alldayPA's call centre answers around the clock — but reported pricing runs from around £90/month plus roughly £1 a minute, with a 30-day notice period. TradeHalo answers unlimited calls 24/7 for a flat £19/month, cancel anytime.
The short version: a 24/7 human call centre with usage-based billing and notice periods versus flat-rate, trade-trained AI you can cancel in a click.
| TradeHalo | alldayPA | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From £19/month, published | Reported from ~£90/month entry tier; quote to confirm |
| Usage charges | None — unlimited AI-answered calls | Reported ~£1/minute on top; PAYG option at 99p/call |
| 24/7 answering | Included on every plan | Included |
| Who answers | AI trained on your trade and services | Human operators in a Manchester call centre |
| Setup | Self-serve, live in minutes | Account setup with the team |
| Leaving | Cancel anytime in your dashboard | 30-day minimum plus 30-day notice reported |
| Appointment booking | Booked into your calendar with travel-aware slots (Pro, £39/mo) | Message-taking; diary services on bigger packages |
| Free trial | 14 days | Varies by offer |
Competitor details taken from publicly available pricing pages and independent guides, checked July 2026. Always confirm current pricing directly with the provider.
alldayPA doesn't publish full pricing on its main website — you request a quote to confirm rates. Publicly reported figures put the 24/7 entry tier at around £90/month with roughly £1 per minute on top, and around £210/month for a 150-minute plan. Their pay-as-you-go brand, myalldayPA, advertises answering from 99p per call. Reports also mention a 30-day minimum term plus a 30-day notice period — which can mean up to 60 days of billing after you decide to leave.
Per-call pricing sounds cheap at 99p until you do trade-business maths: 150 enquiries in a busy month is £148 before anything else, and a message taken at 99p still only gets you a name and number to call back — the job isn't captured, triaged or booked.
TradeHalo is £19/month for Starter or £39/month for Pro, published on the pricing page. Unlimited AI-answered calls on both plans, no per-call fees, no notice period — cancel from your dashboard whenever you like.
No per-call pennies, no per-minute pounds, no quote needed. £19/month answers every call you get — the plumber taking 300 calls in a freeze pays the same as the electrician taking 30.
A call centre operator takes a message. TradeHalo captures the job: what needs doing, where, how urgent. You get an SMS with the details, the caller gets a confirmation SMS, and emergencies are flagged the second they happen.
No 30-day minimum, no 30-day notice. TradeHalo runs monthly and you cancel in your dashboard — and you keep your dedicated number available if you come back.
A customer's electrics have tripped and won't reset. It's 7:45am on a Saturday.
How the two services compare on the things that matter to a trade business.
| Feature | TradeHalo | alldayPA |
|---|---|---|
| Call handling | ||
| 24/7 answering included in base price | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited answered calls, no usage charges | ✓ | — |
| Dedicated UK business number included | ✓ | ✓ |
| Short-call and hang-up filtering | ✓ | Policies vary |
| Spam call blocking | ✓ | Operator discretion |
| Trade job capture | ||
| Trade-specific questioning (job, location, urgency) | ✓ | — |
| Emergency detection with instant SMS alert | ✓ | — |
| Confirmation SMS to the caller | ✓ | — |
| Full transcripts and AI call summaries | ✓ | Messages via app/portal |
| Automatic call labelling and analytics | ✓ | — |
| Bookings and diary | ||
| Voice appointment booking during the call | Pro (£39/mo) | Higher packages only |
| Google Calendar sync | Pro (£39/mo) | — |
| Booking confirmation and reminder SMS | Pro (£39/mo) | — |
| Price and terms | ||
| Published pricing | ✓ | Quote to confirm |
| Flat monthly fee | ✓ | — |
| Cancel anytime, no notice period | ✓ | 30-day minimum + 30-day notice reported |
| Free trial | 14 days | Varies |
| Free SEO-ready mini-website | ✓ | — |
alldayPA has been answering phones since 1999 and handles serious volume — if you run a multi-department business that needs human operators following complex scripts, order-taking or overflow support for an in-house team, a call centre is the right shape of solution, and their PAYG option is a low-commitment way in.
For a trade business, though, the equation is different: your calls follow a pattern (what's the job, where, when can you come?), they spike at unsociable hours, and every one matters. TradeHalo is built for exactly that pattern, at a price that doesn't move when the weather does.
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