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The Site Book is the focused document-sharing portal for small UK builders who need drawings, procedures, H&S files, site records and update notifications visible to assigned site users; Procore remains stronger for formal enterprise drawing revision control.
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Based on The Site Book Business plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Procore, HandsHQ, and Velappity reviewed on 2026-05-31.
Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.
| Feature | The Site Book | Procore | HandsHQ | Velappity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo | Custom annual quote based on turnover and products | £44-£190/mo individual; teams from £275/mo | RAMS/COSHH on Gold from GBP55/user/mo |
| Team size | 1 internal user on Pro; up to 5 internal logins and 25 active site portal users on Business | 50+ | 10+ | 5+ |
| Best for | Small UK builders who need CDM documents plus lightweight site H&S operations: RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions, toolbox talks, site attendance, site files, document review evidence, subcontractor evidence and worker/visitor portal access. | Large contractors and developers who need a full project management platform for coordinating multi-million-pound builds. | 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. | Operations and H&S teams that want configurable inspection, RAMS, COSHH, reporting, assets, and client portal workflows in one broader field-service platform. |
| Not ideal for | New product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ. | Custom annual pricing depends on turnover and products, so small builders cannot compare a simple monthly CDM-document cost up front. | 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 Small Team starts from £275/mo billed annually plus setup. | RAMS and COSHH sit on the Gold plan, which is GBP55 per user per month on monthly billing - expensive for small builders. |
| RAMS | AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser. | Template library with editor. | Custom form workflow; RAMS listed on Gold. | |
| CPP | Full Construction Phase Plans - not just RAMS. | |||
| COSHH | COSHH listed on Gold and risk-assessment pages. | |||
| Method statements | RAMS-oriented form/report workflow. | |||
| Site inductions | Workers sign from their phone. | Training documents and toolbox talks; not a dedicated induction flow. | ||
| Worker cert tracking | General compliance tools -requires customisation for UK. | Training documents, not construction worker cert tracking. | ||
| Incident log | Incident reports listed on Gold. | |||
| Permits to work | ||||
| Site diary | ||||
| Subcontractor tracking | Full subcontractor coordination in PM suite. | |||
| Toolbox talks | Listed on Gold. | |||
| Site attendance | Business includes check-in/check-out and live H&S attendance. | Daily logs and workforce tools, not small-builder H&S portal focus. | Configurable forms can model attendance. | |
| Site portal | Business includes up to 25 active site portal users. | Enterprise collaborator/project access model. | Client portal workflows are listed. | |
| Site files | Drawings, plans, H&S docs, procedures, RAMS, CPP and emergency information. | Strong drawing and document management. | RAMS/project files, not a small-builder site portal. | Files can support configured forms/portals. |
| Document review | Business document status, reviewer notes and review history. | Submittals, workflows and document-control features. | Approval workflows on team-led plans. | Can be built as custom workflows. |
| Subcontractor evidence | Business evidence record, review and archive workflow. | Subcontractor coordination, not CDM evidence requests by default. | Could be configured; not a CDM evidence module by default. | |
| Site inspections | Business inspections with checklist items. | Strong configurable inspection forms. | ||
| Corrective actions | Business corrective actions with owner, due date and completion state. | Reporting/action workflows in field forms. | ||
| PCPP import | Upload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure. | |||
| Document checking | ||||
| Data export | ||||
| AI chat |
There is a real positioning line to hold here. The Site Book can now share drawings, procedures, H&S files, site information and update notifications with assigned portal users, while keeping related review/evidence records in the project. It should not claim full drawing revision control. That honesty is useful commercially: small builders often need controlled access to practical site information, while enterprise contractors may need Procore-style document management.
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 Business if site users need project-scoped access to drawings or plans, H&S documents, RAMS, CPPs, procedures, emergency information, important update links and related review/evidence records. It is a practical site files portal, not a formal drawing register or enterprise document-control system.
Recommended for: Small builders sharing H&S files and site procedures
Choose Procore where the real need is drawing management, revision control, markups, RFIs, submittals, specifications, document management, and collaborator workflows across a major project team. Its drawing and project-management depth is much broader than The Site Book's v1 site files portal.
Recommended for: Large contractors needing drawing revision control
Choose HandsHQ if the document-sharing requirement is mainly RAMS and method statements with approval workflows, digital signatures, project folders, and content libraries. The Site Book is a broader small-builder CDM and site portal, but HandsHQ remains a serious RAMS-led option.
Recommended for: RAMS-led teams sharing method statements
Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.
The Site Book Ltd
Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo
Procore Technologies, Inc.
Custom annual quote based on turnover and products
HandsHQ, part of HSI
£44-£190/mo individual; teams from £275/mo
Fieldimp Ltd
RAMS/COSHH on Gold from GBP55/user/mo
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
Yes, as practical site files rather than a formal drawing-control register. Business accounts can publish assigned project or site files such as drawings, plans, H&S documents, procedures, RAMS, CPPs, and emergency information for portal users to view. The important limit is revision control: v1 is file access for site users, not enterprise drawing management.
Procore is better when drawings are a core project-management workflow with revision history, markups, RFIs, submittals, specifications, collaborator access, and mobile drawing access at scale. Its public drawing-management pages describe that depth directly. The Site Book is not trying to replace that. It is a site file and H&S document portal for smaller builders.
For a small UK construction site, the useful categories are usually drawings or plans, RAMS, CPPs, H&S documents, procedures, site rules, emergency information, welfare details, fire arrangements, permits, and other project-specific files. The Site Book keeps those files attached to the project so portal users only see the site information they have been assigned.
No. A document portal helps people find the latest assigned information, but it does not automatically prove someone has understood a site induction, RAMS briefing, or toolbox talk. The Site Book keeps file access close to induction and sign-off records so the site team can combine visibility with evidence, rather than treating a file link as training.
Based on The Site Book Business plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Procore, HandsHQ, and Velappity reviewed on 2026-05-31.
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