Is WorkPaid cheaper than Powered Now?

Not always. Powered Now is a flat £28 a month for one user. WorkPaid is 2.5% of what customers pay through it, capped at £500 a quote, and nothing in a month with no work. Below about £1,120 a month through WorkPaid, it costs less than £28. Above that, Powered Now costs less. Card processing is on top with both.

Can WorkPaid file my tax return like Powered Now?

No. WorkPaid keeps the records (every payment, your expenses and mileage, your profit by tax year) and exports them as files for Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent or your accountant. Powered Now files Income Tax and VAT returns to HMRC itself. If filing from the app matters to you, that is a real difference.

Does WorkPaid have a diary or scheduling?

No, and that is deliberate. WorkPaid does the money side of a job: the quote, the deposit, stages, extras, the chasing, the invoice and the records. Your calendar app or a wall planner does the diary.

Compared

Powered Now alternative with no monthly fee: where each one wins

Powered Now is a UK suite that runs a trade's whole business for a monthly subscription: quotes, invoices, diary, tax filing. WorkPaid does the money side of a job, deposit first, and charges only when a customer pays. If you're weighing one against the other, or looking for a Powered Now alternative, here's where each one is the better pick.

What each one is, and what it costs

Powered Now's Business plan is £28 a month (ex VAT) for one user, with online payments and payment links through SumUp, deposits and part payments, a diary, and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax built in. Professional is £32 a user a month and adds VAT return filing and Xero or QuickBooks; Premium is £40 a user a month and adds the customer portal, automatic quote chasing and drag-and-drop scheduling. Paying yearly gets two months free. There's a 14-day trial, no card needed, and it's a rolling subscription you can cancel any time.

WorkPaid has no subscription. Sending quotes and invoices is free. When a customer pays through it, WorkPaid takes 2.5%, capped at £500 a quote, and you can pass that on to the customer. Card processing is separate with both tools: Powered Now takes payments through SumUp, WorkPaid through Stripe at 1.5% + 20p on a UK card, or 0.5% + 20p (capped at £5) when the customer pays by bank.

Powered Now's details were read from powerednow.com/pricing on 25 October 2026. Prices and plans change. If something here is out of date, email support@workpaid.uk and we'll fix it. Powered Now is its owner's trade mark; WorkPaid isn't connected to them.

Side by side

How Powered Now and WorkPaid compare for a UK trade.
What matters	Powered Now	WorkPaid This is us
Monthly fee	£28 (one user); £32 or £40 a user	None
Cost when you're paid card processing is on top with both	Included in the plan	2.5%, capped at £500 a quote
Cost in a month with no work	£28	£0
Deposit before you start	Yes	Yes
The customer accepts the price by typing their name dated, kept as evidence	Not stated on their site	Yes
Stage payments and mid-job extras	Part payments	Yes
Pay by Bank, with no chargebacks	Not stated on their site	Yes
Chases unpaid invoices for you	Yes	Emails, plus one-tap WhatsApp from your phone
Chargeback evidence with your job photos	Not stated on their site	Yes
Files VAT and Income Tax to HMRC	Income Tax on every plan; VAT from £32	No
Diary and scheduling	Yes	No
CIS	Yes	No
Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent	Xero and QuickBooks from £32	Files to import, with guides
Works offline	Yes	No

"Not stated on their site" means we couldn't find it on the pages we checked, not that it doesn't exist. Scroll sideways on a phone to see both columns.

Where each one is the better pick

Choose Powered Now when

You want one tool for everything: the diary, the job sheets, CIS, and your VAT and Income Tax returns filed to HMRC from the same place. WorkPaid exports your records for an accountant; it doesn't file.
You take a lot of payments. At 2.5%, WorkPaid costs more than £28 once more than about £1,120 a month goes through it. A busy trade on a flat £28 pays less.
You have a team. Powered Now is priced per user and built for more than one person on the books.

Choose WorkPaid when

Your work comes and goes. A subscription bills in January and over a three-week holiday. WorkPaid bills nothing in a month you don't get paid.
You want the deposit to be the default, not a feature. Every WorkPaid quote is built around a deposit the customer pays from the link, after typing their name to accept the price, so there's a dated record if it's ever disputed.
Your customers can pay by bank from the same link, at a lower fee and with no chargeback.
If a card payment is disputed, the evidence goes to Stripe from inside WorkPaid, with the accepted quote and your dated job photos attached.
You can be set up today. There's no plan to pick, no users to add, and your customer needs no app or portal to pay you.

Questions trades ask

Is WorkPaid cheaper than Powered Now?: Not always. Powered Now is a flat £28 a month for one user. WorkPaid is 2.5% of what customers pay through it, capped at £500 a quote, and nothing in a month with no work. Below about £1,120 a month through WorkPaid, it costs less than £28. Above that, Powered Now costs less. Card processing is on top with both.
Can WorkPaid file my tax return like Powered Now?: No. WorkPaid keeps the records (every payment, your expenses and mileage, your profit by tax year) and exports them as files for Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent or your accountant. Powered Now files Income Tax and VAT returns to HMRC itself. If filing from the app matters to you, that is a real difference.
Does WorkPaid have a diary or scheduling?: No, and that is deliberate. WorkPaid does the money side of a job: the quote, the deposit, stages, extras, the chasing, the invoice and the records. Your calendar app or a wall planner does the diary.

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