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17hats vs Trumpet

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17hats

Proposals

Small business client workflow with quotes, contracts, invoices and automated follow up sequences

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Trumpet

Sales Enablement

Digital sales rooms with mutual action plans, e-signature and a free tier that is genuinely usable

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Trumpet has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: 17hats the interface is visibly older than newer competitors, which matters because the client facing documents are part of how a small business presents itself.; Trumpet e-signature, proposals and quotes are held back to the Scale tier at 100 US dollars per user per month, so a team on Pro still needs a separate signing tool and pays twice for one workflow.
  • They diverge on capability: 17hats covers Workflow automation, Trumpet covers Pods.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which 17hats and Trumpet actually diverge.

Attributes where 17hats and Trumpet differ
Attribute17hatsTrumpet
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquotePer user per month
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Chrome extension
CategoryProposalsSales Enablement

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in 17hats

  • Workflow automation
  • Quotes and contracts
  • Invoicing and payments
  • Lead capture forms
  • Questionnaires
  • Bookkeeping basics
  • Calendar and time tracking

Only in Trumpet

  • Pods
  • Mutual action plans
  • Engagement analytics
  • E-signature
  • Content management
  • Video and screen recording
  • Trumpet AI suite
  • White-labelling

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

17hats

  • A photographer or event professional running the same booking sequence dozens of times a yearnot Trumpet
  • Automating deposit invoices and reminders so that chasing payment stops being a weekly tasknot Trumpet
  • Capturing enquiries through a public form that starts a quote and contract workflow without manual entrynot Trumpet
  • A sole trader who wants client records, contracts and basic bookkeeping in one place rather than threenot Trumpet

Trumpet

  • A sales team whose proposals currently go out as PDF attachments and who have no idea whether anyone beyond their contact ever opened themnot 17hats
  • A complex enterprise deal with six stakeholders where a shared mutual action plan is the only way to keep both sides honest about datesnot 17hats
  • A customer success team running structured onboarding that wants the plan, recordings and documents in one link the customer keeps returning tonot 17hats
  • A European buyer that needs a supplier under UK or EU jurisdiction rather than a US vendor for data protection reasonsnot 17hats

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

17hats

  • The interface is visibly older than newer competitors, which matters because the client facing documents are part of how a small business presents itself.
  • The workflow builder takes real time to learn and configure, so the automation benefit arrives weeks after purchase rather than on the first day.
  • A consultancy where no two engagements are alike gets little from the workflow engine, which is most of what the price pays for.
  • It is built around a single operator, so a business adding staff or subcontractors runs into structural limits rather than a higher tier.
  • Payments run through third party gateways, so card processing fees apply in addition to the subscription and should be included when comparing cost per booking.

Trumpet

  • E-signature, proposals and quotes are held back to the Scale tier at 100 US dollars per user per month, so a team on Pro still needs a separate signing tool and pays twice for one workflow.
  • Single sign-on and SCIM only appear on Elite at 160 per user per month, which puts basic enterprise identity controls behind the most expensive tier rather than treating them as security baseline.
  • Pro is capped at five users, so a sixth hire forces a jump from 45 to 100 per user per month, more than doubling the per-seat cost for a headcount reason.
  • A digital sales room only works if buyers actually use the link, and in industries where procurement insists on email attachments and its own portals, the engagement analytics that justify the spend never materialise.
  • It competes against enablement platforms that bundle rooms into a wider content and coaching suite, so organisations already paying for one of those are buying an overlapping capability rather than a missing one.

Pricing, plan by plan

17hats

On request
  • 17hats$undefined/year
    • Quotes, contracts and electronic signature
    • Invoicing and online payment
    • Workflow automation sequences

Trumpet

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 10 pods per account
    • Unlimited users
    • Mutual action plans
  • Pro$45/month
    • Up to 5 users
    • Unlimited pods and content uploads
    • Unlimited templates
  • Scale$100/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Everything in Pro
    • AI content search, tagging and writer
  • Elite$160/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Everything in Scale
    • Full Trumpet AI suite including Copilot and org charts

Which should you pick?

Choose 17hats if

  • You need workflow automation.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want quotes and contracts.
17hats review

Choose Trumpet if

  • You need pods.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Chrome extension.
  • You also want mutual action plans.
Trumpet review

Questions people ask

Is 17hats or Trumpet better?
Neither clearly leads. 17hats starts at On request and Trumpet at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, 17hats or Trumpet?
Trumpet has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for 17hats and Free for Trumpet.
Does 17hats or Trumpet run on more platforms?
17hats runs on Web, iOS, Android. Trumpet runs on Web, Chrome extension.
Can I use Trumpet for free?
Yes. Trumpet has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. 17hats starts at On request.
What is 17hats best used for?
17hats is most often used for a photographer or event professional running the same booking sequence dozens of times a year, automating deposit invoices and reminders so that chasing payment stops being a weekly task, capturing enquiries through a public form that starts a quote and contract workflow without manual entry, a sole trader who wants client records, contracts and basic bookkeeping in one place rather than three. Of those, a photographer or event professional running the same booking sequence dozens of times a year and automating deposit invoices and reminders so that chasing payment stops being a weekly task are not what Trumpet is typically brought in for.
What can 17hats do that Trumpet cannot?
17hats covers Workflow automation, Quotes and contracts, Invoicing and payments, Lead capture forms. Trumpet covers Pods, Mutual action plans, Engagement analytics, E-signature.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

17hats: What is the main reason to choose it?

The workflow engine. If your bookings follow the same sequence every time, that sequence can be automated once and reused.

Trumpet: Is the free plan genuinely usable?

Yes. Ten pods per account with unlimited users, mutual action plans and integrations is enough to run real deals, not just a trial.

17hats: Is it worth it for bespoke consulting work?

Rarely. Without repeatable engagements the automation, which is the main value, has nothing to automate.

Trumpet: When do I need to pay?

At the eleventh pod, or when you need e-signature and proposals, which start at Scale on 100 US dollars per user per month.

17hats: Does it handle bookkeeping?

At sole trader level. It is not a replacement for accounting software once complexity grows.

Trumpet: Where is the company based?

London, United Kingdom, which matters for procurement teams that prefer a UK or EU contracting entity.

17hats: Can I add team members?

It is designed for a single operator, and multi person use is awkward rather than supported properly.

Trumpet: Does it replace PandaDoc or DocuSign?

From Scale upward it can, since signing happens inside the pod, though it also integrates with both if you want to keep them.

17hats: How long before it saves time?

Not immediately. Budget for a configuration period before the workflow automation starts paying back.

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