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HAMAR vs the alternatives.

Honest picture of where HAMAR wins, where another tool might suit you better, and how to choose. Pricing verified against each vendor’s own site.

Tool	Starting price	Built for	Best at	Weakness
HAMAR UK sole traders + small Ltds	£6.99/mo or £79 once, forever (100 founding seats)	UK & Irish sole traders and small limited companies (1-5 people), any trade or service	Quote → invoice → chase → get paid, with the chasing done for you. MTD for Income Tax and VAT built in. Zero card-fee markup.	Not full accounting (no balance sheet). Native iOS/Android wrappers not yet in the stores.
Zoho Invoice Global freelance	Free unlimited invoices, forever	Global freelancers + small businesses	Free forever, multi-currency, mature product, extensive integrations	No UK Making Tax Digital, no automatic chasing in your name, no insurance vault
FreeAgent UK white-collar SMB	£29/mo or FREE with NatWest / RBS / Ulster / Mettle business account	UK freelancers, consultants, contractors, small Ltd cos	Full double-entry accounting, MTD-ITSA + VAT filing, 10+ year track record	Overkill for pure admin. Bank-tied free tier. Chase cadence is basic.
Tradify Trades teams	£34/user/mo Lite; Plus is £44/user	Trades teams (1-10+)	Job scheduling, dispatch, Xero/QuickBooks sync, Gas Safe + electrical certificates	Per-user pricing gets expensive fast. Too heavy if you don't need scheduling.
Grafter UK trades	£7/mo	UK trades sole-operators	WhatsApp-first send pipeline, native mobile app	Trades-only. No support for advisers, creatives, care, etc.
Powered Now Regulated trades	£15/mo	Gas engineers, electricians, regulated trades	~100 UK industry certificates (Gas Safe, electrical, PAT)	Compliance-heavy UI you don't need if you're not regulated.
ServiceM8 Field service	£59/mo Growing tier, capped at 150 jobs/mo	Field-service teams with on-site jobs	GPS dispatch, photo workflow, unlimited users	Capped jobs on entry tier — punishes busy operators.
QuickBooks Sole Trader Accounting + tax	£10/mo + VAT	UK sole traders focused on HMRC compliance	MTD-ITSA + Self Assessment filing direct to HMRC	Quotes are an afterthought. QB Payments charges % on every card transaction.

Pricing verified against vendor sites. Re-checked quarterly.

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Founding Member offer · 100 seats

£79 once. HAMAR forever.

One of 100 founding seats. Everything in the app today and every update we ship, including MTD for Income Tax, VAT, native apps and receipt reading. Closes at 100 and never reopens.

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