Why us, not the others
Plenty of apps stop at the quote. This one runs the job.
InstaQuote against Tradify, Fergus, Powered Now, ServiceM8, Jobber, YourTradebase, Joist, QuickBooks and the newer quoting apps. Said fairly, from what each one says on its own website.
Full app from £47/mo for you and one more · 7 days free · Cancel any time
Every rival line checked on their own site · 18 to 26 September 2026
Price a job in your trade, free
A typical job, priced from the app's own price book. Change it to yours and send it as a real quote. No signing up to try it.
Why us, not the others
Six things no other trade app we checked does.
Every app we checked does quotes, invoices, the diary, VAT and CIS. So do we. These six are on top, and none of the ten says it does them.
The deposit books the job.
No more chasing a date. They pick it, they move it, you turn up.
Your bank statement, matched to your invoices.
Upload it and every payment is matched to the invoice it paid. No surprise tax bill: what to put aside is shown as the year goes.
Download everything, even after you cancel.
Your work is yours, not ours. Five of the ten say on their own sites that they lock you out or delete it.
One tap splits labour and materials.
No more working out the itemised version at the kitchen table. Your merchant's prices, your markup.
Your own certificates, with reminders.
Gas Safe, NICEIC, CSCS, insurance, the lot on file. You're told before one runs out, never after.
Ask ChatGPT or Claude what's on today.
Make a key in Settings, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude once, and ask "who owes me?". It can read your account and never change it.
Checked on their own websites, 18 to 26 September 2026, and ServiceM8 again on 3 October, and all ten again on 12 October 2026: Tradify, Powered Now, Fergus, ServiceM8, Jobber, Commusoft, YourTradebase, QuickPrice, VoxTrade and PriceUp. Where their site says nothing, we say "not found", never "they don't".
The whole job
One job. One tap from you after Send.
After you send the quote, the only thing you do is tap Job done, and that sends the invoice. The deposit, the booking and the chaser run themselves.
Quote it
Your rates. Itemised quote. Your customer accepts online.
Book it
Deposit lands. Job goes into the diary, and the customer can move the date from their link.
Get paid
Tap Job done and the balance invoice goes out. Late payment gets chased.
Keep the books straight
VAT and CIS worked out. Expenses and bank matching on every plan.
App by app.
What each one is good at, then where it hands the job back to you.
InstaQuote vs Tradify
Tradify: Job management for trades: quotes, scheduling, invoices, card payments through Stripe, timesheets, and sync with Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB. It follows up unanswered quotes and overdue invoices on its own and emails your customers an appointment reminder.
Good at: A strong all-rounder for running the diary, and it does chase.
Where InstaQuote differs: The handover: its own site says an accepted quote is scheduled “with the tap of a button”, and a deposit on the quote or a customer moving their own date wasn't found on its site. With InstaQuote the deposit books the job itself, and the customer can move the date.
Checked 19 September 2026 on tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing and help.tradifyhq.com.
Full side by side: InstaQuote vs TradifyInstaQuote vs Fergus
Fergus: Job management for trades: quotes, scheduling, invoices and deposits, and it chases quotes and invoices. It launched voice to quote in the UK in September 2026.
Good at: A solid job manager, and it now quotes by voice too.
Where InstaQuote differs: Its site doesn't show the deposit booking the job or the customer moving their own date, and extra user types are charged on top. With InstaQuote the deposit books the job, the customer can move it, and the Firm plan covers up to 10 logins with nothing added.
Checked 26 September 2026 on fergus.com/uk/pricing and help.fergus.com.
Full side by side: InstaQuote vs FergusInstaQuote vs ServiceM8
ServiceM8: Job management for trades and services: quotes, invoices, deposits and scheduling, priced by how many jobs you do a month. Online booking and automated payment follow-ups are on every plan, and it can take a deposit when a customer books a set-price service online.
Good at: Flexible, and strong on job cards.
Where InstaQuote differs: The reverse charge is done by hand and CIS wasn't found on its site. With InstaQuote, CIS and the reverse charge are worked out for you, and the deposit on a quote you wrote books the job, with the customer free to move the date.
Checked 26 September 2026 on servicem8.com/uk/pricing, servicem8.com/uk/features-online-booking and support.servicem8.com.
Full side by side: InstaQuote vs ServiceM8InstaQuote vs Jobber
Jobber: Quotes, scheduling, invoicing, payments, online booking and a website, built for North America and priced in US dollars.
Good at: A big, polished app.
Where InstaQuote differs: UK VAT and CIS weren't found on its site, and a customer can book a job but moving their own date wasn't found there either. InstaQuote is UK-built, and the customer can move the job themselves.
Checked 26 September 2026 on getjobber.com/pricing and help.getjobber.com.
Full side by side: InstaQuote vs JobberInstaQuote vs Joist
Joist: Estimates, invoices and payments in one workflow, with scheduling, client management, expense tracking, financial reporting, homeowner financing, an AI receptionist and a QuickBooks sync.
Good at: Estimates, invoices and payments in one flow.
Where InstaQuote differs: UK VAT and CIS weren't found on its home page. InstaQuote is UK-built, works out VAT on every quote, CIS and the reverse charge on the jobs you tick, and books the job in when the deposit lands.
Checked 26 September 2026 on joist.com.
InstaQuote vs QuickBooks
QuickBooks: Accounting for UK small businesses: invoices your customers can pay online, bank feeds, payroll as an add-on, and Making Tax Digital VAT returns filed to HMRC (not on its lowest-priced tier, Sole Trader Plus).
Good at: Brilliant for the books.
Where InstaQuote differs: It's accounting software, not a job app for pricing on the doorstep or booking the job in. InstaQuote prices the job from your own rates and runs the job after it, and on every plan it keeps the books too.
Checked 26 September 2026 on quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/pricing.
InstaQuote vs QuickPrice & TailoredQuote
QuickPrice & TailoredQuote: Newer AI quoting apps for UK trades. QuickPrice quotes from a voice note, photos or a video, turns a quote into an invoice in one tap, chases unanswered quotes and keeps a site-visit diary. TailoredQuote drafts quotes from typed site notes, adds illustrative AI before-and-after images and takes a drawn e-signature. Both handle VAT.
Good at: Both are good at the quote, and TailoredQuote's e-signature and mockups are genuinely nice.
Where InstaQuote differs: CIS and the construction reverse charge weren't found on either home page, and neither site shows a deposit taken on acceptance that books the job into your calendar the moment it's paid, with the customer free to move the date. That's where InstaQuote keeps going: deposit, booking, invoice sent when you tap Job done, chasing, VAT and CIS worked out.
Checked 26 September 2026 on getquickprice.com/gb and tailoredquote.co.uk.
InstaQuote vs Powered Now
Powered Now: UK job management: quotes, a drag-and-drop diary, invoices with pay links, automatic invoice chasing on Premium, deposits, VAT, CIS and MTD, 80+ trade forms and certificates, a free website, and an AI receptionist for your calls.
Good at: The closest match on paperwork.
Where InstaQuote differs: At either end of the job, InstaQuote prices the job from what you type, say or photograph, off your own rates, and when the customer pays the deposit on the quote, the job books itself into your calendar and they can move it themselves.
Checked 26 September 2026 on powerednow.com and powerednow.com/pricing.
Full side by side: InstaQuote vs Powered NowInstaQuote vs YourTradebase
YourTradebase: UK quotes, jobs and job sheets, invoices you can raise for a deposit or a part payment, automatic reminders on overdue invoices, card payments through Stripe, and Xero and QuickBooks sync.
Good at: A tidy job book, and it chases invoices for you.
Where InstaQuote differs: Its scheduling is for your team: a deposit on the quote that books the job into your calendar the moment it's paid, or a customer who can move the date themselves, wasn't found on its site. InstaQuote does both.
Checked 18 September 2026 on yourtradebase.com/pricing, yourtradebase.com/features/all and help.yourtradebase.com.
Full side by side: InstaQuote vs YourTradebaseInstaQuote vs Handoff
Handoff: AI estimates from a scope, photos or plans, plus invoicing, milestone billing, scheduling, takeoffs, change orders and a CRM, for US contractors. Priced in dollars.
Good at: Good at the estimate.
Where InstaQuote differs: It's built for the US: UK VAT and CIS weren't found on its home page. InstaQuote is UK-built and runs the job after the quote: deposit, booking into your calendar, self-reschedule, invoice sent and chased.
Checked 26 September 2026 on handoff.ai.
Prices shown are what you pay. InstaQuote is not currently VAT registered, so no VAT is added. Their prices are as their own pages show them, and some are before VAT.
Built on the tools, not in a boardroom
I'm Tom. Ten years in the trade, and every quote done sat in the van on the drive. If that's you, keep reading.
I started in the trade at 17. Ten years in, the work was fine. It was everything after the work.
Every night I'd pull up at home and sit in the van on the drive, because the quotes and the invoices and the chasing had to be done before I went in. Every night. And the better the quotes were, the more people rang, so it never got smaller. I was starting to hate a trade I'd loved since I was 17.
If you've ever sat outside your own house doing paperwork, you know.
I tried every system going. Every one made a quote, then left me in the van doing the rest.
So I came off the tools and spent 18 months building the thing that didn't exist. Every step I used to do on that drive, built in so it happens without you. The quote prices itself from your rates. The deposit books the job. The invoice goes when you tap Job done. The late payer gets chased. VAT and CIS worked out.
Two things we found in no other trade app we checked: the deposit on your quote books the job and the customer moves the date themselves, and your bank statement gets matched with the tax to put aside shown.
It's new. Price a real job on it, 7 days free. If it's not quicker than what you do now, bin it and tell me why.
What I want is simple: you out of the van and in the house, paid properly and on time, and back in love with the trade you picked.
Want your prices set up with you? Reply to the welcome email and I'll ring you.
- InstaQuote Ltd
- Co. No. 17224118
- Registered in England & Wales
- ICO ZC153382
- Payments on Stripe, we never see a card number
- Data never sold
- VAT, CIS & reverse charge the HMRC way
The whole job
The same job, before and after.
You shouldn't have to do any of this. After you send the quote, the only thing you do is tap Job done. The deposit, the booking, the invoice and the chasing are handled.
- 01Quoting
NowQuote typed up after tea. Sent as a PDF. No reply for a week.
With InstaQuoteQuote priced from your saved rates in seconds. Sent straight away. The customer accepts on their phone.
- 02Customer acceptance & deposit
NowDeposit asked for by text. Paid when they remember.
With InstaQuoteThe quote is accepted and the deposit is paid on the same screen, by card.
- 03Invoices & payment chasing
NowInvoice done on Sunday. Paid a month late after two awkward calls.
With InstaQuoteTap Job done and the invoice goes out. Late payers get reminders in your name that stop when they pay.
- 04VAT, CIS & totals
NowVAT and CIS added up at the kitchen table, twice, to be sure.
With InstaQuoteVAT, CIS and job totals worked out on every quote and invoice, the HMRC way, with the figure shown.
The difference, in one line: we work after you win the job.
You do the job. InstaQuote does the quote, then books the job into your calendar the moment the deposit lands, and the customer can even reschedule themselves. Tap Job done and it sends the invoice, chases the money and works out the VAT and CIS, and on every plan it keeps the books, so you get your evenings back.
7 days free · Cancel any time
Our word
No catches.
7 days genuinely free.
Your 7 free days start when you do. At the end of the free week you pick a plan, or the account pauses with nothing deleted. No InstaQuote charge during the trial.
No sales call to see the price.
Every plan is published in pounds on the pricing page.
No minimum term. Cancel when you want.
Cancel from Settings in a couple of taps. No notice period, no phone call, no form.
Take your data with you.
Export your customers, quotes, invoices, photos and receipts in one file, on any plan, even after you've cancelled.
No InstaQuote fee on your card payments.
Take a deposit or an invoice by card and InstaQuote adds nothing. Stripe's own card rate still applies, the same as anywhere.
Not quicker than what you do now? Cancel.
Price a real job on it in your free week. If it isn't quicker, cancel in a couple of taps and tell us why, so we fix it.
Get your
Sunday nights back.
Price a real job on it. Build the quote from your rates, send it, and watch the deposit, the booking and the chaser run themselves. If it isn't quicker than what you do now, cancel in a couple of taps and tell us why.
Free with your membership
An ANNA business account
Plus MTD for Self Assessment free for a year, for sole traders
£0 to InstaQuote during the trial. Then from £47/month only if you choose to continue.