adds the accounting, GST, and BAS reporting you would otherwise run in Xero or MYOB. If you have a bookkeeper deeply embedded in Xero or run complex multi-stage construction projects, NextMinute + Xero may still suit you; OneBookPlus exports a Xero/MYOB-ready file if you prefer to keep your accountant's workflow, and a live two-way sync is not built and is not on a date.

NextMinute's public pages don't document a customer-facing online booking widget or a customer portal, it's an internal operations tool for the crew and office. OneBookPlus gives every business a shareable online booking page and a customer portal where clients can book, pay deposits, and accept quotes, which is useful for service-and-repair trades that take inbound jobs rather than only running scheduled construction projects.

A BAS (Business Activity Statement) is the form Australian businesses lodge with the ATO to report GST collected on sales, GST paid on purchases, and the net amount owed or refunded. OneBookPlus produces BAS-ready GST figures (G1, 1A, 1B) automatically from your invoices and expenses. NextMinute has no native accounting, so BAS reporting runs through the Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks subscription you sync it to.

Not a native one today. NextMinute's crew app runs natively on both iOS and Android (nextminute.com/au). OneBookPlus has a native iOS app; on Android your crew uses the web app in the browser, which covers timesheets, jobs, quoting and invoicing but is not a native install. If most of your crew carries Android phones and a native app is a hard requirement, that is a genuine point in NextMinute's favour.

They were checked against nextminute.com/au/solutions/pricing on 1 September 2026: Tradie Growth A$199/month (3 to 9 users), Tradie Pro A$349/month (10 to 14 users) and Tradie Max (15+ users) by custom quote, all listed plus GST with a 10-day free trial. Pricing can change, so treat NextMinute's own pricing page (linked throughout this comparison) as the source of truth. OneBookPlus pricing is $0 (Free), $29 (Starter), $49 (Plus) or $69 (Growth) per month, and the current numbers are listed on the OneBookPlus pricing page, linked from the top of this comparison.