BigChange vs simPRO
The sibling question: since October 2024, one group sells you both. The honest answer is that job shape — reactive fleet work versus complex quoted projects — should decide, and you should make the group prove it.
| BigChange | simPRO | |
|---|---|---|
| Native territory | Reactive service + fleet logistics | Complex projects, installs, contracts |
| Pricing | Published: ~£79.95–£99.95/licence/mo, hardware in | Quote-only + implementation |
| Hardware | Bundled tracker, tablet, dashcams | Bring your own |
| Job costing | Solid, per job/contract | Deepest in class: estimating + variations |
| Accounting stack | Xero/Sage sync, cards via BigChange Pay | Integrations; deep cost ledger internally |
| Buying motion | Sales-led; multi-year reported | Sales-led; implementation project |
Where BigChange wins — and where simPRO wins
BigChange
- One subscription covers scheduling, fleet hardware, payments and compliance docs
- Faster go-live; published pricing anchors negotiation
- The Network and Lightning AI have no simPRO equivalent
simPRO
- Estimating, variations and multi-stage project costing far deeper
- Inventory and maintenance-contract machinery at contractor scale
- Better fit when jobs are won on quotes, not response time
Our verdict
Ask one question — is tomorrow's work won by the diary or by the estimate? Diaries and vans: BigChange. Quotes and projects: simPRO. Then ask the group the uncomfortable one: which platform survives any future consolidation, and get the answer in your contract terms.
How we compare: assessments draw on vendor documentation, published pricing, product testing where noted, and our published methodology. Prices are indicative entry-level figures — confirm current plans with vendors. We may earn commission from links on this page; it never affects our verdicts.