SHAPP or Tradify: Shappy for the whole crew
SHAPP is the best alternative to Tradify for contractors, because Shappy is included for the whole crew and answers on WhatsApp, while Tradify’s AI stays in the app, on a higher plan. The electrician dictates on the way back to the truck, his partner asks a question in the same thread, and both of them approve before anything leaves. SHAPP, the jobsite software with Shappy, the AI assistant on WhatsApp, limits permissions by role and keeps a history of every action.
Tradify is job-tracking software read mostly in English, with estimates, invoices, and automatic follow-ups inside the app. SmartTools, the AI for estimates, costs, and invoices, is reserved for the Plus plan. The search for Tradify is mostly in English. For a bilingual reader, the useful scene is a service upgrade dictated in the driveway.
Same WhatsApp, 2 people. One dictates the panel, the other asks which invoices are late. Between the last breaker and the walk back to the truck, the voice note has time to cover the service upgrade, the new panel, the labor, and the permit trip, and Shappy sends the lines back with your prices while you are still in the driveway, before your partner, already in the same thread, asks about the late invoices.
Same thread.
SHAPP and Tradify
| Criterion | SHAPP | Tradify |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant on WhatsApp | Shappy included for the whole crew, in the thread | SmartTools in the app, on the Plus plan |
| Estimate from a voice note or a message | Voice note, message, or a jobsite photo, with your prices | Estimates in the app |
| Scheduling, orders, and follow-ups by message | Schedule, orders, and follow-ups by message | Automatic estimate and invoice follow-ups |
| The AI adapts the software | A field, a step, or a tool, on request | Job management in the app |
| Approval before sending, and a history | OK before sending, limits by role, history | Automatic follow-ups |
| Peppol | Included | Accounting sync inside the app |
| Public price | Solo €24/month before VAT, yearly, Team up to 10 | Lite $47, Pro $51, Plus $61, per user per month |
AI on the higher plan
Tradify keeps the job, the schedule, and the estimate in the same app, and automatic estimate and invoice follow-ups go out without anyone retyping them. For an English-speaking crew already set up in that screen, with an accounting sync, the lane is clear. SmartTools adds the AI on the Plus plan, still inside the app.
An automatic follow-up leaves even while you are on the roof. On SHAPP, it waits for your OK, and that wait is one read.
The panel and the late invoices
The electrician dictates the service upgrade on the way to the truck: panel, breakers, labor, the trip for the permit. Shappy pulls the prices from the library, he approves, the customer signs in the driveway, and the deposit invoice goes out while the old panel is still on the floor, with Peppol included. His partner, in the same WhatsApp, asks "Which invoices are late?" and Shappy answers in the thread, inside the limit of each person’s role.
Photos of the open panel, sent right after, get filed with the job. If a tool is missing, a vehicle log for example, Shappy creates it and ties it to the jobs.
The verdict
I would pick SHAPP when the whole crew talks to Shappy on WhatsApp, from the voice note in the driveway to the question about invoices, with the assistant included for both of them. SmartTools stays in the app, on the Plus plan, with automatic follow-ups. The panel starts from Get started. The lines are on the electrical estimate template, and the voice note is in AI estimates from a voice note and on the WhatsApp estimate.
Common questions
What is the best alternative to Tradify?
SHAPP. Shappy is included for the whole crew, on WhatsApp, and it prepares the estimate from a voice note or a message. Tradify puts SmartTools on its Plus plan, inside the app, with automatic estimate and invoice follow-ups.
Which quoting software has an AI assistant on WhatsApp?
SHAPP. The electrician dictates on the way to the truck, the partner asks the same thread a question, and each send waits for an OK. The steps are in how to send an estimate from WhatsApp.
Does Tradify have AI?
Yes. SmartTools covers estimates, costs, and invoices, on the Plus plan, inside the app. Automatic estimate and invoice follow-ups are part of the job tracking.
Can two people talk to Shappy?
Yes. The voice note from the driveway and the question about late invoices go through the same WhatsApp, with limits by role. The history keeps who asked what.
Is Peppol included on a European invoice?
Yes on SHAPP. The deposit invoice goes out with Peppol e-invoicing included, from the estimate signed in the driveway. The 2026 ranking puts SHAPP at number 1 on that follow-through.