Prices checked 28 July 2026
Every price in these guides is read off the vendor’s own pricing page, including whether it is charged per user. We make Traddie, one of the tools compared — so we say so on every page, list the trade-offs, and do not put ourselves top.
Plastering is mostly sole traders and small gangs, a lot of it subcontract, so the software question is really two questions: does it price skim, dot-and-dab and render by the square metre without a fight, and does it get CIS right? This guide compares five options UK plasterers actually shortlist, with prices taken from each vendor’s own page.
Compare plasterers softwareDecorating is won on the quote. Price a hallway, a stairwell and three bedrooms clearly enough that the customer can see what they are paying for, and you win work you would otherwise lose to someone cheaper. This guide compares five options UK painters and decorators shortlist, with prices taken from each vendor’s own page.
Compare painters & decorators softwareCarpentry spans two quite different businesses — bench joinery in a workshop and first and second fix on site — and a lot of firms do both in the same week. That mix is what makes the software choice awkward: you need day-rate and fixed-price quoting on the same job, and somewhere sensible to keep FENSA and fire-door records. This guide compares five options with prices taken from each vendor’s own page.
Compare carpenters & joiners softwareWe only publish a comparison guide where we have something genuinely useful to say about that trade’s options. For every other trade, the product pages set out how Traddie handles the work itself.