CanTicket × Xero — Connect your accounting
CanTicket × Xero IntegrationBeta

The doers' platform,
synced to Xero.

CanTicket is where your delivery team runs jobs — raising quotes, tracking time and logging costs as the work happens. It syncs with Xero behind the scenes, so managers keep a finger on the pulse and quotes turn into invoices faster — all without giving staff access to your Xero.

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No staff access to Xero needed
Quote → invoice in a click
Secure OAuth — revoke anytime
Jobs · Quotes · Time
Quotes · Invoices · Payroll
Live sync active · quotes & invoices flowing to Xero just now
What syncs with Xero Beta · quotes & invoices live, the rest on the way
Quotes Live Invoices Live Timesheets Soon Holiday leave Soon Staff & pay rates Soon Job costing Soon Expenses on jobs Soon Contacts (clients) Soon
See the sync in action

Watch how CanTicket and Xero talk to each other

A two-minute walkthrough of connecting your Xero account, what data flows where, and how a quote in CanTicket becomes a Xero invoice in a click — without your team ever opening Xero.

Why it's built this way

Accountability on the floor. Visibility up top.

CanTicket gives your delivery team a place to run jobs, and your managers a live view of cost, time and margin — while Xero stays locked to finance. The doers do; the numbers follow.

Doers stay accountable

Delivery teams own their jobs in CanTicket — quotes, time and costs all logged where the work happens, not buried in finance.

Managers, finger on the pulse

Live cost, time and margin on every job as it moves — so you spot a job slipping while you can still do something about it.

Quote → invoice, faster

Handlers raise the quote in CanTicket and push it straight to a Xero invoice. Less re-keying, faster billing, fewer dropped jobs.

Staff never touch Xero

The whole team gets the data they need to deliver — without a single Xero seat. Your ledger stays locked to finance.

See what's overdue

Invoice paid or not? CanTicket reads it back from Xero, so handlers and managers know which accounts are overdue without asking accounts.

Real job costing

Timesheets, pay rates, leave and expenses flow in from Xero and land against the job — so cost-to-deliver is real, not a guess.

Connect in three steps

From sign-in to live data.

No spreadsheets, no setup call required. The whole thing takes a coffee.

01

Log in to CanTicket

Sign in to your CanTicket account, or create one. Head to Admin → Integrations and choose Xero.

02

Authorise with Xero

You're sent to Xero's secure login. Approve the connection and pick the organisation you want synced.

03

Live data lands

From sign-in to live data — CanTicket pulls your quotes and invoices (with more on the way), maps them to jobs, and your dashboard lights up.

We're here to help

Stuck on the sync? Talk to a human.

Whether you're connecting for the first time or something looks off, our team knows CanTicket and Xero inside out. Pick whatever's easiest.

Email support

Send us the details and we'll come back within two business days.

[email protected] →

Book a walkthrough

Grab 20 minutes with our team and we'll set the sync up live with you.

Pick a time →

Xero help docs

Step-by-step guides for connecting, mapping accounts and troubleshooting.

Read the guides →

Reconnect Xero

Connection dropped or token expired? Re-authorise in a couple of clicks.

Reconnect now →

Send us a message

Tell us what you're seeing and we'll get the sync sorted. Already a customer? Mention your org name so we can look it up.

Prefer to talk? Book a demo with the team →

Common questions

Straight answers about the Xero sync.

Is my Xero data safe?
Yes. The connection runs through Xero's official OAuth — we never see or store your Xero password, and your team never needs a Xero login. CanTicket only touches the data needed to run jobs (quotes, invoices, timesheets, pay rates, leave, expenses and contacts), and you can revoke access from inside Xero at any time.
What's working in the beta right now?
Quotes and invoices sync live today — raise a quote in CanTicket and push it to a Xero invoice. Timesheets, holiday leave, staff names and pay rates, job costing, expenses on jobs and contacts are rolling out next. We'll let connected teams know as each one goes live.
Do my staff need a Xero login?
No — that's the whole point. Your delivery team works entirely in CanTicket and never touches Xero. They get the job data they need to be accountable; finance keeps the ledger locked down to the people who should see it.
How long does it take to connect?
Under five minutes. Log in to CanTicket, choose Xero under Integrations, authorise, and pick your organisation. Most teams see their first live margins the same day.
Does it change anything in my Xero account?
Finance keeps working exactly as they do today. CanTicket reads cost data to put margins against jobs — your Xero ledger, reconciliation and reporting stay untouched.
What if the sync stops or looks wrong?
Most issues are an expired token — just reconnect from Admin → Integrations. If anything still looks off, email [email protected] or book a walkthrough and we'll check the mapping with you.
Do I need to be a Xero customer to use CanTicket?
No — CanTicket works on its own. But if you're on Xero, connecting it is what turns estimated margins into real ones, so we strongly recommend it.
Ready when you are

Connect Xero and see what your jobs
actually cost.

Log in to CanTicket, link your Xero org, and your delivery team is running jobs with live data behind them. No spreadsheets, no double entry, no Xero seats for staff.

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AI, dashboards & the future of work

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Where AI stops being a talking point and starts showing up in the numbers. CanTicket meters what AI costs per job the same way it meters people, connects to the rest of your stack through its API, and reports both to the finance and board views that need them.

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AI Token Tracking

Meter every AI action and attribute its token cost to the job, client or department that caused it.
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Connecting APIs

Connect CanTicket to the rest of your stack — what the API exposes, how authentication works and what syncs.
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Chrome Extension

Log time, open jobs and capture work from any tab without leaving the browser.
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CFO Dashboard

Live margin, cost-to-serve and cash position in one view built for the person who owns the numbers.
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Board Dashboard

Board-ready reporting on revenue, utilisation and profitability, current to today rather than last quarter.
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AI vs Human Labour Costs

Compare what a task costs done by a person against the same task done by AI, on your own rates.
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The Future of Work

How AI changes what service businesses charge for, and what stays human when it does.

Main pages

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Home

Job management and live margin visibility — the CanTicket homepage.
/pricing

Pricing

Plans, what's included and how billing works.
/solutions

Solutions

What CanTicket does, framed by the outcomes it delivers.
/calculator

Profit Leak Calculator

See what unbilled time and hidden cost is quietly costing you.
/xero

Xero Integration

Real cost pulled from Xero, mapped live to every job.
/book-a-demo

Book a Demo

See CanTicket walked through against your own numbers.
/registration

Registration

Start your CanTicket account.
/faqs

FAQs

Common questions about the product, data and setup.
/blog

Blog

Articles on margin, operations and AI for service businesses.
/about-us

About Us

Who we are and why we built CanTicket.
/contact-us

Contact Us

Get in touch with the team.
/security

Security

How CanTicket protects and handles your data.
/death-by-subscription

Death by Subscription

Our campaign on tool sprawl and runaway subscription cost.

By industry & team

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AtlasAtlasKeeps the team in balance
/erp-for-small-business

ERP for Small Business

Enterprise-grade job, time and margin control, sized and priced for small teams.
/professional-services-erp

Professional Services ERP

Built for firms that bill for people's time and expertise.
/erp-for-consulting-firms

ERP for Consulting Firms

Track engagements, utilisation and realised margin.
/erp-for-it-services

ERP for IT Services

Manage projects, tickets and recurring work in one place.
/erp-for-agencies

ERP for Agencies

Run client work, retainers and projects with live profitability on every job.
/erp-for-marketing-agencies

ERP for Marketing Agencies

Track campaign and retainer margin across every client in real time.
/erp-for-creative-agencies-6928

ERP for Creative Agencies

Keep creative projects profitable without killing the creative flow.
/erp-for-distributed-teams

ERP for Distributed Teams

One source of truth for jobs, time and cost across every location and timezone.
/project-based-erp

Project-Based ERP

Margin visibility for teams that deliver work project by project.
/erp-500k-5m-revenue

ERP for $500K–$5M Revenue

The right-sized system for growing businesses outgrowing spreadsheets.

Capabilities & features

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MadiMadiYour margin watchdog
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Project Profitability Software

See the real profit on every project as the work happens, not months later.
/job-costing-software

Job Costing Software

Accurate cost per job from real time and expenses, mapped to your Xero.
/real-time-margin-tracking

Real-Time Margin Tracking

Live margin on every active job, so you catch a leak while you can still fix it.
/xero-erp-integration

Xero ERP Integration

Two-way Xero sync that turns your accounting data into live job margin.
/cloud-erp-small-business

Cloud ERP for Small Business

A modern, cloud-based ERP with nothing to install and no IT overhead.
/ai-erp-software

AI ERP Software

An ERP with an AI team that watches margin, capacity and admin for you.
/business-management-software-sme

Business Management Software

Jobs, time, billing and margin in one system instead of four tools and a spreadsheet.
/digital-transformation-sme

Digital Transformation for SMEs

Replace the spreadsheet stack with one connected, real-time source of truth.
/erp-roi-calculator

ERP ROI Calculator

Estimate what real-time margin visibility is worth to your business.

Integrations

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OptiOptiKills the admin tax
+ CanTicket

Bring Asana work into live cost and margin tracking.

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+ CanTicket

Turn Trello boards into costed, billable work.

/canticket-trello
Slack+ CanTicket

Push job, margin and approval alerts straight into your channels.

/canticket-slack
Google Drive+ CanTicket

Attach job files from Drive without duplicating a single folder.

/canticket-google-drive
Google Calendar+ CanTicket

Two-way sync between scheduled jobs and your team calendars.

/canticket-google-calendar
Coming soon

Map monday.com boards to real-time job margin.

In development

*monday.com is in development — everything else here is live today.

Compare & alternatives

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/erp-alternative-myob

MYOB Alternative

How CanTicket compares to MYOB for job and margin management.
/erp-alternative-netsuite

NetSuite Alternative

A lighter, faster alternative to NetSuite for service businesses.
/replace-asana-harvest-xero

Replace Asana + Harvest

Bring Asana, Harvest and spreadsheets into one system that plugs straight into Xero.
/accountant-recommended-erp

Accountant-Recommended ERP

The job and margin system accountants point their clients to.
/advisor-recommended-business-software

Advisor-Recommended Software

Why advisors recommend CanTicket to clients who need real numbers.
/erp-alternative-sap

SAP Alternative

A far lighter alternative to SAP for service businesses that need job margin, not a multi-year rollout.

The app

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users.canticketapp.com

Dashboard

Sign in to your CanTicket workspace.

Opens the app
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Log In

Access your account.

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Watch it work

See CanTicket in two minutes

A quick tour of live job margins, the Xero sync, and the AI team keeping every job honest.

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See where your margin really goes.

Book a walkthrough and we'll show you CanTicket — ERP, job costing and real-time margin software for small business and professional services teams — mapped to your own jobs and your own Xero.

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Quick answers

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CanTicket is cloud ERP and job management software for small businesses and professional services teams. It brings project management, time tracking, job costing, invoicing and staffing into one system with live margin visibility, so you can see exactly what every job, client and staff member is earning or costing in real time — connected to the Xero you already run.

Project management tools like Asana, Trello and Monday show you what work is happening, but not what it is worth. CanTicket is job costing and project profitability software as well as a small business ERP — it tracks real-time margin on every job, so you manage profit, staffing and capacity, not just task status.

Yes. CanTicket offers a two-way Xero ERP integration that pulls real cost, payroll and invoice data straight from Xero and maps it to every job. Your job costing and margin reporting run on actual accounting numbers, not estimates — which is why it is popular accountant- and advisor-recommended small business software.

CanTicket is built for service and project-based small businesses — agencies, marketing and creative studios, consulting firms, IT services and professional services teams, typically between $500K and $5M in revenue. If you deliver work through people's time and need better ERP, staffing and profitability visibility than spreadsheets can give, CanTicket is for you.

CanTicket uses one flat per-seat price with everything included — job management, job costing, project profitability, real-time margin tracking, Xero integration and the AI team — with no feature gating and no per-tier gouging. See the pricing page for current rates.

Most teams migrate in a few clicks. Your boards, tasks, time and staffing come across from tools like Asana, Harvest and Trello, and CanTicket connects straight to Xero — so you are adding real-time margin and ERP visibility to your existing workflow, not rebuilding your small business software stack from scratch.

Yes. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, tenant-isolated per company, and never sold. Full detail on our security and privacy practices is on the security page.

Yes. Every AI action the CanTicket team takes — Madi checking margin, Atlas balancing capacity, Opti clearing admin — is metered and attributed to the job, client or department it ran for. AI consumption shows up as a real, itemised cost line alongside labour and expenses, not as an invisible platform fee, so you always know what the automation is costing you and where it is being spent.

AI is quietly becoming a real operating expense, and in most businesses it sits in a single unallocated software bill nobody can break down. Tracking consumption per job puts that spend where it actually belongs: your job costing and project profitability numbers include the cost to serve, your margin reporting stays honest, and the expense flows into Xero already coded — so your accountant, your board and your clients see the same defensible figure.