Honest comparison
The Site Book Site Control is the best fit for principal contractors running live UK sites who need site attendance tied to per-site contractor access, CSCS and induction gating, and the generated CDM pack in one tool; Procore fits enterprise project management, Velappity fits configurable mobile forms, and Evalu-8 fits broader UK EHS teams.
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Based on The Site Book Site Control plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Procore, Velappity, and Evalu-8 reviewed on 2026-06-15.
Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.
| Feature | The Site Book Site Control | Procore | Velappity | Evalu-8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From £675/site per month plus £5,000 one-off setup; volume tiers as sites scale | Custom annual quote based on turnover and products | RAMS/COSHH on Gold from GBP50/user/mo (annual; GBP55 monthly) | Core GBP2.50/licence/mo (min 10); RAMS module GBP295/mo |
| Team size | Per active site with unlimited workers (~75+ typical); multiple contractor companies per site | 50+ | 5+ | 50+ |
| Best for | Principal contractors and builders running live sites with subcontractors who need UK CDM documents generated plus on-site contractor access, attendance, RFIs and audit-ready evidence in one per-site tool. | Large contractors and developers who need a full project management platform for coordinating multi-million-pound builds. | Operations and H&S teams that want configurable inspection, RAMS, COSHH, reporting, assets, and client portal workflows in one broader field-service platform. | Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management. |
| Not ideal for | No biometric turnstiles or physical access control, so it cannot secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way MSite/Biosite can. | Custom annual pricing depends on turnover and products, so small builders cannot compare a simple monthly CDM-document cost up front. | RAMS and COSHH sit on the Gold plan, which is GBP50 per user per month billed annually (GBP55 on monthly billing) - expensive for small builders. | The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page. |
| RAMS / CPP / COSHH generation | Generates UK RAMS, CPP, COSHH and method statements from the project brief — unique in this category. | — | — | — |
| Permits to work | ||||
| Site inductions | Digital induction blocks check-in until acknowledged. | Training documents and toolbox talks; not a dedicated induction flow. | ||
| Worker cert tracking | CSCS upload, internal review and expiry notifications. | General compliance tools -requires customisation for UK. | Training documents, not construction worker cert tracking. | |
| Right to work | CSCS credential review; not a formal right-to-work share-code check. | — | — | — |
| Contractor self-onboarding | Contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval. | — | — | — |
| QR / mobile sign-in | Permanent entrance QR for guest sign-in/out and contractor self-join. | — | — | — |
| GPS clock-in | — | — | — | |
| Biometric access | — | — | — | |
| Physical access control | — | — | — | |
| Site attendance | Check-in/out, history and a live people-on-site view. | Daily logs and workforce tools, not small-builder H&S portal focus. | Configurable forms can model attendance. | Can be covered by configured EHS workflows. |
| CIS payroll | — | — | — | |
| Live people-on-site | — | — | — | |
| Multi-company isolation | Each contractor company sees only its own workforce — test-verified. | — | — | — |
| RFIs | Create, attach, comment, answer and close — unique in this category. | — | — | — |
| Document-review evidence | Version-specific read/acknowledge audit chain. | — | — | — |
| Handover sign-off | Per-plot, per-trade hand-over sign-off signed in person on one phone; certified PDF emailed to developer and contractor; per-plot progress board. Unique in this category. | — | — | — |
| Toolbox talks | Listed on Gold. | |||
| Site inspections | Strong configurable inspection forms. | Audits and inspections are core EHS modules. | ||
| Incident log | Incident reports listed on Gold. | |||
| Plant / asset management | — | — | — | |
| Workforce scheduling | — | — | — | |
| Multi-site dashboard & exports | Attendance CSV, monthly H&S CSV/PDF and project audit-log exports. | — | — | — |
| Mobile app | — | — | — | |
| Offline mode | — | — | — | |
| RAMS | — | Custom form workflow; RAMS listed on Gold. | Module within wider EHS platform. | |
| CPP | — | |||
| COSHH | — | COSHH listed on Gold and risk-assessment pages. | ||
| Method statements | — | RAMS-oriented form/report workflow. | ||
| Site diary | — | |||
| Subcontractor tracking | — | Full subcontractor coordination in PM suite. | ||
| Site portal | — | Enterprise collaborator/project access model. | Client portal workflows are listed. | |
| Site files | — | Strong drawing and document management. | Files can support configured forms/portals. | Documents can sit in broader EHS modules. |
| Document review | — | Submittals, workflows and document-control features. | Can be built as custom workflows. | Workflow capability depends on quoted modules. |
| Subcontractor evidence | — | Subcontractor coordination, not CDM evidence requests by default. | Could be configured; not a CDM evidence module by default. | |
| Corrective actions | — | Reporting/action workflows in field forms. | Actions are part of the broader EHS platform. | |
| PCPP import | — | |||
| Document checking | — | |||
| Data export | — | |||
| AI chat | — |
Construction site attendance is not the same buying question as payroll timesheets. The health-and-safety need is practical: know who is on site, support an emergency roll call, and keep the record with the project. The Site Book Site Control answers it per active site — contractors self-join through a permanent entrance QR, pass CSCS and induction gating before check-in, and appear in a live people-on-site view — with the UK CDM pack, RFIs and audit-grade exports generated in the same tool rather than a detached form system.
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.
Choose The Site Book Site Control when you are a principal contractor running live sites and need to know who is on site at scale — per active site with unlimited workers, a permanent entrance QR for contractor self-join, CSCS and induction gating before check-in, live people-on-site, and audit-grade attendance exports, with the UK CDM pack generated in the same tool.
Recommended for: Principal contractors needing who's-on-site at scale with subcontractors
Choose Velappity if site attendance is one configurable mobile form inside a wider field-service or H&S reporting setup. It is more flexible than Site Control, but it takes more setup and is not a UK CDM document generator out of the box.
Recommended for: Teams needing configurable mobile forms
Choose Procore if attendance sits inside a larger enterprise project-management stack with drawings, RFIs, submittals, cost controls, daily logs, and project collaboration. It is stronger for PM depth, but heavier than a focused per-site CDM, access, and attendance workflow.
Recommended for: Large contractors already standardised on a PM suite
Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.
The Site Book Ltd
From £675/site per month plus £5,000 one-off setup; volume tiers as sites scale
Procore Technologies, Inc.
Custom annual quote based on turnover and products
Fieldimp Ltd
RAMS/COSHH on Gold from GBP50/user/mo (annual; GBP55 monthly)
Evalu-8 EHS
Core GBP2.50/licence/mo (min 10); RAMS module GBP295/mo
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
For health-and-safety purposes it should record who is currently on site, which project or site they attended, when they checked in, when they checked out, and enough identity context to support an emergency roll call. It should avoid payroll-style timekeeping language unless that is the actual product purpose. The Site Book Site Control frames this as per-site attendance and live people-on-site visibility.
No. The Site Book Site Control uses a permanent entrance QR plus browser sign-in on the worker's phone, so a new site can go live in days with no turnstile capex or biometric install. Workers self-join through the QR, upload their CSCS card and complete the induction before check-in. It does not provide biometric or physical access control, so it will not secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way MSite or Biosite hardware can.
Velappity is a better choice when attendance is one configurable form inside a wider field-service workflow with assets, inspections, client portals, and reporting. It is useful where a team wants to design its own forms. The trade-off is setup: it does not generate UK RAMS, CPPs, COSHH records, or site inductions by default, so teams without a CDM generator may need another tool.
Procore is the better fit for larger contractors already using a full project-management platform with drawings, RFIs, submittals, schedules, daily logs, document management, and cost controls. Its strength is connected project delivery at scale. Site Control is narrower and faster when attendance must sit beside per-site contractor access and the UK CDM pack.
Based on The Site Book Site Control plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Procore, Velappity, and Evalu-8 reviewed on 2026-06-15.
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