# Free mtd software: MTD Software Index

> For per month, the median published figure in the MTD Software Index is 11.50 GBP across 6 figures from the sources' own pages (range 5 to 33 GBP), read 12 October 2026.

Vatnix · https://vatnix.com/datasets/mtd-software-index/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Median for per month:** 11.5 GBP (range 1.25 to 33 GBP; 11 sources with a figure; 12 of 24 sources read publish one).

12 of the 24 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By charging

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| charging per month | 11.5 GBP | 5 to 33 GBP | 6 |
| charging per month | 12 USD | 12 to 12 USD | 1 |
| charging per submission | 2.5 GBP | 1.25 to 4.5 GBP | 4 |
| charging per year | 30 GBP | 30 to 30 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [freeagent.com: Simple pricing plans made for every small business](https://www.freeagent.com/pricing/) | 33 GBP | per month | 2026-10-12 |
| [vitaltax.uk: VitalTax](https://www.vitaltax.uk/) | 30 GBP + VAT | per year | 2026-10-12 |
| [accounts-os.com: Best MTD Software 2026: Free & Paid Options for Making Tax D](https://accounts-os.com/making-tax-digital/software) | 20 GBP | per month | 2026-10-12 |
| [xero.com: Pricing Plans](https://www.xero.com/uk/pricing-plans/) | 18 GBP | per month | 2026-10-11 |
| [landlordstudio.com: Landlord Studio: Free All-In](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing) | 12 USD | per month | 2026-10-12 |
| [pandle.com: Plans & Pricing](https://www.pandle.com/pricing/) | 5 GBP | per month | 2026-10-11 |
| [taxoptimiser.co.uk: MTD VAT Bridging Software, Free for Your First Year](https://www.taxoptimiser.co.uk/features/mtdvat) | 5 GBP + VAT | per month | 2026-10-12 |
| [swiftvatpro.co.uk: 1 new message](https://www.swiftvatpro.co.uk/vat-filing-software-pricing/) | 5 GBP | per month | 2026-10-12 |
| [anna.money: Free MTD bridging software](https://anna.money/free-tools/vat-filing/) | 4.5 GBP + VAT | per submission | 2026-10-12 |
| [mtdsheets.com: MTD Sheets](https://mtdsheets.com/) | 2.99 GBP | per submission | 2026-10-12 |
| [easymtdvat.com: Easy MTD, bridging software to comply with Making Tax Digital fo](https://easymtdvat.com/) | 2 GBP + VAT | per submission | 2026-10-12 |
| [filemyvatreturn.co.uk: HMRC VAT return, Bridging software for MTD, Free download](https://filemyvatreturn.co.uk/) | 1.25 GBP + VAT | per submission | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (12)

- [freeagent.com: Simple pricing plans made for every small business](https://www.freeagent.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: "Regular monthly price: £33"
- [vitaltax.uk: VitalTax](https://www.vitaltax.uk/), read 2026-10-12: "A licence that includes one NI number costs £30 + VAT per year and covers all quarterly submissions for that person, whether they have a single sole trader business, multiple sole trader businesses, one or more properties, or a combination of income sources."
- [accounts-os.com: Best MTD Software 2026: Free & Paid Options for Making Tax D](https://accounts-os.com/making-tax-digital/software), read 2026-10-12: "£20/month + VAT after a 14-day free trial"
- [xero.com: Pricing Plans](https://www.xero.com/uk/pricing-plans/), read 2026-10-11: "Then £18 per month"
- [landlordstudio.com: Landlord Studio: Free All-In](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing), read 2026-10-12: "$12.00 /mo"
- [pandle.com: Plans & Pricing](https://www.pandle.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: "£5 / Month (+VAT)"
- [taxoptimiser.co.uk: MTD VAT Bridging Software, Free for Your First Year](https://www.taxoptimiser.co.uk/features/mtdvat), read 2026-10-12: "File for all your clients from one place, from £5 +VAT a month for up to ten clients."
- [swiftvatpro.co.uk: 1 new message](https://www.swiftvatpro.co.uk/vat-filing-software-pricing/), read 2026-10-12: "£5/mo"
- [anna.money: Free MTD bridging software](https://anna.money/free-tools/vat-filing/), read 2026-10-12: "Subsequent filings cost £4.50+VAT each."
- [mtdsheets.com: MTD Sheets](https://mtdsheets.com/), read 2026-10-12: "Unit Price £2.99"
- [easymtdvat.com: Easy MTD, bridging software to comply with Making Tax Digital fo](https://easymtdvat.com/), read 2026-10-12: "FROM AS LITTLE AS £2+VAT"
- [filemyvatreturn.co.uk: HMRC VAT return, Bridging software for MTD, Free download](https://filemyvatreturn.co.uk/), read 2026-10-12: "No setup costs, no hidden fees. Just £1.25 + VAT per submission"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [HMRC: find software that works with Making Tax Digital for VAT](https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/making-tax-digital-software), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [mytaxdigital.co.uk: My Tax Digital](https://mytaxdigital.co.uk/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [spreadsheets.diyaccounting.co.uk: Free MTD VAT Bridging Software for Spreadsheet Users](https://spreadsheets.diyaccounting.co.uk/articles/free-mtd-vat-bridging-software.html), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [comsci.co.uk: Best Free MTD VAT Bridging Software for Excel](https://www.comsci.co.uk/100PcVatFreeBridge), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [123sheets.com: MTD](https://123sheets.com/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [quickfile.co.uk: QuickFile Pricing](https://www.quickfile.co.uk/home/pricing), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [tinytax.co.uk: Free MTD VAT Software: Best Free Options Explained](https://tinytax.co.uk/guides/free-mtd-vat-software), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [quickbooks.intuit.com: QuickBooks Pricing & Costs](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [clearbooks.co.uk: Pricing](https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [freshbooks.com: Pricing](https://www.freshbooks.com/en-gb/pricing), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [crunch.co.uk: Instant Quote](https://www.crunch.co.uk/pricing), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [bokio.co.uk: Pricing](https://bokio.co.uk/pricing/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 12 of the 24 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 111 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): median, minimum and maximum published price per MTD-compatible product, by charging model - per submission, per month, per year, per client, free - across every vendor on HMRC's recognised list that publishes a number; the count and share that are genuinely free against free-tier-then-paid; the cheapest way to file one return and the cheapest way to file four, which is the question the buyer is actually asking and which no vendor and no HMRC page answers

## Sources

- [HMRC: find software that works with Making Tax Digital for VAT](https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/making-tax-digital-software) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [anna.money: Free MTD bridging software](https://anna.money/free-tools/vat-filing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [mytaxdigital.co.uk: My Tax Digital](https://mytaxdigital.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [taxoptimiser.co.uk: MTD VAT Bridging Software, Free for Your First Year](https://www.taxoptimiser.co.uk/features/mtdvat) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [mtdsheets.com: MTD Sheets](https://mtdsheets.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [filemyvatreturn.co.uk: HMRC VAT return, Bridging software for MTD, Free download](https://filemyvatreturn.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [spreadsheets.diyaccounting.co.uk: Free MTD VAT Bridging Software for Spreadsheet Users](https://spreadsheets.diyaccounting.co.uk/articles/free-mtd-vat-bridging-software.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [comsci.co.uk: Best Free MTD VAT Bridging Software for Excel](https://www.comsci.co.uk/100PcVatFreeBridge) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [123sheets.com: MTD](https://123sheets.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [swiftvatpro.co.uk: 1 new message](https://www.swiftvatpro.co.uk/vat-filing-software-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [easymtdvat.com: Easy MTD, bridging software to comply with Making Tax Digital fo](https://easymtdvat.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [accounts-os.com: Best MTD Software 2026: Free & Paid Options for Making Tax D](https://accounts-os.com/making-tax-digital/software) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [quickfile.co.uk: QuickFile Pricing](https://www.quickfile.co.uk/home/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [freeagent.com: Simple pricing plans made for every small business](https://www.freeagent.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [tinytax.co.uk: Free MTD VAT Software: Best Free Options Explained](https://tinytax.co.uk/guides/free-mtd-vat-software) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [quickbooks.intuit.com: QuickBooks Pricing & Costs](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [xero.com: Pricing Plans](https://www.xero.com/uk/pricing-plans/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [pandle.com: Plans & Pricing](https://www.pandle.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [clearbooks.co.uk: Pricing](https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [freshbooks.com: Pricing](https://www.freshbooks.com/en-gb/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [crunch.co.uk: Instant Quote](https://www.crunch.co.uk/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [bokio.co.uk: Pricing](https://bokio.co.uk/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [landlordstudio.com: Landlord Studio: Free All-In](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [vitaltax.uk: VitalTax](https://www.vitaltax.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- For per month, the median published figure in the MTD Software Index is 11.50 GBP across 6 figures from the sources' own pages (range 5 to 33 GBP), read 12 October 2026.
- 12 of the 24 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- MTD Software Index, charging per month: median 11.50 GBP across 6 sources, read 12 October 2026.
- MTD Software Index, charging per month: median 12 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- MTD Software Index, charging per submission: median 2.50 GBP across 4 sources, read 12 October 2026.
- MTD Software Index, charging per year: median 30 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Cite as: "Vatnix MTD Software Index", updated 2026-10-18, https://vatnix.com/datasets/mtd-software-index/.

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