Integration

ServiceM8 Integration Services
so the paperwork ends when the job does.

ServiceM8 integration services Australia for Trades and Field Teams. ServiceM8 API integration and ServiceM8 field service integration turn a finished job into an invoice, keep customers the same in both systems, and reconcile the payment taken at the door.

Written Service M8, ServiceM8 or Service M8 software, it is the same platform and the same integration work.

Perth-based and Australia-wide. Fixed-price quotes and an Australian team you can reach after the install.

  • AU-wide Perth-based · servicing Australia
  • 18+ yrs Building custom software
  • Secure OAuth2 API authentication
  • Fixed Price scopes, no surprises
Australian owned and operated

Built here. Your data stays here.

  • No offshore development. Everything is written by our own team in Australia. Nothing is subcontracted overseas.
  • Your data stays onshore. Hosted in Australia, on infrastructure you own, under Australian law.
  • Every state, not just ours. Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and everywhere between.
Connected Stack

Link ServiceM8 to your accounts and payroll

The systems ServiceM8 users most often ask us to sync with, accounting, CRM, payroll and reporting. Click any platform to see its dedicated integration page.

What an integration actually is

The job is done, but the office is still catching up

ServiceM8 knows what was quoted, who is assigned and what got done on site. Your accounting system knows what was billed and paid. Neither knows the whole story, so someone in the office spends their week carrying information between them.

What you already run

What we build

One integration layer

Runs on a schedule, maps your codes to theirs, handles the records that exist in both places, and keeps a log of every sync so a mismatch can be traced instead of argued about.

Get a fixed-price scope

What you get

  • Jobs completed in ServiceM8 become invoices without anyone retyping them
  • Customer and site details stay the same in every system
  • Timesheets and materials flow through to payroll and accounts
What We Build

Finished jobs become invoices without anyone typing

Job-to-invoice, customer sync, payment tracking, quoting and reporting. Our ServiceM8 field service integration work covers each one differently. Pick a tab to see how yours would take shape.

Completed jobs to invoices

A job marked as complete in ServiceM8 creates the invoice in your accounting software automatically. Customer details, line items, GST, it all comes across properly.

Handles different job types: quoted work, hourly, and flat-rate. If the customer pays on-site through ServiceM8 payments, that is recorded too.

Customer and contact sync

New customers created in ServiceM8 during a booking or on-site appear in your accounting software. Existing clients with updated details sync both ways.

Addresses, phone numbers, email, billing preferences, the fields that matter are kept consistent without anyone maintaining two separate contact lists.

Payment tracking and reconciliation

On-site payments taken through ServiceM8, card, cash or bank transfer, are recorded against the invoice in your accounting software. No manual matching needed.

Outstanding amounts are visible across both platforms. When the customer pays later, the status updates flow through so your aged receivables report is always accurate.

Quotes to accounting workflow

Quotes accepted in ServiceM8 can trigger records in your accounting system, a pending invoice, a job reference, or a customer account setup, so nothing waits until the work starts.

This keeps your pipeline visible in both systems. You know what has been quoted, what has been accepted, and what is still pending without checking two platforms.

Combined reporting and dashboards

Pull ServiceM8 job data, completions, revenue, average job value, repeat customer rate, and combine it with your accounting figures for a full business picture.

Works with Power BI, Google Sheets, or simple email summaries. The format fits how you actually review your numbers.

Capabilities catalogue

From a single Xero sync to multi-division reporting

Every capability below has been delivered for a real Australian ServiceM8 user, from a single Xero invoice sync to a multi-division reporting platform across ServiceM8, MYOB and Power BI. If your scenario is not listed, ask, we build bespoke.

ServiceM8 ↔ accounting (Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks)

  • Completed ServiceM8 jobs to Xero invoices with correct tax codes
  • ServiceM8 jobs to MYOB AccountRight / MYOB Business billing with tracking categories
  • ServiceM8 jobs to QuickBooks Online invoicing with item mapping
  • ServiceM8 on-site payments reconciled against accounting invoices
  • Two-way customer & contact sync between ServiceM8 and Xero / MYOB
  • Credit notes, partial payments and refunds handled cleanly
  • Multi-entity ServiceM8 setups posting to the right accounting file
  • Replacing brittle Zapier chains with a custom API integration

ServiceM8 ↔ payroll & rostering

  • ServiceM8 timesheets to Deputy for award-rule processing
  • ServiceM8 labour hours to Employment Hero payroll
  • ServiceM8 labour to MYOB Payroll with leave handling
  • Job-level labour cost flowing back into ServiceM8 for margin reporting
  • Rostering data pushed from Deputy into ServiceM8 job assignments
  • Allowance, travel and on-call rules mapped per employee

ServiceM8 custom forms & assets

  • Custom inspection, safety and SWMS forms inside ServiceM8
  • Asset registers attached to ServiceM8 client cards (warranty, serial, install date)
  • Customer asset history accessible to the field tech on the job
  • Photo and signature capture mapped to a structured back-end record
  • Compliance certificates auto-generated from completed ServiceM8 forms
  • Bulk asset import from spreadsheets or legacy systems into ServiceM8

Custom builder/strata/client portals on ServiceM8

  • Customer portals showing live ServiceM8 job status
  • Strata manager portals listing every lot, every job, every invoice
  • Builder portals for site-by-site progress across active projects
  • Client document library: invoices, certificates, photos, sign-offs
  • Self-service quote acceptance and scheduling on top of ServiceM8
  • Supplier portals tied to ServiceM8 purchase orders

Multi-division reporting on ServiceM8 (Power BI)

  • Power BI dashboards combining ServiceM8 + Xero / MYOB
  • Revenue, margin and utilisation by division, branch or service line
  • Tech-level performance: jobs per day, average ticket, completion rate
  • Customer-cohort reporting: revenue by client, churn, repeat rate
  • Cashflow and debtor-days dashboards across multiple entities
  • Bespoke dashboard software when Power BI is not the right fit

Migrations between ServiceM8, Simpro, Tradify

  • ServiceM8 to Simpro migration, clients, jobs, history
  • ServiceM8 to Tradify migration with form mapping
  • Tradify to ServiceM8 migration for smaller mobile crews
  • Tradify to Simpro migration when project work outgrows Tradify
  • AroFlo, Fergus and FieldPulse to ServiceM8 migration paths
  • Legacy paper / spreadsheet workflows lifted into ServiceM8
Pricing

What decides the cost of a ServiceM8 project

Cost moves with how many systems sit around ServiceM8, how messy the current workflow is, and whether you need invoice sync only or full office-to-books automation. Here is how custom ServiceM8 integration work gets scoped.

Commercial scope review

Tell us what ServiceM8 needs to talk to, what should happen when a job is completed, and where the office team still re-enters data. We will tell you whether it is a simple sync or a fixed-price custom build.

Fixed-price scope

Once job states, customer sync rules, invoice flow, and edge cases are clear, you get fixed-price scope covering build, testing, and go-live. No hourly billing that spirals.

Phase around cash flow first

Most ServiceM8 businesses start with completed-job-to-invoice, then add customer sync, payment status, or reporting later. Each phase is separately scoped and priced.

Why HELLO PEOPLE

Off-the-shelf connectors or
a build for how your jobs run

Zapier, n8n and enterprise iPaaS all connect ServiceM8, in their own way. Here's how we compare on the things that actually matter to a service business owner.

Concern HELLO PEOPLE Zapier / Maken8n / Self-hostedMuleSoft / Boomi
Setup for the ServiceM8 API We handle OAuth + form/asset fields Basic Zap app, standard events onlyYou build the ServiceM8 nodesWeeks of enterprise onboarding
ServiceM8 job to invoice + payment flow Quotes, jobs, payments all handled Basic status triggers onlyPowerful, you build each stepPowerful, priced accordingly
AU trades BAS + GST fit AU-native, parts + labour GST Generic, misses AU quirksGeneric, you code the rulesGeneric, needs configuration
Ongoing cost One-off + optional support plan Per-operation, foreverSelf-hosted infra + upkeepEnterprise licence
When ServiceM8 updates the API We patch, no extra charge Wait for Zapier to updateYou update the flow yourselfSupport-ticket queue
Direct access to the builder Email Kasun, get Kasun Chat support tierCommunity forumEnterprise support tier
Job, customer and invoice data ownership You own it, nothing sits with us Vendor holds middlewareYou own it (self-hosted)Vendor holds middleware
Case Study

Field-to-invoice loop for a multi-crew Perth electrical contractor

Five field crews were logging jobs in a field-service app, then admin staff were manually re-entering the same data into accounting at the end of every day. We built a two-way bridge so job completion triggers the invoice and the customer record stays consistent across both systems.

Read the full case study
5 Field crews unified onto one workflow
92% Faster from job-complete to invoice
0 Manual re-keying of job data
6wk Discovery to go-live

ServiceM8 handled the jobs beautifully but I was still doing invoices in Xero every night after the kids went to bed. HELLO PEOPLE connected the two in a fortnight, completed jobs raise the Xero invoice automatically, and on-site card payments reconcile the same day. I got my evenings back.

Owner-Operator Pest control business · Melbourne

Meet the person

ServiceM8 Integration, one seamless process

Your ServiceM8 Integration, handled by the founder from start to end.

HELLO PEOPLE designs, builds and looks after AI, software, app and data solutions for Australian businesses, with senior expertise on every project and a scope agreed before work starts. For an integration, that means every record lands where it should and both systems agree.

Since 2007, HELLO PEOPLE has delivered more than 100 projects from Perth for small and medium businesses across Australia: custom software and apps, system integrations, data migrations, reporting and dashboards, and AI that works inside the systems a business already runs.

I lead every engagement myself. I trained in accounting before moving into IT, hold accounting and IT professional qualifications and an MBA, and bring more than 20 years of experience across sales, service delivery, inventory and compliance. I am also a PhD candidate in AI at Curtin University, researching retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), so the technology is always judged by what it does for the business.

  • An old-fashioned service

    Small and boutique. The person who scopes your integration is the person who builds it, and the same person watches the first live syncs.

  • Quick responses

    No ticket queue and no account manager in between. You hear back within one business day, usually sooner.

  • A long-term partner

    The integration is the start, not the end. When you need the next system, integration or report, you call the same person, who already knows your business.

How It Works

Scoped, built, tested, then switched on

Every project is different, but the six-step structure stays the same. Discovery, scope, build, testing, go-live, then ongoing support once the integration is running.

  1. Discovery

    We look at how you use ServiceM8, what types of jobs you run, and which accounting or payroll systems are involved. Takes about 30 minutes.

  2. Scope & Quote

    You get a clear document outlining what will sync, in which direction, and what edge cases we are covering. Plus a fixed price.

  3. Build

    We connect ServiceM8 to your accounting system via API. Logging, error alerting and retry logic are all part of the build, not add-ons.

  4. Testing

    We test with your real job types: quoted work, hourly, on-site payments, credit notes. Everything maps correctly before go-live.

  5. Go-Live

    We switch on the integration, monitor the first batch of live jobs, and make sure everything flows cleanly. Historical data migration if you need it.

  6. Support

    When ServiceM8 or your accounting platform updates, we keep the integration working. Monthly support plans are available and most clients use them.

How it runs today

Your office retypes every finished job

  • A job closes in ServiceM8 and someone types the invoice out again
  • Customer details are updated in one system and stale in the other
  • Materials and labour are reconciled by hand at month end
  • Nobody trusts the job profit figure, so a spreadsheet appears

After

Your office stops being the go-between

  • A completed job becomes an invoice on its own
  • One customer record, updated once, correct everywhere
  • Materials and hours reach accounts and payroll without a re-key
  • Job profit is visible while there is still time to do something about it

Scoped and quoted before you commit. You own the code and the credentials at the end of it.

Get a fixed-price scope
FAQs

What tradies ask about ServiceM8

Which ServiceM8 partners and add-ons do you work with?

Third party and external system integration for ServiceM8 usually means one of these: simPRO, Tradify, Deputy, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks. Most of it comes down to job to invoice handover and KPI and bookkeeping reporting. We link ServiceM8 to any of them, in either direction. Also written Service M8. If your second system is not listed, ask. The work is the same shape against most APIs, and we will tell you when it is not.

What do servicem8 integration services australia actually deliver?

A live link between ServiceM8 and the rest of your business. Completed jobs become invoices in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks. On-site card payments get matched the same day. Customer records stay in sync both ways. Timesheets flow into Deputy or Employment Hero for payroll. Nobody re-keys anything at night.

How much does custom servicem8 integration cost in Australia?

Pricing depends on the systems involved, data volume and edge cases like credit notes, partial payments or multi-entity setups. Book a free 15-minute call so we can understand the scope. You then get a fixed-price quote inside 48 hours. No hourly billing once we start.

How long does servicem8 api integration take from kickoff to launch?

About 4 to 6 weeks for a standard ServiceM8-to-accounting build. Bigger projects with payroll, custom forms, portals or Power BI reporting usually run 6 to 12 weeks, delivered in phases so you see working sync every couple of weeks instead of a big reveal at the end.

Do you handle servicem8 to xero integration?

Yes. Completed jobs create invoices in Xero with the right customer, tax codes, tracking categories and line items. On-site card and cash payments recorded in ServiceM8 reconcile against the Xero invoice automatically. MYOB and QuickBooks work the same way.

I am a solo operator. Is this worth it for a small business?

Often, yes. If you are spending an hour a day on admin that could be automated, like invoicing, data entry and reconciliation, the integration pays for itself quickly. We scope it so the investment matches the size of the business.

Does this work with ServiceM8 on-site payments?

Yes. When a customer pays on-site by card or a cash payment is logged in ServiceM8, that payment is matched to the invoice in your accounting software automatically. Merchant fees, tips and split payments are all handled.

What happens if ServiceM8 changes something?

Most clients are on a monthly support plan. When ServiceM8 updates the platform or API, we keep the integration working. You do not need to notice it happened.

Do we own the integration code and IP?

Yes, 100 percent. Source code, connector logic, field mappings and documentation all belong to you. No licensing fees, no lock-in. Most clients stay with us for ongoing changes because we already know the workflows.

Tell us where invoicing still takes manual work

Tell us what accounting software you use, what should happen automatically, and where invoicing, payments, customer updates or reporting are still creating manual work. We come back with the right integration path and a fixed-price scope.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.