Honest comparison
The Site Book wins as soon as you need more than two documents a month or the wider CDM suite; RapidRAMS suits one-off pay-per-document needs where a monthly subscription is unjustified.
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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 | RapidRAMS |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | from £30/mo | £15 per document, no subscription |
| Team size | 1–50 | Solo / occasional |
| 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. | Builders needing occasional RAMS on an ad-hoc basis who don't want a monthly subscription. |
| Not ideal for | New product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ. | £15 per document becomes expensive fast once you need more than two RAMS a month -flat-rate tools pay for themselves quickly. |
| RAMS | AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser. | Template-based, per document. |
| CPP | Full Construction Phase Plans -not just RAMS. | |
| COSHH | ||
| Method statements | ||
| Site inductions | Workers sign from their phone. | |
| Worker cert tracking | ||
| Incident log | ||
| Permits to work | ||
| Site diary | ||
| Subcontractor tracking | ||
| Toolbox talks | ||
| PCPP import | Upload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure. | |
| Document checking | ||
| Data export | ||
| AI chat |
RapidRAMS keeps it simple: fifteen pounds each time you need a RAMS document, no subscription, no account to manage, no features you do not use. If you only need a RAMS once in a while, that simplicity has genuine appeal. The trade-off is that the cost adds up fast once you are doing regular work. The breakeven lands at about two documents a month - at three jobs a month RapidRAMS is forty-five pounds for the RAMS alone, while The Site Book is thirty pounds a month flat and includes CPPs, COSHH assessments, site inductions, worker cert tracking, permits to work, and site diary on top. If you are doing steady work, a subscription is almost always cheaper - and you get ten times more for your money.
At-a-glance fit per product - pulled from the same data that drives the snapshot table.
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The Site Book wins as soon as you need more than two documents a month or the wider CDM suite; RapidRAMS suits one-off pay-per-document needs where a monthly subscription is unjustified.
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
RapidRAMS charges around fifteen pounds per document with no subscription, which suits very occasional use. As soon as you write more than two RAMS in a month, a flat-rate subscription like The Site Book at thirty pounds a month covers unlimited documents plus the wider CDM suite. For most builders running real projects, the breakeven point lands at about two documents a month.
The Site Book was built from the ground up with AI at its core, which means it generates site-specific documents in seconds rather than requiring manual template filling for every job. Lower operational cost means lower price, without compromising on quality or compliance, and the flat-rate plan covers an unlimited number of RAMS, CPPs, COSHH assessments, and site inductions in one subscription.
No. RapidRAMS focuses narrowly on pay-per-document RAMS for one-off needs. It does not cover Construction Phase Plans, COSHH assessments, site inductions, worker certificate tracking, or permits to work. The Site Book bundles all of these in a single flat-rate subscription, so the same tool handles every part of a CDM 2015 duty rather than just the RAMS sheet.
Both. The Site Book has a free tier that lets you create your first project and generate real documents - your CPP, RAMS, and site induction - without entering a credit card. RapidRAMS only commits you to a single document at a time. If you want a free hands-on test of the full CDM suite before paying, The Site Book is the lower-friction option.
Yes. The Site Book accepts PCPP uploads and reuses the structure, so any documents you have already paid for in RapidRAMS give you a head start on your first project. Day-to-day authoring then moves into the natural-language brief, which cuts a typical RAMS from about two hours to under five minutes once you stop paying per document and switch to the flat-rate plan.
Based on publicly available vendor documentation and published pricing as of 2026-04-15.
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