QUOTE  →  JOB  →  PAID

Job management software for painters.

Quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments: Kelpie runs your whole painting business from one app. Quote the repaint with prep and coats itemised, take tap-to-pay on site, and it all syncs to Xero.

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The Kelpie dashboard: today's visits on a map, this week's jobs, outstanding balance and cashflow at a glanceKelpie's quotes screen, acceptance rate, pipeline value and every quote's statusKelpie's jobs screen, active jobs, profit stats and the full job listKelpie's week schedule, every job and crew member on one boardKelpie's invoices screen, outstanding balance, payments collected and every invoice's status
The Kelpie app dashboard on a phone: the day's schedule and key numbers at a glanceA quote open in the Kelpie app on a phoneA job open in the Kelpie app on a phoneThe Kelpie app schedule on a phone: the day's jobs as a listAn invoice open in the Kelpie app on a phone
See what's booked, what's owed and what's next, all on one dashboard.
“Kelpie put my whole business on my phone. I quote on site, the invoice goes out the second the job's done, and the money lands without me chasing it. Game changer for a small team.”
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Alex Tasseron
Hakea Projects · Fairfield, VIC
Alex Tasseron

From the walk-through to paid the day you finish.

An interior repaint or an exterior over a few days (prep, undercoat, coats), it all runs from the one app.

Running✓ Done
Repaint quotedQUO-0033
Prep + 2 coats · $4,680
Running✓ Done
Sent to clientEmail
To Helen Brooks
Running✓ Done
AcceptedWon
Dates locked in

Quote the repaint, prep and coats itemised.

Quotes

Measure up room by room, itemise the prep, the undercoat and the coats from a saved template, and send a clear quote on the spot, one the customer can accept from their phone and lock in the dates before you've left.

Quote accepted · Prep scheduled
This week's jobs3 on
#012Exterior prepOn site
#013UndercoatTomorrow
#014Final coatsScheduled
#015Touch-upsDone

Run the job across days, and the weather.

Jobs

Schedule prep, undercoat and coats across the days, and when rain threatens the exterior, shuffle the job without losing it. Photos and notes save to the job, and the whole crew sees what's on next.

Paid this month$24,200▲ 12%
Recent payments

Get paid the day you pack up.

Invoices

Mark the job done and the quote becomes a ready-to-send invoice, any extras added, GST and your ABN on it. Email a payment link or take tap-to-pay on the spot, and it syncs straight to Xero.

“I used to do quotes and invoices at the kitchen table well after I clocked off. Now it's knocked out from the ute before I've pulled out of the driveway, I've got my evenings back.”
Luc Dunbar
Luc Antony Garden Designs · Keilor East, VIC
Luc Dunbar

Master your business like you've mastered your trade.

Kelpie is the all-in-one job management software for trade businesses: from capturing enquiries to quoting with kits, scheduling your crew and tracking timesheets. You focus on the tools, we'll sort the admin.

A form on your website or a link you share captures leads 24/7 and pings your phone the second one lands, reply first and book the work.

Put a Pay Now button on every invoice so clients pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and the money lands in your bank automatically. Powered by Stripe.

Drag jobs onto the calendar, assign the right crew, and see the whole week at a glance, with no double-bookings.

Add your crew in minutes and put the right people on the right jobs. Every seat gets every feature.

Bundle materials and labour into reusable kits, save whole jobs as templates, and price repeat work in a few taps.

Meeting summaries

Moreabout Meeting summaries

Record a client meeting with their consent, and Kelpie writes a summary you review and send: scope, prices and next steps, all captured.

Snap a supplier invoice or shop receipt and Kelpie reads the details into a draft bill or expense. You review it before anything is saved.

Reports & insights

Moreabout Reports & insights

Live dashboard and 16 built-in reports across Financial, Jobs, Sales and Team: export to PDF, Excel or CSV.

Questions, answered

What painters ask before switching.

Yes. Build a quote room by room with prep, undercoat and the coats itemised from a saved template, so the customer sees exactly what they're paying for, and the prep that eats your time is actually in the price.

Yes. The moment the job's done, your quote becomes an invoice you can hand over on site, take tap-to-pay or send a payment link, and automatic reminders chase any balance for you, so the money lands in days, not weeks.

Yes. Schedule prep, undercoat and coats across the days, and when the weather turns, shuffle the job on the calendar without losing it, the crew sees the change straight away.

Yep. Kelpie's the same full app on your phone, tablet and laptop, iPhone or Android. Quote on site, run the job, send the invoice and take payment, then pick it up on the laptop back home. Everyone gets the full app, not a stripped-back mobile version.

Yes. Kelpie runs your quoting, jobs, invoicing and payments, then syncs every invoice to Xero: GST and your ABN carried across, so nothing's typed twice and your BAS stays organised for the next tax period.

Keep Xero. It's great at the books. But Xero doesn't quote a repaint on site, schedule a three-day job, take payment in the field or get you paid the day you finish. That's everything before the money hits your accounts, and it's exactly what Kelpie does. Then it syncs straight to Xero, so the numbers land without you typing them twice.

It is. ABN and GST are built into every invoice, itemised quotes match how painting jobs are actually priced, and it works with Australian accounting software and your accountant. It speaks tradie out of the box.