Each card has the published price, who it suits and one watch-out. Every app links to its full head-to-head with FieldHive.
FieldHive
Suits: Owner-run trade businesses of up to about 3 people, where one person does the pricing, quotes, bookings and invoices.
Published price
Free plan · Business £14.99 a month or £144 a year, one price for the whole business.
- Customer portal, Stripe card payments, and Xero and QuickBooks sync with CIS, all on the free plan.
- Fixed-price, hourly and time-and-materials quotes from a price list you build once and reuse.
Watch-out: One account: no separate staff logins, schedules or job assignment yet, and no desktop version. If your team needs those today, look at Jobber, Tradify or ServiceM8.
Start freeFree plan, no card needed · then £14.99 a month for the whole business, not per person.
ServiceM8
Suits: Service and call-out businesses doing lots of short jobs with staff.
Published price
Free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month · Starter £25 to Premium Plus £269 a month by job volume, unlimited users.
- Xero and QuickBooks on every plan, including Free.
- Online bookings, two-way SMS and job cards with photos and checklists.
Watch-out: Priced by jobs a month, so a busy month can push you onto the next plan. Built for short service jobs rather than projects that run for days.
Powered Now
Suits: Sole traders and small firms who want certificates and Making Tax Digital in the same app as their jobs.
Published price
Business £28 a month for one user · Professional £32 and Premium £40 per user a month · 14-day trial.
- Forms and certificates, plus Xero and QuickBooks sync, from Professional.
- Pay-now links on invoices and a mobile card reader.
Watch-out: The £28 plan is for one user; teams, Xero and QuickBooks start at £32 per user. The customer portal is Premium only, at £40 per user.
Workever
Suits: Teams running recurring and contract work with field staff.
Published price
Base £29 or Ultimate £39 per user a month.
- Recurring jobs on every plan; service contracts on Ultimate.
- Offline field access, forms and signatures.
Watch-out: The customer portal is Ultimate only, and Stripe card payments are a paid add-on with no published price.
Jobber
Suits: Teams where every worker needs their own login and schedule, and customers book work online.
Published price
Core $29 a month for one user, billed yearly ($49 monthly), plus $29 per extra user · 14-day trial.
- Client Hub: customers request work, approve quotes and pay online.
- Team scheduling, route planning and time tracking.
Watch-out: Xero and QuickBooks sync starts on Connect ($99 a month for one user, billed yearly), not Core. Prices are in US dollars.
Tradify
Suits: Building and service teams of 2 to 10 who schedule several people across the week.
Published price
Lite £34, Pro £37 or Plus £44 per user a month · 14-day trial.
- Xero, Sage and QuickBooks on every plan.
- Timesheets, job costing and staff scheduling.
Watch-out: The bill grows with every user, and progress invoicing needs Pro. No customer portal found on its site.
Fergus
Suits: Firms that want job costing, timesheets and day-rate logins for subbies.
Published price
Essentials from £39 a month, Professional from £45 · timesheet users from £12 a month · contractor users £2 a day · 14-day trial.
- Job costing around labour and materials, with supplier price books.
- Contractor users at £2 a day, so a subbie on a short job doesn’t need a monthly seat.
Watch-out: No customer portal; customers get a payment page. Card payments cost 1.6% + 20p each.
Joblogic
Suits: Maintenance and compliance firms with office staff, engineers and contracts.
Published price
Standard from £49 per user a month, billed yearly · Premium and Enterprise on request.
- Planned maintenance contracts, site assets and engineer scheduling.
- Stripe payment links on Standard.
Watch-out: Contracts usually run 24 or 36 months. The customer portal is Enterprise only, and accounting integrations are a Marketplace add-on.
Commusoft
Suits: Established firms of six or more staff with engineers, vehicles and service contracts.
Published price
Not published: you book a call for a price. Licences are usually contracted for 12 months.
- A full self-service customer portal with online booking.
- Certificates, stock control and vehicle tracking.
Watch-out: No published price, and every office user and engineer needs a licence.
