Compare UK RAMS, CPP & CDM compliance software — side by side

UK RAMS & CPP software compared — picks by business size and trade

RAMS software in the UK has split into three rough camps. HandsHQ spans individual RAMS subscriptions through to larger team plans, with its strongest differentiation in formal RAMS governance for organisations with dedicated H&S functions. Evalu-8 is a broader enterprise compliance platform for larger H&S operations. In the middle, template libraries like RAMS Pro and AI-first tools like swiftRMS offer faster document generation for RAMS, COSHH, and related safety paperwork. Low-cost RAMS apps like Fast RAMS focus tightly on mobile RAMS creation. Template libraries like RAMs App offer access to pre-built documents you then edit yourself. At the bottom, pay-per-document tools like RapidRAMS charge per document created - cheap for one-offs, expensive at volume.

Sitting alongside these are broader platforms that solve a different problem: Procore for project management and SafetyCulture for inspections. Neither actually produces your CDM document set - you'll still need something to create the RAMS, CPP, and COSHH documents your client is asking for.

We also now track configurable EHS and field-service tools like Velappity where RAMS, COSHH, induction-style training, inspections, and reporting sit inside broader form workflows. Those platforms can suit larger teams, but small builders should check setup time, pricing tier, and CDM document coverage before choosing them.

The Site Book was built for UK builder-run contractors, from sole traders through to firms with approximately 50 staff. It combines CDM documents with the practical site-compliance workflows needed to manage workers, subcontractors and multiple live projects without requiring a large dedicated H&S department. Read the 10–50-person Business example or use the comparisons below to see where a specialist platform is the better fit.

There's also a second category here: Site Control — per-site contractor access. As soon as you run a site you have a different question: who is allowed on, are they inducted, and is their attendance logged. The Site Control cluster below groups every comparison on that job — biometric access, digital sign-in, inductions, CSCS checks, RFIs and contractor-management — so you can see how Site Control compares against the workforce-management incumbents while still generating the UK CDM pack the others leave to you.