Does Field Forge work offline like Powered Now?

Mostly, yes. In the field app, clock-in, notes, photos, checklists, forms, expenses and status changes save on the phone with no signal and send when it returns. Looking up a scanned asset label and opening a job for the first time need a connection. If your team works for days at a time with no signal at all, Powered Now’s native apps may suit you better.

Can I try Field Forge before switching?

Yes — every Field Forge account starts with a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. Import your clients, rates, and parts by CSV, run a few real quotes and jobs alongside your current tool, and switch when you are confident.

How hard is it to move my data across?

Field Forge has guided CSV import for clients, sites, labour rates, and parts catalogues with duplicate detection. Most small teams are quoting on day one. Export your data from your current platform as CSV and bring it across during the trial.

Head-to-head comparison

Field Forge vs Powered Now: modern AI quoting vs the established all-rounder

Powered Now is a well-reviewed UK job management app with plans from £27 to £37 per user. Field Forge starts at £19.99, includes AI quoting on Full licences, and was built cloud-first — no sync engine to fight.

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Powered Now has served UK trades for over a decade and holds a solid 4.5 Trustpilot rating across 500+ reviews. It is a genuine all-rounder: quotes, invoices, forms, certificates, and scheduling.

Where the products diverge is architecture and focus. Field Forge is cloud-first (no device sync layer), includes AI quoting as standard on Full licences, and treats UK construction billing — CIS, reverse charge, retention, applications for payment — as core features rather than form templates.

Field Forge vs Powered Now at a glance

Competitor details from public pricing pages and published user reviews, last verified 3 July 2026.

	Field Forge	Powered Now
Pricing	Lite £19.99/user/mo · Full £39/user/mo	Business £27 · Professional £30 · Premium £37 per user/mo
AI quoting	Included on Full — itemised, priced quotes from a plain-English description	No equivalent AI estimating
Architecture	Cloud-first web app — one live copy of your data, nothing to sync	App-based with device sync (sync reliability is a recurring theme in user reviews)
Progress invoicing & retention	Applications for payment with retention as standard	Invoicing and payment schedules; limited retention handling
Purchase orders	POs with AI supplier-invoice capture and 3-way matching	Basic expense/supplier tracking
CIS & reverse charge	CIS, VAT domestic reverse charge, retention & applications for payment built in	CIS supported on invoices; reverse charge via settings
Security & access control	Granular per-user create/edit/delete permissions, optional 2FA, and an append-only audit trail; data company-isolated in the database and encrypted in transit & at rest	Three team roles (engineers cannot see financials); 2FA not publicly stated
Free trial	30-day free trial, no credit card	Free trial available

Powered Now pricing from powerednow.com/pricing (Business £27, Professional £30, Premium £37 per user per month). Review themes from public Trustpilot and Capterra reviews. Last verified 3 July 2026.

Why teams choose Field Forge

Quote in minutes, not evenings

Powered Now speeds up producing the document; Field Forge speeds up the pricing itself. Describe the job in plain English and the AI drafts an itemised estimate priced from your own labour rates and parts — you review, adjust, and send.

No sync layer to fight

A consistent complaint in Powered Now reviews is sync between devices. Field Forge is a cloud web app: one live copy of your data on every device, updated in real time — including the field team on Lite licences.

Commercial-grade billing

If your work includes main-contractor chains, retention, or staged payments, Field Forge handles applications for payment, retention release, and VAT reverse charge as first-class workflows.

When Powered Now might be the better fit

Powered Now has a long UK track record and 500+ Trustpilot reviews; Field Forge is the newer product with a smaller public review base.
Powered Now offers native mobile apps with offline mode. Field Forge’s field app also saves work with no signal, but looking up a scanned asset label or opening a job for the first time needs a connection.
Powered Now includes a large library of UK certificate forms (gas, electrical) out of the box.

Powered Now is a trademark of its respective owner. Field Forge is not affiliated with or endorsed by Powered Now. This comparison reflects publicly available information at the date shown; if anything is out of date, email contact@fieldforge.io and we will correct it.

Field Forge vs Powered Now — frequently asked questions

At entry level, yes: Field Forge Lite is £19.99/user/month vs Powered Now from £27/user/month, and Field Forge Full at £39 sits between Powered Now Professional (£30) and Premium (£37) while including AI quoting neither tier offers. For mixed office/field teams, Lite licences usually make Field Forge the lower total. Prices last verified July 2026.

Comparing other platforms? See all our comparison guides or the Field Forge pricing page.

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