Built by a tradie.
Not by suits.
XGrafter started because the tools trade businesses were being sold didn't match the reality of running the work. So we built our own. Then other trades asked to use it.
A trade business that ended up building software.
Jye McCormick founded XGrafter after years of running a trade business the way most operators end up running one — with a stack of half-connected tools. A take-off app over here, a scheduler over there, a quoting spreadsheet, a jobs platform, a group chat for the crew, a folder full of PDFs somewhere.
Each tool did its bit. None of them talked to each other. Every week ended with the same reconciliation: what did the office quote, what did the crew actually do, and where did the numbers disappear between the two. The margin leak wasn't in one tool — it was in the gaps.
The motive for XGrafter was simple: pull every one of those systems into one place. Take-offs, quotes, jobs, cost centres, schedule, field app, variations, invoicing, Xero — all under one roof, all sharing the same data. Then work with a team to build it properly, without cutting corners on any single module.
What ships today is the result of that build — one platform that replaces the whole stack. Not a beta of one module bolted onto four others. A single ops platform running end to end, with every workflow already tested on real builds.
What we optimise for — and what we don't.
Built here. Built by tradies.
Every feature is stress-tested on real jobs before it ships to anyone else. If it doesn't survive a real Monday morning on a live site, it doesn't ship.
Ships what survives Monday morning.
We don't chase feature-parity checklists. We ship the thing that solves the actual problem the crew are having on site — and no more than that.
Depth over breadth.
Seven modules, not seventy. Each one owns its job end-to-end. The field app really is built for the crew on site. The take-off engine really is quote-ready. No thin surface areas.
Honest defaults.
No dark patterns on pricing. No 'call sales for the real number'. No hidden fees. If the product doesn't earn you back the sub every month, it shouldn't be on your bill.
Small. Deliberate. Growing as customers grow.
XGrafter is a small team by design. Jye founded it and runs product direction. A small engineering team builds it. No layers of sales ops. No middle management between you and the person who can fix the bug. As the customer base grows, so does the team — hired against real load, not to look impressive on LinkedIn.
Runs the roadmap and product direction. Every feature is used on live jobs before it ships, which is how the product stays honest.
Just shipped. Next up.
No public gantt chart: what gets built next follows what customers actually need. Here’s what landed lately and what we’re working on now.
Auto take-off
Drop in the plans and XGrafter sorts the pages, finds the walls, fills the rooms and counts the doors, measuring it all with your own priced items. You check it; it does the clicking.
Leads inbox
Every company gets its own leads email address. Forward a builder’s email with the plans and it lands as a lead, with the plans pulled out, a take-off built and the first pass done.
Take-off on its own
Lease just the take-off tool, with auto take-off and quotes from the take-off, from $159 a month. Move up to Studio whenever you’re ready.
Your data, locked to you
Every company’s records and stored files are locked to that company at the database level, and tested by signing in as each company and trying to read the others.
App Store and Google Play
The field app for the crew and the admin app for the office, in the stores so the team can install them like any other app.
Sign up and pay online
Pick a plan, sign the agreement and set up direct debit or card in one go: a 12-month term, no lock-in, or the year upfront.
MYOB
Coming in the next few months, for businesses on MYOB instead of Xero: connect your own MYOB file and invoices, contacts and payments flow both ways.
A demo company to try
Your own demo login, loaded with sample jobs, take-offs and schedules, so you can click through everything before you sign up.
Auto take-off for every trade
Set your company’s trade and auto take-off goes after just what that trade needs, with trade packs built to the same detail as the carpentry take-offs and sharpened through use.
Want to have a chat?
Real humans, real replies. If you're evaluating XGrafter or want to see it running your jobs, we'd love to hear from you.