Most software price changes go one way, and you find out when the card statement arrives. This one goes the other way. Pro is now $9 a month, down from $29.
That is 69% off. It works out to about 30 cents a day, which is less than the lid on your servo coffee. For that you get eleven tools, so each one costs you under a dollar a month.
The short answer
Tradie Assistant Pro now costs $9 a month, down from $29, or $90 a year. That is 69% off monthly and 74% off if you go yearly. For the price you get Smart Assistant, which answers from real standards, manufacturer manuals and technical documents, plus Smart Chat, Smart Vision and a full set of basic admin tools. The plan pays for itself if it saves you about six minutes a month.
The discount, in numbers
| Plan | Per month | Over 12 months | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro (old price) | $29 | $348 | - |
| Pro (now, monthly) | $9 | $108 | $240 (69% off) |
| Pro (now, yearly) | $7.50 equivalent | $90 | $258 (74% off) |
Same Pro plan, new price. If you were ever going to try it, the cost of being wrong just dropped to about a pie and a coffee.
What $9 gets you
The main event is Smart Assistant. You ask a technical or compliance question and it searches real standards, manufacturer manuals and technical documentation, builds the answer from what it finds, and points you to the source so you can check it yourself. That is a different job from a general chatbot, which will give you a confident answer with nothing real behind it. We explain why in why ChatGPT gets standards wrong.
Around it sits the rest of the plan:
| Tool | What it does for you |
|---|---|
| Smart Assistant | Answers from real standards, manufacturer manuals and technical docs, with the source shown |
| Smart Chat | A second opinion when you are fault-finding |
| Smart Vision | Works from a photo of what is in front of you |
| Invoice Generator | Builds a basic invoice so you are not starting from a blank page |
| Proposal and Quote Builder | Lays out a basic itemised quote |
| SWMS Generator | Drafts the structure of a SWMS for you to fill with site detail |
| Email Template | Drafts the emails you keep rewriting |
| Review Responder | Drafts replies to your Google reviews |
| Social Post Generator | Turns a job description into a caption |
| Day Log | A simple record of the day's work |
| Terms and Conditions | A basic set of terms to attach to your work |
To be upfront, the admin tools are basic by design. We are not an accounting package and we are not pretending to be one. They do the job, save you the blank page, and come included, so you are not paying separately for an invoice app, a quote template and a caption writer.
Why we did it
We looked at what a one-person trade business can reasonably spend on software and decided $29 a month was more than we wanted to ask. A sparky running solo does not have a compliance department or an admin assistant. They have a ute, a phone, and a standard they half remember from a course five years ago.
So we dropped the price to a number that is easy to say yes to. If it saves you time, you keep it. If it does not, you cancel and you are out about 30 cents a day.
The break-even maths, in tradie terms
Software only earns its spot if it saves you more than it costs. Say your time is worth $90 an hour, which is conservative for most licensed trades. Here is how long it needs to save you each month to pay for itself:
| Monthly price | Minutes saved to break even |
|---|---|
| $29 (old Pro) | About 19 minutes |
| $9 (Pro now) | 6 minutes |
Six minutes is one hunt through a manufacturer manual for the single spec you actually need. It is one quote where the layout was already done, or one review reply you did not have to stare at a blank box for. Any one of those covers the month, and you have ten more tools where that came from.
It is also a business expense
Software you use to run your business is generally a deductible expense, and if you use a tool partly for private purposes you can only claim the business share. The ATO's guidance on business income and deductions sets out the rules, and the principle is simple: if you incurred the cost to earn business income, it is a candidate. Keep the tax invoice and let your accountant make the final call. For the other claims people leave on the table, see tax deductions most tradies miss.
Who this is not for
If you already have a shelf of current standards, know every manual cold, and have invoicing and quoting running exactly how you like it, you probably do not need this. Fair enough.
It is for the tradie who has stood on a job unsure what a spec actually says, who loses an evening to a quote, or who has taken a confident-sounding answer from a chatbot and wondered whether it was real. If that sounds familiar, you can find out whether it helps for less than the cost of a pie. For an honest look at where AI helps a trade business and where it does not, see AI tools for tradies: what actually works in 2026.
Right, here is the short version
Pro is $9 a month, or $90 a year, down from $29. Eleven tools, one price, about 30 cents a day. Ask Smart Assistant the last technical question you had to dig for, check the source it gives you, and keep it only if it earns its spot. You can start on the sign up page.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Tradie Assistant Pro cost now?
$9 a month, down from $29, which is 69% off. There is also a yearly option at $90. Over twelve months that is $108 on monthly billing instead of $348, or $90 if you pay yearly.
How much do I save compared with the old price?
On monthly billing you save $20 a month, or $240 over a year. On the yearly plan you pay $90 instead of the $348 the old monthly price would have cost, which saves $258 and is 74% off.
What do I actually get with Pro?
Smart Assistant answers technical and compliance questions from real standards, manufacturer manuals and technical documentation, and shows you the source. Smart Chat helps with fault-finding and Smart Vision works from a photo. You also get a set of basic admin tools: Invoice Generator, Proposal and Quote Builder, SWMS Generator, Email Template, Review Responder, Social Post Generator, Day Log and Terms and Conditions. The admin tools are deliberately basic, not a full accounting package.
Is a software subscription like this tax deductible for a tradie?
Generally yes, where it is used to run your business. Software and subscriptions you use to earn business income are usually treated as ordinary business expenses, and if you use a tool partly for private purposes you can only claim the business portion. Keep the tax invoices, and check your own situation with your accountant, since this is general information and not tax advice.