Comparison
Joblogic vs Tradify
Tradify is a tidy job management app for sole traders and small crews, priced like one. Joblogic is for the next phase: maintenance contracts, SLAs, asset registers and compliance. This page is for the moment a business crosses from one to the other.
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99.99% Platform uptime
2 min Average support response
1998 Built in Birmingham since
The short answer
Tradify is job management software for sole traders and small trade teams: quoting, scheduling, invoicing and UK gas and electrical certificates, from £34 per user per month with no contracts. It has no contract or SLA management, no PPM planner, no asset register, no stock control and no customer portal, and reporting is gated to its top tier. Joblogic includes all of these as core product, which is why trade businesses moving into commercial maintenance work typically outgrow Tradify. For a one-van business doing reactive domestic work, Tradify is a fair choice and we say so. For contract work, it was never designed for the job. And only one of the two is building toward an agentic operating system for service contractors.
Start here
Who each platform is really for
An honest comparison starts with fit. These are different products for different phases of a trade business.
Choose Joblogic when contract work enters the picture
Built for UK Service Contractors running contract-led operations: M&E, HVAC, fire and security, refrigeration and FM.
- SLAs, 52-week PPM planning and asset registers as core product
- UK compliance built in: F-Gas with REFCOM, SFG20, gas certificates, custom form builder
- Stock control, purchase orders, subcontractor and customer portals
- AI working inside the workflow today, with an agentic operating system in development
Tradify suits sole traders and small crews
A well-rated app for reactive domestic work, owned by The Access Group.
- Fast setup; customers report being live on day one
- £34 to £44 per user per month, no contracts
- Good UK certificate library for gas and electrical sole traders
- Deliberately lightweight reporting; their own words: "We don't like complicated reporting tools"
Side by side
The full comparison
Verified against public sources, June 2026. Where Tradify is strong, the table says so.
| What you're comparing | Joblogic | Tradify |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and contract | ||
| Published pricing |
✓ From £45 per licence per month
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✓ £34 / £37 / £44 per user per month Credit where due: clear and public
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| Contract terms |
✓ Clear annual terms; many customers stay for years, some decades
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✓ Month to month, no contracts Parity in spirit
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| What the entry price buys |
✓ Contract-grade platform PPM, assets, stock, portals included
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! Job basics Lite tier excludes timesheets and recurring jobs; reporting and POs are top-tier only
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| Contract and maintenance work | ||
| Contract and SLA management |
✓ Core product
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✗ Not offered No SLA or contract features at any tier
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| Planned maintenance (PPM) |
✓ 52-week planner included
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✗ Not offered Nearest equivalents: recurring jobs (Pro), reminders (Plus)
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| Asset management |
✓ Registers, QR tagging, history
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✗ No asset register
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| Stock control and purchase orders |
✓ Included Stock locations, supplier invoice matching
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! No stock control POs on top tier; supplier price lists and kits only
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| Customer portal |
✓ Included
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✗ Not offered Online quote acceptance only
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| Subcontractor management |
✓ Dedicated portal Controlled access, documentation
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! Scheduling only Free subbie logins; no compliance documents
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| UK compliance | ||
| Gas and electrical certificates |
✓ Included
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✓ Strong fixed library A genuine Tradify strength for domestic work
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| Build your own forms and certificates |
✓ Form builder included No development charges
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✗ Fixed library only Their site invites you to request missing forms
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| F-Gas compliance |
✓ Native Built with REFCOM
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✗ Not offered
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| SFG20 maintenance specifications |
✓ Native integration
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✗ No mention anywhere on their site
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| AI and what comes next | ||
| AI working inside the daily workflow |
✓ Built in Missed action detection, overdue job alerts
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! AI SmartTools on top tier only Bill reading, text drafting
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| Building an agentic operating system for service contractors |
✓ In development In pilot with early access customers
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✗ No equivalent direction published
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| Support and track record | ||
| Reporting depth |
✓ Dashboard designer, every role
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! Deliberately light, top tier only "We don't like complicated reporting tools" (their FAQ)
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| 24/7 support |
✓ 2-minute average response
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✓ Free phone support and training A genuine strength at their price point
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| Built and headquartered |
✓ Birmingham, UK, since 1998
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! Auckland, New Zealand Owned by The Access Group; UK certificates supported
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Comparison based on Joblogic and Tradify public documentation, pricing pages, verified reviews and user feedback as of June 2026. Sources held on file. Where Tradify is strong, the table says so.
The money
What it actually costs
Tradify is cheaper at the door, and for a sole trader that is the right kind of cheap. The cost that matters for a growing contractor is different: the capability that is not there when a commercial client asks for it, and replatforming mid-growth.
Joblogic: priced for the work you're bidding for
Published pricing from £45 per licence per month. We don't do monthly contracts; most customers stay for years, and some for decades.
- Job management, scheduling, quoting, invoicing
- Contracts, SLAs and 52-week PPM planning
- Asset registers with QR tagging
- Stock control and purchase orders
- F-Gas (REFCOM), SFG20, certificate and form builder
- Customer and subcontractor portals
- Built-in AI assistant, included as standard
Costs more than Tradify per month. Costs far less than changing systems in two years.
Tradify: priced for the work behind you
£34 (Lite), £37 (Pro), £44 (Plus) per user per month. Month to month. Honest pricing for what it is.
- Jobs, scheduling, quoting, invoicing, payments
- Timesheets and recurring jobs: Pro and above only
- Reporting, purchase orders, service reminders, AI tools: Plus only
- Contracts, SLAs, PPM, assets, stock, portals: not at any tier
- F-Gas and SFG20: not at any tier
- Instant Website £10/month; SMS £0.10/message
The ceiling is not the price. It is what the price can never include.
The real comparison is not £34 against our entry price. It is what your next tender requires against what each platform can evidence. Bring the tender to a demo and check.
Setting the record straight
What their comparison page says about us, answered
Tradify runs a page positioning itself as the "user-friendly, affordable" alternative to Joblogic. Here are its claims against the record. (Their page's pricing FAQ currently reads "Tradify costs per user, per month": a broken merge field. Check sources carefully, including ours.)
Their claim Business owners are switching to Tradify, "the user-friendly, affordable job-tracking alternative".
The record For sole traders doing reactive domestic work, that can be true, and this page says so plainly. The businesses moving the other way are the ones whose work changed: maintenance contracts, SLAs, asset reporting. Affordability is relative to the work; software that cannot evidence an SLA is expensive at any price.
Their claim Joblogic lacks free setup, training and support.
The record Joblogic includes structured, role-based onboarding and 24/7 support with a 2-minute average response. Implementation is scoped in writing as part of onboarding, so you know exactly what is included before you commit.
Their claim Joblogic lacks progress invoicing and customisable templates.
The record Joblogic supports staged and application-based billing on contracts and a form builder for custom documents with no development charges. On templates: the certificate library plus build-your-own beats a fixed library you have to request additions to.
Their claim "We don't like complicated reporting tools."
The record Their words, on their own comparison page, and honest ones. For a two-person business, light reporting is right. For a contractor managing margin across contracts, engineers and sites, reporting is not a complication; it is the steering wheel. Joblogic's dashboard designer exists because past a certain size you are not managing jobs anymore, you are managing a business.
Where Tradify is genuinely strong
Credit where due. Tradify earns its ratings: setup is fast (customers report being live on day one), free phone support and training come with every plan, there are no contracts, the UK certificate library covers what a domestic gas or electrical business needs, and Access Group ownership means it is not going anywhere. If you are a sole trader doing reactive domestic work and want admin off your evenings, Tradify is a fair recommendation and we are happy to make it. The rest of this page is about what happens when your work changes.
Where the platform is going
Everyone is adding AI. The more useful question is what it's built on.
For thirty years, field service software has organised itself around the job. The coordination between jobs, contracts, compliance and cash has been carried by people: in spreadsheets, in inboxes, in someone's head. That is the gap the industry is now pointed at. The difference is the architecture underneath.
In the platform today
Intelligence inside the workflow, not beside it
Joblogic's built-in AI assistant catches missed actions and flags overdue jobs before they become failures. No third-party software, no separate licence, nothing new to manage. It works where your team already works, which is why it gets used.
In development, with early access customers
An agentic operating system for service contractors
Joblogic is building toward an agentic operating system for service contractors: a system that reads the contract, the compliance and the SLA tier as live rules, and absorbs the coordination the team used to carry. Less reconciliation after the fact. Earlier sight of delivery risk, while it is in flight. Fewer gaps between the office, the field and finance.
Your Joblogic platform continues exactly as it is. The agentic operating system is new and optional.
Operations in flow. Growth in motion. How this compares, in plain terms ↓
The differences that matter
Four reasons growing businesses move to Joblogic
01 · Contracts
Contract work needs contract software
The first commercial maintenance contract changes the brief: SLA response times, planned visit schedules, asset histories, review-meeting reporting. None of that exists in Tradify at any tier. In Joblogic it is the core of the product, because it is the core of the work.
02 · Compliance
Compliance beyond the certificate library
Tradify's fixed certificate library is good for domestic gas and electrical work. There is no F-Gas, no SFG20 and no form builder; their site invites you to request missing forms. Joblogic includes F-Gas built with REFCOM, SFG20, and a mobile form builder, so your paperwork is never waiting on someone else's roadmap.
03 · Visibility
Visibility you can run a business on
Tradify gates reporting to its top tier and keeps it deliberately simple; right for their market, wrong ceiling for yours. Joblogic's dashboard designer gives you job costing, contract margin and engineer performance without development charges.
04 · Headroom
Growth without a system change
Moving software mid-growth is expensive and painful. Accent Services went from £5m to £20m without leaving Joblogic. Starting on a platform with headroom costs a little more per month than Tradify; replatforming in two years costs a lot more than that.
For the decision maker
What the comparison means for your role
In a growing trade business these three hats are often worn by two people. Here is the question through each.
Business Owner
Win the work the bigger firms bid for
Tenders increasingly ask for SLA evidence, asset histories and planned maintenance schedules. The platform either produces them or your bid does not land.
- Contract, SLA and PPM capability from day one
- Professional customer portal under your brand
- Headroom to grow without replatforming
Office Manager
Admin that does itself
The jump from ten jobs a week to fifty is an admin cliff. The question is what the system automates versus what lands on your desk.
- PPM visits generated automatically across 52-week schedules
- Invoicing from field data; Parr FM cut it from 15 minutes per job to about one
- Missed actions flagged by built-in AI before customers call
Lead Engineer
Everything about the site, on the phone
Repeat visits come from missing information. The comparison is what the engineer can see and capture on site.
- Asset history, site documents and custom forms on mobile
- +25% first-time fix rates (William Austin Services)
- 80% mobile adoption platform-wide, because it helps rather than hinders
For your sector
Where the ceiling shows first
Tradify covers domestic trades well. These are the places growing contractors hit its limits.
HVAC and refrigeration
The moment refrigerant is involved, F-Gas obligations follow, and Tradify has nothing for them. Joblogic's F-Gas module is native, built with REFCOM, with PartsArena integration for better first-time fix.
97% customer retention in our HVAC niche
Facilities management
Multi-site clients expect PPM discipline and SLA evidence. Tradify has no PPM planner and no SLA tracking at any tier. Joblogic's 52-week planner, SFG20 integration and contract reporting are included.
+25% job logging efficiency (Parr FM)
Fire and security
Certificate-heavy, audit-exposed work. Tradify's fixed library covers fire alarm certificates for small jobs; there is no form builder for the documents your contracts demand. Joblogic's builder carries no development charges.
Thousands of hours saved on paperwork every year (TechniFire Solutions)
Proof
Results our customers verify
+40% Workforce productivity
(Response BMS Scotland)
(Response BMS Scotland)
+25% First-time fix rates
(William Austin Services)
(William Austin Services)
90% Customer satisfaction
(Mouldex)
(Mouldex)
+25% Job logging efficiency
(Parr FM)
(Parr FM)
99.99% Platform uptime
(service-level commitment)
(service-level commitment)
Every figure traces to a named customer or a platform-wide commitment. We don't publish numbers we can't stand behind.
Customer voice
What Joblogic customers say
Named customers, on the record. Not composites, not "a leading contractor".
Joblogic customer
"Joblogic scaled with the business as we grew from £5m to £20m."
Ian Marriott, Managing Director, Accent Services Joblogic customer
"Maintenance turnover has grown from £6.5m to £20m since 2018. We capture every job, invoice faster, and have complete visibility."
Sam Allen, Director of Maintenance, East West Connect Making the move
Switching from Tradify: the honest version
Tradify is month to month, so there is no contract trap to time around. The work is in the step up from job tracking to contract operations, run by people who have delivered service contracts themselves.
1
Scoping call
We map your jobs, customers and the contract work you're bidding for. Written plan and timeline.
2
Data migration
Customers, jobs and history brought across with validation before cutover.
3
Structured onboarding
Role-based training sized for small teams stepping up. Engineers adopt the mobile app at an 80% rate platform-wide.
4
Go live with support
24/7, 2-minute average response. The free support you liked at Tradify does not disappear here.
What comes across
- Customers and contacts
- Job history
- Outstanding quotes and invoices, where applicable
- Recurring jobs, rebuilt as proper PPM schedules
What gets built for the first time
- Asset registers for your contract sites, captured on first visits
- SLA definitions and contract billing structures
- Custom forms and certificates beyond Tradify's fixed library
- Dashboards for the numbers you have been running blind on
For procurement
The questions a commercial client will ask about your systems
When you bid for contract work, your software becomes part of their due diligence. Here is what Joblogic lets you answer.
SLA evidence
Response and fix times tracked against contract terms, reportable at review meetings without spreadsheet archaeology.
Compliance records
Certificates, F-Gas logs and forms attached to assets and sites, retrievable when the auditor or client asks.
Uptime
99.99% platform uptime as a service-level commitment, so your operation does not stop when their questions start.
Who you're buying from
Tracer Management Systems Ltd, trading as Joblogic. Birmingham, UK, since 1998. UK company registration 03611671.
Educate your shortlist
Five questions to ask before you pick
Ask us these. Ask Tradify these. The answers tell you which phase each product is built for.
- 1 Show me a maintenance contract with SLA tracking and a year of planned visits. Can the system do it at all?
- 2 When my client asks for the service history of an asset, where does it come from?
- 3 What happens when I need a form or certificate that is not in the library?
- 4 Which tier is reporting in, and what does it actually show me about margin?
- 5 If my business doubles, what breaks first: the software or the price?
Questions answered
Joblogic vs Tradify: frequently asked questions
Is Tradify cheaper than Joblogic?
At entry level, yes. Tradify runs £34 to £44 per user per month and is priced for sole traders. Joblogic costs more because it includes contract management, PPM, assets, stock and compliance that Tradify does not offer at any tier. The fair comparison is against the work you are bidding for, not the work behind you.
Can Tradify manage maintenance contracts and SLAs?
No. Tradify has no SLA or contract management features at any tier. Its nearest equivalents are recurring jobs (Pro tier) and service reminders (Plus tier). Joblogic includes full contract and SLA management as core product.
When should a business move from Tradify to Joblogic?
The usual trigger is contract work: a commercial client requiring SLAs, planned maintenance or asset reporting. If those words are appearing in your tenders, you have reached the ceiling. The second trigger is visibility: when you can no longer tell which work makes money.
Does Tradify do F-Gas or SFG20 compliance?
No. Neither appears anywhere in Tradify's feature set as of June 2026. Joblogic includes F-Gas (built with REFCOM) and SFG20 natively.
Is Tradify good software?
For its market, yes, and we say so on this page. High ratings, fast setup, free support, honest month-to-month pricing. The question is not whether Tradify is good; it is whether your work still fits what it was built for.
Does Tradify have an asset register?
No. There is no asset or equipment register in Tradify. Joblogic includes asset registers with QR tagging and full service history, which is what commercial maintenance clients expect to see.
Does Joblogic offer free setup and training like Tradify?
Joblogic includes structured role-based onboarding and 24/7 support with a 2-minute average response; implementation is scoped in writing as part of onboarding so you know exactly what is included.
Does Joblogic have AI?
Yes, working in the product today: a built-in assistant that detects missed actions and flags overdue jobs, with no separate licensing. Tradify's AI SmartTools sit on its top tier and focus on reading bills and drafting text. Beyond that, Joblogic is building toward an agentic operating system for service contractors, in pilot with early access customers now.
Can I move my data from Tradify to Joblogic?
Yes. Customers, jobs and history come across in a structured migration, and your recurring jobs get rebuilt as proper PPM schedules. Tradify is month to month, so timing is yours.
What is the best upgrade from Tradify for contract work?
For UK trade businesses moving into commercial service and maintenance work, Joblogic is the most direct step up: contracts, SLAs, PPM, assets, stock and compliance as core product, with 24/7 support and published pricing.
How long does implementation take?
For teams stepping up from an app like Tradify, implementation is sized accordingly; your scoping call gives you a real timeline in writing.
Does Joblogic do quoting, stock and purchase orders?
Yes. Quoting with enquiry-to-job conversion, stock control with location replenishment, purchase orders with supplier invoice matching, and schedules of rates, alongside job costing with per-job profit and loss. In Tradify, POs are top-tier only and stock control does not exist.
Where is my data hosted and who owns it?
Joblogic is a UK company with data hosted in the UK, ISO 27001 accredited, GDPR compliant and penetration tested. Your data remains yours, with structured export available if you ever leave.
Does Joblogic have a customer portal?
Yes, included: your customers see their jobs, quotes, invoices and reports under your brand. Tradify offers online quote acceptance but no customer portal.
Pricing yourself for the next contract, not the last one?
Bring a tender to the demo. We will show you what the client's requirements look like in Joblogic.
Book your demoExisting customer? Use the support live chat to speak to the team.
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