TradeCert is a slick AI electrical-certificate app, but it stops at certificates — and it's £18+VAT a month plus £7 for every extra user. TradePlanr does 37 certificate types plus your quotes, invoices, job diary and card payments for one flat £9.99/month, no per-user fees and a free plan to start.
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An honest, side-by-side look. Where they're the specialist, we say so.
| TradePlanr | TradeCert | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | £9.99 flat | £18+VAT (~£21.60) |
| Per-user / per-seat fees | None | +£7 per extra user |
| Free plan (not just a trial) | Yes (watermarked PDFs) | |
| Invoicing | ||
| Quotes & estimates | ||
| Job diary & scheduling | ||
| Online card payments (branded pay page) | ||
| Certificate types | 37 types (all trades) | Electrical (EICR, EIC, Minor Works, PAT…) |
| EICR, EIC & Minor Works | ||
| Works offline on site | ||
| iOS, Android & web | ||
| AI board scanning & regs assistant | Specialist |
Comparison based on TradeCert's publicly published pricing and positioning at the time of writing. Prices may change — check their site for the latest.
TradeCert stops when the cert is signed. TradePlanr turns the same job into a quote, an invoice and a card-payment link, plus a job diary — so certifying and getting paid happen in one place, not two apps.
TradeCert is £18+VAT a month and adds £7 for every extra person on the tools. TradePlanr is a flat £9.99/month for the whole business, whoever's on site — the gap widens with every user you add.
TradePlanr includes 37 certificate types — EICR, EIC, Minor Works, PAT, Landlord Gas Safety (CP12), fire and smoke alarm and more — with digital sign-offs. TradeCert is electrical-only.
Every invoice can carry a card link on your own branded payment page, powered by Stripe. Customers pay in seconds and the invoice reconciles itself — something a certificate-only app can't do.
Yes — if you want certificates plus the rest of your business in one app. TradePlanr does 37 certificate types (EICR, EIC, Minor Works, PAT, CP12, fire and smoke alarm and more) alongside quotes, invoices, a job diary and card payments for a flat £9.99/month. TradeCert is a strong AI-first electrical certification specialist, but it stops at certificates and is priced per user.
TradeCert's Pro plan is £18+VAT a month (around £21.60 including VAT) plus £7 for every extra user. TradePlanr is a flat £9.99/month (or £99.99/year) for the whole business with no per-user fees — so a solo electrician saves right away, and a small team saves more with every person added.
TradePlanr covers the day-to-day electrical certs — EICR, EIC, Minor Works and PAT — plus dozens more across gas, fire and other trades, all in one plan with digital sign-offs. TradeCert's specialism is its AI: snapping a photo of a consumer unit to auto-fill the circuit schedule. If that AI board-scanning is your priority, that's their strength; TradePlanr focuses on fast entry plus everything after the certificate.
Yes — that's the main difference. TradePlanr turns the job into a quote, an invoice and a branded card-payment link, and keeps it in a job diary. TradeCert issues the certificate but doesn't do invoicing, quotes, scheduling or payments, so you'd need separate tools for the business side.
Yes — a genuine free plan with no card. Create jobs, quotes, invoices and certificates for free, then upgrade to Pro (£9.99/month or £99.99/year, 7-day trial) when you're ready to send documents and take card payments.
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