EstiMate and Powered Now both handle quotes, jobs and invoices. The difference is what happens before and after: EstiMate reads your drawings with AI take-off, turns the quote into a signed build contract, does VAT and CIS from the jobs, and finds tenders and planning leads. Powered Now's details below come from its own website.
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Price it properly.
Materials, labour and margin in one quote — ready to send from site.
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£4.2M+
In quotes sent
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Powered Now is an established job management app. By its own description: Job management for UK trades, with UK-based support. It covers quotes and invoices with automatic chasing, drag-and-drop scheduling, trade certificates including eicr, on-site customer signatures, and on accounting: Xero and QuickBooks integration.
EstiMate is built for construction rather than general field service. It starts from the drawings, not just the job card: upload the plans and the AI take-off measures and prices them, the accepted quote becomes a build contract the client signs online, and the VAT return, CIS and P&L come from the same jobs.
TenderPilot lists live UK construction tenders and approved planning applications near you, scored for fit, so the next job comes from the same app that prices it. The RAMS generator writes method statements and risk assessments for the job you've just quoted.
If you need live two-way accounting sync today, Powered Now offers it and EstiMate doesn't yet: EstiMate exports to Xero and QuickBooks as import files. If your business is mostly reactive service calls rather than priced building work, Powered Now's field-service tools may suit you better.
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| Who it's for | UK builders, contractors and tradespeople, from small works to new builds and fit-out. | Job management for UK trades, with UK-based support. |
| Pricing | Free plan (3 jobs a month, no time limit, no card). EstiMate £15.99 a month; EstiMate Pro £39.99 a month with the AI suite; Commercial from £99. Per business, not per user, with one office login; Corp is £249 with 5 office logins. | Business £28 a month for one user (£280 a year); Professional £32 and Premium £40 per user a month (£320 and £400 a year), plus VAT. |
| Free trial / free plan | Free plan with 3 jobs a month, no time limit and no card. | 14-day free trial, no card needed. |
| Accounting | Exports invoices and costs as Xero, QuickBooks or CSV files to import. There is no live two-way sync yet. | Xero and QuickBooks integration. |
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Powered Now details are taken from www.powerednow.com/pricing, checked 3 November 2026. Prices and features change; check their site before deciding.
Client, site address, project title. Takes 30 seconds.
Breakdowns, optional extras, one-tap online acceptance.
A build contract from the quote, e-signed online.
Programme, site diary, snagging and variations.
Milestones tracked and overdue payments chased.
No contracts. No hidden fees. Cancel monthly subscriptions any time.
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Try it on real jobs before you commit.
£15.99/ month
Unlimited quotes and the full app.
£39.99/ month
Everything, plus the full AI suite.
Teams and multi-branch contractors: EstiMate Corp from £249 / month. Compare every plan →
EstiMate has a free plan (3 jobs a month) and paid plans from £15.99 a month per business rather than per user. Powered Now: Business £28 a month for one user (£280 a year); Professional £32 and Premium £40 per user a month (£320 and £400 a year), plus VAT.
Its pricing page lists quotes and invoices with automatic chasing, drag-and-drop scheduling, trade certificates including eicr, on-site customer signatures, vat returns to hmrc with cis on professional and premium, ai receipt and cost document scanner on premium, pn receptionist call-answering add-on from £29 a month. EstiMate Pro reads the drawings and produces measured, priced quantities with the working shown.
Yes. EstiMate imports old quotes from PDFs, photos, Excel and Word, rebuilds them as jobs and learns your prices from them.
If you price building work from drawings and want contracts, CIS and tenders in the same app, EstiMate is built for that. If you mainly need job scheduling and service work with live accounting sync, Powered Now is a strong option. The free plan lets you test EstiMate on a real job.
TenderPilot — find & win tenders
Live UK tenders for every trade, with AI bid tools.
Local planning applications
Approved domestic & commercial planning applications in your patch, scored and ready to letter.
RankPilot — get found on Google & AI
Google Maps rank, AI answer tracking, website audit and fixes, reviews and citations.
Free AI visibility audit
Score any website on how well Google and AI assistants can read, trust and recommend it.
Construction estimating software
Price materials, labour, plant and margin properly.
Quoting software for builders
Professional quotes clients can accept online.
AI construction estimating
Let AI draft the scope — you keep control of the price.
Construction take-off software
From drawings and specs to quantities and a quote.
AI visualiser
Show the client the finished job, from a site photo and the quote.
Job costing software
Estimate versus actual while the job is still running.
Project management software
Contracts, programme, site diary and variations.
Invoicing & getting paid
Invoices, card payments and automatic chasing.
Accounting for builders
P&L, VAT return, CIS and aged debtors from the jobs.
Contracts & e-signatures
A build contract from the quote, signed online.
Variations & extras
Price additional works and get one-tap approval.
Snagging software
Numbered pins on drawings, photos and sign-off.
Site diary app
Daily records, RFIs, quality and progress reports.
RAMS generator
RAMS, COSHH, toolbox talks and permits in minutes.
Construction CRM
Every client, every quote, automatic follow-ups.
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