Four apps for quotes, jobs, invoices and certificates, compared on price, how they charge, and what catches people out.
Best for most sole traders
TradifyBest if you often lose signal
Powered NowBest free option
ServiceM8Best for tracking time and costs per job
Fergus| Product | Tradify No deal | Powered Now No deal | ServiceM8 No deal | Fergus No deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Sole traders and small teams who want quotes, jobs and invoices in one app. | Working in lofts, cellars and new builds with no signal. It keeps working offline. | Low job numbers, or a team where everyone needs a login. | Growing firms that want timesheets and job costs alongside quotes. |
| Starts at | £34per user a month (Lite) | £28a month for one user (Business) | £0for 1 user and 30 jobs a month | £39per user a month (Essentials) |
| Other plans | Pro £37, Plus £44 per user | Professional £32, Premium £40 per user | £25 (50 jobs), £59 (150), £119 (500) | Pro £45 per user |
| Priced by | Per user | Per user. Business is one user only | By jobs a month. Unlimited users on paid plans | Per user, month to month |
| Free option | 14-day free trial, no card | 14-day free trial, no card | Free plan | Month to month, no contract |
| Main downside | Gets dear past three or four people. Certificates need Pro. | Forms and certificates start on Professional. | Built around the iPhone app. A busy month can push you up a plan. | Dearest per user here. More than most sole traders need. |
| Do we earn? | No | No | No | No |
| Try it | Visit Tradify Plain link. We have no deal with Tradify and earn nothing. | Visit Powered Now Plain link. We have no deal with Powered Now and earn nothing. | Visit ServiceM8 Plain link. We have no deal with ServiceM8 and earn nothing. | Visit Fergus Plain link. We have no deal with Fergus and earn nothing. |
Best for most sole traders. Sole traders and small teams who want quotes, jobs and invoices in one app.
£34 per user a month (Lite)
Plain link. We have no deal with Tradify and earn nothing.
Best if you often lose signal. Working in lofts, cellars and new builds with no signal. It keeps working offline.
£28 a month for one user (Business)
Plain link. We have no deal with Powered Now and earn nothing.
Best free option. Low job numbers, or a team where everyone needs a login.
£0 for 1 user and 30 jobs a month
Plain link. We have no deal with ServiceM8 and earn nothing.
Best for tracking time and costs per job. Growing firms that want timesheets and job costs alongside quotes.
£39 per user a month (Essentials)
Plain link. We have no deal with Fergus and earn nothing.
What we'd want to know before paying for each one.
You pay per person, so a team of four on Pro is £148 a month. Electrical and gas certificates are on Pro and above, not Lite. Leaving means exporting each section to CSV separately.
The £28 Business plan is for one person only. Forms, certificates and Xero sync start on Professional at £32 per user, which is the plan most sparks and gas engineers will need.
Pricing follows how many jobs you create, so a run of small call-outs can move you up a tier. It was built for iPhone first; check the Android app does what you need before your team commits.
At £39 to £45 per user it costs the most of the four. For one person sending quotes and invoices, much of what you pay for will go unused.
We read each company's UK pricing and feature pages in October 2026. We haven't run them on live jobs, so treat this as a shortlist, not a final answer, and use the free trials before you commit.
We have no deal with any of these 4, so every link on this page is a plain link and we earn nothing from it. How we make money
Our pick for sole traders · Plain link
Tradify, from £34 a month