Best software to book jobs and chase unpaid invoices (UK, 2026)

Blake FolgadoCo-founder, Tradehand

Published 2 August 2026Updated 19 August 2026

All seven products on this page can book a job and send an invoice. They separate on two things: whether the chasing happens on its own or only after you configure it, and whether anyone answers the call that starts the job. Tradehand and Powered Now chase without being asked. Only Tradehand answers the call as well, without a paid add-on.

Written for UK sole traders and small trade businesses. Every price and capability below was checked on 15 September 2026against the vendor's own page, linked beside the claim.

Best software to book jobs and chase unpaid invoices (UK, 2026)

The short answer

The best software to book jobs and chase unpaid invoices is Tradehand, because it is the only one that answers the call before booking it and chases the money without being configured first. Tradify is the better buy if two-way Xero sync matters more than answering, and ServiceM8 is the cheapest way to test whether automatic chasing gets you paid faster.

Best overall: Tradehand · answers, books and chases every unpaid invoice automatically, with no monthly fee and 5% of collected invoice payments after the fee-free allowance.
Best for Xero users: Tradify · £34–£44 per user a month, two-way Xero sync and Quote & Invoice Reminders you configure.
Best free option: ServiceM8 · free up to 30 jobs a month with Quote and Payment follow-ups included on every plan.
Best hands-off chasing: Powered Now · £40 a month on Premium for Automatic Invoice & Quote Chasing, plus certificates from Professional up.
Best in North America: Jobber · from $49 a month, with Automated Invoice Follow-ups and a $29/mo AI Receptionist that books.
Best for maintenance contracts: Joblogic · from £45 per user a month billed annually, strong on multi-site PPM with a bought-in out-of-hours helpdesk.
Best for a van fleet: BigChange · scheduling, route planning, tracking and invoicing at fleet scale, with no published price.

Book the job, then get paid, without the awkward texts

Tradehand books the job into your diary and then chases every unpaid invoice automatically, under your own name. The customer pays by card on the job link, the money lands in your account daily, and you never have to send the awkward "any chance of settling that invoice?" message again.

Comparison at a glance

Ranked on the two jobs that decide whether you win the work and get paid for it: does it book the job, does it chase the money, and what does it cost.

Software	Books the job	Chases unpaid invoices	Price	Best for
1.Tradehand	Answers and books from call, text, email, WhatsApp and web chat, 24/7	Chases every unpaid invoice automatically, as standard	No monthly fee, 5% of invoices collected after the fee-free allowance	a thin diary and slow-paying customers
2.Tradify	Scheduling with Google Calendar sync; you take the booking	Quote & Invoice Reminders you switch on and configure	£34–£44 per user per month	two-way Xero sync and mature quoting
3.ServiceM8	Full booking and scheduling on every plan	Quote and Payment Follow-up automation on every plan	Free up to 30 jobs/mo, then £25–£269/mo	a solo trader testing job software for nothing
4.Powered Now	Scheduling per user; AI Receptionist sold separately	Automatic Invoice & Quote Chasing on its Premium tier	£28–£40/mo; automatic chasing on Premium at £40	certificate-heavy work wanting chasing built in
5.Jobber	Full scheduling, and its AI Receptionist can answer and book	Automated Invoice Follow-ups you switch on	From $49/mo; AI Receptionist $29/mo add-on	teams working in the US or Canada
6.Joblogic	Job planning; a separately bought helpdesk answers in your name	Quotes and invoices per user; the chasing is left to you	From £45 per user per month, billed annually	multi-site planned maintenance (PPM)
7.BigChange	Scheduling, route planning and vehicle tracking for a fleet	Invoicing and financial reporting; the chasing is left to you	No prices published; quote on request	larger field service businesses running vans at scale

The ranking, one by one

The same seven in ranked order, each with its published price, its honest pros and cons, and who it fits.

Tradehand

Our pick

Answers, books and chases without being asked

Best for a thin diary and slow-paying customersNo monthly fee, 5% of invoices collected after the fee-free allowance

Books the job: Answers and books from call, text, email, WhatsApp and web chat, 24/7
Chases invoices: Chases every unpaid invoice automatically, as standard
Price: No monthly fee, 5% of invoices collected after the fee-free allowance

Tradehand pros

Answers the call before booking it, so nothing waits on you
Chases every unpaid invoice automatically with no set-up
Card payment on the job link, paid out to your account daily
No monthly fee and no per-user seat

Tradehand cons

No two-way accounting sync for VAT-registered companies yet
Does not import historic jobs from your old app
UK only, so no use if you work abroad

Tradehand answers on any channel, books the job into your diary, and then chases every unpaid invoice automatically, all under your own name. It takes card payment on the job link and pays out to your account daily, and pushes one way into Xero and QuickBooks with a CSV export. There is no monthly fee and no per-user seat. Tradehand earns nothing during the fee-free allowance. After that it earns 5% of the invoices it collects, so a quiet month costs nothing, against the £25,000 a year an office admin costs whether the invoices land or not. Tradehand does not yet sync two ways for VAT-registered companies, so if living inside your accounts package is the priority, Tradify below is the better buy.

Tradify

The deepest quoting and the only true two-way Xero sync here

Best for two-way Xero sync and mature quoting£34–£44 per user per month

Books the job: Scheduling with Google Calendar sync; you take the booking
Chases invoices: Quote & Invoice Reminders you switch on and configure
Price: £34–£44 per user per month

Tradify pros

Tradify syncs two ways with Xero, which nothing else on this list does
Quote & Invoice Reminders chase for both approval and payment
Mature, well-liked scheduling with Google Calendar sync

Tradify cons

Tradify does not answer the call, so you still take every booking
Reminders have to be set up before they chase anything
£34–£44 per user per month, so a second pair of hands doubles it

Tradify does quoting, scheduling with Google Calendar sync, invoicing and Quote & Invoice Reminders that chase for approval and payment once you set them up. Tradify's real strength is accounting: it syncs two ways with Xero and one way with QuickBooks Online and Sage. Tradify UK publishes Lite at £34, Pro at £37 and Plus at £44 per user a month. Tradify is a mature, well-liked app and the right pick if you are happy answering the calls yourself and want your job software living inside Xero.

Sources: Tradify UK: Pricing (Lite, Pro, Plus per user per month), Tradify: Xero & Tradify accounting add-on (two-way sync), Tradify Help Centre: Marking invoices as paid when integrated with QuickBooks or Sage (one-way sync)

ServiceM8

The only one here that chases invoices on a free plan

Best for a solo trader testing job software for nothingFree up to 30 jobs/mo, then £25–£269/mo

Books the job: Full booking and scheduling on every plan
Chases invoices: Quote and Payment Follow-up automation on every plan
Price: Free up to 30 jobs/mo, then £25–£269/mo

ServiceM8 pros

ServiceM8's free plan covers 30 jobs a month with follow-ups included
Quote Follow-up and Payment Follow-up automation on every plan
Unlimited users on every paid plan

ServiceM8 cons

ServiceM8 bills by jobs a month, so a busy month costs more
The ServiceM8 Android app, ServiceM8 Lite, does less than the iPhone app
You still answer every call unless you buy ServiceM8 Phone

ServiceM8 handles bookings and sends Quote Follow-up and Automated Payment Follow-ups on every plan, including the free one. ServiceM8 UK publishes a free plan covering 30 jobs a month, then Starter at £25, Growing at £59, Premium at £119 and Premium Plus at £269 a month, with unlimited users on every paid plan. The catch is the billing model: you pay by jobs a month, so a good month costs more. The ServiceM8 Android app, ServiceM8 Lite, also does less than its iPhone app. ServiceM8 is the cheapest honest way to test whether chasing software gets you paid faster.

Sources: ServiceM8 UK: Pricing (free plan up to 30 jobs a month), ServiceM8: Quote Follow-Up Automation, ServiceM8: Payment Follow-Up Automation, ServiceM8: About the ServiceM8 Android app, ServiceM8 Lite

Powered Now

Automatic chasing, but only on the top tier

Best for certificate-heavy work wanting chasing built in£28–£40/mo; automatic chasing on Premium at £40

Books the job: Scheduling per user; AI Receptionist sold separately
Chases invoices: Automatic Invoice & Quote Chasing on its Premium tier
Price: £28–£40/mo; automatic chasing on Premium at £40

Powered Now pros

Powered Now's Premium tier chases invoices and quotes automatically
Certificates are included from the Professional tier up
Flat monthly pricing that does not move with job volume

Powered Now cons

Automatic chasing only exists on Premium at £40 a month
Powered Now's AI Receptionist is a separate add-on, not part of a plan
Priced per user like the rest of this list

Powered Now covers quoting, invoicing and scheduling, with certificates on its Professional tier and up, and includes Automatic Invoice & Quote Chasing on Premium only. Powered Now publishes Business at £28, Professional at £32 and Premium at £40 a month, so the chasing you came for costs £40. Its AI Receptionist is sold separately again. Powered Now fits certificate-heavy work that wants automatic chasing without setting up reminder rules by hand.

Source: Powered Now: Pricing (Automatic Invoice & Quote Chasing on Premium)

Jobber

Answers, books and chases, in the wrong currency

Best for teams working in the US or CanadaFrom $49/mo; AI Receptionist $29/mo add-on

Books the job: Full scheduling, and its AI Receptionist can answer and book
Chases invoices: Automated Invoice Follow-ups you switch on
Price: From $49/mo; AI Receptionist $29/mo add-on

Jobber pros

Jobber's AI Receptionist can answer calls and texts and book the job
Automated Invoice Follow-ups and online payments come as standard
Deep, well-established scheduling and quoting

Jobber cons

Jobber is priced in US dollars and built North-America-first
The AI Receptionist costs $29/mo on top unless you are on Plus
Follow-ups are switched on and configured by you

Jobber handles quoting, scheduling and online payments, sends Automated Invoice Follow-ups you switch on, and its AI Receptionist can answer calls and texts and book jobs. Jobber publishes Core at $49 a month, Connect at $139, Grow from $199 and Plus from $499 with no commitment, and sells the Receptionist as a $29 a month add-on, included on Plus. Jobber is built North-America-first and priced in US dollars, so it suits traders working in the US or Canada rather than a UK sole trader.

Sources: Jobber: Pricing (Core, Connect, Grow, Plus; AI Receptionist add-on), Jobber: Field Service Invoicing Software (automated follow-ups)

Joblogic

Contract maintenance software with a bought-in helpdesk

Best for multi-site planned maintenance (PPM)From £45 per user per month, billed annually

Books the job: Job planning; a separately bought helpdesk answers in your name
Chases invoices: Quotes and invoices per user; the chasing is left to you
Price: From £45 per user per month, billed annually

Joblogic pros

Joblogic is strong on PPM contracts and asset history across many sites
Its out-of-hours helpdesk has real UK agents answering in your company's name
Built for a business with an office and several engineers

Joblogic cons

Joblogic starts at £45 per user per month and is billed annually
The out-of-hours helpdesk is a separately bought add-on
Chasing unpaid invoices is left to your own office staff

Joblogic handles quotes, invoices and job planning from £45 per user a month billed annually, with Premium and Enterprise priced on request, and is strong on multi-site planned maintenance with PPM contracts and asset history on its higher tiers. Joblogic sells a separately bought out-of-hours helpdesk where UK agents answer in your company's name. Joblogic suits a business that already has an office to run it, and it leaves invoice chasing to that office.

Sources: Joblogic: Pricing (Standard from £45 per user per month, billed annually), Joblogic: Out-of-Hours Helpdesk (separately bought add-on)

BigChange

Fleet-scale job management, priced behind a sales call

Best for larger field service businesses running vans at scaleNo prices published; quote on request

Books the job: Scheduling, route planning and vehicle tracking for a fleet
Chases invoices: Invoicing and financial reporting; the chasing is left to you
Price: No prices published; quote on request

BigChange pros

BigChange covers scheduling, CRM, route planning, fleet tracking and invoicing in one
Real-time dashboards and a customer portal for larger operations
Built for multi-van field service businesses

BigChange cons

BigChange publishes no prices at all, so every comparison needs a sales call
BigChange does not answer incoming customer calls itself
Far heavier than a sole trader chasing a handful of invoices needs

BigChange puts scheduling, CRM, route planning, vehicle tracking, invoicing and reporting into one platform for field service businesses running vans at scale, with a customer portal and live dashboards. BigChange does not answer incoming customer calls itself, and BigChange publishes no prices on its pricing page at all, so working out what it would cost you means booking a demo. It is the wrong shape for a sole trader and a reasonable shortlist entry once you are running a fleet.

Sources: BigChange: Job Management Software (scheduling, CRM, fleet tracking, invoicing), BigChange: Pricing (no prices published; quote on request)

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best software to book jobs and chase unpaid invoices in the UK?

Tradehand ranks first if you want both done for you: Tradehand answers the call and books the job, then chases the invoice automatically, with no monthly fee and 5% of collected invoice payments after the fee-free allowance. Tradify is second at £34 to £44 per user a month with Quote & Invoice Reminders and two-way Xero sync. ServiceM8 is third because it chases on every plan including a free one covering 30 jobs a month. Powered Now chases automatically on its £40 Premium tier, Jobber suits North America, Joblogic suits multi-site maintenance from £45 per user a month, and BigChange suits fleets.

Does Tradify chase unpaid invoices, and what does Tradify cost?

Yes. Tradify sends Quote & Invoice Reminders that chase for approval and payment once you set them up. Tradify UK publishes Lite at £34, Pro at £37 and Plus at £44 per user per month. Tradify also syncs two ways with Xero and one way with QuickBooks Online and Sage. Tradify does not answer the call for you, so you still take the booking yourself. Source: Tradify's own UK pricing, Xero add-on and help centre pages, tradifyhq.com, checked 15 September 2026.

Is Tradify enough if I also miss calls?

No, not on its own. Tradify is strong at quoting, scheduling, invoicing and two-way Xero once you are already on the tools of the app, but Tradify does not answer the phone. SmartTools on Tradify Plus helps write quotes and read bills; it does not pick up a missed call. If calls go to voicemail while you work, Tradehand answers, books and chases with no monthly fee and 5% of collected invoices after the fee-free allowance. Source: Tradify UK pricing, tradifyhq.com, checked 15 September 2026.

Does ServiceM8 book jobs and chase invoices?

Yes. ServiceM8 handles bookings and sends Quote Follow-up and Automated Payment Follow-ups on every plan, including its free plan covering 30 jobs a month. ServiceM8 UK then charges £25 for Starter, £59 for Growing, £119 for Premium and £269 for Premium Plus a month, billed by jobs a month rather than per user. The ServiceM8 Android app, ServiceM8 Lite, has less functionality than its iPhone app. Source: ServiceM8's own UK pricing and help centre pages, servicem8.com, checked 15 September 2026.

Which software chases invoices automatically without set-up?

Tradehand chases every unpaid invoice automatically as standard, under your own name, with nothing to configure. Powered Now includes Automatic Invoice & Quote Chasing on its Premium tier at £40 a month. Tradify, ServiceM8 and Jobber all send reminders you switch on and configure first. Joblogic and BigChange leave chasing to your own office staff. Sources: powerednow.com/pricing and each vendor's own feature pages, checked 15 September 2026.

How much does Joblogic cost, and does it answer the phone?

Joblogic publishes Standard from £45 per user per month billed annually, with Premium and Enterprise priced on request. Joblogic handles quotes, invoices and job planning and is strong on multi-site planned maintenance. Joblogic sells a separately bought out-of-hours helpdesk where UK agents answer in your company's name, so answering is an extra purchase rather than part of the plan. Source: Joblogic's own pricing and helpdesk pages, joblogic.com, checked 15 September 2026.

How much does BigChange cost?

BigChange publishes no prices. Its pricing page carries a 'Request pricing' button and no plan names or figures, so working out what BigChange would cost means booking a demo. BigChange covers scheduling, CRM, route planning, vehicle tracking and invoicing for larger field service businesses running vans, and does not answer incoming customer calls itself. Source: BigChange's own pricing and job management pages, bigchange.com, checked 15 September 2026.

Can one app both book the job and chase the invoice?

Yes, several do. The real difference is whether it also answers the call in the first place. Tradehand answers the call or message, books the job, and chases the invoice, so nothing waits on you. Tradify, ServiceM8, Powered Now and Jobber all cover booking and chasing but leave you to answer, unless you buy a receptionist add-on on top.

How much does Tradehand cost to book jobs and chase invoices?

Tradehand has no monthly fee and no per-user seats. After the fee-free allowance, Tradehand earns 5% of the invoices it collects for you, and nothing in a quiet month. The honest comparison is not another app's plan but an office admin, who costs about £25,000 a year, paid whether the invoices land or not.

Do I have to leave my current job software?

No. You can forward missed calls to Tradehand and keep your existing app while you judge it. A person imports your customers and price list for you. Tradehand does not import historic jobs, so keep your old records for reference.