Tradify alternative UK: Fieldfare vs Tradify

In short

Tradify charges for every user, so six people on Pro cost about £222 a month against £49 on Fieldfare.
Fieldfare has clocking in and out and holiday allowances, which Tradify's own help centre says it doesn't offer.
Tradify is stronger on invoicing from the field and card payments. Fieldfare's invoices are simple PDFs, or it reads them from Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.

How Fieldfare and Tradify compare

Tradify is a general trades app, aimed mostly at electricians, plumbers and heating engineers. Fieldfare is made for UK gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance teams.

Prices and features come from each company's website and help centre in October 2026. If you are still building a shortlist, our guide to choosing gardening software covers what to test.

Price: Fieldfare£49 a month for the whole business, up to 99 users; Tradify£34 to £44 per user a month, so each member of staff adds to the bill
Free trial: Fieldfare30 days, card needed to start; Tradify14 days, no card needed
Built for: FieldfareUK gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance businesses; TradifyTrades such as electricians, plumbers and heating engineers, with UK gardening and landscaping pages
Clients with several sites: FieldfareYes, each site with its own access notes and visit history; TradifyYes, as sites with their own address and custom fields
Regular visits: FieldfareYes, regular jobs fill the calendar and each visit can be moved on its own; TradifyYes on Pro and Plus, as a template that creates a separate job for each visit
Clocking in and timesheets: FieldfareClock in and out on the phone, with timesheets and a payroll export; TradifyJob timers and manual time entries on Pro and Plus. No clocking in and out
Holidays: FieldfareAllowances, bookings and UK bank holidays by region; TradifyLogged as a leave timesheet entry. No allowances
Health and safety: FieldfareRAMS and COSHH library, site assessments, spray records and sign-offs; TradifyChecklist forms with photos and signatures. No UK RAMS, COSHH or spray records found
Vans: FieldfareMOT, tax, insurance and service dates; TradifyNot found
Quotes, invoices and payments: FieldfareSimple PDF quotes and invoices, marked paid. No card payments; TradifySent from the app by email or text, online quote acceptance, and card payments from 1.7% plus 20p
Accounting: FieldfareReads invoices and payments from Xero, QuickBooks or Sage; TradifySends invoices to Xero (with payments coming back), QuickBooks Online and Sage

	Fieldfare	Tradify
Price	£49 a month for the whole business, up to 99 users	£34 to £44 per user a month, so each member of staff adds to the bill
Free trial	30 days, card needed to start	14 days, no card needed
Built for	UK gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance businesses	Trades such as electricians, plumbers and heating engineers, with UK gardening and landscaping pages
Clients with several sites	Yes, each site with its own access notes and visit history	Yes, as sites with their own address and custom fields
Regular visits	Yes, regular jobs fill the calendar and each visit can be moved on its own	Yes on Pro and Plus, as a template that creates a separate job for each visit
Clocking in and timesheets	Clock in and out on the phone, with timesheets and a payroll export	Job timers and manual time entries on Pro and Plus. No clocking in and out
Holidays	Allowances, bookings and UK bank holidays by region	Logged as a leave timesheet entry. No allowances
Health and safety	RAMS and COSHH library, site assessments, spray records and sign-offs	Checklist forms with photos and signatures. No UK RAMS, COSHH or spray records found
Vans	MOT, tax, insurance and service dates	Not found
Quotes, invoices and payments	Simple PDF quotes and invoices, marked paid. No card payments	Sent from the app by email or text, online quote acceptance, and card payments from 1.7% plus 20p
Accounting	Reads invoices and payments from Xero, QuickBooks or Sage	Sends invoices to Xero (with payments coming back), QuickBooks Online and Sage

Cost for an owner and five staff

Recurring jobs need Tradify's Pro plan at £37 per user, so six people come to £222 a month. Add three seasonal staff in spring and it is £333 while they are with you.

The same team on Fieldfare is £49 a month, seasonal staff and subcontractor logins included. Storage is 50 GB, then £5 a month for each extra 50 GB.

Working alone, Tradify Pro at £37 is the cheaper of the two. With one employee it is £74 a month.

Clocking in, holidays and safety paperwork

Tradify's help centre says it doesn't offer clocking in and out, and leave is logged as a timesheet entry with no allowance behind it. If you pay staff by the hour, their hours and holiday end up on a separate spreadsheet.

On Fieldfare, staff clock in and out on their phones, odd times are flagged for you to check, and on Friday the week goes to payroll as an export. Holidays are booked against each person's allowance, and bank holidays for your part of the UK come off automatically.

Tradify's UK certificates cover electrical, gas and fire work. There's a RAMS and COSHH library for gardening work such as strimming, hedge cutting and herbicides, with staff sign-offs and spray records against each job.

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Regular visits and sites

Most visits on a maintenance round repeat weekly or fortnightly. Set each one up once and it fills the calendar as dated jobs. Move one client's Thursday visit to Friday and the rest of the pattern stays as it was.

Each site keeps its own access, parking and green waste notes, photos and visit history, so whoever turns up knows the gate code and where the bins go.

Where Tradify is strong

Tradify is good at invoicing from the field. Quotes and invoices go out by email or text, customers accept online and pay by card on site, and invoices flow into Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.

Invoices on Fieldfare are simple PDFs that you mark as paid. If you use Xero, QuickBooks or Sage, connect it and the invoices and payments are read across, so each client's history is complete. Clients pay you directly, so there are no per-payment fees. More on that in our invoicing guide.

Questions people ask before switching

Is Fieldfare cheaper than Tradify?

For a team, yes. Six people on Tradify Pro cost about £222 a month against Fieldfare's £49, though one person alone pays less on Tradify.

Does Tradify have clocking in and out?

Not at the time of writing. Its help centre says it records time with job timers and manual entries instead.

Can Fieldfare send invoices to Xero like Tradify?

No. Fieldfare reads invoices and payments from Xero, QuickBooks or Sage but never sends anything to them, so nothing in your accounts changes.

Can I bring my clients across from Tradify?

Yes. Export your client list as a spreadsheet, import it, then set up your regular visits as recurring jobs. Winter, when the round is quiet, is the easiest time.