MyBuilder review (2026): how the shortlist fee works, what it costs tradespeople, and a simpler alternative
MyBuilder is the Angi-owned UK job board where homeowners post work and tradespeople pay a fee only when shortlisted. There is no monthly fee and no published price list. It has 56,524 Trustpilot reviews at 4.3. Growth Bull is £69 a month for the Google review and ranking part, with no fee per lead.
Written by Tom Riley, founder of Growth Bull
8 min read Prices checked October 2026
MyBuilder is the UK job board where homeowners post work and tradespeople respond. It is free to join, there is no monthly fee, and you pay a shortlist fee when a homeowner picks you to exchange contact details. The fee is shown per job and MyBuilder does not publish a price list. It is owned by Angi, the American home services group, and its homepage states 292,882 tradespeople and 2,864,021 reviews. On Trustpilot it has 56,524 reviews at 4.3.
Growth Bull is a different kind of spend: £69 a month of software that gets Google reviews from every paid invoice and tracks your rankings, so homeowners find and trust you before they post a job anywhere. This review is for the tradesperson weighing a pay-per-shortlist board against building their own Google presence.
Written by Tom Riley, founder of Growth Bull. Where MyBuilder is the better choice, we say so. Facts and prices checked 1 October 2026.
For the other platforms, see the best lead generation for tradesmen in the UK compared, and for the subscription model, our Checkatrade review.
Growth Bull vs MyBuilder
MyBuilder is the lowest-risk directory to try because there is no subscription, but you pay for every shortlist whether or not you win the job, while Growth Bull is a £69 a month tool that builds the Google reviews homeowners read before they shortlist anyone.
Choose Growth Bull if
you want more Google reviews and a clear view of your map and search rankings for a fixed monthly price, with no fee per lead.
Starting price: £69/mo, no contract
Choose MyBuilder if
you want to try a job board without a contract, you are quick to respond to posted jobs, and you have worked out how many shortlists you can pay for before one turns into a job.
Starting price: Free to join; fee per shortlist, not published
Side by side
What each company says about itself, on its own website, next to ours.
Both screenshots show the public websites as they looked on 1 October 2026. The MyBuilder screenshot belongs to MyBuilder and is shown here for a fair, like-for-like comparison.
At a glance
Growth Bull ahead: 3MyBuilder ahead: 2Level: 3
| What you get | Growth Bull | MyBuilder |
|---|---|---|
| What you are buying | Software: review requests, Rank Map, Keyword Tracker, AI Visibility | Access to posted jobs; you pay when a homeowner shortlists you |
| Gets new Google reviews automatically | Yes, one text and one email after every paid invoice | No; reviews are collected on MyBuilder |
| Sends you leads | No; it grows the free enquiries from Google | Yes, homeowners post jobs and you respond |
| Map and search rank tracking | Yes, Rank Map and Keyword Tracker on Complete Growth | Not offered |
| Published price | Review Builder £69 a month, Complete Growth £129 a month | Free to join; shortlist fee shown per job, no public price list |
| Commitment | None, 7-day free trial, cancel any month | None; pay as you go |
| Public reviews | Growth Bull is new; see the live examples on our site | Trustpilot 4.3 from 56,524 reviews |
| Company | UK, prices in pounds and dollars | MyBuilder Limited, London, incorporated 2004; owned by Angi (IAC) |
The tick marks the stronger option on that row. Prices per month, checked 1 October 2026.
Who are MyBuilder and what do they sell?
MyBuilder Limited (company number 05272398) was incorporated on 28 October 2004, is registered at 100 St John Street in London and is active. The platform launched in 2008, which is the date in its footer, and was founded by Ryan Notz. HomeAdvisor, part of IAC, acquired it on 27 March 2017, and the site now describes itself as part of the Instapro Group and the Angi family, with sister brands HomeAdvisor in the US, HomeStars in Canada, Werkspot in the Netherlands and MyHammer in Germany.
What a tradesperson gets is access to posted jobs:
- A homeowner posts a job for free, with photos and a description.
- Tradespeople respond with a short message and an indication of price.
- The homeowner shortlists the ones they want to talk to, and at that point the tradesperson pays the shortlist fee and the two exchange verified contact details.
Tradespeople go through checks at registration, which the site lists as ID documents, company details, certifications for regulated work and skill assessments. There is a MyBuilder app for both sides, and reviews are written by homeowners after the job.
What does MyBuilder cost and what is the commitment?
There is no joining fee and no subscription, which is the main thing in MyBuilder's favour against a 12-month directory. The cost is the shortlist fee, charged when a homeowner shortlists you, win or lose. MyBuilder shows the fee on each job before you respond and does not publish a general price list that we could load, so we treat the amounts as not published. Third-party trackers describe fees that rise with the job value, from a few pounds for a small repair to tens of pounds for large works; treat those as other people's figures.
In our view the number to watch is cost per won job, not cost per shortlist. If you are shortlisted five times for every job you win, a modest fee becomes a real marketing cost, and the homeowners who shortlist three trades at once are often shopping on price. Reply fast, quote clearly and keep a tally.
What do customers say about MyBuilder?
MyBuilder has 56,524 reviews on Trustpilot with a TrustScore of 4.3: 82 percent five-star, 10 percent four-star and 5 percent one-star. As with every directory, most reviewers are homeowners. A recent one reads "Very easy to use, gas engineer who we chose was excellent" (Nigel Stock, Trustpilot, October 2026).
Trustpilot's summary notes that some tradespeople are frustrated with the pay-per-lead model, particularly when leads do not convert or the contact details go unanswered. That matches the shortlist-fee maths above. We could not retrieve Google or Facebook review counts from public pages, so they are not published here.
Who does MyBuilder suit?
MyBuilder suits a tradesperson who can respond to posted jobs quickly, quotes well and wants work without a contract: handymen, decorators, small builders and the general home-repair trades in busy areas, where the volume of posted jobs is high. Because there is no subscription, it is also a sensible first board for a new business testing whether a directory brings anything at all.
It suits a specialist or a high-value trade less well. Large jobs attract more responses and higher fees, the homeowner often shortlists several firms, and the fee is paid either way. And whatever you win on MyBuilder, the review stays on MyBuilder.
Where Growth Bull fits instead
Growth Bull works on the step before the job board. Growth Bull's Review Builder connects to Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent, HubSpot or Pipedrive and sends one text and one email asking for a Google review after every paid invoice. More Google reviews lift you in the map pack (the box of three businesses with a map at the top of Google), and a homeowner who finds you there rings you directly, with no shortlist and no fee. It is £69 a month, with a 7-day free trial and no contract.
Complete Growth at £129 a month adds Rank Map, which scans a grid of points around your town and names who holds number one for your trade; Keyword Tracker, which follows your search positions; and AI Visibility, which asks ChatGPT, Claude and Google's AI who they recommend in your town and shows whether you are named.
Growth Bull does not send you posted jobs. If you want a steady feed of homeowners asking for quotes today, MyBuilder gives you that with no contract, and the two work well together: the board for the enquiries, the tool for the Google reviews that win the shortlist.
Verdict
In our view, MyBuilder is the fairest way to try a directory because it costs nothing until a homeowner picks you. The discipline it demands is tracking what each won job really costs in shortlist fees, and the gap in its offer is that none of its reviews help you on Google.
If you want the free enquiries to grow alongside, Growth Bull's Review Builder is £69 a month with a 7-day free trial at growthbull.io/signup, or book a call with Tom.
Questions people ask
How much does MyBuilder cost for tradespeople?
MyBuilder's site says tradespeople join for free, and there is no monthly membership. You pay a shortlist fee when a homeowner picks you from the tradespeople who responded to their job; the fee is shown before you respond and varies with the size of the job. MyBuilder does not publish a price list that we could load, so we treat the amounts as not published. Third-party guides describe fees from a few pounds for small jobs to tens of pounds for large ones (checked October 2026).
Is MyBuilder worth it?
For some trades, yes: it costs nothing to be listed, so the only risk is the shortlist fees you choose to pay. The catch, which Trustpilot's summary of reviews also notes, is that the fee is paid whether or not the job converts, so slow replies and price shoppers eat into the maths. Track your cost per won job for a month before deciding.
Who owns MyBuilder?
MyBuilder Limited, company number 05272398, was incorporated on 28 October 2004 and is registered in London. The platform launched in 2008 and was founded by Ryan Notz. IAC's HomeAdvisor acquired it in March 2017, and the site now describes itself as part of the Instapro Group and the Angi family, alongside HomeAdvisor in the US and MyHammer in Germany.
How big is MyBuilder?
The MyBuilder homepage in October 2026 states 292,882 tradespeople, more than 40 trade categories and 2,864,021 reviews. On Trustpilot it has 56,524 reviews with a 4.3 TrustScore, 82 percent five-star and 5 percent one-star.
Does MyBuilder help with Google reviews?
No. Reviews left through MyBuilder appear on your MyBuilder profile, not on your Google Business Profile. If you want the reviews that put you in Google's map pack, you need to ask for them separately. Growth Bull's Review Builder does that automatically after every paid invoice.
What is a good alternative to MyBuilder?
If you would rather not pay per lead, Growth Bull's Review Builder is £69 a month with a 7-day free trial and no contract. It asks every customer for a Google review after their invoice is paid, so the free enquiries from Google grow. Complete Growth at £129 a month adds map, keyword and AI visibility tracking. The two can run side by side.