Every card has the same four parts: who it suits, the published price, what it does for you, and one watch-out.
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FieldHive
Suits: Sole-trader plumbers and owner-run firms of up to about 3 people, where you do the quoting, booking and invoicing.
Published price
Free plan · Business £14.99 a month or £144 a year, one price for the whole business.
- Quote fixed-price, by the hour, or time and materials. A bathroom refit and a leak call-out rarely price the same way.
- Quote → booking → invoice from one customer record. Xero and QuickBooks sync with CIS, Stripe card payments and a customer portal, all on the free plan.
- Save your fittings and labour times as catalogue items, unlimited on the free plan. Deposits and progress claims for staged installs are on Business.
- Stop paying any time and you keep the free plan. Your quotes and invoices stay yours to export.
Watch-out: No gas safety (CP12) certificates, in the app or as a free form, so gas work needs a separate certificate app. And it’s one login, for the person who runs the admin: staff don’t get their own accounts, job lists or timesheets. For CP12s in the same app, Powered Now, Commusoft or Joblogic suit you better; if every engineer needs a login, Tradify.
Start freeFree plan, no card needed. £14.99 a month flat for the whole business when you need more.
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ServiceM8
Suits: Service and call-out plumbers on short jobs, priced by monthly job count rather than people.
Published price
Free for 1 user and 30 jobs a month · paid plans £25 to £269 a month by job volume, unlimited users.
- Unlimited users on paid plans. Add staff without adding seats.
- Xero and QuickBooks on every plan, including free.
Watch-out: Priced by how many jobs you do a month. A plumber doing lots of short call-outs can pass the free plan’s 30 quickly, and a busy month can push you onto the next plan.
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Powered Now
Suits: Plumbing and heating firms that want gas certificates and the accounts in the same app as quotes and invoices.
Published price
Business £28 a month for one user · Professional £32 and Premium £40 per user a month · 14-day trial.
- Gas, electrical and other trade certificates plus custom forms, from Professional (£32 per user).
- Pay-now links on invoices and a mobile card reader for payments on site.
Watch-out: The £28 plan is for one user and has no certificates. Teams, Xero and QuickBooks sync, and certificates start on Professional (£32 per user); the customer portal is on Premium (£40 per user) only.
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Tradify
Suits: Plumbing and heating teams of 2 to 10 who schedule several engineers across the week.
Published price
£34, £37 or £44 per user a month · 14-day trial.
- Compliance certificates, timesheets and progress invoicing from Pro (£37).
- Xero, Sage and QuickBooks on every plan, including Lite (£34).
Watch-out: The bill grows with every user, and certificates aren’t on Lite. No customer portal found on its site; customers get emailed links.
5
Fergus
Suits: Plumbing contractors who want to see the profit on every job.
Published price
Essentials from £39 a month, Professional from £45 · timesheet users from £12 a month · 14-day trial.
- Job costing built around labour and materials.
- Xero and QuickBooks on both plans; card payments at 1.6% + 20p.
Watch-out: Its pages describe storing certificates against the job, not filling in a CP12, so gas engineers may still need a certificate app. No customer portal; customers get a payment page.
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Commusoft
Suits: Plumbing and heating firms with office staff, engineers on the road and service contracts.
Published price
Price on request: plans aren’t published. Contracted licences run for 12 months; monthly and daily licences can be added.
- Landlord gas safety certificates (CP12) and other forms filled in on the mobile app and sent straight away.
- Service reminders and online booking for contract customers, plus a self-service customer portal.
Watch-out: No published price, so you book a call to get one. Every office user and engineer needs a licence, contracted licences commit you for 12 months, and onboarding is part of the package.
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Joblogic
Suits: Plumbing, heating and gas maintenance contractors with office staff and planned maintenance work.
Published price
Standard from £45 per user a month, billed annually (5 users = £225 a month).
- CP12, landlord gas safety and F-Gas certificates issued from the van, with records kept against the site.
- Live sync with Sage 50, Xero and QuickBooks.
Watch-out: Most customers sign 24- or 36-month contracts (12 months on request). Every office and field login is a paid user, and the customer portal is on Enterprise only.
