Core Docket vs Docketbook
Docketbook is a proof-of-work docket system for civil and commercial construction. Core Docket is a digital docket book for trade businesses with crews in the field, and it is strongest where the work is priced by measurement: the docket prices itself as the crew fill it in and becomes a draft invoice.
Free for a month, no credit card. Every feature included: no tiers, no add-ons, free updates.
Side by side
| Core Docket | Docketbook | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing by measurement | Diameter × depth, metres at a depth, holes or hours, worked out on the docket from your price list | Items × quantity at rates set on the order |
| Loadings as a percentage | Inverted or suspended slab priced as the standard rate plus a percentage, so a price rise moves both | Not mentioned on their site |
| Set-up fees and section minimums | A set-up fee once per docket, or a minimum across a section's lines, applied automatically | Not mentioned on their site |
| Xero and MYOB | Included | An upgrade on their standard plan |
| Every feature in one plan | Yes. No tiers and no add-ons | Standard plan with upgrades, Enterprise priced separately |
Based on Docketbook's website, 21 October 2026.
What that means for your office
A priced docket, then an invoice
The signed docket comes back priced from your price list, and a draft invoice is waiting for you to check and send to your accounting suite within minutes.
Set-up fees on every invoice
A set-up fee or section minimum is added once per docket whenever that work is done, so it is on the invoice every time.
Your accounts included
The connection to your accounting suite comes with the one plan, along with safety, pre-starts, timesheets and every new feature, at no extra cost. See which accounting suites connect today. If yours is not connected yet, we will build the connection where it is possible.
Switching from Docketbook
- 01
We rebuild your docket
Your docket's questions, photos, safety checks and terms, on the crew's phone. More on the digital docket book.
- 02
We load your price list
Send it as a PDF, spreadsheet or photos. A person at Core Docket checks every price before it goes in.
- 03
We set up your letterhead and first job
Your letterhead on the customer's signed copy, and we help run the first job. All at no charge, and the first month is free with no card.
Questions
Can I move from Docketbook to Core Docket?
Yes. We rebuild your docket, load your price list, set up your letterhead and help run your first job, at no charge. For past dockets and other records, ring us on 0468 160 029 and we'll work out what makes sense.
Is Core Docket the same as Docketbook?
No. They are separate products from separate companies. Core Docket is docket, pricing and invoicing software for trade businesses whose crew do the work on site while the office invoices.
Does Core Docket work with Xero and MYOB?
Yes. Invoices go to Xero or MYOB with your account codes and GST tax codes, as drafts or approved. In Xero the signed docket PDF is attached to the invoice; MYOB does not accept it. Xero and MYOB are connected today, and if you use other accounting software, Core Docket will build the connection where it is possible. More on Xero and MYOB.
Is everything included?
Yes. One plan with every feature: dockets, pricing, scheduling, invoicing, safety and SWMS, pre-starts, timesheets, quotes, stock, the asset register and equipment hire, all at no extra cost. New features arrive as soon as they are available, and updates are free.
Read next
- Core Docket vs ServiceM8What Core Docket does that ServiceM8 is not built for: pricing measured work on the docket, minimum charges applied for you, and every feature in one plan.
- Core Docket vs TradifyWhat Core Docket does that Tradify is not built for: pricing measured work on the docket, minimum charges applied for you, any size of crew and every feature in one plan.
- Digital docket bookCore Docket as a digital docket book for trades: your existing docket rebuilt for the phone, signed on site and in the office the same minute.
- Paper dockets to digitalA practical plan for moving a concrete cutting or drilling business from carbon docket books to digital dockets: what to keep, how to switch over and what to check in any app.
Try it free. We'll help you roll it out.
Send us your price list and logo. We set up your rate card, build your docket and letterhead, and get your first crew running. Free for a month, no credit card.