Profit dashboard
Every job has a P&L, not a folder of PDFs. Profit margin, cash, invoices outstanding and spend at a glance.
Job management software for builders and trades
Run every job from your phone. £4.99 + VAT per seat, per month.
Price the job, run the build, pay the team and send the invoice, without the spreadsheets, paper timesheets and five different WhatsApp groups. Your team see the work. Your clients see their progress. Only you see the money.
1 month free, then £4.99 + VAT per seat per month. Client logins are free. No contract, cancel anytime
- Timesheets
- Wages & CIS
- Tracking
- Invoicing
- Chat
- Estimates
£4.99 + VAT per seat
How many apps does it take to run your building firm?
For most builders, too many. Quotes in one place, timesheets on paper, wages on a spreadsheet, client updates on WhatsApp and invoices somewhere else. Then your evenings go on pulling it all together.
- Chasing paper timesheets on a Friday to work out wages and CIS
- Not knowing if a job is making money until it’s finished
- Client messages, photos and paperwork lost in WhatsApp
- Paying for several subscriptions that don’t talk to each other
TruTrade puts it all in one place, so you can remove the chaos and get your evenings back.
Everything you need to run the job
Start with one feature or use the lot. It’s all part of the same app.
Timesheets, Wages & CIS
Your team check in on site and their hours go against the stage. Wages, PAYE and CIS are worked out for you.
Tracking
See who’s clocked in. Check in with the site’s QR induction sheet or a link you’ve sent, with the site induction confirmed first.
Payroll and HMRC reports
PAYE and CIS payroll, VAT owed, reverse charge and supplier balances, all in the same login as the quote.
Client portal
Give the client a login, not a WhatsApp thread. They accept your quote online, request changes and see progress, payments and drawings.
TruChat
Separate chats for your team, your client and the wider TruTrade community.
Budgets, stages and variations
Set a budget for each stage, track spend as the job goes, and log agreed extras as variations so they don’t get lost.
Invoicing
Raise invoices straight from the payment schedule and see who hasn’t paid.
Estimates
Send us your plans. Get a fully costed estimate in 3 to 5 working days, from £90 + VAT.
Quote Packs
Every TruTrade estimate comes with a professional Quote Pack for your client, with stages, VAT and a payment schedule.
Documents
Drawings, photos and paperwork stored against the job.
Materials ordering
Take the materials list off the job, print stage lists for site, and order from participating merchants.
One job. Three views. Everyone sees only what they should.
Every job on TruTrade has three separate views. You see the whole business. Your team see the work. Your client sees their progress. Nobody sees anything you don’t want them to.
The business owner
Everything, in one place.
- Budgets and costs for every stage of every job
- Profit margin, cash, invoices outstanding and project spend on your dashboard
- Timesheets, wages, PAYE and CIS, plus VAT and HMRC reports
- Variations and payment schedules for every job
- Your team chat and your client chat
Paid seat: £4.99 + VAT per month
Your team, subbies and trades
The work, not the money.
- The stages and tasks they’re working on
- Check in and out of site from their phone
- Read and confirm the site induction before they check in
- Their own team chat
Paid seat: £4.99 + VAT per month. Job financials and margins hidden.
Your client
A login, not a WhatsApp thread.
- Accept your quote online
- Request changes, which become tracked variations
- How their project is progressing
- Payments, invoices and drawings for their job
- Their own chat with you
Free login. Costs, margins and team chat hidden.
| Owner | Team | Client | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project stages and progress | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Check in and out of site | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Accept quotes and request changes | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Budgets, costs and margins | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Profit, cash and spend dashboard | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Wages, PAYE, CIS and HMRC reports | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Invoices and payments | ✓ | ✗ | Their own |
| Team chat | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Client chat | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
So you can keep your client in the loop without them seeing your margins, and give your team what they need on site without opening up the books.
Pricing
All of this for £4.99 + VAT per seat per month
One simple price. You pay £4.99 + VAT a month for each person who uses TruTrade, starting with you. Your clients log in free. And you get a month to try it properly first.
- 1 month free
- Then £4.99 + VAT per seat per month
- Client logins are always free
- One price, no tiers: every tool is included
- No contract, cancel anytime
- Set up in minutes
- Add someone mid-month and only pay for the days left
- Remove a seat and it comes off your next bill
What other builder software costs each month
| TruTrade | Trades Panel | Powered Now | Tradify | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team of 5 | £24.95 | £89.99 | £160 | £170 |
| Team of 10 | £49.90 | £89.99 | £320 | £340 |
| Free trial | 1 month | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days |
For a team of five, that’s between £780 and £1,740 a year back in your pocket.
- Monthly prices for each company’s cheapest plan that covers that many users, taken from their UK websites on 28 September 2026. Prices exclude VAT. Trades Panel: Business plan (up to 10 users). Powered Now: Professional plan at £32 per user. Tradify: Lite plan at £34 per user. Features differ between products.
From the first price to the final invoice
Every stage of the job, joined up. No copying figures from one app to the next.
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01
Price it
Get a TruTrade estimate from £90 + VAT, or add your own budget for each stage.
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02
Quote it
Set your margin line by line and send your client a professional Quote Pack.
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Win it
Your client accepts the quote in their own portal. Turn it into a live project in one click.
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Run it
Stages, budgets, documents and chat for every job, all in one place.
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Pay the team
Timesheets feed straight into wages, PAYE and CIS.
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Get paid
Raise invoices straight from the payment schedule and see who hasn’t paid.
Quote Packs come with every TruTrade estimate. How our estimates work
Start here
Start with the one job you hate doing manually
For most builders, that’s timesheets. So start there.
Your team check in and out of site on their phone, and their hours go against the stage they worked on. TruTrade adds up the hours, you approve the week, and it works out wages, PAYE and CIS from the hourly rates you’ve set. At the end of the week you’ve got a report ready to go, not a pile of paper to chase.
- Hours go against the stage they were worked on, so you know exactly where they went
- Only you or your site manager can change the hours
- Check in with the site’s QR induction sheet, or a link you’ve sent
- Approve timesheets before anything goes to wages
- A weekly report that feeds straight into wages, PAYE and CIS
Once your timesheets are sorted, bring in the rest of TruTrade when you’re ready.
Software for builders in the UK, not adapted for them
A lot of construction software is built for America and tweaked for the UK. TruTrade was built here, by builders, for the way UK building firms actually work.
- CIS, PAYE and VAT in the same login as the quote, not in a separate system
- An hourly rate for each person, with day-rate workers counted as 8 hours
- An HMRC view showing VAT owed, sales, purchases and reverse charge
- Prices in pounds, with VAT worked out on your estimates
- Talk to a real person in Leamington Spa on 01926 352236, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
- Nothing to download. It works in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer
Sole trader, small firm or developer?
TruTrade works for builders and trades of every size. You only pay for the seats you use.
Sole traders
Look as professional as the bigger firms. Quote Packs, invoices and client updates that make you look the part, for £4.99 + VAT a month, without doing the admin at 10pm.
Small firms with a team
Know what every job is making and who’s working on it. Timesheets, wages and CIS sorted, budgets tracked by stage, and your team, subbies and trades on one system.
Developers running several sites
Every site on one dashboard. Budgets, spend and progress across all your projects, plus estimates that give you cost certainty before you commit.
Built by builders who’ve done the paperwork at 10pm too
TruTrade was started by Tony Ellard, who has more than 35 years in construction. We’ve lived the same struggles you face: evenings lost to pricing, wages and chasing paperwork. So we built the tool we wished we’d had.
You might already know Tony from Build with A&E, his YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers.
“Builders were pricing jobs on guesswork, spreadsheets and time they didn’t have. That costs you margin, sleep and jobs. So we built the thing the trade was missing: price properly, stay in control, stop working in the dark.”
Easy to set up, with help when you need it
You don’t need to be good with computers. Set up your own seat, add your first job, then invite your team when you’re ready.
- Short walkthrough videos inside the platform show you how each feature works
- Call a real person with a trade background on 01926 352236, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
- Message us on WhatsApp on 07401 142976
- Practical guides in Builder Advice
Builders using TruTrade
“The quote pack alone wins me work. Clients think I’ve got a QS on the payroll, and the margin sliders mean the number that goes out is the number I meant.”
“I used to price on the hop and hope for the best. Now I set my margin before the client’s even called back, and I know where every job stands on a Sunday night instead of finding out at the end.”
“Invoices, CIS and the client portal in one place. My admin night has basically disappeared, and clients stopped ringing me for updates because they can see it all.”
Questions builders ask about TruTrade
How much does TruTrade cost?
1 month free, then £4.99 + VAT per seat per month. You pay for each person on your team who uses it, including you. You’ll add a card when you sign up, but you won’t be charged until your free month is up. There’s no contract, so you can cancel anytime. Add someone mid-month and you only pay for the days left. Remove a seat and it comes off your next bill.
Do my clients and subcontractors need a seat?
Clients don’t. Client logins are always free. Subbies do. They’re added as team members, so each one uses a team seat at £4.99 + VAT a month.
Who can see my prices and profit?
Only you. Your team, subbies included, see the stages and tasks they’re working on and check in and out. They can’t see your pricing, margins, costs, financials or your client chat. Your client sees the quote you’ve sent them, their project’s progress, their payments, invoices and drawings, and their own chat with you. They can’t see your costs, margins, team chat or any other jobs.
Does TruTrade handle CIS and PAYE?
Yes. Your team’s timesheets feed straight into wages, PAYE and CIS, worked out from the hourly rate you set for each person. Day-rate workers count as 8 hours. VAT, including the construction reverse charge, is tracked too, with HMRC reports ready when you need them.
Does TruTrade track my team’s location?
No. TruTrade doesn’t record anyone’s location. Checking in and out time-stamps when someone starts and finishes on a site.
Do I need a TruTrade estimate to use the software?
No. You can add your own jobs with your own budget for each stage. TruTrade Estimates is a separate service, from £90 + VAT, if you want us to price a job for you. If you’ve already bought an estimate, you can manage that project on the software.
How is TruTrade different from other job management software for builders and trades?
Three things. It’s built in the UK by builders, so CIS, PAYE and VAT are built in. It connects to our estimating service, so you can go from pricing a job to running it in one place. And at £4.99 + VAT per seat, it costs a fraction of most builder software.
Is it hard to set up?
No. There’s nothing to download. TruTrade works in the web browser on any phone, tablet or computer. Start with your own seat and one job, then follow the short walkthrough videos inside the platform. Most builders start with timesheets, then bring in the rest when they’re ready. If you get stuck, call us on 01926 352236.
Remove the chaos. Get your evenings back.
Try TruTrade free for a month. After that it’s £4.99 + VAT per seat per month, a fraction of what most builder software costs. No contract, cancel anytime.
Questions first? Call us on 01926 352236.