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Full compliance suites ranked - The Site Book for CDM document creation at small-builder prices, Evalu-8 for broad enterprise EHS, Procore for integrated project management, and SafetyCulture for ongoing inspection workflows.
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Based on publicly available vendor documentation and published pricing as of 2026-04-15.
Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.
| Feature | The Site Book | HandsHQ | Evalu-8 | Procore | SafetyCulture (iAuditor) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | from £30/mo | £44–275+/mo | £295/mo | Custom enterprise pricing -typically £10,000s/year | From £19/seat/mo (minimum seats apply) |
| Team size | 1–50 | 10+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ |
| Best for | Small-to-mid UK builders (1–50 users) who need a full CDM pack -RAMS, CPP, COSHH, site inductions, toolbox talks -without paying enterprise per-seat prices. | Mid-to-large contractors (10+ people) with a dedicated health and safety manager who need enterprise-grade team collaboration, approval workflows, and a curated template library. | Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management. | Large contractors and developers (£50M+ turnover) who need a full project management platform for coordinating multi-million-pound builds. | Large enterprises and operations/EHS teams that need a global checklist and audit platform across multiple industries, not CDM-specific document creation. |
| Not ideal for | New product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ. | Pricing starts at £44/mo for Basic with 1 RAMS; Advanced is £99/mo for 3 RAMS, Pro is £190/mo for 6 RAMS, and Teams starts from £275/mo. | £295/mo is 10× The Site Book's entry price -prohibitive for 1–10 person firms that only need CDM compliance. | Custom enterprise pricing typically runs into £10,000s/year -far too expensive for 1–10 person firms. | Global product -UK CDM 2015 regulations require manual setup and customisation; no UK-specific RAMS/CPP/COSHH content out of the box. |
| RAMS | AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser. | Template library with editor. | Module within wider EHS platform. | ||
| CPP | Full Construction Phase Plans -not just RAMS. | ||||
| COSHH | |||||
| Method statements | |||||
| Site inductions | Workers sign from their phone. | Custom form builder required. | |||
| Worker cert tracking | General compliance tools -requires customisation for UK. | ||||
| Incident log | Core use case -audit and incident logging. | ||||
| Permits to work | |||||
| Site diary | |||||
| Subcontractor tracking | Full subcontractor coordination in PM suite. | ||||
| Toolbox talks | Can run as checklists. | ||||
| PCPP import | Upload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure. | ||||
| Document checking | |||||
| Data export | |||||
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UK construction compliance software covers four distinct jobs: CDM document creation, broad enterprise EHS, integrated project management, and ongoing inspection workflows. No single tool is best at all four - the right pick depends on which of those jobs is the biggest pain in your day-to-day. The Site Book wins the CDM document creation job for small builders; the other three tools are stronger in their respective lanes. Pick based on which lane you spend the most time in.
At-a-glance fit per product - pulled from the same data that drives the snapshot table.
Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.
Choose The Site Book if you're a sole trader or a one-to-ten person firm that needs the full CDM pack - RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions, toolbox talks, worker tracking - in one flat-rate subscription from thirty pounds a month. Self-serve signup, AI document generation from a plain-English brief, and a free first project to test before you pay.
Recommended for: Sole traders and SME builders (1–10 people) who need the full CDM pack in one bill
Choose Evalu-8 if you're a fifty plus person contractor with a dedicated EHS function that needs broad enterprise coverage - compliance, training, audits, and incident management in one integrated platform. Pricing around two hundred and ninety five pounds a month fits mid-enterprise budgets and the platform breadth justifies the implementation overhead.
Recommended for: Enterprise contractors (50+) with a dedicated EHS team and multi-module needs
Choose Procore if you're a mid-to-large contractor whose compliance needs are secondary to integrated project management and financials. Procore wins on PM, scheduling, cost tracking, and submittals - the compliance layer is adjacent rather than purpose-built for CDM document creation, so pair it with a focused compliance tool if RAMS volume is high.
Recommended for: Large contractors already running or evaluating integrated project management
Choose SafetyCulture if your day-to-day compliance pain is running inspection checklists, audits, and incident capture across many sites - it's the sharpest tool in the list for ongoing inspection workflows at around nineteen pounds per seat per month. For CDM document creation (RAMS, CPP, COSHH), pair it with a document-first tool like The Site Book or HandsHQ.
Recommended for: Firms whose compliance pain is inspection and audit workflows rather than document creation
Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.
The Site Book Ltd
from £30/mo
HandsHQ Ltd
£44–275+/mo
Evalu-8 EHS
£295/mo
Procore Technologies, Inc.
Custom enterprise pricing -typically £10,000s/year
SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
From £19/seat/mo (minimum seats apply)
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
For UK CDM 2015 projects, compliance software must cover RAMS, method statements, COSHH assessments, and usually CPPs, site inductions, and worker tracking. Tools like Evalu-8 add training, audits, and incident management on top of that base. Procore and SafetyCulture are adjacent - strong at project management and inspection respectively, but not purpose-built CDM document creators in the way The Site Book or HandsHQ are.
The Site Book. Flat-rate pricing from thirty pounds a month, self-serve signup, site-specific AI document generation, and the full CDM suite in a single tool. HandsHQ and Evalu-8 are priced and architected for larger teams with dedicated health and safety staff and longer onboarding processes. For a sole trader or a one-to-ten-person firm, The Site Book is the faster and cheaper way to get compliant.
Enterprise contractors often do - Procore or similar for project management and financials, plus a dedicated compliance tool for the CDM document suite. Small builders rarely need both. A focused tool like The Site Book covers compliance and a simple project and site management layer without the enterprise PM overhead, the long implementation, or the per-seat pricing that hits firms adding casual labour.
Pricing varies hugely. The Site Book starts at thirty pounds a month flat. HandsHQ and Procore quote enterprise contracts that run into the tens of thousands of pounds a year. Evalu-8 sits around two hundred and ninety-five pounds a month for the full EHS platform. SafetyCulture is around nineteen pounds per seat per month. For most small builders, a flat-rate plan is the predictable choice.
No. CDM 2015 applies even to domestic projects above the relevant thresholds, and HSE inspectors do not waive the duties for small builders. The Site Book is built specifically for that audience - sole traders and small firms running domestic and small commercial work - and ships the documents you need without enterprise pricing or a multi-week implementation. The starter plan covers most domestic-only builders comfortably.
Based on publicly available vendor documentation and published pricing as of 2026-04-15.
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