It has a free tier for a single user with a monthly job cap, and paid tiers above it by job volume. The current limits are on its pricing page; we do not repeat them here because they change.

TradeOps · Compared

TradeOps vs ServiceM8.

Q: Is TradeOps a ServiceM8 alternative?

For a UK business that wants a proper website and the office in one place, yes. For a sole trader on an iPhone who wants a free start, ServiceM8 is hard to beat, and we say so.

Q: Does TradeOps have an app in the store?

No. It is a web app that works on any phone, tablet or laptop from the same login, so there is nothing to install and nothing to keep updated. If a native app with offline forms is essential to you, ServiceM8 is the stronger fit.

Q: Can I move from ServiceM8?

Yes. Export your clients and jobs and we load them, with your price list, as part of the set-up.

ServiceM8 is a strong, well-priced job app that many one-van businesses start on. Here is how the two differ in shape, so you can tell which is the better buy for yours.

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What ServiceM8 is good at

Said first, because it is true.

Australian, aimed at trades and field-service businesses

Getting a small trade business running quickly and cheaply. Jobs, quotes, invoices, a diary with a map, checklists, forms and photos, all on a very good iPhone and iPad app. Pricing scales by how many jobs you do rather than how many people you have, and there is a free tier for a sole trader.

Priced by monthly job volume rather than per user, including a free tier for one person; the current tiers are on its pricing page.

ServiceM8's site ServiceM8's pricing

As ServiceM8 describes itself

Job cards, quoting, invoicing and scheduling
A full iOS app; a lighter Android app
Forms, checklists, photos and job notes
SMS and email to customers
Accounting integrations
Online booking

Side by side

The differences that do not go away.

Features move around; either product can add a screen next month. These rows are the shape of each, which is the part that stays put. If one is out of date, tell us and we will change it.

	TradeOps	ServiceM8
Your public website	Part of the product, built and put live on your own domain	A separate site, or a booking page they host
Enquiries from that site	Arrive as leads with the job already attached	A form or a connector, forwarded on
Where the data sits	One UK database, kept apart per business by the database itself	Their platform, in their region
What you pay	One product, one price, on the product page — nothing per user	A subscription for as long as you use it; see their pricing page
Who fixes it when it breaks	The engineers who wrote it, in London	A support queue
Which phones	The web app on anything; there is no store app to install	Full app on iPhone and iPad; a lighter one on Android
What grows the bill	Nothing — one product, one price	Job volume: a busier month is a higher tier

Choose ServiceM8 if

You are one van on an iPhone, you want to be running this afternoon at little or no cost, and a website is not on your list.

Choose TradeOps if

You want the website and the office as one system on your own domain, a price that does not rise with your job count, and Android and desktop treated as well as iPhone.

Straight answers

TradeOps or ServiceM8: the questions people ask.

Is TradeOps a ServiceM8 alternative?

Does TradeOps have an app in the store?

Can I move from ServiceM8?

Is ServiceM8 free?

One price, one system

Put the two prices side by side yourself.

Theirs is on their pricing page. Ours is one number on the product page, with nothing per user.

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