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Both run the job from the first call to the invoice. The difference is what a person costs, and how much of the product is behind the next tier up.
Prices and features reviewed 29 July 2026
Per user, per month
On top of that
$960.00a month
20 people × $48.00 on Lite, ex GST
Per person, per month
On top of that
Nothing. No setup fee, no per-module pricing, no charge for the phone app, and the same price whatever someone does on it.
$199.80a month
20 people × $9.99 on Pro, ex GST
$760.20 a month — $9,122.40 a year — between the two at 20 people, both ex GST.
| Team size | Tradify — Lite | Worksted — Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 5 people | $240.00 | $49.95 |
| 10 people | $480.00 | $99.90 |
| 20 people | $960.00 | $199.80 |
Costed on Tradify Lite — their cheapest plan, which is the most favourable comparison to them — the tiers a business usually ends up on are dearer.
Read the tiers, not just the entry price. Timesheets and job costing start on Pro; purchase orders and AI bill reading are on Plus, at $62 a head. Every one of those is on both of our plans, so the number to compare against ours is usually the one at the bottom of their ladder rather than the top.
Price is the first thing you see and the least interesting thing on this page. These are the parts that are built differently.
Timesheets, job costing and margins, purchase orders, AI receipt reading, compliance and approvals are in the box on Pro and on Business. There is no tier that unlocks the part of the job you were always going to need, and no per-module pricing to grow into.
Job costing & marginsThe person doing the work submits the quote, the purchase order, the receipt or the week. Someone with the authority approves it, and until they do it cannot go out. You decide what needs a check — by document, by role, by dollar value — and the rule holds itself.
The words Tax Invoice, your ABN, GST on its own line, and BSB and account for payment — assembled at issue and frozen there. Put your rates up tomorrow and last quarter’s invoices stay exactly as you sent them, because every line copied your price book the moment it was raised.
Invoicing & getting paidA supplier receipt is photographed at the counter, read by AI, matched to the job and reconciled into the cost ledger — so the margin on the job is something you look up rather than work out. It saves with no signal and syncs when there is some.
Purchase orders & receiptsRead off Tradify’s own pages on 29 July 2026, and off what Worksted does today.
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| Capability | Tradify | Worksted |
|---|---|---|
| Per person, per month | $48 – $62 ex GST, by tier1 | $9.99 or $19.99 ex GST |
| Timesheets | From Pro, $52 a head1 | Both plans, with optional sign-off before hours bill or hit payroll |
| Job costing and margins | From Pro, $52 a head1 | Both plans, per job and per client |
| Purchase orders | Plus only, $62 a head1 | Both plans, raised on site or at the desk |
| AI reading of supplier bills | Plus only — SmartRead for Bills1 | Both plans, with a monthly allowance |
| Approval before something leaves the business | —1 | Quotes, invoices, purchase orders, receipts, timesheets and compliance |
| Compliance forms and certificates | Health & safety forms and compliance certificates from Pro1 | Requirements you define, holding the job until the evidence is in |
| Card payment on an invoice | Online and credit card payments on every plan1 | — |
| Accounting sync | Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks Online on every plan1 | Xero, on Business |
A dash means the capability was not listed on the Tradify pages we read on 29 July 2026 — not that it cannot be done. Every claim in the Tradify column is numbered to the page it came from, below.
Tradify is a mature, well-run product, and there are businesses it answers better than we do. If you are a handful of people rather than a crew, the per-head gap is small in dollars — and three things it has are things we do not.
Getting paid on the spot: online and credit card payments are on every Tradify plan.1
A wider accounting choice: Tradify syncs with Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks Online on every plan, so a business already on MYOB is not choosing between its books and its job software.1
Lead capture in the same tool: a branded enquiry form and email inbox from Pro, and an Instant Website add-on at $19 a month.1
Everything in the Tradify column came off these pages on the dates below. Prices change without notice — if you find one of these out of date, tell us and we will fix the page.
Tradify is named here for comparison only. Tradify and every other product mentioned on this page are the trademarks of their respective owners, and none of them is affiliated with or endorses Worksted. Our own prices come from our live plan catalogue, the same source as the pricing page.
Fourteen days with your real clients, sites and rates in it will tell you more than any comparison page. Your price book, your crew, your last three jobs.
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