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Redline vs Tradify: per user, or per plan.

Redline is free to start for one person, and paid plans bundle seats: 3 on Team, 10 on Team+. Tradify charges per user and includes timesheets and job costing that Redline doesn't have. Here's how to tell which suits your crew.

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The short version

Redline bundles seats into plans. Free and Solo ($29 a month, once you start invoicing) are for one person. Team at $129 a month includes 3 seats and Team+ at $299 includes 10, with extra seats at $29 each. A tech's seat comes with the tech app at no extra cost.

Tradify is job management software for small trade businesses in construction trades, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and appliance repair. It covers quoting from any device, a live scheduler with staff assignment and route planning, digital timesheets for staff and subcontractors, job costing, and invoices with automated payment reminders. It integrates with Xero and QuickBooks.

Tradify's pricing page lists Lite at $47, Pro at $51 and Plus at $61 per user per month in US dollars, month to month with no long-term contract. Its AI SmartTools come with Plus. The trial is 14 days with no card.

End of the month, by chat

What did I collect this month, and what did I spend?

This month so far: $21,380 collected and $4,915 in expenses. $2,640 is overdue across 2 invoices, Hale and Dorsey.

Draft an email to Dorsey about the balance.

Here's a short, friendly draft to Mark Dorsey about the overdue balance. To include the pay link, copy it from the invoice in Money and paste it in. Then tap Approve & send.

Money, expenses and reports are on Solo and up. Profit per job sits in Reports.

Redline and Tradify, side by side

	Redline	Tradify
How you use it	Chat first. You message it ("invoice Sullivan for the roof job") and it updates contacts, jobs, the calendar and invoices, asking you to confirm before it changes customer records. Web and iPhone.	Screens for quoting, a live scheduler, timesheets, job costing and invoicing, from any device.
Free plan	Yes. $0 with no end date: AI chat, contacts, pipeline, calendar, scheduling assistant, Quick-Sort and a Pro Page. 1 seat and 4,000 AI credits that don't refill.	No free plan. 14-day trial, no card.
Starting price	Solo at $29 a month, or $23 a month billed yearly. 7-day free trial on the web.	Lite at $47 per user a month, month to month, per its pricing page.
Seats	Free and Solo: 1. Team ($129 a month): 3. Team+ ($299 a month): 10, plus extra seats at $29 each.	Per user: $47 to $61 a month for each person, by plan.
Quotes	Itemized quotes by chat, including from a site photo, with an optional deposit %. Good, better and best options and tax are in the Quote composer (Solo and up). Saved as drafts; you email the customer from your own Gmail. No quote link, online approval or e-sign today.	Quotes from any device.
Invoicing and payments	Solo and up. Branded card pay links on your own Stripe account, no Redline fee on top. Card only, US dollars. Overdue flags at day 3, 7 and 14.	Invoices with automated payment reminders. Xero and QuickBooks integrations.
Scheduling	Every plan. Suggests up to 3 open slots, groups visits in the same town, sets up repeating visits with one save. No calendar sync, no online booking.	Live scheduler with staff assignment and route planning.
Dispatch	Team and up. Dispatch board, tech app, assign jobs by chat, crew chat. Techs tap their status; there's no GPS.	Staff assignment on the scheduler.
What Tradify has that Redline doesn't	Not in Redline today.	Timesheets for staff and subcontractors, full job costing, automated customer payment reminders, route planning, Xero and QuickBooks integrations.
What Redline has that Tradify doesn't	A Free plan. Seats bundled by plan instead of priced per user.	No free plan. Every user adds $47 to $61 a month.

Tradify details come from Tradify's own website, checked October 2026. Plans and prices change, so confirm on their site before you decide.

Who should pick which

Pick Tradify if

You pay staff or subs by the hour and need timesheets
You want job costing tied to those timesheets
You want customers reminded to pay without you lifting a finger
Your books are in Xero
You want route planning built into the scheduler

Pick Redline if

You want to run the office side free before paying anything
You're a crew of 3, or 7 to 10, where a seat bundle costs less than per-user pricing
You want to approve every customer email yourself
You'd rather ask "what did I collect this month?" than open a report
You want techs on an app where they never see prices

Questions contractors ask

What do 3 people cost on each?

On Tradify's listed prices, 3 users on Lite is 3 times $47, or $141 a month. Redline Team, with 3 seats, is $129 a month, or $103 billed yearly. At 10 people, Tradify Lite would be $470 a month on its listed per-user price, and Redline Team+ is $299. At 1 person, Redline Solo is $29.

Does Redline do timesheets or job costing?

Not labor. Redline has no timesheets or time tracking. On Solo and up, you file receipts against a job and Reports shows profit per job after materials. See expenses and reports.

Does Redline remind customers to pay?

Not on its own. Redline flags unpaid invoices at day 3, 7 and 14 and tells you who to call. A reminder to the customer is an email you approve, sent from your Gmail. See overdue invoice alerts.

What else should a trade business compare?

See Tradify alternatives, or how Redline works for plumbers.

Start with one seat, free.

Add the crew when you're ready: 3 seats on Team, 10 on Team+.