Generic quoting tools weren't designed for builders. They don't understand line items broken into materials and labour. They don't handle progress payments. They don't know what a variation is. We build quoting software that does — designed around the way Australian builders, contractors and renovators actually work. Our flagship app, Leado, is live on the App Store (au.leado.app) — proof we ship real production software for Australian trades, not slide decks. For your build, we deliver itemised line-item quotes covering materials, labour, hours and GST; branded PDFs with your logo, colours and terms; customer e-sign acceptance; and one-tap conversion of accepted quotes into invoices structured around deposit, progress and final payments.
What we build
Built around the real construction workflow — site measure, scoping, materials, labour, variations, progress claims and final invoicing.
Quotes broken down the way builders actually quote — materials by item with supplier pricing, labour by trade and hours, allowances and provisional sums, and GST handled correctly across the lot. Each line is editable, copyable and re-orderable. Save common scopes as templates so the next bathroom reno quotes itself in five minutes instead of an hour.
Benefits: Accurate quotes, faster turnaround, fewer errors.
Every quote and invoice goes out as a polished, branded PDF — your logo, your colours, your terms and conditions baked in. Customers see a professional document that reflects the standard of your work, not a generic SaaS template with someone else's logo at the top. PDFs include all line-item detail, attachments, photos and a one-tap accept link.
Benefits: Professional first impression, higher win rates, brand consistency.
Construction doesn't bill in one hit. We build proper progress claim handling — deposit on signing, milestone payments at fixed stages (slab down, frame up, lock-up, fix, completion), and final after defects. Each milestone fires its own invoice automatically when you mark the stage complete. Customers see what's been paid, what's owed and what's coming.
Benefits: Better cashflow, structured billing, fewer disputes.
Walk a job with the customer, measure up on your phone, and have a fully detailed quote in their hands before you leave the driveway. Customer signs and accepts on your screen, and a branded PDF emails to both parties instantly. No more 'I'll send it through next week' — no more lost jobs to the builder who quoted faster.
Benefits: Win more jobs, quote on-the-spot, never lose a lead to delay.
Why NetGate
Construction software needs to be built by people who understand construction — not generic SaaS engineers who've never been on a site.
GST handled correctly across materials and labour. State-by-state licensing detail captured on every quote. AS/NZS standards referenced where relevant. Supplier integrations with the merchants Australian builders actually use. We build for the Australian market — not a US-first SaaS retrofitted for our compliance rules.
Site measure → scope → quote → variation → invoice → progress claim → final → defects. We model the way builders actually work, not the way SaaS platforms wish they worked. Variations are first-class — added mid-job, signed off by the customer, billed against the next progress claim. Nothing falls through the cracks.
When a feature needs changing — and on construction software, it always does — you ring the team that wrote the code. No tickets routed to offshore call centres, no waiting weeks for a response. Sydney-based developers, Sydney-based designers, Sydney-based support. Australia-wide delivery to builders from Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and the regions.
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