Honest comparisons, with the sources attached
Most comparison pages in this category are written by one of the products being compared, carry no sources, no dates, and often do not even state the rival's price. We sell one of these products too, so we do it differently: every figure comes from the vendor's own page, carries the date we read it, and we publish the ones where we lose.
Across the 9 directly comparable products, entry-tier cost runs from £0 to £130 a month for one user, and £119 to £450 for ten. Oldest source check: 2026-08-26.
ServiceM8 alternative for UK trades
ServiceM8 charges per job with unlimited users, so for a team of five or more running steady volume it is usually cheaper than Gafferly and hard to beat on price. Where it falls short for UK firms is compliance paperwork: neither CP12 gas safety records nor EICR certificates are named anywhere on its feature or tour pages. If you are a gas or electrical firm issuing certificates, that gap is the whole decision. If you are not, ServiceM8 is a strong product and we would rather say so.
Read itPowered Now alternative for UK trades
These two are the closest like-for-like on this site: both UK-built, both per-user, both around £29 a month to start. The real difference is VAT. Powered Now's pricing page states VAT is excluded, so its £28 is £33.60 out of your bank, against £29 for Gafferly, which adds none. If your firm is VAT registered you reclaim it and that advantage vanishes, at which point Powered Now is slightly cheaper and has a no-card trial.
Read itTradify alternative for UK trades
Gafferly starts cheaper, at £29 per user against Tradify's £34, and gives you thirty days to try it rather than fourteen. Tradify has the wider certificate library: alongside gas safety records it publishes EIC, Minor Works, PAT, emergency lighting, fire alarm, solar PV and EV charger certificates, where Gafferly ships CP12 and EICR. If certificate breadth decides it, Tradify covers more ground and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Read itBest job management app for UK tradespeople in 2026
Seven apps ranked by category rather than crowned with one winner, because the right answer changes with your team size and whether you issue certificates. Gafferly wins two of the seven.
Read itUK job management software pricing compared
What Tradify, ServiceM8, Powered Now, Workever, YourTradebase, Joblogic, Commusoft and Payaca actually cost, at one, three, five and ten users. With a chart, the numbers behind it, and a source link per vendor.
Read itHow we compare products
The rules behind every comparison on this site: vendor sources only, everything dated, no cherry-picking, and we publish the numbers where we lose.
Read itProducts we track
Every product in our dataset, whether or not it is a like-for-like alternative to Gafferly.
Tradify
Trades businesses of most sizes, sold across seven countries.
Powered Now
UK trades and field service firms. The closest like-for-like on price.
Workever
Field service and trades, sold across several regions with local pricing.
YourTradebase
Smaller UK trades firms. Priced as a base fee plus extra seats.
ServiceM8
Field service firms of any size. Priced by jobs completed per month rather than by seat, so users are unlimited.
Joblogic
Larger field service operations. Publishes only its entry tier.
Gas Engineer Software
Gas and oil engineers specifically. The cheapest way to get CP12 certificates, but it does not cover electrical work.
Eworks Manager
Field service firms who would rather pay one flat fee per band of users than a price per seat.
Commusoft
Established firms with six or more staff.
Not a like-for-like alternative
Payaca
Installation businesses running their whole operation on one platform.
Not a like-for-like alternative
Coming next
These are being written. They are listed rather than linked, because linking to pages that do not exist yet helps nobody.
- Job management software vs spreadsheets
- Joblogic alternatives for UK trades
- Tradify vs Commusoft, where neither publishes the other's price
Try it rather than read about it
30 days, every feature unlocked, monthly rolling after that.