How we thought about pricing TradeYoke: four plans, one price per business
Pricing is part of the product. We looked back at the build to decide what belongs on each plan: a free start, a working core, getting paid, and the business as a whole.
Part 35 of 39 of Building TradeYoke, the story of how the platform was built, from January 2024 to today. Previous: April 2026: one core, many trades. Next: What building for tradespeople has taught us: seven lessons from the build. See every part on the build timeline.
Quick answer
Quick answer: TradeYoke has four plans (Free, Essentials, Premium and Ultimate), priced per business rather than per person, with a 30-day free trial of Essentials and no card needed. The plans follow the order we built the product in, from customers and jobs, through getting paid, to the whole business. The current prices are always on the pricing page.
Key takeaways
- There are four plans: Free, Essentials, Premium and Ultimate, priced per business.
- The trial is 30 days of Essentials, with no card needed.
- The plans follow the build: core first, then getting paid, then the whole business.
- The pricing page is the only place to read current prices.
Pricing follows the build
When we started in 2024 there was nothing to price. As the product grew, the order we built it in turned into the shape of the plans. That was not a coincidence: we built the things most businesses need first, so those are where you start.
The shape of the plans
- Free. A way in. You can get started and see whether TradeYoke suits how you work.
- Essentials. The working core: customers, the round and jobs, quotes and invoices with your branding, and Who owes me with reminders. It is the foundation from the first year of the build.
- Premium. Getting paid and the accounts: bookkeeping sync, HMRC VAT filing, and taking card payments with a Pay now button on every invoice. This follows the work on payments from 2025.
- Ultimate. The business as a whole: your own website with booking and quote requests, a customer portal, and live monitoring and tracking. This follows the live monitoring work and the customer-facing parts.
Per business, not per person
A small trade business changes size. Someone helps for a season, a partner joins, a van is added. Pricing per business means those changes do not alter the bill each time, which is easier to plan around.
The trial
The trial is 30 days of Essentials, with no card needed. It is long enough to run a real week, and see a round, a few invoices and a Who owes me list on your own work, rather than on a demo.
Where to see the prices
We do not repeat prices in blog posts, because they would go stale and a post is a poor place to be corrected. The pricing page always shows the current plans and what each includes. For a plain-English look at costs in general, read how much does job management software cost.
A look back
The plans are a map of the build. If you read the Building TradeYoke series from the beginning, you can see why each thing sits where it does.
Questions people ask
What plans does TradeYoke have?
Free, Essentials, Premium and Ultimate, priced per business. The pricing page shows the current prices and what each plan includes.
Is there a free trial?
Yes: 30 days of Essentials, with no card needed.
Try it on your own week
30 days of Essentials free, no card. Bring your customers and see it against a real week.
