Tradify helps you quote faster.
QuoteShield stops you quoting tyre-kickers.
Tradify is great for managing jobs you already have. QuoteShield uses AI to score every lead from your website — so you only quote the ones worth winning. Flat $29/month. Works alongside Tradify.
Free tier: 20 leads/month · Works alongside Tradify
What Tradify doesn't solve
Three frustrations tradies have with Tradify — and what QuoteShield does instead.
Per-user pricing
“Tradify's per-user pricing stings the moment you hire”
Tradify charges per user. One person on the tools, you pay $35–$45/month. Add an apprentice or admin: another seat. Add a second tradie: another seat. Within two or three hires, your Tradify bill can hit $100–$150/month before you've done a single job. Many tradies on Reddit report this as their biggest frustration — what started affordable becomes a significant overhead as the business grows.
How we fix it
QuoteShield is $29/month regardless of team size. One tradie or ten — the AI analyses every lead from your website for the same flat fee. And because it filters out time-wasters before they reach your team, every hour you save on bad leads compounds across your entire crew.
No lead filtering
“You're still quoting every lead blind — Tradify doesn't help you decide who's worth it”
Tradify is excellent at helping you write fast, professional quotes. But it doesn't tell you whether a lead is worth quoting in the first place. Someone submits a job through your website wanting a bathroom renovation for $800 — Tradify has no idea. You still spend 45 minutes measuring up and writing a detailed quote for a customer who was never going to pay your rates. That's not a Tradify problem — it's a gap Tradify was never designed to fill.
How we fix it
QuoteShield analyses every enquiry from your website the moment it arrives. Budget signals, job scope, photo analysis, urgency, tyre-kicker patterns — you know exactly which leads are worth a Tradify quote before you drive to the site. Hot leads get fast responses; time-wasters get a polite decline. Hours saved, every week.
Complexity & reliability
“Tradify's mobile app is unreliable and the learning curve is brutal”
Tradies consistently report crashes, sync issues, and data loss on the Tradify mobile app. Setup takes days for features most sole traders never use. Support response times frustrate users who need answers mid-job. For complex scheduling and invoicing these tradeoffs might be worth it. But if you're looking for something that just helps you filter enquiries from your website — Tradify isn't the answer anyway.
How we fix it
QuoteShield is designed to be set up in under 5 minutes. Paste one line of code on your website, verify your email, done. The dashboard is clean and mobile-responsive. No training. No week-long configuration. Your leads get AI-scored, you get a notification with the summary, and you decide in seconds if it's worth your time.
Tradify gets expensive as you hire
Per-user pricing means your bill grows with every employee. QuoteShield is always $29/month no matter how many people are on your crew.
| Team size | Tradify costper-user monthly | QuoteShield costalways flat rate | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 userSolo tradie | ~$39/mo | $29/mounlimited leads | $10/mo |
| 2 users+ 1 employee | ~$74/mo | $29/mounlimited leads | $45/mo |
| 3 users+ 2 employees | ~$109/mo | $29/mounlimited leads | $80/mo |
| 5 users+ 4 employees | ~$179/mo | $29/mounlimited leads | $150/mo |
Tradify pricing is illustrative based on published per-user rates. Actual costs may vary by plan. QuoteShield and Tradify serve different functions — most tradies benefit from running both.
Feature comparison
| Feature | QuoteShield | Tradify |
|---|---|---|
| Lead qualification | AI scores every enquiry — budget, urgency, scope, and tyre-kicker signals | No lead qualification. Tradify manages jobs and quotes, not incoming lead quality |
| Embeddable lead widget | Embed on any website with one line of code. Captures and qualifies leads 24/7 | No embeddable lead capture widget for your website |
| Job & quote management | Not included — QuoteShield is a lead filter, not a job management tool | Quoting, job tracking, scheduling, invoicing, and timesheets in one app |
| Pricing model | Free tier (20 leads/month) or $29/month flat for unlimited. Predictable always | Per-user monthly pricing. More staff = higher monthly bill. Can escalate fast |
| AI lead scoring | Every lead scored — budget signals, job complexity, urgency, photo analysis | No AI scoring on incoming enquiries. You evaluate every lead yourself |
| Photo analysis | Customers upload photos; AI assesses scope and complexity before you respond | No automated AI analysis of customer-submitted photos |
| Invoicing & payments | Not included — focus is on lead qualification before the job | Invoice creation, payment collection, and accounting integrations (Xero, MYOB) |
| Team scheduling | Not a team scheduling tool — focused on sole traders and small crews | Staff scheduling, job allocation, and calendar management for teams |
| White-label widget | Fully branded as YOUR business. Customers never see QuoteShield | Not applicable — no customer-facing lead capture product |
| Real-time lead alerts | Instant push and email notifications with AI summary the moment a lead arrives | Job notifications for scheduled work, not real-time lead qualification alerts |
Frequently asked questions
Can I use QuoteShield and Tradify together?
Absolutely — this is the recommended setup. Tradify handles your job management, quoting, and invoicing. QuoteShield sits upstream, qualifying the leads that come through your website and socials before they ever become Tradify jobs. QuoteShield tells you which leads are worth quoting; Tradify helps you do it fast and professionally. Zero overlap.
What do tradies complain about with Tradify?
Common complaints from tradies on Reddit and review sites include: per-user pricing that jumps significantly when you add staff, a steep learning curve for features most sole traders never use, mobile app stability issues (crashes, sync problems), and limited reporting for understanding which jobs are most profitable. Many tradies report paying for Tradify's full feature set while only using quoting and scheduling. QuoteShield is the opposite — it does one thing (lead qualification) and does it extremely well.
Is QuoteShield cheaper than Tradify?
They're different categories, but on price alone: QuoteShield is $29/month flat. Tradify charges per user — for a sole trader, starting around $35–$45/month, and significantly more once you add employees. If you're a solo tradie who already has Tradify for invoicing, adding QuoteShield at $29/month is the best value upgrade you can make: it stops you wasting time quoting jobs that were never going to convert.
Does Tradify help me generate more leads?
No. Tradify is a job management platform — it works on jobs you've already won or are actively quoting. It has no lead capture widget, no AI scoring, and no mechanism to help you decide which cold enquiries from your website are worth your time. QuoteShield is purpose-built for exactly that gap: qualifying leads before they enter your workflow.
How is QuoteShield different from Tradify's quoting feature?
Tradify's quoting feature helps you *create and send* professional quotes. QuoteShield helps you decide *which leads are worth quoting at all*. QuoteShield scores incoming enquiries for budget, urgency, job complexity, and tyre-kicker signals before you ever write a quote — saving you hours of wasted quoting on customers who were never going to convert. Use QuoteShield to filter, Tradify to quote the good ones.
Quote smarter, not harder.
Start free — or just $29/month.
QuoteShield qualifies your website leads with AI before you spend a second of your time. Works right alongside Tradify. No contracts, no per-user fees, no tyre-kickers.
Free tier includes 20 leads/month with full AI analysis · No lock-in contract