COMPARE · CHECKED OCTOBER 19, 2026
Tradify vs Peak
Tradify is a trade job app with supplier price lists, forms and accounting connections, priced per user. Peak has no per-user fee, so adding a crew member costs nothing.
TL;DR
Pick Tradify if you want a trade job app with supplier price lists, certificates and accounting sync, and per-user pricing fits your team. Pick Peak if you want the core tools free with no per-user fee, with an assistant that does the follow-up.
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SIDE BY SIDE
Tradify and Peak, row by row.
What Tradify's own pages said on October 19, 2026, next to what Peak does today.
| Tradify | Peak |
|---|---|
| What it covers | |
| Enquiries, quotes, jobs, scheduling, timesheets, invoices and payments, with supplier price lists, forms and certificates. | Leads and customers, estimates with e-sign and change orders, invoices, projects, crews, a dispatch board, a time clock, job photos and daily logs, plus Sherpa. |
| Pricing model | |
| Per user: $47, $51 or $61 a month depending on plan. Large teams contact Tradify. | The software is free. No per-user fee and no contract. You pay your own texting, email, AI and payment providers directly. |
| AI | |
| On Plus, SmartRead creates bills from a PDF or photo, and SmartWrite writes quote and invoice descriptions. We didn't find an AI assistant or phone agent. | Sherpa looks things up and makes changes in every Peak tool, from chat or from your own AI assistant. Anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your OK. It runs on your own AI key. |
| Phone app | |
| iPhone and Android apps in the app stores, plus desktop and tablet. | Installs from your phone's browser to your home screen. The crew app works offline. No App Store or Google Play app yet. |
| Your data | |
| CSV export of customers, jobs, quotes, invoices and price lists. For job notes and photos, ask support. We didn't find a public API or AI connector. | When sign-up opens, your customer data lives in a database you own, not ours. Export contacts as a spreadsheet or download the whole database any time. |
| Getting started | |
| Start a 14-day trial on your own or book a demo. Free training and phone support. | Sign in and start. Bring contacts and your price book over from spreadsheets. Texting, email, AI and payments start when you connect your own accounts, or we connect them for you (Get set up, $997 one-time). |
WHAT IT COSTS
Their published price, and ours.
Tradify
- Lite: $47 per user/month
- Pro: $51 per user/month
- Plus: $61 per user/month
- Custom: contact Tradify (for large teams)
- Instant Website add-on: $12/month
US dollars, per user per month. The page doesn't say whether that's billed monthly or yearly. 14-day free trial with no card; no free plan. Its AI tools (SmartRead and SmartWrite) are on Plus only.
From tradifyhq.com, checked October 19, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on their site.
Peak tools
$0
Free when sign-up opens (soon). You bring your own accounts for AI, texting, email and payments. Today the tools come with every Peak service plan.
Want our team to run your marketing or lead follow-up? That's a paid service, and the tools come with it. See service pricing.
WHERE TRADIFY IS STRONG
Credit where it's due.
- Enquiry to quote to job to invoice in one place, with a scheduler and timesheets
- Supplier price lists you can bring in and use on quotes and purchase orders
- Forms and certificates attached to jobs
- Connections to Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB
- Wide CSV exports, including supplier price lists
WHERE TRADIFY IS AHEAD
What Peak doesn't do yet.
If one of these is a must-have, take it seriously.
- iPhone and Android apps in the app stores
- Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB connections, which Peak doesn't have yet
- AI that creates bills from a supplier PDF or photo, which isn't in Peak's tools
Everything not in the Peak tools yet
- iPhone and Android apps in the app stores (the tools install from your phone's browser today)
- QuickBooks and Xero sync
- Full job costing, estimate vs actual on every line
- Payroll
- A built-in AI phone receptionist
- AI takeoff from plans
WHERE PEAK IS DIFFERENT
What you get with Peak that Tradify doesn't do.
- The Peak tools are free, with no per-user fee. Tradify charges $47 to $61 per user per month.
- Sherpa looks things up and makes changes across every Peak tool, with your OK required for sends and money. Tradify's AI, as far as we saw, writes descriptions and reads bills, on Plus.
- Your own AI assistant, like Claude or ChatGPT, can connect to Peak. We didn't find a public API for Tradify.
The software is free
No per-user fee and no contract for the tools. You bring your own accounts for AI, texting, email and payments, and pay those companies directly at their prices. We don't mark them up.
Your data, your accounts
When sign-up opens, your customer data lives in a database you own, not ours. Export it any time. If you leave, you take everything with you.
Sherpa does the work, inside rules
Tell Sherpa "add a note to Susan Park: gate goes on the north side." It finds her and adds it, or asks you to reply YES first when the rules say so. Anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your approval. You can see every rule, and you can only make them stricter.
A team if you want one
You can run the tools on your own. If you'd rather have help, our team runs the marketing, lead follow-up and AI setup for you on a paid plan.
Read every Sherpa rule on what Sherpa will and won't do.
SWITCHING
Moving from Tradify to Peak.
Most of it is two spreadsheets. Run both side by side for a week if you like.
Step 1
Export from Tradify
In Tradify, open Customers, then Options, then Export Customers to File, and download it. Customer notes aren't included. Jobs, quotes, invoices and price lists export as CSV too. For job notes and photos, ask Tradify support for a full copy.
Step 2
Import your customers
In Peak, open Contacts and choose Import. Upload the spreadsheet and match the columns. Rows with the same email or phone merge instead of making duplicates.
Step 3
Bring your price book
The Estimator imports your items and prices from a spreadsheet. There's a template to fill in if your old export doesn't line up.
Step 4
Connect your own accounts
Hook up your texting number, email, AI key and Stripe when you're ready to send and get paid. Nothing goes out until you do.
Step 5
Finish open jobs, then switch
Let jobs already in progress finish where they are, and start new ones in Peak. Rather not do the move yourself? Our team can help.
WHAT YOU SET UP
What works the day you sign in.
The tools are free. Texting, email, AI and payments run on accounts you own, so you pay those companies directly.
Works when you sign in
- Customers, deals, notes and tasks
- Estimates with options, change orders and invoices, shared by link
- Projects, phases, crew schedules, photos and daily logs
- A customer page for each job
Needs your own account
- Texting
- Two-way texts, missed-call text-back, text review requests and texting Sherpa. Connect your own texting account (such as Twilio), with your number registered with the carriers. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- Sending estimates, invoices and messages by email. Connect your own email sending account. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- AI
- Sherpa and AI drafts. Connect your own AI key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or a compatible provider). Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- Payments
- Card and bank payments on invoices. Connect your own Stripe account. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
Rather not do it yourself? Get set up: we connect all four and import your contacts and price book, $997 one-time.
Pick Tradify if
You want a trade job app with supplier price lists, certificates and accounting sync, and per-user pricing fits your team.
Pick Peak if
You want the core tools free with no per-user fee, with an assistant that does the follow-up.
TRADIFY VS PEAK
Common questions.
When we checked on October 19, 2026, Tradify's pricing page showed $47, $51 or $61 per user per month in US dollars, depending on plan. The Peak tools are free when sign-up opens, and you pay your own texting, email, AI and payment providers.
Tradify's AI writes quote and invoice descriptions and reads supplier bills, on the Plus plan. Sherpa, Peak's assistant, looks things up and makes changes across every Peak tool, from chat or your own AI assistant. It runs on your own AI key, and sends and money wait for your OK.
Yes. In Tradify, export customers from the Customers page under Options, and export your price list items as a CSV too. Then import customers in Peak's Contacts and the price list in the Estimator. Customer notes and job photos need a request to Tradify support.
Not in the App Store yet. Peak installs from your phone's browser to your home screen, and the crew app works offline. Tradify has iPhone and Android apps in the stores.
MORE FIELD SERVICE SOFTWARE
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- Plans, per-user USD prices, Plus-only AI, Instant Website add-on, trial: www.tradifyhq.com/pricing (read October 19, 2026)
- What Tradify is, no-card trial, demo, free training and support: www.tradifyhq.com/ (read October 19, 2026)
- SmartWrite writes descriptions: help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/39975359476889-Use-SmartWrite-to-Write-your-Quote-Invoice-Description-for-you-on-Tradify-Web (read October 19, 2026)
- SmartRead creates bills from a PDF or image: help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/38204367222169-Use-SmartRead-to-Create-Bills-on-Tradify-Web (read October 19, 2026)
- Supplier price lists, Xero and QuickBooks: www.tradifyhq.com/features/price-list (read October 19, 2026)
- MYOB Essentials integration: help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019877434-Integrating-with-MYOB-Essentials (read October 19, 2026)
- What exports as CSV; full copy via support; forms and certificates: help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402065079705-Exporting-Or-Deleting-Your-Data-From-Tradify (read October 19, 2026)
- Customer export steps: help.tradifyhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/27647418432153-How-To-Export-Customers (read October 19, 2026)
- Desktop, tablet, iPhone and Android: www.tradifyhq.com/features/mobile-job-management-software (read October 19, 2026)
- iPhone app: apps.apple.com/us/app/tradify-quote-invoice-tool/id984378901 (read October 19, 2026)
- Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tradifyhq.tradifyapp (read October 19, 2026)
How we checked: we read Tradify's public pages, pricing and help center on October 19, 2026, without signing up or logging in. Tradify is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product. Peak Engine isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Tradify. Spot a mistake? Email hello@peak-engine.com and we'll fix it.
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Leads, estimates, invoices, jobs and photos, with Sherpa doing the office work.
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