Honest comparison
PipeworkHQ vs Gas Engineer Software for UK gas engineers
Gas Engineer Software is a long-standing UK specialist in digital gas certificates — this is their home turf and they are good at it. PipeworkHQ covers the certificates and then the rest of the business. Here is an honest comparison.
| What matters | PipeworkHQ | Gas Engineer Software |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat per firm: Standard £49/month with 5 engineers included, then £12 per extra engineer. Professional £129/month (5 included, then £30). Solo £29 and Free £0 for one user. Talk to us above 25 engineers. Prices exclude VAT. | Per user — typically around £23–£30 per user per month (as at June 2026); the same five-engineer team typically runs about £115–£150/month. Check their current pricing. |
| UK gas focus (CP12 / Gas Safe depth) | Built for UK gas from day one: CP12, CP14, CP17, Benchmark, Legionella (ACOP L8) and Part L photo dossiers, created and digitally signed in-app. You submit to the relevant scheme yourself — we never claim otherwise. | Strong — a long-established UK gas-certificate specialist with a deep certificate library. Genuinely good at the certificate job. |
| Heat-pump / MCS tooling | Heat-pump and MCS design tooling on Professional: BS EN 12831-based room-by-room heat loss, radiator and buffer sizing, an indicative Boiler Upgrade Scheme checker and EPC lookup from the government register. | Certificate-led rather than design-led: we could not find built-in BS EN 12831 heat-loss design publicly listed (as at June 2026) — check their current features. |
| Contracts | No contracts. Monthly rolling with no minimum term; optional annual billing saves two months. | Monthly per-user subscription — check their current terms. |
| Payments | Card payments, deposits on quote acceptance and tap-to-pay on the doorstep via Stripe Connect — payouts go to your own account. Open Banking pay-by-bank is in development, not yet available. | Invoicing with payment integrations — check their current card and bank options. |
| Data export — leave anytime | Leave anytime: a full account export (customers, jobs, certificates, invoices and more) as a JSON archive, generated the same day you ask, plus a Xero-format CSV of your invoicing. No exit fees. | Check their export options before you commit either way — and hold us to the same standard. |
| Accessibility commitment | A public accessibility statement with a WCAG 2.1 AA target, semantic structure and keyboard support throughout — led by a registered severely sight-impaired founder, so accessibility is designed in, not bolted on. | We could not find a public accessibility statement (as at June 2026) — ask them directly if this matters to your team. |
Competitor details are indicative, drawn from publicly listed information as at June 2026, and may have changed — always check their current pricing and features. All prices exclude VAT.
Where Gas Engineer Software is stronger today
We would rather you switch with your eyes open than feel sold to. These are real advantages Gas Engineer Software holds right now:
- A decade-plus of UK gas-certificate specialisation — engineers know it and trust it.
- A focused, simple product with very little to learn if certificates are all you want.
- Honestly: a one-person band who only wants certificates will likely pay less there than our £49 Standard plan — our certificates start on Standard, not Solo.
Straight answer: If you are a sole trader who wants digital certificates and nothing else, their per-user price will probably beat our Standard plan. We win when you want the certificates plus the storefront, payments, MTD-ready invoicing and team seats — without per-user fees.
Why UK heating firms switch to PipeworkHQ
- One subscription instead of several: certificates, quoting, invoicing, card payments, a public storefront and accounting sync in one login.
- Flat per-firm pricing: five engineers included at £49/month versus roughly £115–£150 on typical per-user plans.
- A growth path: heat-pump and MCS design tooling on Professional when you move into renewables.
Try it against your current bill
Start free — no card, no contract — and keep Gas Engineer Software running alongside while you decide. If you leave, your data exports the same day.