Honest comparison
For UK domestic building work, CDM 2015 §14(1) puts the duty-holder roles on the contractor rather than the homeowner client, so the right software produces plain-English paperwork, not commercial project-management depth. The Site Book ranks first for domestic builders - plain-English CPP and RAMS for house extensions, loft conversions and kitchen fits - at Starter £0, Pro £39/mo or £360/yr, Business £199/mo. CDM Wizard is an honest free fallback for a basic CPP; Haspod's template library covers domestic jobs too.
Domestic construction work sits under CDM 2015 §14(1), which puts the duty-holder roles on the contractor rather than the homeowner client - and that changes what compliance software actually needs to do. Commercial project-management depth is irrelevant; plain-English templates for house extensions, loft conversions, and kitchen fits are what matters. The Site Book ranks first for its domestic-focused positioning. CDM Wizard earns an honest second for free domestic CPPs. Haspod's template library covers domestic templates too. Procore, Evalu-8, and SafetyCulture are explicitly excluded - they're commercial-oriented tools where the homeowner-facing nuance of CDM 2015 §14(1) is not the design centre.
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Based on publicly available vendor documentation and CDM 2015 §14(1) duty-holder rules, reviewed 2026-04-15.
Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.
| Feature | The Site Book | CDM Wizard | Haspod |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo | Free | £799/yr (annual upfront) |
| Team size | 1 internal user on Pro; up to 5 internal logins and 25 active site portal users on Business | Any -small/domestic jobs | 1–50 |
| Best for | Small UK builders 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. | Builders on small or domestic works who want a free tick-box questionnaire that generates a compliant CDM 2015 Construction Phase Plan. | Small-to-mid UK businesses (sole trader up to ~50 users) that prefer browsing a 800+ template library and customizing by hand, and are comfortable with annual-only upfront commitments. Documents / Training / Talks are sold as separate annual subscriptions or bundled in the Pro Plan. |
| Not ideal for | New product (launched 2025) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ. | Scoped to a single CPP for small or domestic works — no RAMS, COSHH, method statements, inductions, permits or worker tracking. | Annual-only billing with no monthly option and no automatic renewal -every plan requires a £799+VAT upfront commitment for 12 months, which is a heavy lift for sole traders testing the product. |
| RAMS | AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser. | Via template library | |
| CPP | Full Construction Phase Plans - not just RAMS. | Questionnaire-driven Construction Phase Plan generator for small/domestic projects; emailable branded PDF. | Template |
| COSHH | Standalone COSHH document + site-specific register, SDS upload with extraction, and an expert-reviewed substance library. | Template | |
| Method statements | Template library | ||
| Site inductions | Workers sign from their phone - key H&S details readable in 9 languages. | Training Plan add-on | |
| Multilingual inductions (9 languages) | 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. | — | — |
| Worker cert tracking | Cert plus right-to-work evidence records, with expiry reminders. | ||
| Incident log | |||
| Permits to work | Template only | ||
| Site diary | |||
| Subcontractor tracking | |||
| Toolbox talks | Talks Plan add-on | ||
| Site attendance | Business includes check-in/check-out and live H&S attendance. | — | — |
| Site portal | Business includes up to 25 active site portal users. | — | — |
| Site files | Drawings, plans, H&S docs, procedures, RAMS, CPP and emergency information. | — | — |
| Document review | Business document status, reviewer notes and review history. | — | — |
| Subcontractor evidence | Business evidence record, review and archive workflow. | — | — |
| Site inspections | Business inspections with checklist items. | — | — |
| Corrective actions | Business corrective actions with owner, due date and completion state. | — | — |
| PCPP import | Upload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure. | ||
| Document checking | |||
| Data export | Includes the Audit Pack: one merged, audit-ready compliance-evidence PDF. | PDF/DOC download | |
| AI chat | |||
| RAMS / CPP / COSHH generation | The flagship: generates site-specific UK RAMS, CPP and COSHH from a plain-English brief. | — | — |
| Right to work | Right-to-work evidence records with expiry reminders, alongside cert tracking. | — | — |
| 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. | — | — |
| QR / mobile sign-in | Site Control (per-site tier) adds a permanent entrance QR for sign-in/out from the worker's phone. | — | — |
| Contractor self-onboarding | Site Control (per-site tier) adds contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval. | — | — |
| RFIs | Site Control (per-site tier) adds RFIs - create, attach, comment, answer and close. | — | — |
Domestic construction is a different buying context from commercial construction, and the parent best-construction-compliance-software roundup doesn't quite capture it. CDM 2015 §14(1) shifts duty-holder responsibilities onto the contractor when the client is a homeowner, so the tooling question isn't 'which platform has the deepest project management layer' - it's 'which tool produces documents a homeowner can read and a sole trader can generate without an H and S qualification'. This page ranks on exactly that question and excludes commercial-first tools on purpose.
At-a-glance fit per product - pulled from the same data that drives the snapshot table.
Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.
For a standard homeowner job - house extension, loft conversion, kitchen fit - the CDM 2015 §14(1) domestic client rules put the duty-holder responsibilities on you as the contractor. The Site Book is built for exactly that audience. Plain-English CPP and RAMS, a simple homeowner-readable brief, and document output a homeowner can actually understand without an H and S qualification in the room. Starter is £0 for your first project; Pro is £39/month or £360/year.
Recommended for: Domestic client (homeowner) projects under CDM 2015 §14(1)
Work for a letting agent, a small landlord, or a property manager is still domestic construction, but the client isn't a homeowner - it's a commercial client buying domestic work. CDM 2015 §14(1) no longer applies because the client is commercial, but the work itself stays small-scale. The Site Book still fits; Haspod's template library is a reasonable second pick for firms that want to hand-edit rather than generate from a brief.
Recommended for: Commercial-client domestic work - letting agents, small landlords, property managers
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The Site Book Ltd
Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo
CITB (Construction Industry Training Board)
Free
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£799/yr (annual upfront)
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
Yes, if the project crosses the CDM 2015 thresholds - which most domestic extensions do once more than one contractor is on site or the work lasts more than thirty days. The construction phase plan does not need to be as detailed as a commercial CPP, but it must exist and cover the site-specific hazards. The Site Book generates a plain-English CPP suitable for domestic client jobs in a few minutes.
On a domestic project, CDM 2015 §14(1) automatically transfers the client duties to the contractor unless a principal designer is appointed. In plain English: if a homeowner hires you, you're treated as both contractor and principal contractor for CDM purposes, and the duty-holder paperwork sits on you. That's why domestic-builder compliance tools matter - the homeowner isn't going to produce any of it.
The Site Book is built for sole traders and small firms running domestic jobs. It ships plain-English CPP and RAMS, a construction phase plan suitable for homeowner projects, COSHH assessments, site inductions, and toolbox talks. CDM Wizard is a free alternative for CPPs specifically but not a complete tool. Haspod's template library covers domestic templates but requires hand-editing rather than generating from a brief.
The Site Book is Starter £0 (your first project free), Pro £39/month or £360/year, and Business £199/month. The optional setup service is £249 one-off - it covers the Site Book paperwork for one job and is not a subscription. CDM Wizard is free but produces only a basic CPP, and Haspod is an annual-upfront template membership with Documents at £799/year, so budget for the whole year in advance.
Yes. HandsHQ, Procore, Evalu-8, and SafetyCulture are built for mid-to-large commercial contractors with dedicated H and S teams. For a domestic builder doing house extensions or loft conversions, you pay enterprise prices for features you can't use and waste time learning an interface designed for a commercial project management workflow. A purpose-built domestic tool is faster, cheaper, and produces documents homeowners can actually read.
Effectively none of the duty-holder paperwork. Under CDM 2015 §14(1) the domestic client's duties transfer automatically to the contractor - or to the principal contractor where more than one contractor is involved - unless the homeowner appoints a principal designer to hold them. In practice the homeowner is not going to produce a construction phase plan or RAMS, so the paperwork burden lands on the builder; domestic-focused tools exist to generate exactly those documents from a short brief.
Based on publicly available vendor documentation and CDM 2015 §14(1) duty-holder rules, reviewed 2026-04-15.
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