Powered Now alternatives for UK trades
Powered Now focuses on field service trades with compliance certificates and offline support. ScopeKit goes broader with estimating priced from your own price book, CDM compliance, and construction-specific features. Here is how they compare.
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What is Powered Now?
Powered Now is a UK-built field service app for plumbers, electricians, and heating engineers. It includes quoting, invoicing, certificates (Gas Safe, electrical), and works offline.
Powered Now strengths
- Strong offline support for sites with poor signal
- Gas Safe and electrical compliance certificates built in
- Invoicing included
- Low entry price for sole traders
Powered Now limitations
- No estimating from a price book (manual templates only)
- Interface feels dated compared to modern alternatives
- Less suited to general builders and project-based work
- No CDM compliance, RAMS, or permit management
- No team scheduling with compliance blocking
- Limited project management for larger jobs
Why choose ScopeKit
Estimating priced from your own price book, with an optional AI assist that proposes lines from a scope you describe
Full CDM 2015 compliance suite (RAMS, permits, RIDDOR)
Works for all UK trades including builders and commercial contractors, not just field service
Compliance-blocked scheduling prevents unqualified workers on site
Modern interface built for 2026
Customer portal with online acceptance and progress tracking
Feature comparison
| Feature | ScopeKit | Powered Now |
|---|---|---|
| Estimating from a price book | Yes | No |
| Gas Safe certificates | Qualification tracking | Yes (certificate generation) |
| Electrical certificates | Qualification tracking | Yes (certificate generation) |
| CDM compliance | Full suite | Not included |
| Offline support | Yes (offline-first field app) | Yes |
| Invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Customer portal | Yes | Limited |
| Construction project management | Yes | Basic |
Which is right for you?
Choose ScopeKit if...
UK construction businesses and trades that need estimating from a price book, compliance management, and scheduling. Teams that want a modern platform they can grow into.
Choose Powered Now if...
Sole-trader gas engineers and electricians who need certificate generation and offline support. Budget-conscious single users in field service trades.
Other Powered Now alternatives
The rest of the shortlist, if Powered Now is not the right fit. Each links to a full comparison.
Tradify
For tradesTradify is a New Zealand-built job management platform that has gained traction in the UK.
YourTradebase
For tradesYourTradebase is a UK-built quoting and invoicing tool aimed at sole traders and small trade businesses.
Buildxact
For tradesWe could not read buildxact.com when this page was written, so we do not describe what Buildxact does or what it costs.
Site Manager Pro
For contractorsSite Manager Pro is a specialist platform for subcontractors serving UK housebuilders (Barratt, Taylor Wimpey, etc.).
Procore
For contractorsProcore is an American enterprise construction management platform used by the world's largest contractors, sold through an enterprise sales process rather than a published price list.
Buildertrend
For contractorsBuildertrend is a US-built platform aimed at custom home builders and remodelers.
Frequently asked questions
ScopeKit tracks Gas Safe registration, Part P certification, and other qualifications with expiry alerts and compliance blocking. It does not generate the actual compliance certificates (CP12, EICR etc). If certificate generation is your primary need, Powered Now may complement ScopeKit.
ScopeKit includes estimating priced from your own price book and a full compliance suite that Powered Now does not offer. ScopeKit Starter is £120 a month including one admin user and five field workers, so a small team of that size is on one flat fee. Powered Now publish their own plans; check their current rates against your team before deciding.
See ScopeKit in action
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