Chimney sweep software
Why TradeBooked over Sweep Certificates
Sweep Certificates is a capable UK-built tool for chimney sweeps: certificates, a diary, quotes and invoices, reminders by email, SMS and WhatsApp, and online booking as a paid add-on. Two things it leaves out by design. It will not take the customer's money, and it only covers the solid-fuel side of your week.
The three reasons trades switch
A booking page that wins you new customers, not just rebooks the old ones
Their booking add-on goes on your own site or into a reminder link, so it reaches people who are already your customers. TradeBooked gives you the public page itself, included, findable by somebody who has never heard of you.
The deposit they have chosen not to take
Sweep Certificates says plainly that it does not sit in the middle of the payment. TradeBooked takes a Stripe deposit at the moment of booking, paid straight to you, so a no-show costs the customer instead of you.
Still earning in the months nobody books a sweep
Sweeping is a season. Sweep Certificates covers that season and stops there. TradeBooked carries the sweep certificate alongside the work that fills the rest of the year, on one diary and one customer record.
Where TradeBooked wins
Head-to-head on the things sole UK trades actually ask about.
A front door, not just a rebook link
Sweep Certificates
Their online booking is a £10 a month add-on, and only the £24 Premium plan can buy it, so £34 a month before you have taken a booking. You then place it on your own website or social media, or send it as a personalised reminder link. It works well for the customers you already have. It does not bring you one you have never met.
TradeBooked
Your TradeBooked booking page is the page itself, live on the web with your compliance badges, coverage area and reviews on it, and included in the plan rather than bolted on. Somebody who has never heard of you finds it, picks a slot and books. You do not need a website of your own for it to work.
The deposit they have chosen not to take
Sweep Certificates
Sweep Certificates is explicit that it stays out of the payment: cash, cheque, bank transfer or your own card machine, and in their words they do not sit in the middle. So there is no deposit at booking, and a no-show still costs you the slot and the diesel.
TradeBooked
Optional Stripe deposit taken the moment the customer hits Book, paid straight to your account. A no-show costs the customer, not you, and the slot was held by somebody who paid to hold it. Pro and Autopilot.
The months that are not sweeping season
Sweep Certificates
Built for chimney sweeps and stove installers, and it stops there. Whatever fills your diary once the season ends lives in another tool, on another bill.
TradeBooked
The sweep certificate sits alongside the rest of the work your year runs on, one customer record and one diary. You are not paying a second subscription to cover the months when nobody is booking a sweep.
A rebook that does the thinking for you
Sweep Certificates
Reminders go out on the schedule you set, by email, SMS or WhatsApp.
TradeBooked
The next sweep date is worked out per flue from what you recorded on the last visit, so a hard-burning wood stove and a rarely-lit gas fire do not get the same reminder on the same day. You can override any of it. The reminder goes out automatically with a one-tap link back to your booking page, and on Autopilot recurring campaigns fill the quiet months too.
Feature by feature
The short version. Tick what you need, see who has it.
| Feature | Sweep Certificates | TradeBooked |
|---|---|---|
| Digital chimney sweep certificate | ||
| Offline capture on site | ||
| Diary, quotes and invoices | ||
| Customer and appliance history | ||
| Built and supported in the UK | ||
| Online customer booking (theirs is a £10/month add-on) | ||
| SMS reminders with no per-message charge | ||
| Deposit taken at the point of booking | ||
| Customer pays the invoice online by card | ||
| Certificates beyond solid fuel, on the same account | ||
| Any trade on the same diary, not just sweeping | ||
| Grows with the business without a second subscription | ||
| Collaborative design studio for branding and websites |
Switching from Sweep Certificates? There is a deal in it.
Moving software is daunting, we know. So we do the setting up for you. Send us what you have got and we will build your page, load your services, prices and trade badges, and have it taking bookings before you have found the login. The look is done in house by our own design studio.
Already got a website that is not pulling its weight? The studio does refreshes too, and people switching get a discount. It is there for when you are ready to grow, not a minute before.
Pricing at a glance
What Sweep Certificates charges, next to what TradeBooked charges. Both are per business.
Sweep Certificates
- Standard£18.50/month inc VAT
Cannot have online booking at any price. You send the reminders and raise the invoices yourself.
- Premium£34/month inc VAT
£24 Premium plus the £10 online booking add-on, which only Premium can buy.
Three users. SMS is billed on top at 4.5p a message.
Their prices include VAT, in their words "what you see is what you pay". The £34 is their own published figure, not ours. Neither plan takes a deposit or a card payment at any price.
TradeBooked
- Solo£29/month
- ProPopular£49/month
- Autopilot£99/month
Flat per business, same for a solo or a small crew, with nothing added at checkout.
What is Sweep Certificates?
Sweep Certificates is chimney sweep software built in the UK and supported from the UK. You build and email a digital certificate or warning notice before you leave the drive, run a diary with appointment lengths and booking rules, raise quotes and invoices, sync to your accounts, and send reminders by email, SMS or WhatsApp. Online booking is a £10 a month add-on that only the £24 Premium plan can buy, so the real figure for a sweep who wants customers booking online is £34 a month. Payment is deliberately left to you: in their own words, they do not sit in the middle.
Sweep Certificates is a good tool and a fair price if your diary is already full and you are happy chasing the money yourself. TradeBooked is the better fit if you want the deposit taken at the point of booking, a public page that brings you customers who have never met you, and one diary that still earns its keep in the months when nobody is booking a sweep.
Frequently asked questions
Does TradeBooked produce a chimney sweep certificate like Sweep Certificates does?
Sweep Certificates has online booking now. What is different about yours?
Can I take a deposit through Sweep Certificates?
I sweep chimneys but I also do gas and PAT work. Does that matter?
Can you help me set it up if I am not great with computers?
Their free trial is 30 days. Why is yours 10?
Ready to try TradeBooked?
10-day free trial. No credit card. No commission. UK trades only* (for now).
We're UK-only today, with other markets on the way. Outside the UK? Get in touch and we'll let you know when we're in your market.
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Based on Sweep Certificates's publicly published information (Sweep Certificates website). First published 2026-06-01, last reviewed 2026-09-21. Prices and features change, so check Sweep Certificates's own site before you decide. Spot something wrong? Tell us.