Passdesk
Pricing

Everything you'll pay, on one page.

Schools pay per workspace, and each plan covers a set number of instructors. On Pro and Team you can add instructors one at a time for £10 a month each, and office staff are free on every plan. Solo learners pay for themselves. Every school tier runs the same workspace and phone app; the tiers differ on learner and instructor limits, Team adds custom branding, instructor regions, franchise fees and webhooks, and Scale adds API access for up to 25 instructors.

Learners find you, and we take no commission. Publish your school page and it's listed in the Passdesk school directory. Enquiries come straight to you, with no finder's fee or commission on the lessons they book.

  • 30-day free trial for schools, 7 days for solo
  • No card needed
  • Cancel any time and export your data whenever you like
  • Free migration from your current diary app
  • Hosted in the UK, ICO-registered, GDPR-compliant for UK and EU customers
  • UK and Ireland — Irish schools billed in euro
Pricing

Schools pay per workspace. Solo learners pay for themselves.

Free trial on every plan — 30 days for schools and 7 days for solo learners, with no card needed. Email is always included, and texts up to a monthly fair-use limit on every plan.

Prices below are the UK list, in pounds. Euro prices for schools and learners in Ireland are coming soon, and the free trial needs no card in the meantime. Theory practice, recording miles and the HMRC expense tools are UK-only; the rest of every plan works the same in Ireland.

Founding schools

50% off your first 12 months

The first 25 schools on Passdesk join as founding members and pay half price for a year on the Instructor and Pro plans. The count is based on real signups, and the offer closes when the slots are gone.

24 of 25 left

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
  • Drag-drop scheduling + waitlist
  • Stripe checkout, deposits, fees
  • Test-aligned rubric + routes, with theory in the UK
  • UK expense ledger + tax exports for Xero and FreeAgent
  • Public booking page
  • In-car mobile + offline
  • 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

Founding schools: 50% off for 12 months

Start free trial
11 instructors included
Team
£ 99 /mo
£9 an instructor with 11
For multi-instructor schools, with branding.
500 learners · you + 10 instructors
  • 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
Start free trial
Up to 25 instructors
Scale
£ 199 /mo
£7.96 an instructor with 25
For large schools.
Unlimited learners · you + 24 instructors
  • Everything in Team
  • Public API access
  • AI assistants can book and cancel lessons
  • Priority support
Start free trial
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
  • Self-mark test-aligned rubric, 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
Start tracking

Texts and add-ons

Texts come with your plan. The two add-ons are pay-as-you-use, and your subscription fee doesn't change whether you use them or not.

  • Text messages — included up to a monthly fair-use limit that rises with your plan. There's no extra charge for texts, and we'll give you at least 30 days' notice before that changes. At the limit, texts pause until the next month and email and app notifications carry on. 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; packs never expire. Drawing or uploading routes (no recording) is always free.

The true monthly cost

Most diary apps in this market price per instructor and sell the rest back as add-ons. 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 Included up to a monthly fair-use limit, 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
Setup fees & minimums None 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 three at-cost add-ons listed in the section before this one — and 2.5% + 20p (2.5% + €0.25 in Ireland) on each lesson payment taken through Passdesk, with Stripe's card processing included in that figure. AI features, such as AI lesson debriefs, are included up to your plan's monthly AI allowance and never billed on top: once it's used, they pause until the 1st.

Pricing FAQ

Trials, upgrades, cancelling, and what happens to your data.

What do Irish schools pay?

The prices on this page are the UK list, in pounds. A school or learner in Ireland is billed in euro — euro prices are coming soon, and the free trial needs no card in the meantime. Card payments from learners cost 2.5% + €0.25 each, with Stripe’s processing included. The tiers and the caps are the same, and the workspace follows the country you pick at signup: euro, Europe/Dublin, RSA test centres, ADI registration number, Garda vetting and NCT expiry rather than the DVSA and MOT equivalents. Three things are UK-only: theory practice, because the question bank is written for the DVSA test; the expense ledger with its HMRC self-assessment exports, which are shaped around Making Tax Digital rather than Revenue; and recording miles.

What is the founding-schools offer?

The first 25 schools on Passdesk join as founding members and pay 50% less for their first 12 months on the Instructor and Pro plans. The counter at the top of the tiers shows how many slots are left, read from the number of founding schools that have signed up. There’s no code to enter: sign up on an eligible plan while slots remain and the discount is applied to your subscription.

What if it turns out not to be for me?

Your trial needs no card, so it costs nothing unless you subscribe. Once you have paid, cancel and you stay active to the end of the month you have already paid for; there is no refund of part of a month, and no notice period or exit fee either. Cancelling is a button in your billing page. Your learners, lessons, payments and progress export as CSV whenever you want them, and we keep your workspace for 30 days in case you come back, then permanently delete it within 45 days of cancelling unless you ask us to hold it longer.

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.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Schools get 30 days and solo learners get 7, 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?

There are no setup fees or usage minimums. Past what your plan includes, Pro and Team schools can add instructors at £10 a month each, and office staff are always free. Texts are included up to a monthly fair-use limit at no extra charge. The two pay-as-you-use add-ons are webpage imports (5 free per school, then £5 per 10-pack) and recording mile top-ups in the UK (50 free per person — instructor or learner — lifetime, then £5 per 50-mile pack). Lesson payments taken through Passdesk cost 2.5% + 20p per payment (2.5% + €0.25 in Ireland), all-in, with Stripe's card processing included. Email is always included, and so are the AI features, such as AI lesson debriefs, up to your plan's monthly AI allowance.

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 [email protected] 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, 7 days for solo learners. No card needed, and you can cancel any time.

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