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QuotePilot vs Powered Now

Comparing QuotePilot with Powered Now for UK tradespeople. Features, pricing, voice quoting, and which app saves you the most time on quotes.

Powered Now covers the UK compliance angle well — but it's showing its age and lacks the speed features that save time day-to-day.

Powered Now is one of the few field service apps built specifically for the UK market, and that shows in its certificate features — it handles Gas Safe documents, electrical certificates, and PAT test reports, which almost no other app does natively. For a gas engineer or electrician who spends significant time managing compliance paperwork, that alone is valuable. But the quoting experience is manual and dated. There's no voice input, no AI line item generation, no customer payment portal, and the mobile app has received mixed reviews on speed and reliability. If compliance documentation is your biggest pain point, Powered Now has an edge. If it's quoting speed and professionalism, QuotePilot is significantly faster.

Feature comparison

QuotePilotPowered Now
PriceFrom £7.99/monthFrom ~£19/month
Free tierYes — 3 quotes/month, foreverFree trial only
Voice quotingYes — describe job by voiceNo
AI quote generationYesNo
Customer portalYes — accept & pay onlineNo
Online paymentsYes — deposit + final paymentLimited
MobileYes — web app + iOS comingYes
Automated follow-upsYesNo

Powered Now — pros and cons

Pros

  • Built specifically for the UK market
  • Handles Gas Safe, NICEIC, and electrical certificates
  • PAT testing certificates and compliance documents
  • Familiar to UK electricians and gas engineers
  • Invoice and quote creation included
  • Reasonable entry price

Cons

  • No voice input for quote creation
  • No AI quote generation
  • No customer payment portal
  • Mobile app reviews cite slowness and crashes
  • Dated interface compared to newer apps
  • Limited online payment options

Who each one is for

Powered Now is best for

UK gas engineers, electricians, and heating engineers who need to generate compliance certificates (Gas Safe, NICEIC, PAT testing) alongside quotes and invoices.

QuotePilot is best for

UK tradespeople who need to quote fast, look professional, and get paid online — and don't need to generate regulatory compliance certificates.

Common questions

Does Powered Now support Gas Safe certificates?

Yes — that's one of its main advantages. Powered Now generates Gas Safe records, electrical certificates, and PAT test reports natively. QuotePilot doesn't cover compliance certificates; it's focused on the quoting, customer portal, and payment side.

Does Powered Now have voice quoting?

No. You type job descriptions and line items manually in Powered Now. QuotePilot lets you describe the job by voice and generates the full quote automatically — useful when you're on a job site with dirty hands.

Can customers pay online with Powered Now quotes?

Not directly. Powered Now sends quotes as PDFs; customers can't accept or pay online through the quote itself. QuotePilot includes a customer portal where clients view, accept, and pay the deposit without you chasing.

Which app is better for a sole trader plumber?

It depends on whether compliance documents are your main pain point. If you need Water Regs or Gas Safe certificates, Powered Now is worth considering. If your main need is faster quotes and online payments, QuotePilot at £7.99/month is the better fit.

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