The Site Book vs RAMS App: UK CDM Compliance Compared
The Site Book is an AI-driven CDM suite that generates RAMS, CPPs, COSHH, inductions and toolbox talks from a plain-English job brief, flat-rate from £39/month or £360/year. RAMs App is a template library focused narrowly on RAMS and method statements with a lower monthly entry tier. Pick The Site Book if you need the full CDM 2015 stack in one subscription; pick RAMs App if you only need RAMS templates and nothing else.
The Site Book wins for principal contractors needing the full CDM 2015 suite; RAMs App is the right choice for contractors who only need template-based RAMS and nothing else.
Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo
From £20/mo single user; multi-user tiers available
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
All contractors
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.
General contractors who need template-based RAMS with a familiar library-picker workflow and don't require a full CDM suite.
Not ideal for
New product (launched 2026) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Template-based only -no AI that generates site-specific RAMS from a plain-English job description.
RAMS
AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser.
Template-based library.
CPP
Full Construction Phase Plans - not just RAMS.
COSHH
Standalone COSHH document + site-specific register, SDS upload with extraction, and construction-focused library entries that appear in search only after review.
COSHH assessments included.
Method statements
Template-based.
Site inductions
Workers sign from their phone - on Business, key H&S details are readable in 9 languages.
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.
Incident log
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.
Subcontractor tracking
Toolbox talks
Consultant-written toolbox-talk library.
Site attendance
Business includes check-in/check-out and live H&S attendance.
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Site portal
Business includes up to 50 active site portal users.
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Site files
Drawings, plans, H&S docs, procedures, RAMS, CPP and emergency information.
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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.
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Subcontractor evidence
Business evidence record, review and archive workflow.
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Site inspections
Business inspections with checklist items.
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Corrective actions
Business corrective actions with owner, due date and completion state.
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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.
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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Reading this table: a tick means supported, a dash means partly supported, and a cross means we checked and it is not supported. An em dash (—) means we have not verified that capability for that product either way — treat it as unknown, not as a missing feature, and check with the vendor.
Why this matters
Both The Site Book and RAMs App are legitimate tools used by UK builders for health and safety documentation - they solve the same problem of getting a professional RAMS without starting from a blank page, but they do it very differently. RAMs App gives you a large library of pre-written templates: pick one, customise it, and export. It is a proven approach for contractors who prefer a known good template. The Site Book takes the opposite approach - describe your job in plain English, or talk into your phone, and AI creates a site-specific RAMS from scratch, plus your CPP, site induction, emergency plan, and COSHH records from the same brief. It is designed for sole traders and small builders who want everything in one place.
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
RAMs App
Best for
General contractors who need template-based RAMS with a familiar library-picker workflow and don't require a full CDM suite.
Not ideal for
Template-based only -no AI that generates site-specific RAMS from a plain-English job description.
Team size
All contractors
The bottom line
Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.
Bottom line
The Site Book wins for principal contractors needing the full CDM 2015 suite; RAMs App is the right choice for contractors who only need template-based RAMS and nothing else.
Why switch to The Site Book
✓Site-specific RAMS generated from a plain-English job description - not a template you pick and manually customise every time.
✓Full CDM 2015 suite in one subscription: RAMS, CPP, site inductions, COSHH, emergency plans, worker sign-off and F10 checks.
✓Describe your job once - every downstream document is pre-filled from the same information without re-entering details.
✓Free tier with no credit card - create a real project on The Site Book before deciding whether to upgrade.
✓Digital site induction with phone sign-off and a compliance dashboard - features RAMs App does not attempt.
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.
Check the product detail
These maintained Help Centre guides show exactly how the controls behind this comparison work.
Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
How does The Site Book's approach differ from RAMs App?
RAMs App uses a traditional template library - you pick a template and fill in the blanks. The Site Book generates site-specific documents from a plain-English job description, so you get a RAMS written for your actual project in minutes rather than selecting and manually customising a generic template every time. The output is closer to bespoke and the time per document is much lower.
Does RAMs App cover CPP and COSHH?
No. RAMs App is focused narrowly on RAMS and method statements. It does not cover Construction Phase Plans, COSHH assessments, site inductions, worker tracking, or the wider site management tools needed on CDM 2015 projects. The Site Book covers all of these in a single subscription, so you do not need to buy separate tools for separate parts of the same legal duty.
What's included in the free Starter plan?
You can create one real project without entering a credit card, generate real CDM documents, and see whether The Site Book works for your business. The free Starter plan is not time-limited, so you can review the output properly, share it with a client, and decide later whether to upgrade to a paid plan for unlimited projects. There is no automatic charge.
How does pricing compare between the two tools?
RAMs App publishes a lower RAMS-only monthly entry tier. The Site Book starts from GBP39/month or GBP360/year and includes RAMS, CPPs, COSHH, site inductions, toolbox talks, and the audit-ready pack. For most builders the small price difference is more than covered by not buying a separate CPP tool, a separate induction tool, and a separate COSHH tool.
Can I switch from RAMs App to The Site Book?
Yes. The Site Book accepts PCPP uploads and reuses the structure, so existing RAMs App exports give you a head start on each new project. Day-to-day authoring then moves into a natural-language brief that generates a site-specific RAMS first draft in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review. Most teams switch over project by project rather than all at once, which keeps live work safe.
How we built this comparison
RAMs App documentation and pricing as published 2026-04-15. The Site Book facts checked against the product repository on 2026-07-28.
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 .
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.
