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The Site Book vs Evalu-8 — UK Construction Compliance

The Site Book wins for 1–50 person UK builders at 10× lower pricing; Evalu-8 is the right call for enterprise EHS teams that need a multi-module platform across training, audits, and incident management.

Reviewed

Nicola Dobbie, Founder of The Site Book
Nicola Dobbie·Founder, The Site Book

Based on publicly available vendor documentation and published pricing as of 2026-04-15.

At-a-glance comparison

Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.

FeatureThe Site BookEvalu-8
Pricingfrom £30/mo£295/mo
Team size1–5050+
Best forSmall-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.Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Not ideal forNew product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.£295/mo is 10× The Site Book's entry price -prohibitive for 1–10 person firms that only need CDM compliance.
RAMSAI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser.Module within wider EHS platform.
CPPFull Construction Phase Plans -not just RAMS.
COSHH
Method statements
Site inductionsWorkers sign from their phone.
Worker cert tracking
Incident log
Permits to work
Site diary
Subcontractor tracking
Toolbox talks
PCPP importUpload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure.
Document checking
Data export
AI chat

Why this matters

Evalu-8 is a comprehensive EHS platform designed for large construction firms - it handles RAMS as part of a much wider suite covering incident reporting, multi-site management, analytics, and enterprise integrations. The £295-a-month price tag reflects the depth of that platform, and if you run a fifty or hundred-person firm across multiple sites you may well need every module. But a sole trader fitting a kitchen or a small firm doing extensions is paying twelve times more for features they will never use - a sledgehammer for a nut. Neither price is wrong; they are built for different businesses. The Site Book targets the small end of UK construction.

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
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.
Not ideal for
New product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Team size
1–50

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
£295/mo is 10× The Site Book's entry price -prohibitive for 1–10 person firms that only need CDM compliance.
Team size
50+

The bottom line

Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.

Bottom line

The Site Book wins for 1–50 person UK builders at 10× lower pricing; Evalu-8 is the right call for enterprise EHS teams that need a multi-module platform across training, audits, and incident management.

Why switch to The Site Book

  • Flat-rate from thirty pounds a month - roughly ten times cheaper than Evalu-8's enterprise quote for the work a small builder actually does.
  • Sign up and start creating real compliance documents today - no demo, no onboarding week, no configuration project.
  • RAMS, CPPs, COSHH, site inductions, and toolbox talks are included in one subscription - not split across EHS modules.
  • Mobile-first authoring - edit a CPP from the van between visits instead of fighting an enterprise desktop UI on a phone.
  • Free tier with full feature access and no credit card - create a real project before deciding whether to upgrade.

Full breakdown per product

Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.

The Site Book

The Site Book Ltd

from £30/mo

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.
Team size
1–50
Sweet spot
A principal contractor on a £50k–£5m domestic or commercial project who needs ready-to-sign compliance docs and worker sign-off from a phone.

Strengths

  • Only UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions + worker sign-off in one flat-rate subscription.
  • AI-generated documents are site-specific from a natural-language brief, not a template library you hand-fill -cuts writing a RAMS from 2 hours to under 5 minutes.
  • Worker sign-off, PCPP import, cert tracking, and document checking are included at the entry tier, not locked behind an enterprise plan.
  • Transparent flat-rate pricing starting at £30/mo -no per-seat surprise as the team grows.

Weaknesses

  • New product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
  • No Procore / Autodesk Construction Cloud integrations yet -compliance docs live inside The Site Book and export as PDFs rather than syncing into a wider PM stack.
  • UK-focused content (CDM 2015, HSE guidance) -international contractors on non-UK projects would need to adapt the output.

Evalu-8

Evalu-8 EHS

£295/mo

Best for
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 can justify £295/mo for a full-stack platform with dedicated onboarding.

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

  • £295/mo is 10× The Site Book's entry price -prohibitive for 1–10 person firms that only need CDM compliance.
  • 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.

Frequently asked questions

Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.

Why is Evalu-8 so much more expensive?

Evalu-8 is a broad EHS platform with modules for training, audits, incident management, and compliance - priced for enterprise teams at around two hundred and ninety-five pounds a month. The Site Book is focused purely on the CDM 2015 document suite that UK builders need, which lets us ship at a flat rate from thirty pounds a month, roughly ten times lower than Evalu-8.

Does The Site Book do site inductions and toolbox talks?

Yes. Site inductions, where workers sign from their phone, and toolbox talks with a ninety-topic library are both included in every paid tier of The Site Book. There is no enterprise upsell to unlock them. By contrast, Evalu-8 splits training and induction into separate modules, which is part of why its enterprise quote is so much higher than The Site Book's flat plan.

What's included in the free trial?

Everything. Full access to every feature - RAMS, CPPs, COSHH, site management, and the in-app AI chat - without entering a credit card. Create a real project and generate real documents to see if it fits your business. You can keep the trial output and decide later whether to upgrade to a paid plan, with no automatic charge at the end of it.

Is The Site Book a fit for my team size?

The Site Book is built specifically for the small-to-mid UK construction market - sole traders up to fifty-person firms - and stays focused on the CDM 2015 document pack. Evalu-8 spans a much wider EHS scope and is priced for enterprise teams with dedicated health and safety departments. If your team does not have a full-time H and S manager, The Site Book is faster.

Can I switch from Evalu-8 to The Site Book?

Yes. The Site Book accepts PCPP uploads and reuses the structure, so existing Evalu-8 exports give you a head start. Day-to-day authoring then moves into the natural-language brief, which cuts a typical RAMS from about two hours to under five minutes. Most teams run both in parallel for a couple of weeks during the switch and then drop the Evalu-8 subscription.

How we built this comparison

Based on publicly available vendor documentation and published pricing as of 2026-04-15.

Every pricing, feature, and fit claim in this comparison is pulled from public vendor documentation and cross-checked against independent sources. The “source basis” footer on each product card lists the exact URLs and the date we fetched them. We revisit this page at least every 90 days - last reviewed on .

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Why The Site Book

  • Only UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions + worker sign-off in one flat-rate subscription.
  • AI-generated documents are site-specific from a natural-language brief, not a template library you hand-fill -cuts writing a RAMS from 2 hours to under 5 minutes.
  • Worker sign-off, PCPP import, cert tracking, and document checking are included at the entry tier, not locked behind an enterprise plan.
  • Transparent flat-rate pricing starting at £30/mo -no per-seat surprise as the team grows.