Passdesk
Pricing

Everything you'll pay, on one page.

Pick a plan by how many people teach. Office staff are free, and every plan runs the same workspace and phone app.

  • 30-day free trial, no card needed
  • Free move from your current diary app
  • No contract, and your data is always yours to export

Prices below are in pounds.

For schools and instructors

Just you? Instructor. Two to eight instructors? Pro, adding seats after four. Nine to 25? Team or Scale. More than 25? Network.

Office staff are free on every plan. Only people who teach take a seat.

Just you
Instructor
£ 19 /mo
£19 for one instructor
For independent instructors.
60 active learners · just you Card payments: 2.5% + 20p each, Stripe fees included
  • Drag-and-drop diary + cancellation waitlist
  • Card payments, deposits and no-show fees
  • Progress tracking and practice routes, plus theory practice in the UK
  • UK expense ledger + tax exports for Xero and FreeAgent
  • Public booking page
  • In-car app that works with no signal
  • Works with Claude and ChatGPT — ask about your diary in plain English
  • Email support
  • Upgrade to Pro when you take on a second instructor
  • Free while you train as a PDI — up to 12 months, no card
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11 instructors included
Team
£ 99 /mo
£9 an instructor with 11
For multi-instructor schools, with branding.
500 learners · you + 10 instructors Card payments: 2.5% + 20p each, Stripe fees included
  • Everything in Pro
  • Add up to 9 more instructors at £10 a month each — up to 20 in all, and each seat adds 40 learners
  • Custom branding + colour
  • Custom signup-form fields
  • Instructor regions — online bookings and enquiries go to the instructors who cover each area
  • Franchise fees — weekly or monthly statements for instructors you franchise
  • Webhooks to connect your own systems
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Up to 25 instructors
Scale
£ 199 /mo
£7.96 an instructor with 25
For large schools.
Unlimited learners · you + 24 instructors Card payments: 2.5% + 20p each, Stripe fees included
  • Everything in Team
  • Public API access
  • AI assistants can book and cancel lessons
  • Priority support
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Network

More than 25 instructors?

Start on Scale today. Its flat price covers your first 25 instructors, and when you need more we add them to your workspace at a per-instructor rate we quote for you. Running several schools? Each can take its own plan, or we'll quote the group as one.

Ask about Network pricing

For solo learners

For learning with family, between schools or on your own. One monthly plan that you stop when you pass.

Solo
£ 9.99 /mo
Theory + practical + test prep.
1 learner · 1 invited instructor
  • Track your own progress, with a test-ready %
  • Theory practice + mock (UK)
  • Practice route library + test centre map
  • Curated skill videos
  • Invite an instructor any time
  • Test-ready % & time-to-test countdown
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What a month really costs

Many diary apps in this market price per instructor and sell extras on top. When you compare, add up what the sticker price doesn't cover:

Passdesk Typical per-instructor tools
Pupil & parent access Included, unlimited Sometimes a paid add-on or capped
Online booking page Included on every plan Often the next tier up
SMS £4 of credit to start, then 4p a text at cost, opt-in Bundled credits, marked up
Adding instructors Each plan covers a set number, then £10 a month per extra instructor on Pro and Team; office staff free Every instructor added to the bill
Theory, routes, expenses/MTD Included on every plan (theory and expenses in the UK) Separate apps, separately paid
Commission on lessons None, including lessons booked through your Passdesk page Some apps add a booking fee to every lesson
Setup fees & minimums None required. Done-for-you setup is optional Varies — check the small print

The sticker price above, plus any extra instructor seats you add on Pro or Team, is the whole subscription. The only other extras are the texts and optional extras listed below, and 2.5% + 20p on each lesson payment taken through Passdesk, with Stripe's card processing included in that figure. AI features, such as AI lesson debriefs, use your AI credit and are never billed on top: once it's used, they pause until you choose to buy more.

Texts and optional extras

Texts start with free credit. The other three are extras most schools never need to buy: each starts with a free allowance, and nothing is bought unless you choose to.

  • Text messages — every school gets a one-off £4 of text credit, about 100 texts, at no extra charge. It doesn't refill each month. After that, each text costs 4p on your monthly bill, which is what the network charges us, up to a monthly cap. If you'd rather pay up front, £5 packs add £4 of text credit and never expire. Email and app notifications are always included. Texts only go out when you turn them on, and start once your subscription does.
  • Webpage imports — paste your existing site URL and Passdesk extracts your lesson packages (and your About / Contact text the same way). First 5 imports per school are free; £5 buys a 10-pack of additional imports; packs never expire. Manual product entry is always free.
  • Recording mile top-ups (UK) — each user — instructor or learner — gets 50 free recording miles for life. After that, £5 buys a 50-mile top-up pack per user, and you can buy up to five at once; packs never expire. Drawing or uploading routes (no recording) is always free.
  • AI credit — for AI features such as lesson debriefs and the Help assistant. Every school starts with £4 of AI credit, about 300 lesson debriefs, once. After that, £5 buys £4 more, up to five packs at a time; credit never expires and doesn’t renew each month. When it runs out, AI features pause until you top up, and nothing is bought unless you choose to.

Optional: we can set your school up for you, from £49 one-off and free on annual plans. Most schools do it themselves for free.

Pricing FAQ

Trials, upgrades, extras and your data.

Is there a contract?

No. You pay month by month, or yearly for two months free, with no notice period or exit fee. Your learners, lessons, payments and progress are yours, and you can download them whenever you like.

Do you charge to move my data across?

No. Send the export from your current diary app and it is set up for you — learners, lesson history, packages and balances, progress and test results — on any plan, including during the trial. The same six importers are on the Import data page if you would rather do it yourself.

Do I get anything for referring another school?

Yes. Every school has a referral link in its billing page. When a school you send over pays its first invoice, you get a month’s credit on your next one, worth a month of whichever plan is cheaper, yours or theirs.

Is there a free plan for trainee instructors?

Yes. If you are training towards your ADI badge, Passdesk is free until you qualify, for up to 12 months. Sign up the same way, tick the PDI box and add your DVSA reference number (PRN), which is on DVSA's emails and letters about your ADI tests. No card needed. No PRN yet? You start on the 30-day trial and can add it from Billing when it arrives. Once your badge is verified, or the 12 months are up, you get 30 days to choose a plan, and nothing is charged before you do. It's one free period per person, checked against the PRN. Within 30 days you upload proof you're training — a photo or screenshot of a DVSA letter or email showing your name and PRN, or your trainee licence — and we check it. Without it, the free period ends then and you get 30 days to choose a plan.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Schools get 30 days and solo learners get 14, and neither needs a card. Subscribe whenever you are ready, schools from Billing and solo learners from Subscription in their account. With at least two days left, the rest of your trial carries over and nothing is charged until it ends; in the last two days, the first payment is taken straight away. Nothing is charged unless you subscribe.

Do you charge per instructor or per workspace?

Schools pay per workspace per month, and each plan covers a set number of instructors and learners (Instructor: just you and 60 learners; Pro: you + 3 instructors and 150 learners; Team: you + 10 instructors and 500 learners; Scale: you + 24 instructors and unlimited learners). On Pro and Team you can add instructors one at a time for £10 a month each (£100 a year on annual billing), and each extra seat adds room for 40 more learners. Pro takes up to 4 extra seats and Team up to 9; one more and the next plan up costs the same. Office staff are free on every plan, and learners who have passed never count towards the cap. Above 25 instructors, Scale still covers the first 25 and each extra instructor is added at a per-instructor rate we quote for you. That is Network pricing.

Do office staff need a seat?

No. Only people who teach take a seat. Office staff, and you as the owner, are free on every plan. If someone in the office starts teaching, they take a seat from then on.

Are there any setup fees or hidden costs?

No setup fee is required, and there are no usage minimums. Setting up is free, and so is moving your data from your current app. If you’d rather we did the whole setup with you, that’s an optional extra from £49, and it’s free on annual plans. Past what your plan includes, Pro and Team schools can add instructors at £10 a month each, and office staff are always free. Every school starts with a one-off £4 of text credit, about 100 texts, at no extra charge; after that, texts cost 4p each at cost on your monthly bill, or £5 packs add £4 of credit. The three pay-as-you-use add-ons are webpage imports (5 free per school, then £5 per 10-pack), recording mile top-ups in the UK (50 free per person — instructor or learner — lifetime, then £5 per 50-mile pack) and AI credit for features such as AI lesson debriefs (£4 free per school to start, then £5 for £4 of credit, about 300 debriefs, which never expires). Lesson payments taken through Passdesk cost 2.5% + 20p per payment, all-in, with Stripe’s card processing included. Email is always included.

Can I switch tiers later?

Yes, any time. Upgrades take effect immediately and we pro-rate your billing. Downgrades take effect at the next billing cycle. No tier change resets your data — students, lessons, payments and rubric history stay intact.

Can I save with annual billing?

Yes — annual billing on Instructor / Pro / Team / Scale gets you 2 months free (toggle the billing frequency on the pricing table). Solo stays monthly so you can stop paying once you pass.

What if we have more than 25 instructors, or several schools?

Start on Scale — its flat price covers your first 25 instructors. When you need more, email hello@passdesk.co.uk and we'll add them to your workspace at a per-instructor rate we quote for you. That's Network pricing. A franchise or group can give each school its own plan, or ask us to quote the group as one.

Ready to give it a go?

30-day free trial for schools, 14 days for solo learners. No card needed, and no contract.

Prices stay put for existing subscribers when we change them — see what we've shipped recently in the changelog.