Compare Tradify and HotSchedules - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Tradify or HotSchedules?

Tradify is more expensive to implement (TCO) than HotSchedules, and HotSchedules is rated higher (88/100) than Tradify (76/100). HotSchedules offers users more features (16) than Tradify (9). There is a clear winner in this case and it is HotSchedules!

Looking for the right Booking and scheduling solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Tradify Limited Vs. HotSchedules

Tradify Limited: At Tradify we have a team of amazing people who all work towards one goal – Taking the pain out of admin for tradespeople. Most tradespeople are really good at what they do. But like most of the rest of us, many hate the admin part of the job – keeping track of costs, time, invoices, etc. Every hour spent doing admin is an hour not doing something...

HotSchedules: Our Co-Founders, Ray Pawlikowski and David Cantu came up with the idea for HotSchedules while working at PF Chang’s together. Ray was the bartender and David was the manager. When a college project had Ray building a web site, he decided to use it to address one of the restaurant’s primary pain points – communicating the employee schedule. Manager...

Who is more expensive? Tradify or HotSchedules?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Booking and scheduling software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Tradify and HotSchedules.

Tradify price starts at $29 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Tradify is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Booking and scheduling software. HotSchedules price starts at $49 per month , When comparing HotSchedules to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Booking and scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: Tradify is more expensive than HotSchedules.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Tradify Vs. HotSchedules based on some of the most important and required Booking and scheduling features.

Tradify: Mobile Access, Data Analysis Tools, Billing & Invoicing, Change Orders, Contract Management, Estimating, Scheduling, Time Tracking.

HotSchedules: Benefits Administration, Employee Self-Service, HR Management, Timesheet, Automated Scheduling.

Target customer size

The usual customers of Tradify are the small, medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises engaging in the industry of service and trade like HVAC, plumbing, service technicians, contracting and electrical, using the service of IT, mainly with job management. The product is focused on the restaurant industry addressing both large franchises as well as single restaurants.