What is Tradify?
Tradify is a field service management application that originated in New Zealand and has expanded to Australia, the United Kingdom and international markets. The app is designed specifically for trade contractors — electricians, plumbers, HVAC engineers and builders — and has earned a genuine reputation for its job scheduling, mobile job card and field dispatch capabilities. Tradify helps trade businesses manage the operational complexity of running multiple jobs simultaneously, scheduling field teams and tracking progress across a portfolio of active work orders.
The platform's core strengths are in the operational layer of trade business management: assigning jobs to the right technician, tracking time on site, capturing materials used during a service call and converting job cards into invoices. For trade businesses with large field teams that run high volumes of service and maintenance calls, Tradify's scheduling engine provides genuine operational value.
Tradify has expanded its presence in the UK market and has attracted trade businesses that prioritise job management efficiency above all other considerations. However, its origins and primary design are rooted in the New Zealand and Australian market context, which means that some European-specific compliance requirements are less central to its roadmap.
What is QuotCraft?
QuotCraft is a platform developed specifically for trade contractors operating in European markets: Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and the UK. QuotCraft is designed around the specific commercial and regulatory requirements that European trade contractors face: Peppol e-invoicing mandates that differ country by country, wholesaler catalogues specific to European electrical and plumbing distributors, and digital signature requirements under the EU eIDAS regulation.
In Belgium, QuotCraft supports Peppol BIS 3 — mandatory for B2B since January 2026. In France, it supports Factur-X, mandatory from September 2026. In Germany, it supports XRechnung and ZUGFeRD for the mandate rolling out from 2027. In the UK, it supports Peppol PINT UK. Each country's wholesale network is covered: Van Marcke, Rexel and Cebeo in Belgium; Technische Unie and Rexel in the Netherlands; Rexel and Sonepar in Germany and France; Rexel in the UK.
The core difference
Both Tradify and QuotCraft target trade contractors, which makes the comparison genuinely relevant. The distinction comes down to where each platform excels. Tradify excels at operational job management: scheduling, dispatch, field communication and job tracking. These are the challenges of running a field team efficiently across many concurrent service calls.
QuotCraft excels at the commercial and compliance workflow: building detailed quotes from wholesaler catalogues, obtaining digital customer approval before work starts, and issuing invoices that comply with each European country's specific e-invoicing mandate. For European trade contractors who need to navigate the Peppol landscape — which varies between mandatory Belgium, incoming France and Germany, and voluntary but growing Netherlands — QuotCraft is purpose-built for that complexity.
Where QuotCraft wins for European trade contractors
QuotCraft's European focus delivers specific advantages that Tradify's New Zealand and Australia-centric development has not prioritised. The country-specific Peppol e-invoicing support ensures that Belgian, German, French and Dutch contractors can issue electronically compliant invoices through the appropriate national Peppol network, with all required structured data fields populated correctly.
The wholesaler integrations are geographically specific and genuinely useful: a Belgian electrician accesses Van Marcke, Rexel Belgium and Cebeo for live catalogue pricing; a Dutch installer accesses Technische Unie and Rexel Netherlands; a French contractor accesses Rexel France and Sonepar France. The AI quote writer produces professional scope descriptions in the contractor's local language. Digital signatures under eIDAS are legally valid across all EU member states and in the UK.
Where Tradify does well
Tradify's operational job management capabilities are well-developed and represent a genuine strength for trade businesses with complex scheduling requirements. The ability to manage a large team of field engineers across dozens of simultaneous jobs, with real-time location tracking and mobile job cards, is a meaningful operational advantage. The customer communication features — automated appointment notifications and status updates — reduce inbound enquiry calls and improve the customer experience.
For trades businesses where scheduling efficiency and field team coordination are the primary operational bottlenecks, Tradify addresses those problems effectively. The platform has a good mobile experience that field engineers can use without extensive training. Its integration with Xero and QuickBooks for accounting makes it easy to incorporate into an existing financial workflow.
Who should choose Tradify?
Tradify is the better choice for trade businesses where high-volume service call management and field team scheduling are the primary operational challenges. Companies with large field forces running many short-duration maintenance calls will find Tradify's scheduling and dispatch features well-matched to their needs.
Tradify is less differentiated for European contractors who need country-specific Peppol e-invoicing compliance, access to European wholesaler catalogues for live quote pricing, or AI-assisted quote writing in their local language. Those requirements point clearly to QuotCraft.
Who should choose QuotCraft?
QuotCraft is the right choice for European trade contractors — in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and the UK — who need a platform that handles the full commercial workflow of a trade business with proper European e-invoicing compliance. Whether you are a Belgian electrician using Van Marcke prices in your quotes, a Dutch installer submitting Peppol invoices to commercial clients, or a French plumber preparing for the Factur-X mandate, QuotCraft is designed for your specific market context.
The free version covers quotes, invoices, digital signatures and client management. The paid plan adds country-specific Peppol e-invoicing, AI features, wholesaler integrations and advanced project planning. QuotCraft is the European trade contractor's commercial workflow platform.
Switching from Tradify to QuotCraft
The migration from Tradify to QuotCraft is planned and supported. Customer and job data can be exported and imported. QuotCraft's onboarding team configures your country-specific Peppol e-invoicing setup, your wholesaler integrations and your standard quote templates. The transition can be managed gradually, with QuotCraft introduced for the quoting and invoicing workflow before migrating operational job management.
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