Checkatrade alternative

Checkatrade Growth starts at £59 a month. SiteLens Pro is £39 a month, with no fee per lead.

Checkatrade: Free profile £0/month, with no leads. Approved £30/month for the Checkatrade tick and job tools; its terms say leads need a Pay As You Go or Fixed Plan. Growth from £59/mo, set by your trade, postcode areas and leads a year. Fixed Plan memberships are for 12 months and renew automatically. Its pricing page does not state VAT.
SiteLens: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually. Self-serve, no contract, cancel online.

Checked 21 October 2026.

Every new application across 380+ UK councils, sorted by the trades it needs, so you find extensions, conversions, new builds and commercial schemes at planning stage. Free to start, with no fee per lead and no 12-month term.

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Which should you choose?

Choose SiteLens if you want a steady pipeline of extensions, conversions, new builds and commercial schemes in your area, found at planning stage and sorted by your trade, for one monthly price with no fee per lead: free to start, then £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Choose Checkatrade if you want homeowners who are ready to hire to call, message or book you, with a public profile, reviews and the Checkatrade tick to win their trust.

What SiteLens does better

Work at planning stage

Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night, so you see an extension, conversion or new build while the owner is still planning it. A Checkatrade lead starts when a homeowner searches for a trade.

Sorted by your trade

22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables, mark the trades each application needs, so a roofer’s alert holds roofing jobs. Search in plain English and save it as a daily or weekly alert.

Bigger jobs, checked first

From single homes to commercial schemes, with estimated value bands that name their basis and Companies House checks on the firms you want to chase, on every plan. Pro adds the agent’s published email and phone and 15 contact lookups a month.

SiteLens vs Checkatrade for trades, feature by feature

Each Checkatrade entry comes from its own website unless the cell says otherwise. Checked 21 October 2026.

Feature	SiteLens	Checkatrade
Price	£39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually	Free profile £0/month; Approved £30/month; Growth from £59/mo, set by trade, postcodes and leads a year
Try before you pay	Free plan with no time limit, plus 7 days of Pro, no card	A free profile with no leads; up to 2 months free on a 12-month plan for October 2026 sign-ups (varies by trade)
Contract	Monthly or annual, no minimum term, cancel any time	12-month Fixed Plans that renew automatically; cancel by phone, no earlier than 35 days before renewal
Sign-up	Self-serve, under 2 minutes	Up to 12 vetting checks for the Checkatrade tick; its terms allow a £250 application fee, excluding VAT
Homeowner job leads	No. SiteLens finds planning applications, not homeowner enquiries	Calls, messages, bookings and quote requests from homeowners, on a lead plan
Fee per lead	None, on any plan	Pay As You Go fee per lead, varying with job value, location and demand; Opportunities Board leads unlocked with credits
Alerts on new leads	Daily or weekly email by trade, area and keyword; hourly on Team	Opportunities Board daily digest or real-time notifications by category, postcode and radius (paid members)
Contact details	Agent’s published email and phone, the named project team and 15 lookups a month (Pro)	The homeowner’s details when you unlock a lead, or their call or message
Profile and reviews	No. SiteLens does not host a public profile or reviews	Free profile and reviews; the Checkatrade tick, directory listing and sponsored listings on paid plans
Bookings and payments	No. SiteLens does not take bookings or payments	Book Online on Google, fixed-price Express jobs, and payments through Checkatrade Pay
Lead and job management	Built-in leads pipeline from new to quoted to won, with notes and reminders; CSV on Pro	AI job management tools that turn quotes into booked jobs
Planning applications	Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night	Not mentioned on its trade pages
Trade tags	22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables	Leads by job category, across 72 trade industries
Project values	Estimated value bands, each naming its basis	Not mentioned on its trade pages
Companies House match	Yes, on every plan (directors, accounts and charges on Pro)	Its checks vet the trades; not mentioned for leads
Tenders and contract awards	Near each site and in alerts, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months	Not mentioned on its trade pages
Decision alerts	On every plan, including free	Not mentioned on its trade pages

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When you should still pick Checkatrade

Checkatrade puts your business in front of what it calls millions of people searching its platform, and homeowners who find you can call, message, ask for a quote or book you, including through Book Online on Google. Its tick follows up to 12 vetting checks, its profile collects reviews, and it backs its customers’ jobs with a £1,000 guarantee. It also offers a print directory, fixed-price Express jobs, a 24/7 AI receptionist and Checkatrade Pay. If you want homeowners who are ready to hire now, that is what the membership pays for.

If you would rather find the work yourself, at planning stage, SiteLens shows you the new applications in your patch, from extensions to commercial schemes, sorted by your trade and in your inbox each morning, with no fee per lead. That is SiteLens Pro at £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Each trade sees its own share of that feed: the extensions and new-build housing for bricklayers, and the dormers, roof extensions and re-roofs for roofing contractors.

Can you use both?

Yes. Checkatrade brings homeowners who are ready to hire and a public profile with reviews. SiteLens shows you the extensions, conversions and larger schemes in your area while they are still at planning stage, so you can reach the agent or the firm behind them first.

Frequently asked

How much does Checkatrade cost?

Its pricing page lists a free profile at £0/month, with no leads, Approved at £30/month and Growth from £59/mo, priced by trade, postcode areas and leads a year. Its terms say Approved brings no leads unless you add Pay As You Go or a Fixed Plan, and allow a £250 application fee, excluding VAT.

Does Checkatrade membership auto-renew?

Yes. Its membership renews automatically. You can cancel free within 2 business days of signing up; after that, only by phone, no earlier than 35 days before your renewal date and no later than that date. Fees can rise at renewal on 30 days’ notice. SiteLens is monthly or annual, and you can cancel any time online.

What is the difference between a Checkatrade lead and a SiteLens lead?

A Checkatrade lead is a homeowner who calls, messages, books or asks you for a quote, paid for through a lead plan or with Opportunities Board credits. A SiteLens lead is a new planning application across 380+ UK councils, tagged with the trades it needs and emailed to you each morning, with no fee per lead.

Is SiteLens a replacement for Checkatrade?

Not for homeowner enquiries or reviews: Checkatrade does those and SiteLens does not. SiteLens finds the work at planning stage, from extensions to commercial schemes, sorted by your trade, with estimated value bands that name their basis. Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no fee per lead.

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