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Product update · Quoting
V2 Quoting in WorkGuru: phases, subassemblies and much faster quotes We rebuilt the quote editor from the ground up. Here’s what’s changed, how it works, and why we did it. The short version: V2 quoting in WorkGuru lets you group products and labour into phases, and give each phase its own quantity, so a phase…
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The WorkGuru MCP Server: Safe, Useful AI Agents for Job Management
WorkGuru now has an MCP server, so AI assistants like Claude can connect to your WorkGuru account and do real work in it. It’s live in beta now, with ChatGPT and other assistants following shortly. Your agent can accept a quote, receive a purchase order, raise a draft invoice, log time against a job or…
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Thinking About Buying ERP Software? Your Fabrication Business Might Not Need It.
ERP vs Job Management Software: What’s the Difference? ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software is designed to manage multiple business functions, including finance, inventory, production and supply chains. Job management software focuses on managing individual jobs, including quoting, scheduling, purchasing, labour tracking and job costing. For fabrication, engineering and project-based manufacturing businesses, job management software may…
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Introducing the WorkGuru Public API: connect WorkGuru to the rest of your business
Your business doesn’t run on one piece of software. Jobs, quotes and stock live in WorkGuru, but you might also have a CRM, a BI dashboard, a customer portal, a production system, or an AI assistant that could do a lot more with the right data. Today we’re launching the WorkGuru Public API (v2): a…
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WorkGuru Pricing Update – June 2026
Since launching WorkGuru in 2019, we’ve focused on building software that helps fabrication workshops, manufacturers and trade service businesses operate more efficiently. Over the last seven years, we’ve never increased our prices. During that time, WorkGuru has evolved significantly. We’ve delivered more than 2,000 platform improvements, introduced over 400 customer-requested features, and expanded the platform…
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Introducing Project Chat: Real-Time Team Communication Inside Every WorkGuru Project
Every WorkGuru project can now have its own built-in chat — real-time, private to the team on the job, and kept alongside the project so nothing gets lost. No more hunting through text messages. No more digging through email chains. No more wondering who approved a change on site six months ago. Project Chat keeps…
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Introducing Work Areas: Bring Location and Capacity Planning Into Your Schedule
One of the biggest challenges in workshop scheduling isn’t deciding when work should happen. It’s deciding where it should happen. As businesses grow, scheduling becomes increasingly dependent on physical resources: These resources often become the real bottleneck in production. You might have the labour available to complete a job, but if the paint booth is…
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New WorkGuru Mobile Upgrades
The WorkGuru Mobile App has just had a serious overhaul. It’s gone from being a handy data entry tool to a proper way to run your whole business straight from your pocket. Pre-release kicks off this week, and very soon you’ll be able to do nearly everything from your phone. Whether you’re creating Leads, sending…
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Easter 2026 Release Now Live
What’s in this release Sales Hub Your New Selling Command Centre Pipeline at a glance Activity-driven selling Metrics strip AI-drafted emails Lead → Quote → Project → Invoice. The Sales Hub isn’t a standalone CRM — it’s wired directly into WorkGuru’s quoting and project engines. Convert a won lead into a quote with one click,…
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5 Better Alternatives to Spreadsheets for Managing Jobs
Many businesses like yours have stopped using spreadsheets. They have good results to share. Here are some quick success stories from companies that moved to WorkGuru, a better tool for project management, and saw big improvements: What makes WorkGuru a good tool as an alternative to spreadsheets? In simple terms, WorkGuru is designed for businesses…
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