Tradify alternative for UK tradesmen — honest comparison

If you have been using Tradify and thinking about switching, this is a straight comparison. No fluff.

Tradify is a solid job management tool built in New Zealand. It does the basics well. But it charges per seat, has no automated payment enforcement, and was not built around UK payment law. If late payment is your main problem — and for 87% of UK contractors it is — Tradify will not fix it.

What Tradify does well

Clean job management interface, good mobile app, quote and invoice creation, decent scheduling. Ththe basics. Most trade software does them. Tradify does them fine.

What Tradify does not have

No automated payment escalation. When a client goes overdue, Tradify sends one reminder. You still chase manually. Certi fires 7 escalating stages automatically — from a friendly nudge to a formal legal demand under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998. All calculated. All logged. All automatic.

No cryptographic compliance certificates. Every completed Certi job generates a SHA-256 cryptographic certificate — publicly verifiable at verify.certi.com. Tamper-proof, timestamped proof of work. Tradify has nothing like it.

Per-seat pricing. At 10 staff, Tradify runs to around £170 per month. Certi Team is £128 per month flat for up to 15 staff.

Not built for UK law. Certi is built around the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998. Statutory interest calculations, formal legal demand templates, the escalation sequence — all UK law, built in.

Feature comparison

| Feature | | Certi | |---|---|---| | Job management | Yes | Yes | | Quotes and invoices | Yes | Yes | | Digital contracts | Basic | Full, IP-logged, timestamped | | SHA-256 compliance certificates | No | Yes | | 7-stage payment escalation | No | Yes | | Late Payment Act 1998 built in | No | Yes | | Statutory interest calculation | No | Yes, automatic | | Per-seat pricing | Yes | No, flat rate | | Price at 10 staff | ~£170/mo | £128/mo | | UK-specific | No | Yes | | Free trial, no card | Yes | Yes, 10 days |

Pricing

• Contractor: £42/month (up to 2 staff, 20 jobs)
• Team: £128/month (up to 15 staff, 80 jobs)
• Company: £320/month (up to 45 staff, 240 jobs)
• Annual plans: 25 to 50% off, price locked for life as a founding member

Who should switch to Certi

If you have ever chased an invoice for more than two weeks, had a client dispute work you completed, or lost money because you could not afford a solicitor — Certi was built for you.

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