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The business OS for trade businesses

Finally read your business like a pro.

Quotes, jobs, invoices, crew, and data — one platform for trade owners who are done running their business from WhatsApp threads and gut feel.

Start free — 14 daysSee how it works

No credit card. No lock-in. Setup in under 10 minutes.

Built for businesses with 3–20 crewKnow every job, any timeQuote to invoice in minutesLive map of every jobSARS-ready invoicingBuilt in South Africa
The reality right now

Your business is running
across five different places.

Jobs live in your head. Quotes live in WhatsApp voice notes. Invoices live in a spreadsheet you update on Sunday nights. Your crew lives in a group chat that never stops. Nothing talks to anything — and you're the only thing holding it together.

Monday, 8:14am — without Gauge
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Guys group 🔨
8 members
Sipho
Boss which site am I on today?
Ruan
Did that Durban North quote ever get approved?
You
Sipho — Westville, get the gate code from Marco. Ruan checking now
Client — Mrs Naidoo
Hi, your guys haven't arrived. We agreed 8am??
Marco
Never got a gate code. Also where's the Hillcrest invoice from last month?
Checking now

Already behind. Already reactive. And it's not even 8:30.

The same Monday — with Gauge
  • Sipho already knows where he's going. Job assignments hit his WhatsApp the night before — site address, contact, gate code included.
  • The Durban North quote has a status. One glance: sent 4 days ago, viewed twice, not yet approved. Time to follow up — not to dig.
  • Mrs Naidoo's 8am is in the system. The job has a start time and a live status — if the crew is running late, you know before she does.
  • The Hillcrest invoice was sent weeks ago. Created in one click when the job closed. Tracked. Recorded. No spreadsheet archaeology.
  • Your 7am brief already told you all of this. One WhatsApp message. Every job, every rand, every red flag — before your first coffee.

“Gauge isn't another tool to manage. It's the business brain — the one place where your whole operation finally makes sense.”

Jobs · Quotes · Invoices · Crew · Data — connected

How it works

Up and running
before your coffee's cold.

No consultants. No onboarding calls. No training manuals. If you can use WhatsApp, you can run Gauge.

1
Set up in 10 minutes

Add your crew, your clients, and your first job. Your team needs nothing — assignments arrive on the WhatsApp they already use.

2
Run every job from one screen

Quote it, schedule it, assign it, track it, photograph it, invoice it. Every job follows the same clean flow — nothing falls through the cracks.

3
Read your business

Revenue, outstanding invoices, quote win rates, job status — live, accurate, and delivered to your WhatsApp every morning at 7am.

Features

Built around how
trade businesses actually work.

Not adapted from American software. Not a project management tool wearing a hard hat. Designed from day one for South African trade businesses.

Live job map

Every job, every crew —
on one live map.

Open Gauge and see your whole operation at once. Every active job pinned and colour-coded by status, clustered by area, with crew assignments a tap away. The question “where is everyone?” stops existing.

  • Colour-coded status markers — active, pending, overdue
  • Automatic clustering for busy areas
  • Tap any pin for job details, crew, and client contact
  • Built on accurate SA address data
Live map — Durban7 active · updated now
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Mrs Naidoo — Ballito
Sipho + 2 · started 08:02
On site
ActivePendingOverdue
Quoting & invoicing

Quote in minutes.
Invoice in one click.

Stop quoting by voice note and a rough number. Build a professional, branded PDF quote on site, send it before you leave the driveway, and watch its status — sent, viewed, approved. When the job's done, the invoice is one click away.

  • Branded PDF quotes and invoices in your company name
  • One-click quote-to-invoice conversion
  • Quote status tracking — know when clients viewed it
  • Outstanding payments tracked automatically
Quote #QT-0089Viewed 2×
Coastal Plumbing Co.
For: Mrs Naidoo · Ballito · 09 Jun 2026
Geyser replacement — 150LR 4,800
Labour — 4hrs @ R350R 1,400
Pressure valve + fittingsR 620
Call-out feeR 450
VAT (15%)R 1,090
TotalR 8,360
Convert to Invoice
Download PDF
Business analytics

Stop guessing.
Know your numbers.

Most trade owners find out if they made money when the bank statement arrives. Gauge gives you a live read — revenue by month, outstanding invoices, quote win rates, and job completion data — so decisions get made on facts, not feel.

  • Revenue tracked by month, job, and client
  • Outstanding invoice pipeline at a glance
  • Quote conversion rate vs your own history
  • Client history with full job and photo records
Business overviewJune 2026
Invoiced
R0k
↑ 12% vs May
Outstanding
R0k
3 invoices due
Jobs completed
0
↑ 4 vs May
Quote win rate
0%
↑ from 52% in Jan
Revenue — last 6 months
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Feb
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WhatsApp-native

Your business brief.
Every morning at 7am.

You don't need another dashboard to remember to check. So Gauge brings the dashboard to you — a clean daily summary in WhatsApp before the day starts. Jobs, crew, money, red flags. Your crew gets their assignments the same way. No app for them to download. No new habit for anyone to build.

  • Automated daily business summary, 7am sharp
  • Crew job dispatch straight to their WhatsApp
  • Client confirmations and reminders, sent for you
  • Official Meta Business API — not a hack that breaks
Already on Xero or Sage? Keep them.
Gauge isn't accounting software, and doesn't pretend to be. It runs the operational side — jobs, crew, quotes, invoicing — and a Xero/Sage sync is on the roadmap so your books stay exactly where your accountant likes them.
From the field

What trade owners
actually say.

No marketing-speak. Just owners describing what changed.

“I used to spend Sunday nights working out what everyone was doing on Monday. Now I get a WhatsApp at 7am and I already know. That alone is worth it.”
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Deon van der Merwe
Plumbing contractor · 9 crew · Durban North
“My quotes used to be a voice note and a rough number. Now clients get a proper PDF within the hour. My win rate went from around 50% to nearly 70%.”
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Shaun Pillay
Electrical contractor · 6 crew · Hillcrest
“Before Gauge I honestly didn't know if I made money last month until I checked the bank. Now I open the app and see exactly where every rand went. That's not software. That's clarity.”
M
Marco Ferreira
Building contractor · 14 crew · KZN
Built for every trade that runs crews
PlumbingElectricalBuildingHVACSolarPainting
Pricing

One price.
Your whole business.

Flat monthly fee for your entire company — every crew member included. No per-seat pricing that punishes you for growing.

What you're replacing

The Sunday night spreadsheet
Hours of admin, always one version behind. Replaced by a live dashboard that updates itself.
The group chat that never stops
Where assignments get buried and instructions get misread. Replaced by structured dispatch.
The invoices that go out late
Jobs close, invoicing waits, cash flow suffers. Replaced by one-click invoicing the day the job's done.
The gut feel you run on
Not knowing if last month was good until you check the bank. Replaced by numbers you can actually read.
Founding member rate
R499/ month
Per company — not per user. Whole crew included.
Unlimited jobs, quotes, and invoices
Live job map with crew tracking
WhatsApp daily brief + crew dispatch
Branded PDF quotes and invoices
Business analytics dashboard
Per-job photo documentation + client history
Direct support from the founder — same day
Start free — 14 days

No credit card. Cancel anytime.

Questions

The things you're
probably wondering.

No. Your crew get their job assignments, site details, and updates through WhatsApp — the app they already use every day. Only you (and anyone you give office access to) use the Gauge dashboard. Zero training, zero resistance, zero "I couldn't log in, boss."
No — and it's not trying to. Gauge runs the operational side of your business: jobs, crew, quotes, and invoicing. Your accounting stays where your accountant likes it. A direct Xero/Sage sync is on the roadmap, so invoices created in Gauge will flow straight into your books.
If Gauge is working for you, you pick the founding member plan at R499/month — locked in for life. If it isn't, you walk away. No credit card is taken upfront, so there's nothing to cancel and no surprise charge. Your data stays exportable either way.
Yes. Your data is stored encrypted on enterprise-grade infrastructure, with strict access controls so each company's data is completely isolated. You own your data — export it anytime.
If you can use WhatsApp, you can run Gauge. Setup is three steps: add your crew, add your regular clients, create your first job. Most owners are fully running within 10 minutes. And as a founding member, you get direct support from the founder — a real person who answers the same day.

Stop running your business
from memory and WhatsApp.

Join the trade owners who know their numbers, run clean jobs,
and actually look forward to Monday morning.

Start free — 14 daysBook a 15-min demo

No credit card · Setup in 10 minutes · Founding rate locked for life