A Hexicom alternative that's signage-native and AUD-priced
Hexicom sells a print MIS to print shops, brokers and signage businesses, with quoting, production and client portals in one system. Sign OS is built signage-first for Australian sign shops: quoting computed from signage recipes, an AI assistant with configurable approvals, shop-floor production boards, and AUD pricing published on the site.
Hexicom's published offer, checked 3 November 2026
Hexicom describes one system for estimating, jobs and B2B ordering, with quoting, production and client portals, for print businesses in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Its site publishes no prices. Ask for a written quote for your required modules, setup and support; no unverified price is used here.
Signage-native, not print-first
Sign OS models how signs are actually made — substrates by sheet, roll, square metre and lineal metre, machine minutes, fabrication steps and install work — so the same recipe that prices a job also drives the cut, the print and the fabrication on the floor. Installation schedules on the same timeline as production, with a contractor portal for crews.
- Sheet, roll, sqm and lm native recipes — signage units, not generic lines
- Cut, print and fabrication queues on floor tablet boards
- Install dispatch and contractor portal on the same timeline
- QR job sheets — scan, step, clock
Transparent, published AUD pricing
Launch $89 for 3 users, Workshop $169 for 10 users, Scale $249 for 20 users, Signature $349 for 30 users per month AUD. Users are included up to each plan’s limit; extra users cost $10 per ten a month. Yearly billing saves 10%: Launch $960, Workshop $1,824, Scale $2,688, Signature $3,768 AUD paid yearly. See Pricing for package inclusions and Build your own.
- Published AUD pricing — compare cost before any sales call
- Users included in every package; extra users $10 per ten a month
- No onboarding fees — the trial is the onboarding
- Two-way Xero and QuickBooks sync today; MYOB built, not yet switched on
Switching is a trial, not a project
You don't migrate to Sign OS — you trial it in parallel. Import from Xero brings your customers, suppliers, business details, and account and tax codes across; bulk CSV import does customers, materials and suppliers from anywhere else; and products can be built from a spreadsheet, each one test-priced before you keep it. Send us what you quote and we build up to 10 products free while you trial, and the rest of your shop at no charge once you're on Workshop or higher. Your next few new quotes run in Sign OS while old jobs finish where they are. If it doesn't earn its keep in 30 days, you've lost nothing — the trial is free and doesn't ask for a card.
- Import from Xero: customers, suppliers, business details, account and tax codes
- Bulk CSV import: customers, materials, suppliers; products from a spreadsheet
- Up to 10 products built free on the trial; the rest free on Workshop or higher
- Run in parallel — no cut-over day, no consultants
- Free 30-day trial, no card, cancel by simply stopping
AI and the whole loop in one record
An enquiry becomes a quote, the quote becomes a job, and production, purchasing, dispatch and invoicing all run off that same record — with the ReAct AI assistant working across it: searching, drafting quotes, raising POs and answering questions from live production data, following your chosen approval setting. Shops selling standard products can run an online store and VIP client ordering portals, with the Scale and Signature packages, or as parts on a plan you build yourself.
- One record from enquiry to invoice — nothing re-keyed
- Agentic AI assistant with configurable approval controls
- Live quoted-vs-actual margin per job
- Online store and VIP client ordering on Scale and up, or as parts
Frequently asked questions
- How is Sign OS different from Hexicom?
- Hexicom is a print MIS with quoting, production and client portals; Sign OS is built signage-first for sign shops, with deterministic recipe pricing, an AI assistant with configurable approvals, shop-floor boards and install dispatch. Sign OS publishes its prices in AUD, Hexicom's site publishes none, and Sign OS runs the whole job from enquiry to invoice on one record.
- Does Sign OS do online ordering or web-to-print?
- Yes. Shops can run their own online store plus VIP client portals, with the Scale and Signature packages, or as parts on a plan you build yourself. VIP portals are login-gated catalogues where account customers order at agreed prices with a live price preview, and orders create jobs automatically. Signature adds the online designer, where customers design their own signs on your templates.
- What does Sign OS cost, and can I see it up front?
- Launch $89 for 3 users, Workshop $169 for 10 users, Scale $249 for 20 users, Signature $349 for 30 users per month AUD. Users are included up to each plan’s limit; extra users cost $10 per ten a month. Yearly billing saves 10%: Launch $960, Workshop $1,824, Scale $2,688, Signature $3,768 AUD paid yearly. See Pricing for package inclusions and Build your own.
- Does it integrate with Xero and MYOB?
- Two-way Xero and QuickBooks Online sync is live today — invoices push across and payment status flows back. MYOB is the exception. Built and tested, and switched off for one reason: MYOB charges A$110 a month just for access to its developer API, for as long as a single shop is connected. It goes on once enough shops need it to cover that.