Comparison · May 2026
Wedge vs Tradify
Wedge and Tradify look adjacent on a feature list but they're built for different jobs. Wedge is WhatsApp-native invoicing for sole-trader and small-team tradespeople — 60 seconds from a job to a paid invoice, with 1% per paid invoice (capped at £50) and no subscription. Tradify is a full job-management platform — quotes, scheduling, timesheets, customer database, team management, integrations with Xero and QuickBooks — priced per user per month. This page is the honest side-by-side: when each one is the right fit, and when one is overkill for what you actually need.
Wedge
RecommendedWhatsApp invoicing for UK tradespeople. 1% per paid invoice (capped at £50), no subscription, no document cap.
- Send a professional invoice from WhatsApp in 60 seconds — no app, no laptop
- AI parses plain-English job descriptions: "£180 call-out, £100 labour, £70 valve, plus VAT"
- CIS, reverse-charge VAT, staged payments and retentions all built in
- Trade qualifications (Gas Safe, NICEIC, Part P) on every invoice automatically
- 1% per paid invoice (max £50) — no monthly fee even when you're not invoicing
Tradify
Full job-management platform for trade businesses — quotes, scheduling, timesheets, invoicing, customer database, multi-user. Per-user monthly subscription.
- Quote → Job → Invoice workflow with scheduling and timesheet tracking
- Multi-user team management — assign jobs to staff, track timesheets per person
- Customer database with full history per customer
- Integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB, Sage for accounting handover
- iOS, Android, and web apps; per-user monthly subscription
Side-by-side comparison
Feature-by-feature breakdown of Wedge versus Tradify.
| Feature | WedgeRecommended | Tradify |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription | None — ever | Per user per month; pricing varies by plan and region |
| Per-invoice fee | 1% capped at £50 per invoice | None; payment-processor fees pass through (Stripe / GoCardless etc.) |
| Free trial | No upfront cost — pay only when paid | 14-day free trial |
| Runs in WhatsApp — no app required | iOS, Android, and web apps | |
| 60-second invoice from a message | Form-based job → invoice workflow | |
| AI parsing of plain-English messages | Structured form input | |
| Quotes → invoice workflow | From a WhatsApp message | Built into the job workflow |
| Job scheduling and dispatch | Not part of the product | Calendar, drag-and-drop, recurring jobs |
| Timesheet tracking per staff member | ||
| Multi-user team management | Single-tradesperson focus | Per-user subscription model |
| Customer database with job history | Customer records on each invoice | Full CRM per customer |
| CIS-aware invoicing | Labour-only 20% deduction built in | Customisable; CIS handling not advertised as built-in |
| Reverse-charge VAT for B2B construction | Customisable but not specifically advertised | |
| Trade qualifications on invoice (Gas Safe, NICEIC, Part P) | Printed automatically | Customisable invoice templates support this |
| Stripe / card payments | Stripe Connect — included in 1% | Stripe and GoCardless integrations |
| Xero / QuickBooks integration | ||
| Automatic payment reminders | 7 / 14 / 21 days overdue | |
| Operated by | Wedge AI Ltd (UK) | Tradify Ltd (New Zealand; large UK presence) |
Different products for different problems
The honest framing here: Tradify and Wedge solve different problems. Tradify is a full operations platform for a trade business — quoting jobs, scheduling staff, tracking timesheets, managing a customer database, exporting to Xero or QuickBooks for the accountant. It's the sort of tool that earns its keep when you have employees, multiple jobs in flight, and a business owner who wants to see the whole pipeline on a dashboard. Wedge is invoicing, fast — 60 seconds from finishing a job to sending a professional invoice on WhatsApp. We don't schedule, we don't track timesheets, and we don't run a CRM. We send invoices and chase them until they're paid.
When Tradify is the right fit
If you run a multi-person trade business — say, three electricians and an apprentice — where jobs get dispatched to whichever van is closest, where timesheets feed into payroll, and where the business owner needs to see the whole operation on a screen, Tradify earns its subscription. The job-scheduling and team-management features are real, useful, and built for exactly this workflow. The Xero and QuickBooks integrations also matter at this size, because an accountant is going to want a clean handover at year-end.
When Wedge is the right fit
If you're a sole trader, or a one-van-plus-occasional-helper operation, Tradify is overkill. The features you'd actually use are the invoicing and quoting bits — and a per-user monthly subscription for those is hard to justify against pay-when-paid pricing. Wedge does the invoicing layer faster (60 seconds via WhatsApp, no laptop), with deeper UK-specific support (CIS, reverse-charge VAT, Gas Safe/NICEIC/Part P qualifications printed on every invoice automatically), and only charges when you actually get paid. If your invoicing flow is "do the job, send the invoice, chase if unpaid", that's the entire surface area Wedge optimises for.
The pricing model difference
Tradify charges per user per month. The exact number varies by region and plan but the model is the same as most B2B SaaS — a fixed bill arrives whether you invoice ten jobs or zero. Wedge has no monthly bill. We take 1% from each invoice your customer pays, capped at £50 per invoice. In a quiet month, you owe us nothing; in a busy month, the cap protects you on bigger jobs. For a sole trader, this is structurally cheaper. For a 5-person business sending 200 invoices a month, the calculation flips depending on average invoice size — but at that size, you're probably in Tradify territory for the team-management features anyway, and the invoicing fee isn't the deciding factor.
What Wedge doesn't try to do
We don't schedule jobs. We don't track timesheets. We don't run a customer CRM with job history per customer. We don't integrate with Xero or QuickBooks (yet — it's on the roadmap). If those features are central to how you run your business, Tradify covers them and Wedge doesn't. Being honest about that up front saves both of us time. What we do is invoice fast, in WhatsApp, with deep UK-specific HMRC handling, on a pricing model that doesn't punish slow months. If that's the bottleneck in your day, we're built for you.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Wedge if
- You're a sole trader or run a one-van operation — Tradify's job management is overkill for your size
- You want invoicing in 60 seconds from WhatsApp, not a 20-minute form on a laptop
- Pay-when-paid pricing matters to you — no fixed monthly bill in quiet months
- You need CIS deduction handling, reverse-charge VAT, or Gas Safe/NICEIC/Part P prints out of the box
- Your invoicing is the bottleneck — not job scheduling or team management
Choose Tradify if
- You run a multi-person trade business and need to schedule jobs to staff, track timesheets, and manage a customer database
- You want a single platform covering quoting, jobs, scheduling, timesheets, and invoicing — and you'll use most of it
- Xero / QuickBooks / MYOB / Sage integration is a hard requirement for your accountant
- You're happy to pay a per-user monthly subscription in exchange for the full operations toolkit
- Your bottleneck is operational visibility across the team, not the speed of sending a single invoice
Try Wedge free — 1% only when you get paid, max £50
Send your first invoice from WhatsApp in 60 seconds. No subscription, no per-user fees, no setup. If you're a sole trader and your only bottleneck is fast HMRC-compliant invoicing, this is built for you.
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