Hunter vs Fergus
A Fergus alternative built around treatment cycles and pesticide records
Fergus is a capable job and workflow manager built for plumbers and trades across ANZ. Hunter brings that same job control to pest control, with AU compliance and an AI agent included.
Best for: Plumbing and trade businesses focused on job workflow and profitability
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The short version
Fergus is a well-built job and workflow manager with a strong focus on visibility and profitability, popular with plumbers and trades across Australia and New Zealand. It isn't built for pest control, so compliance records, treatment planning and bait-station tracking are things you assemble yourself. Hunter ships them out of the box.
One thing to get out of the way before the table: Hunter is not sold the way the products on this page are. They are software licensed per user, which you configure and then operate. Hunter is a crew of AI employees installed with you — the work of answering, quoting, chasing and reporting is done by the system rather than by staff using it — so it is priced as one thing against what that work costs you today, not per seat. That makes a row-by-row feature comparison useful and a price comparison meaningless, which is why there isn't one. What it costs is on the pricing page and in full on the call.
| Capability | Hunter | Fergus |
|---|---|---|
| Built for AU pest control | Purpose-built | Plumbing & general trades |
| Per-state compliance records | Built in (NSW·VIC·QLD·WA·SA·TAS·ACT·NT) | Generic custom fields |
| AI agent for quotes & comms | Included | Not included |
| Recurring & maintenance planner | Included | Recurring jobs |
| Xero & QuickBooks sync | Included | Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks |
| What you're buying | A managed AI crew, priced as one | Trade job-management software, licensed per user |
Where Fergus falls short
Fergus has no concept of Australian pesticide registers, chemical SDS or per-state technician licensing — you bolt it on with custom fields.
There's no AI agent handling your inbound comms, quoting or follow-ups, so that work stays manual as you grow.
Why Australian pest control teams choose Hunter
Hunter gives you the job control Fergus is known for, localised for Australian pest control:
- Per-state compliance records mapped to Australian state rules
- An AI agent for quoting, scheduling and customer comms
- Recurring and maintenance planning for treatment cycles
- Food-safety and HACCP tooling for food-grade operators
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