Head-to-head comparison
Field Forge vs YourTradebase: when quoting alone stops being enough
YourTradebase nails simple, fast quoting and its users love it. Field Forge covers the same ground with AI — then keeps going: scheduling, job costing, purchase orders, field access for your team, and UK construction billing.
YourTradebase is a UK product with a devoted user base (5.0 on Trustpilot, albeit from a small review count) and a clear philosophy: paperwork, made fast. For a sole trader who mainly needs beautiful quotes and invoices, it is genuinely good.
The gaps appear as you grow: there is no native mobile app (mobile web only), scheduling is basic, multiple people can’t be assigned to a task, and there is no job costing, purchasing, or CIS-aware commercial billing. Field Forge starts where YourTradebase stops.
Field Forge vs YourTradebase at a glance
Competitor details from public pricing pages and published user reviews, last verified 3 July 2026.
| Field Forge | YourTradebase | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Lite £19.99/user/mo · Full £39/user/mo | From £29/mo plus ~£15 per extra user |
| Quoting | AI quoting — plain-English description to itemised, priced estimate in under a minute | Fast manual quoting with saved price lists |
| Scheduling | Visual team scheduler, dispatch, recurring visits, multi-assignee jobs | Light scheduling; one person per task |
| Job costing | Real-time estimated vs actual costs with margin visibility | No job costing |
| Purchasing | Purchase orders + AI supplier invoice capture with 3-way matching | Not available |
| Field team access | £19.99 Lite licences — jobs, time logging, photos from any phone | Mobile web only; no dedicated field workflow |
| CIS & reverse charge | CIS, VAT domestic reverse charge, retention & applications for payment built in | CIS on invoices; no retention/applications workflow |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial, no credit card | 30-day free trial |
YourTradebase pricing from yourtradebase.com (from £29/mo, ~£15 per additional user; 30-day trial); product scope from its published feature pages and user reviews. Last verified 3 July 2026.
Why teams choose Field Forge
From quote-maker to job engine
Winning the work is half the battle. Field Forge takes the accepted quote and runs the job: schedule the team, track time and materials against the estimate, raise POs, and invoice — including staged applications with retention.
Know if you made money
YourTradebase can’t tell you a job’s margin. Field Forge tracks estimated vs actual in real time, so you see profit before you invoice — not months later in your accounts.
A real field workflow
Engineers get their day’s jobs, site details, forms, photos, and time logging on any phone for £19.99 — not a squeezed desktop site in a mobile browser.
When YourTradebase might be the better fit
- For a sole trader who only wants quotes and invoices with zero learning curve, YourTradebase’s simplicity is a feature — Field Forge does much more, which means more to learn.
- YourTradebase’s Trustpilot rating is a perfect 5.0 (from ~60 reviews) — its users genuinely love it.
- If you never schedule a team, track costs, or touch commercial billing, the extra capability of Field Forge may be more than you need.
YourTradebase is a trademark of its respective owner. Field Forge is not affiliated with or endorsed by YourTradebase. 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 YourTradebase — frequently asked questions
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