Mondae is a texting assistant that writes estimates and invoices, collects payments, and chases the money for small trades businesses.
It works inside the Messages app on the operator's phone: there is no app to install and no dashboard to log into.
What Mondae does
Estimates by text
Text Mondae the customer's name, the job, and the price. It drafts the estimate, shows you the exact page the customer will see, and on your yes hands you the text to send from your own phone. The customer gets a link, not an app.
Invoices and deposits
The invoice goes out the same way, with a deposit up front when you want one. When the deposit lands, Mondae holds the rest until you say the job is done. A job that grows gets a line added with one text, even after the deposit is paid.
Payments
Every invoice page carries a Pay here button (Apple Pay, card, bank, or paying over time) through your own Stripe account, so the money lands in your bank, not ours. Stripe is the payment company behind Amazon and Shopify, and it handles the card, the money, and the payout to your bank. Cash and checks are logged with one text: the customer's name and what they paid.
Follow-ups and reminders
An estimate nobody answered or an invoice that sits comes back to you as a tap that opens the nudge from your own phone. Mondae never texts your customers on its own.
Receipts by photo
Snap a receipt and it is filed with the vendor, date, total, and category. Add a note to tie it to a job. At tax time, everything is already in one place for whoever does your books.
Reports
Every Monday morning, where you stand: money in, money out, who owes you, and what is still waiting on a yes. At the start of each month, the month's report. Ask for any stretch of time and you get it as a page, a spreadsheet, and every invoice as a PDF.
Who uses Mondae
Owner-operators and small crews in masonry, landscaping, hardscape, concrete, roofing, fencing, and general contracting.
Owners who carry the business in their head and a notebook.
Operators who paid for an app once and stopped opening it.
How Mondae works
Getting started
Text the number behind any button on this site. Signup is four quick texts: your trade, business name, name, and town. Your first estimate can go out the same minute. Mondae texts you a Stripe page for your card after your first estimate or invoice goes out.
Communication
Everything happens by text, in your Messages app, and Mondae answers in seconds. For a person, email help@mondae.app; someone who works on Mondae answers, usually the same business day.
Who you work with
Mondae, in the thread, for the work. A person at help@mondae.app for anything Mondae cannot handle. Your customers deal with you: every estimate and invoice goes out from your own phone with your business name on it, and what they write back comes to you.
Turnaround
An estimate or invoice is ready to send under a minute after your text. It reaches the customer when you hit send, any hour you like.
Payments setup
About ten minutes on Stripe's page, once. Stripe verifies who you are and where the money goes; Mondae never sees your bank details or your customers' cards. After that you can log into your Stripe dashboard any time to see every payment and every payout to your bank.
Frequently asked questions
What is Mondae?
Mondae is a texting assistant for small trades businesses. You text it the customer, the job, and the price; it writes the estimate and the invoice for you to send from your own phone, collects the payment, reminds you when nothing has happened, and reports where you stand every Monday.
How much does Mondae cost?
$199.99 a month, one price, everything included, month to month. Card payments from your customers carry Stripe's normal card fee of 2.9% plus 30 cents; Mondae adds nothing on top.
How is Mondae different from an invoicing app?
An app has a dashboard to learn and a login to keep up with. Mondae is a number you text from the Messages app you already use, with one plan and no contract. Your customers get a link, not a client portal.
Where is Mondae based?
Connecticut. Mondae works anywhere in the United States; it is a number you text, and your customers get a page, so there is nothing tied to a place.
What does Mondae do?
Estimates, invoices, deposits, card and Apple Pay payments, follow-ups and reminders, receipts by photo, and weekly and monthly reports, all by text. More coming.
Is Mondae month to month?
Yes. There is no annual contract and no setup fee. If you cancel, your service runs through the end of the month you paid for.
Do my customers need an app?
No. They get a text from you with a link to a page that has the estimate or invoice and the pay button. Nothing to install and no account to make.
Is my money safe, and how does it get to my bank?
Card payments go through your own Stripe account, the same payment company behind Amazon and Shopify, certified at the highest level of card security. Stripe pays out to your bank usually within two business days, and you can see every payment and payout in your Stripe dashboard. Mondae never holds your money and never sees your bank details.
What makes Mondae different
It lives in your Messages app
Most invoicing tools are apps or dashboards you log into. Mondae is a number you text. If you can send a text, you already know how to use it, and there is nothing to learn on a Monday morning.
Your customer never installs anything
They get a text and a link. The page has the estimate or invoice, every line, and the pay button. No account, no app, no portal password to reset.
It reads your handwriting
Take a photo of the estimate you wrote on the hood of the truck and text it with the customer's name. Mondae reads the lines and the total and drafts the page for you to check before it goes.
One price, month to month
$199.99 a month, everything included. No tiers, no per-user seats, no annual contract to get the real price. Mondae has one plan, and it is the same plan for everyone.
The money is yours the moment it moves
Card payments go from your customer's card to your own Stripe account to your bank, usually within two business days. Stripe is certified at the highest level of card security in the industry (PCI Level 1) and moves money for millions of businesses. Mondae never holds your money, never sees your bank details, and adds nothing on top of Stripe's card fee of 2.9% plus 30 cents.