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AroFlo is a genuine Australian trades platform with deep inventory and safety-compliance features — but its pricing page has no prices, only a “Request Pricing” form. Stagex publishes its price in full, and tracks each stage to client sign-off with the invoice raised the moment it’s approved.
Invite-only while we onboard our first builders. No lock-in. The client pays you directly on sign-off.
The row no job-management app can tick
Most tradie apps help you send the invoice faster. Stagex goes one step further: you and your client agree the milestones up front, they sign off each stage from their own portal, and the invoice for that stage is generated immediately — no manual re-entry, no delay. The client pays you directly; Stagex does not collect or hold the payment. See /product-status.
AroFlo is a Melbourne-built, full job-management platform for heavier trades — strong on inventory control and WHS/safety compliance, sold via a request-a-quote sales process rather than public pricing. Here is where each genuinely fits — no spin.
AroFlo is a long-standing Australian trades platform, strongest on inventory and WHS compliance for heavier trades. Here is the honest comparison, starting with the thing you cannot find on AroFlo’s own site: a price.
| Feature | Stagex | AroFlo |
|---|---|---|
| Does it hold customer funds before work starts? | Not yet. Milestone escrow is not available — Stagex does not hold customer funds and is not licensed to. It is the product we are building; see /product-status. | No. AroFlo is job-management software — it sends the invoice, it does not hold or guarantee the customer's money. |
| How you actually get paid | Invoice with a Stripe payment link, and the money reaches your bank on your Stripe payout schedule. Milestone escrow — the client funding each stage before you start it — is what we are building, and it is not available yet. | Invoice + online payment links. Faster to send, but the customer still chooses whether and when to pay. Same as Stagex today — AroFlo is mature at it.[1] |
| Pricing transparency | Public: $59/mo Professional ($49/mo billed annually, GST inclusive) — flat subscription, no transaction fee. | No prices published anywhere on aroflo.com or its help centre — pricing is request-only via a lead form. Third-party sources report roughly $77/user/month plus a $1,299 onboarding fee, but AroFlo does not confirm these figures itself.[2] |
| Inventory & stock control | Job-focused materials list on each quote and job. | Deep, dedicated inventory and stock-control tooling — a genuine AroFlo strength for trades managing significant materials.[1] |
| WHS / safety compliance | SWMS, hazard and safety-audit authoring built in. | Mature, established safety-compliance workflows — a long-standing AroFlo focus area.[1] |
| If a client won’t pay | Every milestone and sign-off is timestamped, giving you a clear record to back a payment claim. Stagex does not hold or guarantee the money. | None found on aroflo.com or its help centre as at August 2026 — no escrow, trust-account or held-funds capability advertised.[1] |
Does it hold customer funds before work starts?
Not yet. Milestone escrow is not available — Stagex does not hold customer funds and is not licensed to. It is the product we are building; see /product-status.
No. AroFlo is job-management software — it sends the invoice, it does not hold or guarantee the customer's money.
How you actually get paid
Invoice with a Stripe payment link, and the money reaches your bank on your Stripe payout schedule. Milestone escrow — the client funding each stage before you start it — is what we are building, and it is not available yet.
Invoice + online payment links. Faster to send, but the customer still chooses whether and when to pay. Same as Stagex today — AroFlo is mature at it.[1]
Pricing transparency
Public: $59/mo Professional ($49/mo billed annually, GST inclusive) — flat subscription, no transaction fee.
No prices published anywhere on aroflo.com or its help centre — pricing is request-only via a lead form. Third-party sources report roughly $77/user/month plus a $1,299 onboarding fee, but AroFlo does not confirm these figures itself.[2]
Inventory & stock control
Job-focused materials list on each quote and job.
Deep, dedicated inventory and stock-control tooling — a genuine AroFlo strength for trades managing significant materials.[1]
WHS / safety compliance
SWMS, hazard and safety-audit authoring built in.
Mature, established safety-compliance workflows — a long-standing AroFlo focus area.[1]
If a client won’t pay
Every milestone and sign-off is timestamped, giving you a clear record to back a payment claim. Stagex does not hold or guarantee the money.
None found on aroflo.com or its help centre as at August 2026 — no escrow, trust-account or held-funds capability advertised.[1]
A tick in the AroFlo column means AroFlo genuinely leads on that row. We call it where they do.
Sources
Claims about AroFlo reflect its own public product pages and help centre as reviewed in August 2026. Third-party pricing figures are clearly marked as such and are not AroFlo-published data. Feature sets and pricing change — confirm current details on aroflo.com. Stagex is not affiliated with or endorsed by AroFlo.
Milestone tracking
Signed off, stage by stage
Invoice on sign-off
No manual re-entry, no delay
No lock-in
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Dispute evidence
A timestamped record for both sides
As at August 2026, AroFlo’s pricing page and help centre show no dollar figures — it is a “Request Pricing” lead-capture form rather than a public price list. Third-party review sites report roughly $77/user/month plus a $1,299 onboarding fee, but that is not confirmed by AroFlo itself. Stagex publishes its price on every marketing page: $59/mo Professional, GST inclusive.
No. As at August 2026, no escrow, trust-account or held-funds capability is advertised anywhere on aroflo.com or its help centre. Stagex doesn’t hold customer funds either (see /product-status); it tracks each milestone to sign-off and generates the invoice the moment it’s approved.
If your business relies heavily on AroFlo’s inventory/stock-control or WHS-compliance depth, it remains a strong specialist choice — Stagex does not pretend to match that depth today. If your real problem is keeping a clear milestone trail without chasing invoices, Stagex is built for exactly that.
The moment your client signs off a milestone, Stagex generates the invoice for that stage automatically. They pay you directly, on whatever method you’ve agreed — Stagex doesn’t collect or hold the payment.
No card to start, and the trial simply ends if you don’t add one — we never bill you by surprise. Bring one staged job through Stagex this week and see what chase-free payment feels like.
Stage by stage. Always paid.