Grafta vs Powered Now
Powered Now is a well-established UK app for trades invoicing, forms and certificates, and it has users in Ireland too. Grafta is the Irish-built alternative centred on voice-first quoting and Irish tax and compliance. Here's the honest comparison.
Grafta and Powered Now, side by side
| Grafta | Powered Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Irish tradespeople specifically | UK field trades (UK company) |
| Quoting | Voice-first — speak the job, get an itemised quote | Form/template-based quotes and invoices |
| Irish VAT (13.5%/23%, two-thirds rule) | Handled per line, with Irish guidance built in | Strong UK VAT/MTD focus; Irish specifics not the centre |
| RCT / reverse charge | Irish RCT and reverse-charge guidance written for Irish subbies | UK CIS focus rather than Irish RCT |
| Certificates & forms | Compliance reminders (Safe Electric, RGI, CVRT, insurance) | Large built-in certificate library (notably UK gas certs) |
| Team features | Team plan with roles, jobs and shared schedule | Team scheduling; forms and certificates on its higher tiers |
| Pricing model | Flat price — Solo one price, Team from a base price for 2 users | Tiered per-user plans (see powerednow.com for current rates) |
| Data | EU-hosted, GDPR-first, full export & deletion | UK-based provider |
What Powered Now does well
- Certificates — Powered Now's built-in certificate library (gas safety and electrical forms, UK-oriented) is a real strength for trades that live on certs.
- Track record — a decade-plus of development and a substantial UK user base.
- Breadth — forms, timesheets and team features across its tiers.
Where Grafta is different
- Voice-first: speak the job, review the itemised quote, send — built for the van, tuned for Irish accents.
- Irish, not adapted-UK: 13.5%/23% and the two-thirds rule per line, plain-English Irish RCT guidance, and an Irish compliance calendar (Safe Electric, RGI, CVRT) rather than UK CIS/MTD assumptions.
- Simplicity: one flat price and a deliberately lean feature set a sole trader actually uses, rather than tiers of forms.
- EU data residency and GDPR-first design, with full export and deletion built in.
Pick Powered Now if UK-style certificates and forms are the centre of your workflow and you're comfortable with UK-oriented tax content and tiered per-user pricing.
Pick Grafta if you're an Irish sole trader or small crew who wants quotes done by voice, Irish VAT/RCT correctness by default, and compliance reminders for the Irish renewals that actually apply to you. Try Grafta free.
Common questions
Does Grafta do certificates like Powered Now?
Grafta tracks your certification renewals (Safe Electric, RGI, insurance, CVRT) with reminders, but it doesn't currently generate cert documents themselves. If issuing UK-style certificates in-app is your core need, Powered Now is strong there; for Irish quoting, invoicing and getting paid, Grafta is built for exactly that.
Which suits a sole trader better?
Grafta was designed sole-trader-first: voice quoting from the van, flat pricing, and only the features a one-person business needs day to day. Powered Now spans from sole traders to larger teams with a broader, more form-driven feature set.
Is my data safe with either?
Both are established GDPR-covered providers. Grafta is EU-hosted with GDPR-first design — full data export and account deletion are built into Settings, and voice audio is deleted after transcription.
This comparison reflects publicly available information as of July 2026 and our honest read of both products. Powered Now is a trademark of its owner; Grafta is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Features and pricing change — always check both websites for current details, and if you spot something outdated here, tell us and we'll correct it.
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