The Site Book is a RAMS, CPP and COSHH option for builder-run firms up to around 50 staff. Business is £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 included active portal users. Project workers count in that allowance, but worker-driven overage is recorded and auto-raised rather than blocking site work. Starter is £0, Pro is £39/month or £360/year, and optional setup is £249 one-off.
Best overall for a typical 30-person UK builder: The Site Book Business. It combines RAMS, Construction Phase Plans, COSHH, controlled document review, worker sign-off, inductions, attendance, certificates, subcontractor evidence, inspections and audit exports. HandsHQ remains the stronger specialist choice for dedicated H&S teams focused on mature RAMS governance, while RapidRAMS suits occasional pay-per-document use.
The Site Book product and capacity facts and HandsHQ first-party pricing/features were reviewed on 2026-07-21; unchanged vendors retain their cited source dates.
1 internal user on Pro; 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users on Business. Any invited seat can be a field-only Site Supervisor limited to assigned sites/projects. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; Business can optionally require a 4-digit PIN for shared-link sign-off, and project workers count as active portal users while assigned
One-person RAMS accounts through to enterprise teams
Small-mid
Solo / occasional
50+
Best for
UK builders and principal contractors - from sole traders to builder-run firms of around 50 staff - 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.
Individuals who want a template-led RAMS subscription and organisations with a dedicated health and safety function that need formal RAMS governance, approvals and integrations.
UK contractors who want AI RAMS on a low monthly tier, with COSHH, inductions, inspections, toolbox talks, and other modules from Pro upward.
UK contractors needing occasional task-specific RAMS for routine, non-specialist work without a monthly subscription.
Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Not ideal for
New product (launched 2026) -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 Small Team starts from £275/mo billed annually plus setup.
Document and back-office user limits apply on the lower tiers, so growing teams need to watch usage and plan fit.
£15 per document becomes expensive fast once you need more than two RAMS a month -flat-rate tools pay for themselves quickly.
The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page.
RAMS
AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser.
Template library with editor.
AI RAMS generator with monthly limits.
Structured pay-as-you-go RAMS generator for routine, non-specialist work; payment is taken on submission and the RAMS PDF is emailed shortly afterwards.
Module within wider EHS platform.
CPP
Full Construction Phase Plans - not just RAMS.
Included on team plans and annual individual plans.
Pro/Enterprise module.
COSHH
Standalone COSHH document + site-specific register, SDS upload with extraction, and construction-focused library entries that appear in search only after review.
Unlimited assessments on Advanced and above; 15,000+ substance library advertised.
Pro/Enterprise add-on module.
Method statements
Site inductions
Workers sign from their phone - on Business, key H&S details are readable in 9 languages.
Not listed in the current RAMS product feature set.
Pro/Enterprise add-on module.
Multilingual inductions (9 languages)
On the Business plan, workers read and acknowledge key H&S details in 9 languages; the language used is recorded in the audit trail and translations are site-team reviewable.
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Worker cert tracking
Cert plus right-to-work evidence records, with expiry reminders.
Separate Training Register tracks training, certificates and expiry dates and integrates with RAMS.
Training matrix on Pro/Enterprise.
Incident log
Accident records on Pro/Enterprise.
Permits to work
Site diary
Pro includes editable daily entries; owner/admin deletion is permanent, while a Business Site Supervisor's delete can be restored. Live entries and photo counts appear in the Audit Pack.
Site logbook present in the app bundle.
Subcontractor tracking
Separate Training Register distinguishes employee and subcontractor personnel.
Engineers and client contacts.
Toolbox talks
Pro/Enterprise add-on module.
Site attendance
Business includes check-in/check-out and live H&S attendance.
Can be covered by configured EHS workflows.
Site portal
Business includes up to 50 active site portal users.
Site files
Drawings, plans, H&S docs, procedures, RAMS, CPP and emergency information.
RAMS/project files, not a small-builder site portal.
Documents can sit in broader EHS modules.
Document review
Business review status and history, plus optional named-approver routing (accept/reject each version with recorded reasons before issue) and client review via share links.
Approval workflows on team-led plans.
Workflow capability depends on quoted modules.
Subcontractor evidence
Business evidence record, review and archive workflow.
Site inspections
Business inspections with checklist items.
Pro/Enterprise add-on module.
Audits and inspections are core EHS modules.
Corrective actions
Business corrective actions with owner, due date and completion state.
Site snagging modules cover some actions.
Actions are part of the broader EHS platform.
PCPP import
Upload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure.
Document checking
Data export
Includes the Audit Pack: one merged PDF covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
RAMS PDFs; Training Register reports and training-matrix export.
AI chat
RAMS / CPP / COSHH generation
The flagship: generates site-specific UK RAMS, CPP and COSHH from a plain-English brief.
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Right to work
Right-to-work evidence records with expiry reminders, alongside cert tracking.
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Mobile app
Workers sign and get inducted from their phone browser with nothing to install; a native builder app is in development, not yet in the public app stores.
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QR / mobile sign-in
Site Control (per-site tier) adds a permanent entrance QR for sign-in/out from the worker's phone.
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Contractor self-onboarding
Site Control (per-site tier) adds contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval.
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RFIs
Site Control (per-site tier) adds RFIs - create, attach, comment, answer and close.
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RAMS sign-off (per worker)
Per-worker RAMS sign-off is tracked on Business; an optional 4-digit PIN adds shared-link identity evidence, and Site Control can block check-in until the current version is signed.
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Live people-on-site
Business adds a live people-on-site H&S view plus evacuation and muster roll-call.
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Document-review evidence
Business keeps version history with a per-version record of review, issue and worker acknowledgement.
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Multi-site dashboard & exports
Unlimited projects with account-wide exports and the merged Audit Pack; no cross-site rollup dashboard below the Site Control tier.
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SSOW
Delivered as the method statement inside the RAMS rather than a separate safe-system-of-work document.
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Why this matters
UK RAMS software splits into broader CDM and site-operation products like The Site Book, RAMS-governance platforms like HandsHQ, focused subscriptions like RAMS Pro, and pay-per-document tools like RapidRAMS. The right pick depends on how many RAMS you write, who authors and approves them, and whether you also need CPPs, COSHH, inductions, worker sign-off, attendance, files and portal users in one workflow.
Who each tool is for
At-a-glance fit per product - pulled from the same data that drives the snapshot table.
The Site Book
Best for
UK builders and principal contractors - from sole traders to builder-run firms of around 50 staff - 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.
Not ideal for
New product (launched 2026) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Team size
1 internal user on Pro; 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users on Business. Any invited seat can be a field-only Site Supervisor limited to assigned sites/projects. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; Business can optionally require a 4-digit PIN for shared-link sign-off, and project workers count as active portal users while assigned
HandsHQ
Best for
Individuals who want a template-led RAMS subscription and organisations with a dedicated health and safety function that need formal RAMS governance, approvals and integrations.
Not ideal for
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.
Team size
One-person RAMS accounts through to enterprise teams
RAMS Pro
Best for
UK contractors who want AI RAMS on a low monthly tier, with COSHH, inductions, inspections, toolbox talks, and other modules from Pro upward.
Not ideal for
Document and back-office user limits apply on the lower tiers, so growing teams need to watch usage and plan fit.
Team size
Small-mid
RapidRAMS
Best for
UK contractors needing occasional task-specific RAMS for routine, non-specialist work without a monthly subscription.
Not ideal for
£15 per document becomes expensive fast once you need more than two RAMS a month -flat-rate tools pay for themselves quickly.
Team size
Solo / occasional
Evalu-8
Best for
Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Not ideal for
The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page.
Team size
50+
The bottom line
Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.
Choose The Site Book Pro if…
Choose The Site Book if you're a sole trader or running a small builder on domestic or small commercial jobs. Pro is £39/month or £360/year and covers the CDM suite - RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions and worker sign-off - while Business adds team logins, portal users, site attendance and files.
Recommended for: Sole traders and small UK builders on domestic or small commercial work
Choose The Site Book Business if…
Best overall for a typical 30-person UK builder: The Site Book Business. At £199/month it combines RAMS, Construction Phase Plans, COSHH, controlled document review, worker sign-off, inductions, attendance, certificates, subcontractor evidence, inspections and audit exports. It includes 10 management logins and 50 active portal users. Site Control is for the per-site gate and contractor-access workflow, not an automatic headcount upgrade.
Recommended for: 10–50 person builders and principal contractors running multiple projects
Choose HandsHQ if…
Choose HandsHQ if you have a dedicated H&S department that primarily needs enterprise RAMS governance - team collaboration, formal approval workflows, and a curated template library your compliance staff edit day in, day out. Its team plans publish user bands and are billed annually plus setup; individual RAMS plans offer direct signup for smaller buyers.
Recommended for: Organisations with a dedicated in-house health and safety department
Choose RapidRAMS if…
Choose RapidRAMS if you genuinely only write one or two RAMS a month and prefer paying about fifteen pounds per document with no monthly subscription. Beyond two documents a month, a flat-rate tool like The Site Book covers more ground and works out cheaper in total - the breakeven lands at roughly two per month.
Recommended for: Builders who write one or two RAMS a month at most
Choose The Site Book if…
Choose The Site Book if you are comparing the total bill for RAMS, CPP, COSHH, site inductions, toolbox talks, and worker sign-off together. The dedicated cheapest-bundle comparison breaks down the maths, but the short version is simple: the first project is free, Pro is GBP39/month or GBP360/year, and you do not need separate document, training, and talks subscriptions.
Recommended for: Cheapest full RAMS + CPP + toolbox-talks bundle
Choose RAMS Pro if…
Choose RAMS Pro if you want a mature, focused RAMS and method-statement subscription from a long-running UK vendor and you already handle CPP, COSHH, inductions, and worker tracking elsewhere. It's narrower than The Site Book by design - and for teams with existing tooling for the rest of CDM, that focus can be a feature.
Recommended for: UK firms that want a mature RAMS-specific subscription without the full CDM suite
Why switch to The Site Book
✓Full CDM suite in one workflow - RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions, worker sign-off, and Business site attendance/files.
✓Generate a site-specific RAMS first draft from a plain-English brief in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review.
✓Free first project lets you see real output before paying - the only tool on this list with a self-serve free tier.
✓Starter is £0, Pro is £39/month or £360/year, Business is £199/month, and the optional setup service is £249 one-off, not a subscription.
✓Works on a phone - workers sign inductions and tick off toolbox talks from site, with an audit trail retained in the project.
✓Add your own work types for any trade - not just a fixed built-in library - each with a method statement that flows into the RAMS sequence, including a ready-made Commercial Solar PV group.
Full breakdown per product
Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.
Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo
Best for
UK builders and principal contractors - from sole traders to builder-run firms of around 50 staff - 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.
Team size
1 internal user on Pro; 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users on Business. Any invited seat can be a field-only Site Supervisor limited to assigned sites/projects. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; Business can optionally require a 4-digit PIN for shared-link sign-off, and project workers count as active portal users while assigned
Sweet spot
A builder-run principal contractor on a domestic or commercial project who needs ready-to-sign CDM documents, worker sign-off, a live people-on-site view, practical site files, subcontractor evidence records and lightweight inspections/actions - without a dedicated H&S department to run them.
Strengths
UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions (readable and acknowledgeable in 9 worker languages on Business, with the language audit-recorded) + worker sign-off, including optional 4-digit shared-link PIN evidence on Business, plus site attendance, portal users, site files, document reviews, subcontractor evidence and inspections/actions.
Generate a site-specific RAMS first draft from a natural-language brief in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review - not a template library you hand-fill.
Controlled document workflow without an enterprise contract: version history and a recorded issue confirmation before a document is shared with a client or downloaded in the app on every plan, re-sign on revision with superseded signatures preserved plus PCPP import, cert tracking and document checking from the £39/month Pro plan - and on Business, optional named-approver routing (a designated approver accepts or rejects each version, with recorded reasons, before it can be issued) plus client approve/reject/request-changes via share links.
Transparent pricing: Starter £0, Pro £39/month or £360/year, Business £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; project workers count as active portal users while assigned.
Build RAMS for any trade - add your own work types and method statements alongside the built-in library, reusable across projects, including a ready-made Commercial Solar PV group. Save a finished job as a reusable project template, or clone it, so the next job of the same shape starts from your own setup.
COSHH goes deep: a standalone COSHH assessment document, upload-a-Safety-Data-Sheet extraction, a site-specific substance register and an expert-reviewed library - plus per-worker RAMS sign-off and a one-click Audit Pack covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
Weaknesses
New product (launched 2026) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Procore integration is in final testing rather than publicly launched -until it ships, compliance docs export as PDFs rather than syncing into Procore. A public REST API and signed webhooks are live on the Site Control tier; Autodesk Construction Cloud is not integrated.
Site files are a practical portal for drawings, plans and procedures, not formal drawing revision control.
UK-focused content (CDM 2015, HSE guidance) -international contractors on non-UK projects would need to adapt the output.
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Individuals who want a template-led RAMS subscription and organisations with a dedicated health and safety function that need formal RAMS governance, approvals and integrations.
Team size
One-person RAMS accounts through to enterprise teams
Sweet spot
A buyer who values a large curated RAMS and COSHH library, with published individual allowances or team workflows organised by user band.
Strengths
Established compliance platform with published customer case studies across UK high-risk work.
Now part of HSI, with HSI's acquisition announcement citing more than 2,000 client organisations.
Curated RAMS library plus a COSHH library advertised at more than 15,000 substances.
Published individual pricing offers direct signup; team tiers publish user bands and prices before a sales conversation.
Digital RAMS signatures, approvals, review history and integrations suit dedicated H&S teams producing documents regularly.
Weaknesses
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.
HSI ownership may be a positive for enterprise buyers, but small UK builders may prefer a UK-SME-first product roadmap.
The public RAMS and Training Register feature sets do not list a built-in incident log, permits-to-work, site diary, attendance workflow or general site portal.
Individual RAMS plans offer direct signup, while team plans are billed annually plus a setup fee and higher-capability packages remain sales-assisted.
UK contractors who want AI RAMS on a low monthly tier, with COSHH, inductions, inspections, toolbox talks, and other modules from Pro upward.
Team size
Small-mid
Sweet spot
A small contractor writing regular RAMS that is happy with monthly document limits and can accept broader site modules being tier-gated.
Strengths
Low published entry point: free tier, Basic at GBP15/mo, Pro at GBP25/mo, and Enterprise at GBP45/mo.
Pro and Enterprise include a broad set of add-on modules: COSHH, toolbox talks, site inspections, site inductions, asset register, training matrix, accident records, site snagging, and environmental assessments.
AI RAMS positioning and digital signatures make it more modern than a static template library.
Weaknesses
Document and back-office user limits apply on the lower tiers, so growing teams need to watch usage and plan fit.
The broader site modules are tier-gated; Basic is still mainly RAMS, templates, notifications, engineers, signatures, contacts, and PDF export.
Permits to work and PCPP import are not clearly published in the current public pricing/module data.
UK contractors needing occasional task-specific RAMS for routine, non-specialist work without a monthly subscription.
Team size
Solo / occasional
Sweet spot
A sole trader or small contractor who needs occasional pay-as-you-go RAMS and wants no subscription lock-in.
Strengths
Pay-per-document pricing is friction-free for builders who only need a RAMS occasionally -no monthly commitment.
Structured on-demand workflow for single RAMS documents, with adaptive logic rather than a static Word template.
Weaknesses
£15 per document becomes expensive fast once you need more than two RAMS a month -flat-rate tools pay for themselves quickly.
No CPP, COSHH, site inductions, or any site management tools -RAMS-only scope.
Narrow public scope: the homepage supports RAMS/method statement generation, but gives no evidence of CPP, COSHH, site inductions or broader site-management tools.
Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Team size
50+
Sweet spot
An organisation that needs EHS across multiple business units and is willing to build a quoted package around core EHS plus RAMS, COSHH, audits, and other modules.
Strengths
Broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management in one tool.
Suitable for large contractors and enterprise teams that need multi-module EHS across business units.
Includes site inductions, worker cert tracking, and toolbox talks -bigger functional spread than RAMS-only tools.
Weaknesses
The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page.
Requires demo, onboarding, and configuration -slow to get running compared to self-serve tools.
Desktop-focused enterprise UI is not optimised for builders working from a phone on site.
Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
What makes The Site Book the top pick for UK builders?
The Site Book covers RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions and worker sign-off in one product. Business is £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 included active portal users. Assigned workers count in that total, while worker-driven overage is recorded and auto-raised rather than blocking setup. Starter is £0, Pro is £39/month or £360/year, and optional setup is £249 one-off.
When should I pick HandsHQ instead?
HandsHQ is the right choice when you have a dedicated in-house health and safety department that primarily needs enterprise RAMS governance - team collaboration, formal approval workflows, and a curated template library your compliance staff edit daily. For builder-run firms without a dedicated H&S department - including those with 10 to 50 staff - The Site Book covers RAMS, CPPs and live site compliance in one flat-rate system, which is usually the better fit.
Is pay-per-document pricing like RapidRAMS ever the right call?
Yes. If you genuinely only write one or two RAMS a month, around fifteen pounds per document with no subscription is cheaper than a flat rate. Beyond two to three documents a month, flat-rate tools like The Site Book cover more ground and work out cheaper in total. The breakeven point depends on monthly versus annual billing.
Can I just use a template pack instead of RAMS software?
Template packs are a one-off purchase that you then have to customise to each site by hand, every time. They are not software - they do not version, they do not generate from a brief, and they do not capture worker sign-off. RAMS software gives you those things plus an audit trail. For anyone running more than one project a month, software pays for itself in time saved.
Can I try The Site Book before committing?
Yes. The Site Book lets you create a first project and generate a CPP, RAMS and site induction without entering a credit card. HandsHQ also offers direct signup for individual RAMS plans and advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee; its team tiers are sales-assisted. Compare whether you want a genuinely free project across the wider CDM workflow or a paid, allowance-based RAMS subscription.
What is the best RAMS generator software?
For UK builders, The Site Book is the best RAMS generator: it turns a plain-English job description into a site-specific RAMS in minutes, then keeps the linked CPP, COSHH, inductions, and worker sign-off in one place. Fast RAMS is the cheapest RAMS-only generator, and RapidRAMS suits occasional pay-per-document use. Pick by whether RAMS are your whole job or one part of CDM.
How we built this comparison
The Site Book product and capacity facts and HandsHQ first-party pricing/features were reviewed on 2026-07-21; unchanged vendors retain their cited source dates.
Every pricing, feature, and fit claim in this comparison is checked against public vendor documentation and, where relevant, independent sources. The “source basis” footer on each product card lists the exact URLs and the date we fetched them. The internal freshness dashboard flags source evidence after 45 days; priority pricing is scheduled for monthly review and feature or ownership claims for quarterly review. Last reviewed on .
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UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions (readable and acknowledgeable in 9 worker languages on Business, with the language audit-recorded) + worker sign-off, including optional 4-digit shared-link PIN evidence on Business, plus site attendance, portal users, site files, document reviews, subcontractor evidence and inspections/actions.
Generate a site-specific RAMS first draft from a natural-language brief in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review - not a template library you hand-fill.
Controlled document workflow without an enterprise contract: version history and a recorded issue confirmation before a document is shared with a client or downloaded in the app on every plan, re-sign on revision with superseded signatures preserved plus PCPP import, cert tracking and document checking from the £39/month Pro plan - and on Business, optional named-approver routing (a designated approver accepts or rejects each version, with recorded reasons, before it can be issued) plus client approve/reject/request-changes via share links.
Transparent pricing: Starter £0, Pro £39/month or £360/year, Business £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; project workers count as active portal users while assigned.
Build RAMS for any trade - add your own work types and method statements alongside the built-in library, reusable across projects, including a ready-made Commercial Solar PV group. Save a finished job as a reusable project template, or clone it, so the next job of the same shape starts from your own setup.
COSHH goes deep: a standalone COSHH assessment document, upload-a-Safety-Data-Sheet extraction, a site-specific substance register and an expert-reviewed library - plus per-worker RAMS sign-off and a one-click Audit Pack covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
