Stay on Tradify if job costing, timesheets and accounting sync are the point, and paying for each login is fine. Look elsewhere if the bill is the reason: every Tradify plan is per user, and the website is £10 a month on top. If you want the website inside one price for the whole crew, start with Mortar. If you are on your own and want Making Tax Digital in the same app, look at Powered Now. If everyone needs a login and you can live with a monthly job cap, look at ServiceM8.
We make Mortar. Here's how we compared these tools, and where others may suit you better.
Tradify is not in the six. This is for someone who already uses it, or who has priced it and wants a different shape of bill. Tradify is still a fit for plenty of teams. The reasons to look past it come from Tradify's own pages: the plans are priced per user, and Instant Website is an optional add-on.
The same method, on a wider shortlist, is in best job management software for UK trades. A US contractor leaving Jobber can read Jobber alternatives.
What Tradify does well
Tradify's UK pricing page is aimed at trades. Lite covers jobs, scheduling with Google Calendar, quotes, invoices, markups, card payments, and sync with Xero, Sage and QuickBooks Online. The app is on iPhone, iPad and Android. Pro adds the enquiry form and email inbox, photos, timesheets, progress invoicing and compliance certificates. Plus adds SmartRead for bills and SmartWrite for descriptions, which Tradify describes as AI. Billing is month to month. They train the team during setup. The trial is 14 days and includes every feature.
The usual reasons to look elsewhere are on those same pages. Lite is £34 per user a month, Pro £37, Plus £44. Five people on Pro is five times £37. Instant Website is £10 a month on top. You need a Tradify subscription to publish it. Hosting on their subdomain is included in that add-on. Your own domain is registered elsewhere and then connected. The enquiry form that brings work into Tradify is on Pro, not Lite. The UK pricing page does not say whether the figures include VAT.
Stay if that set is what you wanted. Job costing, timesheets and the accounting sync are on the plans above, and Plus is where the AI sits. A large team can ask for Custom, which is priced on request. The six below are for a different bill, or for a website that is not a separate line.
How we compared
Five things, and nothing else. No star ratings, and no review sites. Every price was taken from that company's own site on 21 October 2026, except Jobber, which was checked again on 2 November 2026. Where a page did not state a fact, it is left out.
- Price for the whole team. A price per business stays put when you take someone on. A price per user is multiplied by every login. Tradify multiplies.
- Getting work in. A website in the plan, or a website you pay for beside it.
- Quotes and invoices. Can you send a quote, turn it into a job, and get paid from the same record.
- A mobile app. Can the person on site see the job, not only the person at a desk.
- AI help. Drafting, answering, or reading paperwork. Named only where the company describes it.
The six
Prices as listed on each company's website on 21 October 2026, except Jobber, checked again on 2 November 2026. They are monthly list prices, not annual discounts. Jobber's $49 is the monthly price with no commitment. Jobber's prices are in US dollars. VAT is noted under each tool.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Per-user fees | Website | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortar | Work coming in, and the jobs, on one price | £49 a month plus VAT | No | Yes | Morris drafts on Core. Answers on Pro. |
| Powered Now | A sole trader who also wants MTD | £28 a month, ex VAT | Business is one user. Then yes. | Yes | On Premium, plus a receptionist add-on |
| ServiceM8 | A whole team inside a job cap | £25 a month Starter, ex VAT | No on paid plans | Add-on | Smart Helpers, quotes and invoices |
| YourTradebase | Quoting and invoicing, kept simple | £29 a month, plus VAT | £15 a month per extra user | Not listed | Not listed |
| Fergus | Supplier price books and job cards | From £39 a month per user | Yes | Not listed | Reads supplier invoices |
| Jobber | A website plus field service, in USD | $49 a month for one user | Yes, $29 a month each extra | Yes, on Core | Receptionist add-on |
Mortar
Best for: a small trade that wants the website in the same price as the jobs, with no per-user fee when someone joins.
What it does well. Core is £49 a month plus VAT for the business, not each login: a website built by Morris, an enquiries inbox, quotes, jobs, scheduling, forms signed on site, the mobile app, and invoices with card payments. Morris drafts replies and writes quotes from your notes. You approve what a customer sees. Pro is £79 a month plus VAT when Morris should answer chat, texts and the phone, and book jobs. Invoices, payments and expenses sync to Xero or QuickBooks. Build the site free. The first 14 days after it goes live are free.
Grow is £29 a month plus VAT, on Core or Pro. Morris asks ChatGPT, Google AI and Perplexity the questions your customers ask, prepares directory details for you to submit, keeps your Google Business Profile in sync, and sends a review request after a job. You approve the fixes. It does not promise a mention.
Watch-outs. Mortar is newer, and it lists fewer supplier connections than Tradify or Fergus. Pro and Grow are separate prices. It syncs invoices and expenses to Xero or QuickBooks and does not file a tax return.
Price. Core £49 a month plus VAT for the whole team. Pro £79. As listed on 21 October 2026.
Official page: mortar.site/pricing.
Powered Now
Best for: a UK sole trader who wants quotes, invoices, Making Tax Digital and a free website on one plan.
What it does well. Business is one user at £28 a month, excluding VAT: quotes, invoices, payment links, a diary, job sheets, expenses, supplier invoices and purchase orders. Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is built in on every plan, including Business, and Powered Now says it is recognised by HMRC, so you do not need a separate accounting package to comply. Every plan includes a free Here Is My Work website. It runs on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, including offline.
Watch-outs. A second login is Professional, £32 a month per user, excluding VAT. You pay for people who need an account. AI writing and the receipt scanner are on Premium, at £40 per user. A receptionist add-on starts at £29 a month. Your own domain is Here Is My Work Premium, £100 a year, unless you are already on Premium.
Price. Business £28 a month for one user. Professional £32 per user. Premium £40 per user. All exclude VAT. 14-day trial, no card. As listed on 21 October 2026.
Official page: powerednow.com/pricing.
ServiceM8
Best for: a team that wants every person logged in without a per-user fee, and can stay inside a monthly job cap.
What it does well. Paid plans do not charge per user. The free plan is the one that limits logins, to one user and 30 jobs a month. Every plan includes job cards, scheduling, quotes, invoices, email and SMS, mobile payments, accounting integrations, and iOS and Android apps. AI Smart Helpers, on every plan, draft emails, texts, and the description and billable items on a quote or invoice. Trial is 14 days, no card.
Watch-outs. You pay by new job cards. Starter is 50 a month, Growing is 150. Turning a quote into a work order does not use a second credit. Past the cap you have seven days, then an upgrade prompt. The website add-on needs a subscription, is free for 24 months, then £24 a year, and it registers a new domain. It cannot take a domain you already own. Prices exclude VAT.
Price. Free, Starter £25 a month, Growing £59, Premium £119, Premium Plus £269. As listed on 21 October 2026.
Official page: servicem8.com/uk/pricing.
YourTradebase
Best for: quoting and invoicing kept simple, with a flat monthly price and a published fee for each extra user.
What it does well. The home page describes an app for trades: quotes, estimates, invoices, job sheets, schedules, lead tracking and card payments from the invoice. The trial is 30 days, no card, no limits. Do nothing at the end and the account becomes a free plan with usage limits. Your data stays. Annual billing is two months free. Prices are subject to VAT.
Watch-outs. The pricing page charges £15 a month for each additional user. No website, and no AI feature, was listed on the home page or the pricing page.
Price. £29 a month, plus £15 a month for each additional user. Prices subject to VAT. As listed on 21 October 2026.
Official page: yourtradebase.com/pricing.
Fergus
Best for: job costing with supplier price books, once you have confirmed the live per-user price.
What it does well. Fergus sells to UK trades and lists a Manchester office. The job card app covers directions, notes, photos, a timer, sign-off, certificates and hazard logs. It connects to Xero and QuickBooks, and to suppliers including CEF, City Plumbing, Wolseley and Screwfix. The plan comparison includes quoting, enquiries, a mobile app, and Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB. You pay per user, month to month, with a 14-day trial and no card. The job-card page says plans start from £39 a month.
Watch-outs. The UK pricing page shows Essentials as £39 and also as £3.90, and Professional as £45 and also as £4.50, without saying which figure you pay. Timesheet users are shown as £12 and also as £1.20. Those pairs are not in the worked example. No website was listed on the pages checked. The pricing page describes email ingestion that reads a supplier invoice as using AI.
Price. From £39 a month per user, as stated on the UK job-card page on 21 October 2026. Confirm it on the pricing page before you multiply it by the crew.
Official page: fergus.com/uk/pricing.
Jobber
Best for: a field-service platform with a website, if you are happy to pay in US dollars.
What it does well. Core is one user, with unlimited quotes, jobs and invoices. Clients can request work and book online, approve a quote online, and pay an invoice online. Jobber Payments is available in the UK. For a one-person team the pricing page lists a professional website, reporting, and a marketplace of other tools. Extra users are $29 a month. There is a mobile app. An AI receptionist is an add-on, listed at $29 a month. The trial is 14 days, with no card.
Watch-outs. Prices are in US dollars, and subscription prices exclude sales tax where it applies. On 2 November 2026 Core was $49 a month with no commitment, $39 a month on a one-year commitment, and $29 a month billed annually. The sums below use the $49 monthly price with no commitment, plus $29 for each extra user.
Price. $49 a month for one user on Core with no commitment, or $29 a month billed annually, plus $29 a month for each extra user. As listed on 2 November 2026.
Official page: getjobber.com/pricing.
What a team of one, three and five costs
Each column is the tier that covers quotes, invoices, jobs and a mobile app, with the website included where that takes an add-on. Monthly list prices. The figures other than Jobber are as listed on 21 October 2026. Jobber was checked again on 2 November 2026, and this column uses $49 a month with no commitment, not the $29 a month billed annually. One person who needs a login counts as one user. Fergus is left out, because its pricing page shows two figures for the same plan and does not say which you pay. Tradify is here so you can see the bill you would be leaving. It is Pro plus the £10 website, because the enquiry form is on Pro.
ServiceM8 is Starter: unlimited users, 50 new jobs a month. A busier month is Growing at £59, still with no per-user fee, and still without the website. Powered Now is Business for one person, then Professional. YourTradebase adds £15 for each extra user. Mortar is Core. Jobber is Core at the monthly price with no commitment.
| People | Mortar Core | Powered Now | ServiceM8 Starter | YourTradebase | Jobber Core | Tradify Pro + website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £49 | £28 | £25 | £29 | $49 | £37 + £10 = £47 |
| 3 | £49 | £32 × 3 = £96 | £25 | £29 + £15 × 2 = £59 | $49 + $29 × 2 = $107 | £37 × 3 + £10 = £121 |
| 5 | £49 | £32 × 5 = £160 | £25 | £29 + £15 × 4 = £89 | $49 + $29 × 4 = $165 | £37 × 5 + £10 = £195 |
Add VAT where the supplier says the price excludes it. Mortar, Powered Now, ServiceM8 and YourTradebase all say their prices exclude VAT. Tradify's UK page does not say. Jobber is in dollars.
At one person, Tradify Pro plus the website is £47 before the VAT question, close to Mortar Core, and Powered Now, ServiceM8 and YourTradebase are lower. At five people, Tradify is £195 before that VAT question. Mortar and ServiceM8 stay flat. ServiceM8 stays flat only inside the job cap, and the £25 does not include the website.
Where Mortar isn't the best fit
Stay on Tradify if you already run job costing, timesheets and Xero, Sage or QuickBooks there, and the per-user price is acceptable. Plus is the honest stay if you use SmartRead or SmartWrite. Mortar is the wrong first choice if you want the deepest supplier price books. Fergus lists those connections, once the per-user price is clear. ServiceM8 is the clearer pick when you want several logins and would rather pay for job volume than for seats. Powered Now is the clearer pick when Making Tax Digital inside the job app matters more than anything else on this page. If you work alone and want a lower monthly figure, Powered Now Business and ServiceM8 Starter are listed cheaper for that one login.
How to choose
- Is the Tradify bill the problem, or a missing feature? If it is the bill, write the price at five people before you move. If it is certificates, timesheets or supplier invoices, check that the new tool actually lists them.
- Does a new person need their own login? Tradify, Powered Now Professional, YourTradebase, Fergus and Jobber change the bill. Mortar and ServiceM8's paid plans do not.
- Do you need the website in the same login? Mortar and Powered Now include one. Tradify and ServiceM8 charge separately, and ServiceM8's add-on registers a new domain.
- How many new jobs do you open in a busy month? If it is over 50, ServiceM8 Starter is the wrong column. Use Growing at £59.
- Do you want the software to file the tax? Powered Now files Making Tax Digital for Income Tax itself. Mortar does not.
Questions
Who should stay on Tradify?
Stay if you want job costing, timesheets and sync with Xero, Sage or QuickBooks, and you are happy to pay for each user. Plus is the plan that includes Tradify's AI writing and bill reading. A large team can ask for the Custom plan, which is priced on request.
What does Tradify actually charge?
On 21 October 2026 the UK pricing page listed Lite at £34 per user a month, Pro at £37 and Plus at £44. Instant Website is £10 a month on top, and you need a Tradify subscription to publish it. The page does not say whether those figures include VAT.
Which of these six include a website?
Mortar and Powered Now include one. Jobber includes one on Core. ServiceM8 sells a website add-on. YourTradebase and Fergus did not list a website on the pages checked on 21 October 2026.
What does a team of three cost if we leave Tradify?
On the monthly list prices checked on 21 October 2026, three people cost £49 on Mortar Core, £96 on Powered Now Professional, £25 on ServiceM8 Starter, and £59 on YourTradebase. Jobber Core is 107 US dollars at the no-commitment monthly price, checked on 2 November 2026. Tradify Pro plus the website add-on is £121. Fergus is left out of that sum.
Can I try them before paying?
Yes. Mortar lets you build the website free, then gives 14 days free once the site goes live, and does not ask for a card to start. ServiceM8, Powered Now, Fergus and Jobber each offer 14 days with no card. Tradify's trial is 14 days and includes every feature. YourTradebase offers 30 days with no card.