Short answer. If certificates are most of what you produce, a dedicated app beats the forms module inside job management software: it is quicker on site and better at the BS 7671 detail. Elec-Mate publishes the lowest entry price at from £6.99 a month with a seven-day trial. iCertifi covers the widest range of document types. Neither decision is expensive enough to agonise over, so trial rather than research.
Prices were read from vendor pages in September 2026 and exclude VAT unless stated. This market changes faster than most, and several products publish only a starting price. We take no commission from any of them.
What this software is actually for
An electrical installation condition report is a structured document with schedules of inspections, schedules of test results, observations with classification codes and a declaration. Producing one by hand, legibly, on a tablet in somebody's hallway is unpleasant. Certification software exists to make that faster and to stop incomplete reports leaving site.
What it does not do is stand in for competence. A report is only as good as the inspection behind it, and the classification codes are a judgement, not a dropdown. Software that fills in a default observation is a liability rather than an efficiency.
The products worth knowing about
| Product | Published price | Trial | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elec-Mate | From £6.99 per month | 7 days free | Certification with calculation tools alongside |
| iCertifi | Free to download, subscription to issue unlimited | Not published | Widest document range: EICR, EIC, minor works, PAT, fire alarm, emergency lighting, CP12 |
| EasyCert | Not published on the page we checked | Not published | Long-established certification software |
| Zappy | Not published | Not published | Homeowner-to-electrician platform with quoting, invoicing and certificate tools attached |
Elec-Mate
The cheapest published entry point of the group, at from £6.99 a month with seven days free and no charge until day eight. Beyond certificates it carries the calculation tooling electricians reach for on site, which is the practical reason people keep it open rather than opening it only at the end of a job.
iCertifi
The broadest coverage. Alongside BS 7671 inspection and testing certificates it handles minor works, PAT, fire alarm and emergency lighting certificates, and gas safety records. The apps are free to download with a subscription unlocking unlimited certificates, and it publishes free calculators that work without any subscription at all. If you issue more than one type of document, consolidating on one platform is worth more than saving a pound a month.
Zappy, and why it belongs in a different category
It is frequently listed alongside certification apps and it is not really one. Zappy connects homeowners with electricians and provides quoting, invoicing and certificate tools to the tradespeople using it. That is a lead generation product with paperwork attached rather than a certification product. Worth considering, but for a different reason.
The two questions to ask before you subscribe
1. What happens to my issued certificates if I stop paying?
You are legally exposed to a report you issued for years after you issued it. If a subscription lapse locks you out of your own history, that is a real problem rather than an inconvenience. Ask the vendor directly, and take a full export at least annually regardless of the answer.
2. Can the certificate be sent to a customer in the format they need?
Letting agents and managing agents frequently have systems that expect a specific format, and a report that arrives as an awkward attachment creates work for the person you want to keep instructing you. If landlord work is your business, this question is worth more than any feature list.
Where the website fits
Certification software handles the job once it exists. It does nothing about how the job arrives. For an electrician whose income depends on condition reports, the gap that costs money is usually earlier: a landlord searching at nine in the evening, finding three electricians, and picking whichever one answered clearly and made booking easy.
That is a website problem rather than a software problem, and it is what an EICR-focused site is built to solve.