Weighing up a Simpro alternative?Start with the size of the business.

Simpro is field service management software for a company with an office: estimating and quoting, scheduling and dispatch, inventory and purchasing, invoicing, reporting, and a mobile app for the crew, with accounting integrations underneath. Its own pricing page says it suits businesses with five to two hundred staff, and the price comes from a sales call. If you are the one answering the phone from the van, most of that is for a business you do not run yet. inflow is a lead inbox. Every enquiry from WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, email and the website form lands in one feed, a reply is drafted in your own words, and the quote goes back into the same thread.

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NCNiamh Carey WhatsAppLeaking flat roof in Glenageary, could you price it?22:14
CLCiara Lynch InstagramWould sandstone work on a small city garden?4m
Drafted in your voice ready before the notification
Morning, sorry to hear that. Flat roofs are our bread and butter. I can call out tomorrow between 9 and 11 to take a look.
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QuoteFlowSent in the chat
Flat roof repair · Glenageary
Membrane patch repair€1,850
Flashing and upstands€600
Total€2,630
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Why people look

Why people go looking for a Simpro alternative

01

There is no price on the page

Simpro's pricing page shows no figure from Ireland. It says pricing is tailored to team size and the add-ons you choose, billed monthly or annually, and asks you to request a personalised quote. The same page says there is an initial setup fee for onboarding, training and data migration, priced on the complexity of your business, with implementation consultants who can spend days at your office. That is the right shape for a firm with a manager and a service desk. It is a lot of process for a business whose whole pipeline lives on one phone.

02

It is built for the office, and the crew it dispatches

The base plan on Simpro's pricing page lists quoting and estimating, field and contractor scheduling, real-time inventory and purchasing, field operations, invoicing and payments, accounting and finance, and reporting, and it is multi-company compatible. Add-ons cover digital forms, maintenance planning, takeoffs, fleet tracking and VoIP. Lead management, on the features page, means managing prospective customers and reporting on jobs won. None of that is the message that arrived at ten last night with three photos attached.

03

Messaging means SMS from the office

Simpro advertises an SMS add-on: office to field technicians, contractors and customers by text message, scheduled and tracked in Simpro Premium. Its pricing, features and home pages do not mention WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger or a shared message inbox. For most Irish trade businesses, WhatsApp and Instagram are where the enquiries arrive, and the reply that wins the job is written by the owner, not sent from a desk.

What inflow does instead

Start where the job starts: the first message

One inbox

Every enquiry in the one list, newest first

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, email and the website form arrive in a single feed. The Unanswered tab is the honest count of who is still waiting, and the Quoted tab shows who already has a price. No service desk, no dispatcher, one phone.

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NCNiamh Carey WhatsAppLeaking flat roof in Glenageary, could you price it?now
Replies drafted in your voice

The answer is written before you have read the question

inflow drafts the reply from your own past replies: how you ask for a photo, when you can call out, how far ahead you are booked. You read it, change what you like and tap send. Nothing leaves without you.

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Niamh CareyWhatsApp · new lead
Hi, we've a leaking flat roof in Glenageary. Could you send us a price for repairing it?
Drafted in your voice
Morning, sorry to hear that. Flat roofs are our bread and butter. I'll put the quote together now and send it on here in a minute.
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Draft ready · you tap send
Quote in the thread

Price the job in the chat where it was asked for

Build the quote from what the customer told you and send it into the same conversation. No portal for them to log into and no estimating module to learn, and the inbox shows who has been quoted.

Quote · Niamh Carey

In thread
QuoteFlowSent
Flat roof repair · Glenageary
Membrane patch repair€1,850
Flashing and upstands€600
Gutter clean and check€180
Total€2,630
Quoted €2,630 · in the thread

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Nothing sends itself

You read it. You tap send.

Every reply is drafted from your own past messages and waits for your tap. Nothing goes out unless you send it.

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Drafted from how you actually write

Read it, edit it if you like, send it. Nothing goes out without you.

  • Drafted from how you have answered before
  • You approve every message before it goes
  • Nothing leaves without your tap
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Niamh CareyWhatsApp · new lead
Hi, we've a leaking flat roof in Glenageary. Could you send us a price for repairing it?
Drafted in your voice
Morning, sorry to hear that. Flat roofs are our bread and butter. I'll put the quote together now and send it on here in a minute.
Send replyEdit

Your conversations stay yours

  • Channels connect through the official WhatsApp, Meta and Google routes
  • Disconnecting takes one tap, and your data goes with you
  • Nothing is sent, shared or sold without you
Side by side

Simpro and inflow, honestly compared

FeatureSimproChecked 2026-09-15inflow
Built forField service companies with an office and a crew to dispatch, five to two hundred staffThe owner who answers their own messages, one van to a small crew
Lead captureLead management: prospective customers managed and reported on in one placeWhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, email and website form in one inbox
RepliesSMS add-on from office to field and customers. Does not advertise WhatsApp, Instagram or a shared inboxDrafted in your voice, sent with your tap
QuotingEstimating and quoting module, takeoffs add-onQuote built from the chat, sent in the same thread
Scheduling, inventory, dispatchYes, in depth, with fleet tracking and multi-company supportNo. inflow is not job management
Accounting syncQuickBooks, Xero, Sage, MYOBNo
PricingNo figure published from Ireland; tailored quote on request, plus an initial setup feeOne monthly price, everything included. Announced at launch; the waitlist hears first
TrialNo self-serve trial; a tailored demo with a local consultantFirst access through the waitlist

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The pipeline

See what the week is worth

Every enquiry becomes a card. New, quoted, booked: the whole week on one screen, so nothing goes quiet because nobody had time to chase it.

InboxQuotesPipeline

Pipeline

€15,730 quoted this week
New 2
Ciara LynchSandstone patio · Instagram
Aoife KeaneBathroom refit, Dalkey · Website form
Quoted €15,730
Niamh CareyFlat roof repair, Glenageary · €2,630
Rory MaddenRoof, two phases · €13,100
Booked €14,050
Tom DugganSide gate and fence · €4,200
Mark WhelanRewire, Sandycove · €9,850

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And the rest

Everything else that comes with the inbox

One list

Every channel together, newest first.

Drafted replies

Your words, ready before you open the thread.

Quotes in the chat

Priced from the conversation, sent back into it.

Pipeline

New, quoted, booked, and what the week is worth.

Quoted at a glance

The Quoted tab shows who has a price and who is waiting.

Official connections

WhatsApp, Meta and Google routes, one tap to disconnect.

Nothing sends itself

Drafts wait for your tap. Nothing goes out unless you send it.

No setup project

Connect your channels and start reading. No consultant, no migration.

Who should stick with Simpro

If you run a service company with an office, several vans, stock to manage, maintenance contracts to plan and a finance team that needs reporting, Simpro is built for that and inflow is not trying to be. Its scheduling, dispatch, inventory, purchasing, multi-company and accounting integrations are the point, and the implementation project is part of buying it. inflow has none of it. A firm that size might still put inflow on the owner's phone for the messages that arrive outside the service desk.

Who should choose inflow

You are the business. Enquiries arrive on WhatsApp and Instagram at least as often as by phone or form, you price from the van or after dinner, and nobody dispatches you. You do not want a sales call, a setup fee and a migration to answer a message faster. That is the business inflow is built for.

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Quick questions

Before you decide

Is inflow a replacement for Simpro?

Only for the front end. inflow has no scheduling, no inventory, no dispatch, no invoicing and no accounting sync. What it replaces is the gap between the first message and the quote: the enquiries, the replies and the price.

How does inflow's pricing compare?

Simpro publishes no price from Ireland and quotes each business after a call, with a setup fee on top. inflow is one monthly price with everything in it, cancel anytime. The number is announced at launch, in euro, and everyone on the waitlist hears it first.

Can I run inflow alongside Simpro?

Yes. inflow catches the enquiry and gets the quote out. Once the customer says go, the job carries on in Simpro or whatever you use today.

Does anything send without me seeing it?

No. Every reply and every quote waits for your tap. If you do not send it, it does not go.

If you are the one answering, not the one dispatching

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