# Compare Trade Software

> Job management software UK trades compared on published price: second-user cost, certificates, card payments and accounts sync. Prices read on supplier pages.

## Key facts

- Of eight UK trade job management products, the cheapest published entry is £0 a month (ServiceM8's free plan, 1 user and 30 jobs a month) and the cheapest paid entry is £18 per user per month excluding VAT (Gas Engineer Software Starter, annual), checked 15 August 2026.
- Only one product publishes a distinct second-user price: YourTradebase at £15 a month per additional user, against £29 a month for the first.
- ServiceM8 is the only product here that charges by jobs per month rather than by user, so its paid plans carry unlimited users from £25 a month.
- Free trials run from 14 days on most products to 30 days on YourTradebase, and Gas Engineer Software, Okappy and Fergus all state there is no minimum term.
- The longest tie-in belongs to Joblogic, whose pricing page states most customers commit to 24 or 36 months, with 12 months available if it suits the business better.

## Key pages

- [Compare job management software for UK trades](https://comparetradesoftware.com/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Trade job management software cost: what a UK business pays](https://comparetradesoftware.com/job-management-software-price-uk/): Published UK prices for trade job management apps, from free to £45 per user a month, and why the pricing shape matters more than the headline number.
- [Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: what it asks of a trade app](https://comparetradesoftware.com/making-tax-digital-trade-software/): MTD for Income Tax started for sole traders with qualifying income over £50,000 in April 2026. What HMRC requires, and which trade apps say they handle it.
- [Certificates and forms: which trade apps include them](https://comparetradesoftware.com/trade-app-certificates-and-forms/): Electrical and gas certificates, job sheets and check sheets are the feature most likely to sit one tier above the price you were quoted. What each supplier includes.
- [Tradify vs Joblogic: price, certificates and tie-in compared](https://comparetradesoftware.com/tradify-vs-joblogic/): Tradify vs Joblogic for UK trades: per-user prices, what five users cost, where certificates sit, accounts sync and contract terms, from each supplier's page.
- [What it costs to put a UK trade business on job management software, and what the second user costs](https://comparetradesoftware.com/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-15.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://comparetradesoftware.com/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- What it costs to put a UK trade business on job management software, and what the second user costs. Methodology: Every figure is copied from the supplier's own pricing page on 15 August 2026 and reproduced rather than estimated, with the VAT treatment as that supplier states it. Where a supplier does not state VAT treatment, the row says so. Where a supplier's cheapest plan carries a minimum number of users, that minimum is shown, because a per-user price with a minimum of five is not an entry price for a sole trader. Fergus is shown with its figures as published, in a currency its UK page does not state. simPRO and Jobber are absent because both refuse automated checks at every path including their home pages, so we could not read their prices at source. No product on this page pays us and no placement is paid.
- Last updated: 2026-08-15. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: gov.uk, check if you're eligible for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (HMRC): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-youre-eligible-for-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax
- Source: gov.uk, use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax
- Source: gov.uk, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: sign up voluntarily: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sign-up-your-business-for-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax
- Source: gov.uk, VAT record keeping: https://www.gov.uk/vat-record-keeping

## Citation

Cite as: "What it costs to put a UK trade business on job management software, and what the second user costs", Compare Trade Software, https://comparetradesoftware.com/ (updated 2026-08-15).

## About

- Compare Trade Software is an information site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any software supplier named here, nor with HMRC or any certification body, and nothing on it is tax, legal or accounting advice. We take no commission from any supplier in this comparison and carry no paid placements. Prices and features change without notice: every figure carries the date we read it on the supplier's own page, and you should confirm the current position there before you buy.
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