Job management software in the UK costs anything from £25 a month for one person to several hundred pounds a month for a team of 15. The headline price is rarely the whole story: whether you pay per user, whether VAT is included and what sits on a higher tier can double what you actually pay.
Prices checked on on each vendor's own pricing page, linked below. Published by HiveSuite, so we have kept to published facts and left out introductory offers. Vendors change their prices, so confirm before you buy.
How much does job management software cost?
Based on published UK prices in October 2026, before VAT:
- Sole trader (1 user): about £25 to £49 a month.
- 5-person team: about £59 to £245 a month, depending on whether you pay per user.
- 15-person team: about £119 to £735 a month, or a custom quote.
Add 20% if you can't reclaim VAT. HiveSuite is £34.99, £89.99 and £249.99 a month for those three teams, including VAT. The full workings are in the worked examples.
Four pricing models, four different bills.
- Per user
- A price for every person with a login, each month. Simple for one person, but the bill grows with every hire. Tradify, Workever, Joblogic Standard and Powered Now Professional and Premium work this way. Check whether field staff count as full users or have a cheaper user type, as with Fergus timesheet users.
- Tiered by team size
- A set price for a set number of people. HiveSuite works this way, with separate admin/staff and crew seats on each plan. Jobber is a mix: each plan includes a number of users and extra users cost more. The bill only changes when you move up a tier.
- By job volume
- ServiceM8 prices by the number of jobs a month, with unlimited users on paid plans. Good value for large crews doing fewer jobs; check what happens in a busy month.
- Quote only
- Commusoft, Simpro, ServiceTitan and BigChange don't publish prices, and Joblogic's Premium and Enterprise plans are on request. Expect a sales call, and ask about setup fees and contract length.
Annual billing usually lowers the monthly figure but commits you for a year. Joblogic's published Standard price is billed annually; Powered Now, Workever, Jobber, Housecall Pro and WorkflowMAX show lower prices for paying ahead. Compare the monthly price you could leave as well as the annual one.
What's usually not in the headline price.
- Text messages: Tradify charges 10p per message, Fergus £8 per 100 SMS, and ServiceM8 5p for each SMS over the allowance. HiveSuite SMS needs a paid plan and credits.
- Card payment fees: charged by the payment provider on every card payment, for example Fergus lists 1.6% + 20p per transaction. HiveSuite charges no transaction fees of its own; Stripe's standard fees apply if you use it.
- Higher tiers: customer portals, stock control, service contracts and certificates are often on the more expensive plans. Workever, for example, puts stock, assets, service contracts and its customer portal on Ultimate.
- Extra users and user types: Jobber charges $29 a month for each extra user, YourTradebase £15 a month and Housecall Pro MAX $35 a month.
- Setup, onboarding and data import: rarely shown on quote-only vendors' sites. Ask before you sign.
- Add-ons: such as Tradify's £10 a month website, Joist's $49 a month AI Receptionist, or Commusoft's paid add-on modules.
Add 20% unless you reclaim VAT.
Most UK pricing pages show prices excluding VAT. If your business is not VAT registered, you pay the extra 20% and can't get it back, so a £34 per user plan really costs £40.80. If you are VAT registered, you can usually reclaim the VAT, so the price before VAT is your real cost.
HiveSuite's prices include VAT: Solo at £34.99 a month is about £29.16 before VAT. ServiceM8 issues reverse-charge invoices and says most businesses can reclaim the VAT with no net extra cost. Tradify, Fergus, Joblogic and WorkflowMAX don't say on their pricing pages whether VAT is included, so ask.
US-based vendors such as Jobber, Housecall Pro and Joist publish their prices in US dollars excluding sales tax. Check the GBP price and VAT you would actually be charged.
Published UK job management software prices.
Checked on 26 October 2026. Each vendor's own pricing page is linked; follow the guide link for a full comparison with HiveSuite.
| Software | Published price | How it is priced | VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| HiveSuite | £34.99 to £499.99/month (Small Team £89.99 for 5 admin/staff + 5 crew) | By team size; every feature on every plan. | Prices include VAT. |
| ServiceM8 | Priced by jobs per month, unlimited users: Starter £25, Growing £59, Premium £119, Premium Plus £269, excluding VAT. Source | Priced by the number of jobs a month, with unlimited users on paid plans and an SMS allowance. Extra SMS 5p each. | Prices exclude VAT. ServiceM8 issues reverse-charge invoices and says most businesses can reclaim the VAT. |
| Powered Now | Business £28/month for one user; Professional £32 and Premium £40 per user/month, billed monthly, plus VAT. Source | Business is a single-user plan. Professional and Premium are per user. Annual billing lowers the monthly equivalent. | All prices exclude VAT. |
| Workever | Base £29 and Ultimate £39 per user/month, excluding VAT. Monthly with no contract, or save up to 15% annually. Source | Per user, per month; one licence covers office and mobile access. | Prices exclude VAT. |
| YourTradebase | £29/month, additional users £15/month each, plus VAT. Annual billing gives 2 months free. Source | One base price plus £15/month for each additional user. The page does not say how many users the base price covers. | Prices are subject to VAT. |
| Tradify | Lite £34, Pro £37 and Plus £44 per user/month, month to month. Text messages are 10p each. Source | Per user, per month. Month to month with no contract. | The UK pricing page does not say whether prices include VAT. |
| Fergus | Essentials from £39/month and Professional from £45/month, with timesheet users from £12/month. SMS is £8 per 100. Source | Fergus says you pay per user, per month. Timesheet users and contractor users are cheaper user types. Teams of 10+ get a custom plan. | The UK pricing page does not say whether prices include VAT. |
| Joblogic | Standard from £49 per user/month, billed annually. Premium and Enterprise are quote only. Source | Per user, per month on Standard, billed annually. Premium is priced on request and Enterprise is scoped to your operation. | The pricing page does not say whether prices include VAT. |
| WorkflowMAX | GBP per user/month: Essentials £6.11 (3-25 users), Pro £11.11 (from 5 users), Advanced £18.89 (from 10 users). Source | Per user with a minimum user count on each plan. Quarterly billing saves 5% and annual 10%. | The pricing page does not say whether prices include VAT. |
| Jobber | Published in US dollars: Core $49/month billed monthly for 1 user, extra users $29/month each. Lower prices need annual billing. Source | Price per plan with 1 user included (5 on Plus); extra users $29/month each. | Prices shown in USD and exclude sales tax where applicable. No GBP price was shown on the page we checked. |
| Housecall Pro | Published in US dollars: Basic $79, Essentials $189 and MAX $329 a month billed monthly. UK availability is not stated. Source | Price per plan with users included (1, 5 or 8); MAX adds users at $35/month. Annual billing costs less. | USD prices exclusive of US sales tax. No UK pricing shown. |
| Joist | Published in US dollars only: Pro $17, Elite $32 and Run $100 a month billed monthly, flat rather than per user. Source | Flat monthly plans (Basics, Pro, Elite, Run); annual billing includes 2 months free. AI Receptionist add-on $49/month. | USD pricing only; no UK or GBP pricing or tax wording shown. |
| Commusoft | Quote only. Commusoft lists its Go Paperless, Customer Journey and Automation plans and add-ons without prices. Source | Quote only: plans and add-ons (such as Fleet+, Sales+, AI:den+ and Analytics+) are priced on a call. | No prices published. |
| Simpro | Quote only. Simpro does not publish a price list; pricing depends on the package, users and add-ons. Source | Quote only, based on the package, number of users and add-ons. | No prices published. |
| ServiceTitan | Quote only. Starter, Essentials and The Works are priced per technician on request. Source | Per technician, priced on request for each package. | No prices published. |
| BigChange | Quote only. BigChange does not publish a price list. Source | Quote only, based on the package you agree. | No prices published. |
Joblogic vs Simpro pricing: Joblogic publishes a Standard price, from £49 per user a month billed annually, with Premium and Enterprise on request. Simpro is quote only. To compare the two, ask both for a written quote for the same number of office and field users and the same modules.
Where a vendor shows introductory discounts (Jobber, Fergus and Joist did in October 2026), we list the standard price. "Quote only" means the vendor publishes no price, so we have not estimated one.
What three typical teams would pay each month.
These use each vendor's cheapest published plan that covers the team, billed monthly unless the vendor only publishes an annual price. They assume everyone who works on jobs needs a login. Vendors that only quote, price in US dollars or need user-type decisions we can't make for you are left out. Features differ between plans, so the cheapest figure is not automatically the best fit.
Sole trader: 1 person, around 40 jobs a month
| Software | Plan | Published price | With 20% VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| ServiceM8 | Starter (50 jobs) | £25.00 ex VAT | £30.00 |
| Powered Now | Business (1 user) | £28.00 ex VAT | £33.60 |
| HiveSuite | Solo (1 admin/staff + 2 crew) | £34.99 inc VAT | £34.99 (£29.16 before VAT) |
| Workever | Base (1 user) | £29.00 ex VAT | £34.80 |
| YourTradebase | Base price | £29.00 plus VAT | £34.80 |
| Tradify | Lite (1 user) | £34.00, VAT not stated | £40.80 if VAT is added |
| Fergus | Essentials | From £39.00, VAT not stated | £46.80 if VAT is added |
| Joblogic | Standard (billed annually) | £49.00, VAT not stated | £58.80 if VAT is added |
For one person the published prices sit close together, and ServiceM8 and Powered Now are cheaper than HiveSuite. HiveSuite Solo includes two crew seats, so you can add a helper or subcontractor without changing plan. More in our sole trader software guide.
5-person team: 1 in the office, 4 in the field, around 150 jobs a month
| Software | Plan | Published price | With 20% VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| ServiceM8 | Growing (150 jobs, unlimited users) | £59.00 ex VAT | £70.80 |
| HiveSuite | Small Team (5 admin/staff + 5 crew) | £89.99 inc VAT | £89.99 (£74.99 before VAT) |
| Workever | Base, 5 x £29 | £145.00 ex VAT | £174.00 |
| Powered Now | Professional, 5 x £32 | £160.00 ex VAT | £192.00 |
| Tradify | Lite, 5 x £34 | £170.00, VAT not stated | £204.00 if VAT is added |
| Joblogic | Standard, 5 x £49 (billed annually) | £245.00, VAT not stated | £294.00 if VAT is added |
This is where per-user pricing starts to show. ServiceM8 is cheapest if 150 jobs a month covers you; above that, its next plan is £119. HiveSuite Small Team has room for 5 more crew at the same price. Fergus depends on how many full and timesheet users you need, and YourTradebase on how many users its base price covers, so ask them for a team quote.
15-person team: 3 in the office, 12 in the field, around 500 jobs a month
| Software | Plan | Published price | With 20% VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| ServiceM8 | Premium (500 jobs, unlimited users) | £119.00 ex VAT | £142.80 |
| HiveSuite | Professional (20 admin/staff + unlimited crew) | £249.99 inc VAT | £249.99 (£208.33 before VAT) |
| Workever | Base, 15 x £29 | £435.00 ex VAT | £522.00 |
| Powered Now | Professional, 15 x £32 | £480.00 ex VAT | £576.00 |
| Tradify | Lite, 15 x £34 | £510.00, VAT not stated | £612.00 if VAT is added |
| Joblogic | Standard, 15 x £49 (billed annually) | £735.00, VAT not stated | £882.00 if VAT is added |
HiveSuite Growing Team (£149.99 including VAT) covers 10 admin/staff and 10 crew, so a team with no more than 10 people in the field would pay that instead. Fergus offers a custom plan for more than 10 staff, and Commusoft, Simpro, ServiceTitan and BigChange quote larger teams individually.
On every example, also allow for text messages, card fees and any add-ons from the list above. Our cheapest FSM software guide and per-user pricing article go further on the trade-offs.
Priced by team size, every feature on every plan.
HiveSuite plans differ only in how many people they include. Every plan has the same features, from quotes, invoices and HivePlanner scheduling to the Customer Portal, HiveIntel reporting, compliance certificates, stock and purchase orders, HiveHire, HiveFleet and HiveLeave. Prices include VAT, and plans are month to month.
| Plan | Monthly, inc. VAT | Included users |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | £34.99 | 1 admin/staff + 2 crew |
| Small Team | £89.99 | 5 admin/staff + 5 crew |
| Growing Team | £149.99 | 10 admin/staff + 10 crew |
| Professional | £249.99 | 20 admin/staff + unlimited crew |
| Enterprise | £499.99 | 50 admin/staff + unlimited crew |
- Where HiveSuite is good value: teams of 3 or more who would otherwise pay per user, and businesses that want features such as the Customer Portal or stock control without moving up a tier.
- Where it may not be cheapest: a sole trader on a tight budget, or a large crew doing relatively few jobs, where a job-volume plan can cost less.
- What costs extra: SMS sending needs a paid plan and credits, a dedicated UK number for replies is a separate paid option, and Stripe charges its own card fees if you use it. Stripe is included on every plan, or use your own payment methods.
- Billing: annual billing is available (Solo £349 a year). Cancel any time; you keep access until the end of the billing period. See the refund and cancellation policy.
See HiveSuite pricing for the full plan details, or compare HiveSuite one to one with Tradify, Jobber, Commusoft, Joblogic and every other platform.
Job management software cost questions
How much does job management software cost in the UK?
Most UK job management software costs £25 to £50 a month for one user and roughly £60 to £250 a month for a five-person team, before VAT, based on published prices we checked on 26 October 2026. Per-user pricing grows with every person you add, while team-size and job-volume plans grow in steps. Some vendors, such as Commusoft, Simpro, ServiceTitan and BigChange, only give prices on request.
Is job management software priced per user?
Often, but not always. Tradify, Workever, Joblogic Standard and Powered Now Professional and Premium charge per user per month. ServiceM8 charges by jobs per month with unlimited users, HiveSuite charges by team size with set admin/staff and crew seats, and Jobber includes users in each plan and charges for extra ones.
Do job management software prices include VAT?
Usually not. Most UK vendors show prices excluding VAT, so add 20% to compare like for like unless your business is VAT registered and reclaims it. HiveSuite's published prices include VAT. Some pricing pages, including Tradify's, Fergus's and Joblogic's, do not say either way, so ask.
How much does job management software cost for electricians or landscapers?
Electricians and landscapers usually pay the same as any other trade, because most platforms price by users, team size or job volume rather than by trade. What changes is the plan you need: electricians should check that certificates such as EICRs and Minor Works are included, and landscapers should check recurring maintenance visits and invoices. HiveSuite includes both on every plan from £34.99 a month including VAT.
Why don't some vendors publish their prices?
Vendors such as Commusoft, Simpro, ServiceTitan and BigChange quote each business on its users, modules and contract terms instead of publishing a price list. Ask for the monthly cost per user, any setup or onboarding fee, the contract length and whether VAT is included, all in writing, before you compare.
How much does HiveSuite cost?
HiveSuite costs from £34.99 a month including VAT on Solo (1 admin/staff + 2 crew), £89.99 on Small Team (5 admin/staff + 5 crew), £149.99 on Growing Team, £249.99 on Professional and £499.99 on Enterprise. Every plan includes every feature. SMS credits, a dedicated number and card processing fees are extra, and there is a 30-day free trial with no credit card.
Trade-specific pages: software for electricians and software for landscapers.
Price your own team, then test a real job.
Write down how many people work in the office and in the field, how many jobs you do a month and how many texts you send. Price each shortlisted platform's cheapest plan that covers all three, including VAT, then run one real job through the trial.
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