A SignTracker alternative built for Australian shops
SignTracker is a capable, sign-industry tool built around workflow and job tracking, with QuickBooks for the accounting side. For an Australian shop, Sign OS is the local alternative: pricing computed from product recipes rather than templates, an AI assistant with configurable approvals, two-way Xero sync, and AUD packages with users included, or a plan built from just the parts you need.
SignTracker's published offer, checked 3 November 2026
These are SignTracker's prices, not Sign OS's. SignTracker lists monthly plans at $65 for 1–2 users, $129 for 3–5, and $189 for unlimited users, with all features, training and support included and 10% off for paying yearly. The page doesn't name a currency. Its site names QuickBooks, online and desktop, as its accounting integration and doesn't mention Xero. Confirm currency and the accounting connection your shop needs before comparing.
Built in Australia, priced in AUD
SignTracker's site gives a North American toll-free number and lists QuickBooks as its accounting integration. Sign OS is built and operated in Australia: packages are AUD with 3, 10, 20 or 30 users included, or you build your own plan from just the parts you need; invoicing is GST-aware, and accounting flows two-way into Xero and QuickBooks today (MYOB built, not yet switched on).
Support is in Australian business hours and the terms are governed by Victorian law.
- AUD pricing, with 3, 10, 20 or 30 users included in the packages
- Two-way Xero and QuickBooks sync today; MYOB built, not yet switched on
- GST-aware invoicing end to end
- Australian support and Victorian-law terms
Pricing your team can defend
Where template quoting leaves the number to whoever fills it in, Sign OS computes every quote from a product recipe — substrates, machine minutes, labour, waste and markup tiers — deterministically. Any team member produces the same price your best estimator would, and every dollar traces to a line in the recipe. The ReAct AI assistant does the legwork — finding records, drafting quotes and follow-ups — following your chosen approval setting.
- Deterministic recipe pricing — sheet, roll, sqm and lm native
- Waste and yield calculated per material, visible on every line
- AI assistant that asks first for every change, for deletes only, or not at all — your choice
- Quote → job in one click, prices frozen at acceptance
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
One system from the floor to the invoice
Beyond quoting and job tracking, Sign OS runs the making: a department timeline with overload warnings, big-button floor boards with QR time clocking, job-linked purchase orders and stock, install dispatch with a contractor portal, and deposit and final invoicing synced to Xero. Shops selling standard products can run their own online store and VIP client ordering portals, with the Scale and Signature packages, or as parts on a plan you build yourself.
- Department timeline with capacity overload warnings
- Floor boards and QR job sheets — no prices on the floor
- Job-linked purchasing, stock and install dispatch
- Online store and VIP client portals on Scale and up, or as parts
Frequently asked questions
- How is Sign OS different from SignTracker?
- Both are built for sign shops, but Sign OS prices from deterministic product recipes rather than templates, adds an AI assistant with configurable approvals, and is Australian: AUD packages with users included, GST-aware invoicing and two-way Xero sync. It also runs production end to end — timeline, floor boards, purchasing, dispatch and invoicing on one record.
- Does Sign OS work with Xero, not just QuickBooks?
- Yes — two-way Xero and QuickBooks Online sync is live today: invoices push across and payment status flows back so job margins stay current. 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.
- Is Sign OS harder to learn?
- You can quote the day you start. The trial includes a shared catalogue of materials, machines and processes to build from, and every recipe you add makes the next quote faster. Most shops set up their top five products first.
- What does Sign OS cost?
- 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.