YellowTradie against ServiceM8

ServiceM8 is a field service app that is used by many trade and service firms. It covers scheduling and quotes and invoices and payments and customer messages and team work and forms, and it has been built out over many years. That depth is its strength, and this comparison starts there. If you want a platform that can run a crew and capture forms and assets on site, ServiceM8 is the more set up choice.

Our verdict is that ServiceM8 is the better fit for a firm that wants job limits by plan and a wide set of add ons, and YellowTradie is the better fit for a person on their own who wants the quote to write itself from speech and the records to stay on the phone. The table is for that one person.

Prices checked on 24 October 2026. YellowTradie checked on yellowtradie.com/pricing.html. ServiceM8 UK checked on servicem8.com/uk/pricing on the same day. ServiceM8 UK prices are in pounds and exclude VAT.

When YellowTradie is the better fit

Choose YellowTradie if you want:

• to speak the job on site and have the quote fill itself into Materials and Labour and travel and charges
• a single price of £19.99 a month with no limit on how many jobs you make that month
• your jobs and quotes and invoices kept on your phone, with no second login
• the customer's link to approve a quote without an account or a password
• tax figures worked from your records as an estimate, with the note that it is not advice

Side by side

| What you pay and what it gets checked on | YellowTradie | ServiceM8 | |---|---|---| | Price checked on 24 Oct 2026 | £19.99 a month. One plan, everything in the app, no per seat fee, no job limit. 14 days free, card needed. App not in the shops yet, 14 days start when it opens. Checked on yellowtradie.com/pricing.html | Free £0 a month for 1 user and 30 jobs. Starter £25 a month, Growing £59, Premium £119, Premium Plus £269. Each plan is for unlimited users except Free. Job limits are 50, 150, 500 and 1500 plus. Each price excludes VAT. Checked on servicem8.com/uk/pricing on 24 Oct 2026 | | How price grows with jobs | No limit. The price is the same if you make 10 jobs or 100 that month | By plan. The monthly price rises with the number of jobs you can make that month | | Cost for one person at the lowest paid plan checked 24 Oct 2026 | £19.99 a month | £25 a month on Starter for 50 jobs, unlimited users, excludes VAT | | Cost for one person who needs more jobs checked 24 Oct 2026 | £19.99 a month | Growing £59 a month for 150 jobs. Premium £119 for 500 jobs. Premium Plus £269 for 1500 plus jobs. All exclude VAT | | Free option | No free plan. 14 days free then £19.99 a month | Free plan for sole traders at £0 for 1 user and 30 jobs, as stated on their UK pricing page | | Quote written by speaking | Yes. Each sentence files into its place while you talk, and the total is worked out. You can still type in the same form | No. Quotes are built from items and bundles and templates. Online acceptance and proposals are on Growing and above. AI helpers can draft quotes and invoices | | Quote to job to invoice chain | The quote becomes the job on approval, and the job becomes the bill in one press. The job keeps the quote and the invoice and the costs and the photos | The quote becomes the job, and the job becomes the invoice. Progress invoicing is in Starter and above, with live statements and automated follow ups | | Jobs on the phone with no signal | Quotes and jobs and invoices are on the phone. A spoken phrase needs a signal to be turned into lines | Phone apps for iOS and Android plus desktop app and offline access. Changes sync when you are back in range | | Where your records live | On your phone in the app. A sheet export is made for the accountant when you need it | In ServiceM8 cloud. Phone and desktop and web from the same account | | Customer link to answer a quote | A link per quote and per bill at link.yellowtradie.com. The customer opens it and taps Approve or Decline | Online quote acceptance and proposals, plus customer emails and texts kept with the job | | Chasing what is still owed | A card on Home when a sent invoice is past due. The message asks for the balance and carries the bank details and the reference | Automated payment follow ups by email and text, plus live invoice statements | | Money paid and still owed | Payment log on the phone with date and method per payment, part payments kept, balance and ageing used by chasing and Home | Mobile and online card payments on every plan, with job profitability and markup billing on Premium and above | | Accounting link live today | Sheet export for the accountant. Connections to Xero and QuickBooks and FreeAgent are being built | Xero and QuickBooks Online sync on every plan, as listed on servicem8.com/uk/pricing | | Diary and assigning work | Diary with busy days and multi day jobs. It moves to In Progress on its start date. No way to give the job to someone else | Scheduling with dispatch map, urgent dispatch, live GPS, and crew tools. Staff log is part of the platform | | Trial and card | 14 days free, card needed to start. App not in the shops yet | 14 day free trial, no card needed to start, as stated on servicem8.com/uk/pricing |

What ServiceM8 does better

ServiceM8 does more on site than we do. Electronic forms and asset tracking and proposals and bundles are in the plan set, and the form store has hundreds of pre made forms you can buy and use on any plan. A trader who has to leave a certificate or a report on site will find that work ready. We do not make certificates and we say so.

It is built for a team in a way we are not. Every paid plan allows unlimited users, and each plan adds more jobs per month rather than per user. You get dispatch and GPS and timesheets and staff messaging and a service phone system from £15 a month on top. YellowTradie has one phone for one person and no user count at all. If you pay even one other person, that side will be used each week.

The free plan is a real difference. A sole trader can run 30 jobs a month at no charge on ServiceM8. YellowTradie has no free plan. Our trial is 14 days with a card, and then £19.99 a month. If you want to run a live business at no monthly cost, that free tier will be the deciding point.

Questions

What does ServiceM8 cost for a solo trader today

On servicem8.com/uk/pricing checked on 24 October 2026, ServiceM8 UK is Free at £0 a month for 1 user and 30 jobs, then Starter £25 a month for 50 jobs, Growing £59 for 150 jobs, Premium £119 for 500 jobs, and Premium Plus £269 for 1500 plus jobs. All paid plans allow unlimited users. Each price excludes VAT. YellowTradie checked the same day is £19.99 a month, one plan, 14 days free with a card, with no job limit.

Is there a free option

Yes, on ServiceM8. The Free plan is £0 a month for 1 user and 30 jobs. It includes scheduling and quotes and invoices and the main tools, with extra jobs earned by taking card payments in some cases. YellowTradie has a free trial but no free plan.

Do I need accounting software with either one

Not to keep the tax figures. Both keep money in and money out. ServiceM8 syncs clients and invoices and payments with Xero and QuickBooks Online on every plan. YellowTradie exports a sheet for the accountant and the live links are being built. If a direct feed is a must today, that will be the deciding point.

Can ServiceM8 handle certificates and forms

Yes. Electronic forms and asset management and bundles are part of the paid set, with forms sold in the form store on any plan. You can fill them on site and make a PDF. YellowTradie does not make trade certificates. We keep the job proof as notes and photos tied to the job.

What happens to my records if I cancel

In YellowTradie the records stay on your phone, so cancelling stops the payment and leaves quotes and invoices where they were. In ServiceM8 the records are in the cloud, so you need an export if you leave. Check the terms on their site for how long trial data is kept after you stop.

Which one is better if I only do 20 jobs a month

If the count is low, ServiceM8 Free can cover it at £0. If you want speech to quote and the phone to hold the whole record with no other account, YellowTradie at £19.99 a month is the trade. Price and job count are the first two rows to compare.

Related

• How we compare: what we check and how the price date works.
• Every part of the app: the full list, one line each.
• What it costs: one plan at £19.99 a month, what happens on day 15, and how to cancel.

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