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A Tradify alternative for when you have outgrown it.
Tradify is good value for a small team. When a company grows past what it assumes, here is what a system built around your own way of working costs.
Book a conversationWhat Tradify is good at
Starting here because it is true, and because a comparison page that pretends otherwise is not worth reading.
Worth knowing
Genuinely easy to use, which is rarer than it sounds in this market.
Worth knowing
Quick to get going, sensible on a phone, and priced fairly for a small team.
Worth knowing
For one to five people who want quotes, jobs and invoices in one place, it is hard to beat.
When you should stay where you are
If you are a handful of people and Tradify does what you need, stay on it. It is well built and it costs a fraction of anything bespoke. We would rather tell you that than sell you something you do not need yet.
Where people run into the edges
- It is built for small and simple. The things that appear at fifteen or twenty people, crews, sites, compliance, are not really its territory.
- Per seat costs mount as you grow. The price is fine at four people and a different conversation at twenty five.
- One way of working. Fine while your process matches. Awkward the moment it does not.
What per seat costs over three years
Tradify is £34 to £44 per user per month. Per seat pricing is fine while you are small and becomes the main number as you grow.
| Team size | Tradify at about £39 a seat | Over three years |
|---|---|---|
| 5 people | £195 a month | about £7,000 |
| 15 people | £585 a month | about £21,000 |
| 30 people | £1170 a month | about £42,000 |
Prices as published in August 2026. Check them yourself before deciding anything: they change, and we would rather you found that out from them than from us.
Want your own figure rather than these three? Work out what it costs you over three years, including the people you are about to hire.
What we do differently
The usual reason people leave is not that Tradify is bad, it is that the company grew and the software did not. A bespoke system is built around the process you have now and changed when it changes.
One monthly fee covers building it, hosting it, supporting it and improving it. There is no upfront cost: we build the opening screens in your branding first, and you only start paying if you want the real thing. Most systems take three to six months.
The honest summary
Off-the-shelf wins when your company fits the shape it assumes. It is cheaper, it is available today, and somebody else has already tested it. Bespoke wins when the fit is the problem: when the spreadsheet beside the software is doing the real work, when the same thing gets typed twice, and when the answer to "can it do this" has been no for two years.
If you are not sure which of those you are, that is exactly what the conversation is for, and we will tell you if the answer is to stay put.
Worth twenty minutes to work out which one you are?
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