Best Job Management Software for Electricians UK: Tradify vs Fergus vs Powered Now
Updated: Sep 9
Tradify, Fergus and Powered Now all want to be the place an electrician runs the day. That makes the comparison easier in one sense and harder in another: all three cover the obvious jobs. The useful differences come from how they price, connect the workflow and fit the way your team already works.
Tradify
Tradify publishes a per-user pricing model and a broad trade workflow covering job management, scheduling, quoting, invoicing, payments and accounting sync. It is worth testing if you want a recognisably trade-first system with a lot of the commercial workflow in one place.
Fergus
Fergus also targets trade businesses, with quoting, scheduling, job cards, time, materials and accounting connections. Its published UK pricing starts with full-user plans and separate lower-cost timesheet-user options, so team structure matters when you price it.
Powered Now
Powered Now publishes lower headline monthly plans, also on a per-user basis, and includes trade-focused tools such as job sheets, scheduling, forms, certificates, invoicing and accounting-related features depending on plan.
How I would decide
Price your real number and type of users
Check the exact electrical certificates/forms you need
Run one quote-to-job-to-invoice workflow
Change the job halfway through
Test accounting sync or export
Make a field user complete the job without coaching
Test it like an electrical job, not a software demo
Use one job from first enquiry to payment. Build the quote, schedule the visit, add a variation, attach site photos or documents, record the work, produce the certificate or form you actually use, then invoice and check what reaches your accounts. If engineers regularly lose signal, include that in the trial rather than discovering the limitation on site.
For a wider shortlist, use our job management software buyer’s guide. If Tradify is already on your list, the Tradify alternatives guide is the quicker route to deciding whether you need a different type of system rather than another feature comparison.
Do not crown a winner from the website
These products change. Your workflow is also probably stranger than the marketing example. A forty-minute trial with a realistic electrical job is worth more than another table with green ticks.
Bottom line
Tradify, Fergus and Powered Now are all credible shortlist names. The best one is the one your actual team can run cleanly at a cost you still like after adding every required user.
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