Honest comparison
Most construction site sign-in apps log who is present: SwipedOn and Sine are the easiest visitor sign-in, SignOnSite leads on geofenced construction sign-in, and only The Site Book's Site Control turns sign-in into a control gate that also generates the UK CDM pack behind it.
Most UK construction site sign-in apps are visitor-management tools (Sine, SwipedOn, WhosOnLocation, ProVisit) that log who is present. Construction-native options (SignOnSite, Sitemate, Collabor8Online) add inductions and attendance. None generate UK CDM documents or hard-stop a non-inducted, CSCS-invalid worker at sign-in. The Site Book's Site Control makes sign-in a control gate, only after induction and CSCS verification, and generates the RAMS and CPP behind it.
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Features and prices are taken from public vendor product, pricing and directory pages fetched on 2026-06-09; quote-only vendors are flagged where no public price exists.
Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.
| Feature | The Site Book Site Control | SignOnSite | Sine (by Honeywell) | SwipedOn | ProVisit | Sitemate (Dashpivot) | Collabor8Online | WhosOnLocation (MRI OnLocation) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From £675/site per month plus £5,000 one-off setup; volume tiers and annual prepay | Quote-only; no public per-site or per-user price published — request a demo for a quote. | Quote-led with published plan tiers on the vendor site; per-site pricing for construction is configured via sales rather than a single public per-site figure. | Published subscription tiers per location, starting from a low monthly fee with annual options — one of the few sign-in tools with public per-location pricing. | Quote-only; no public per-site or per-user price published — contact the vendor for a quote. | Published per-user subscription tiers on the vendor site (free, premium and enterprise bands) — transparent for a forms-led platform. | Quote-only; no public per-site or per-user price published — request a demo for a tailored quote. | Published from USD $60/location/month (annual ~$634/yr); tiered by yearly sign-in volume up to a Large tier of ~$304/month (~$3,180/yr, roughly £2,500), with a custom POA tier above that. |
| Team size | Per active site with unlimited workers (~75+ typical); multiple contractor companies per site | Mid-to-large contractors managing presence, inductions and evacuation across active sites | Mid-to-large organisations standardising visitor/contractor sign-in across multiple sites and offices | Small-to-mid sites and offices wanting easy desk/entrance sign-in across one or several locations | Mid-sized UK organisations managing visitors, contractors and employees across one or several sites | Small-to-large construction teams standardising forms, sign-in and records across projects | Small-to-mid UK contractors and principal contractors managing subcontractors across one or several live sites | Single reception desk through to multi-site facilities teams managing many locations. |
| 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. | Construction firms that want geofenced sign-in with induction-on-sign-in, live attendance and evacuation muster | Construction and facilities operators that want visitor, contractor and staff sign-in with kiosk and geofence options | Offices and construction-and-building sites that want a simple, low-cost visitor and employee sign-in with published per-location pricing | UK organisations that want a visitor, contractor and employee management system covering sign-in and induction acknowledgement | Construction teams that want a flexible forms platform (Dashpivot) covering site sign-in, RFIs and customisable site records | UK contractors wanting a broad, UK-hosted construction suite covering inductions, RAMS approval, subcontractor management and QR/iPad site sign-in | Workplaces, offices, campuses and multi-occupier buildings that need touchless visitor and contractor sign-in plus reliable emergency muster — not construction-specific CDM compliance. |
| Not ideal for | No biometric turnstiles or physical access control, so it cannot secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way MSite/Biosite can. | Does not generate the UK CDM pack — no RAMS, CPP or COSHH document creation, so the documents the induction references are authored elsewhere. | Office-visitor-management first: no construction induction-gating that hard-stops a non-inducted worker. | Office-visitor-management first: no construction induction-gating that hard-stops a non-inducted worker. | Visitor-management first: no construction induction-gating that hard-stops a non-inducted worker. | Forms-led, not CDM-native: it does not generate the UK RAMS/CPP/COSHH pack as finished compliant documents. | Approves and distributes RAMS rather than generating them — no built-in UK RAMS/CPP/COSHH document creation. | Generic workplace VMS, not construction-specific: no RAMS/CPP/COSHH generation, no CSCS card scheme, no block-until-complete CDM induction gating, and no RFIs. |
| RAMS / CPP / COSHH generation | Generates UK RAMS, CPP, COSHH and method statements from the project brief — unique in this category. | |||||||
| Permits to work | — | — | — | — | — | Document approval and digital forms cover much permit-style control; a dedicated named permit-to-work issuance module is not the headline. | ||
| Site inductions | Digital induction blocks check-in until acknowledged. | Induction-on-sign-in delivers the site induction the first time a worker signs in, then records acknowledgement. | Inductions/agreements can be presented at sign-in for acknowledgement, but it is not a construction induction-gating engine. | Agreements/documents can be shown at sign-in for acknowledgement, but it is not a construction induction-gating engine. | Induction content and agreements can be presented at sign-in for acknowledgement, but it is not a construction induction-gating engine. | Induction content can be built as a form/template, but there is no fixed construction induction-gating engine that hard-stops entry. | Online site inductions are a core feature, with induction-gated sign-in so workers complete the induction before entering. | Supports contractor agreements and trigger-based documents/messages at sign-in, but not a true block-until-acknowledged CDM induction gate. |
| Worker cert tracking | CSCS upload, internal review and expiry notifications. | Worker profiles can carry competency information; full CSCS/credential verification is not the headline focus. | Contractor records can hold documents; full CSCS/credential verification is not the headline. | Credential records can be captured in forms; full CSCS verification is not a built-in check. | Worker competencies and certificates (including CSCS-type cards) are tracked as part of subcontractor management. | Can capture contractor compliance documents and expiries, but no CSCS-specific card scheme or UK competency model. | ||
| Right to work | CSCS credential review; not a formal right-to-work share-code check. | Worker registration captures details; not positioned as a dedicated right-to-work verification flow. | Registration captures contractor and visitor details; not positioned as a dedicated right-to-work verification flow. | Onboarding captures worker documents; right-to-work is supported via document collection rather than a dedicated RTW share-code flow. | ||||
| Contractor self-onboarding | Contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval. | Workers self-register in the app and complete the induction at first sign-in. | Pre-registration and invites let contractors and visitors register before arrival, but not full construction onboarding. | Pre-registration and invites let visitors and contractors register before arrival, but not full construction onboarding. | Contractors and visitors pre-register and complete required acknowledgements before arrival. | Form-based onboarding is possible, but it is configured rather than a fixed contractor onboarding flow. | Subcontractors self-onboard, upload RAMS and complete inductions through the portal. | Contractors can pre-register and complete agreements ahead of arrival via the contractor portal. |
| QR / mobile sign-in | Permanent entrance QR for guest sign-in/out and contractor self-join. | Geofenced and QR sign-in via the worker app captures presence as workers enter the site. | QR, iPad kiosk and the Sine Pro mobile app with geofence capture sign-in at the entrance — a core strength. | QR and iPad kiosk sign-in plus an employee mobile app make sign-in fast — a core strength. | Digital sign-in via kiosk/QR captures visitors, contractors and employees at the entrance. | A site sign-in app captures who is on site via QR/mobile, recorded as form entries. | QR-code and iPad digital sign-in capture attendance and acknowledgements at the entrance. | Touchless QR/mobile sign-in supported without mandatory hardware; kiosk and OnScan scanner are optional add-ons. |
| GPS clock-in | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Biometric access | ||||||||
| Physical access control | Integrates with some access-control systems, but Sine itself logs presence rather than physically locking a perimeter. | Can integrate with access-control systems, but ProVisit itself logs presence rather than physically locking a perimeter. | Does not provide turnstiles itself but integrates with access-control/door hardware to trigger entry on sign-in. | |||||
| Site attendance | Check-in/out, history and a live people-on-site view. | Attendance and time-on-site are captured automatically via geofenced sign-in/out. | Sign-in/out records who is on site and when, with reporting for evacuation. | Sign-in/out records who is present, with evacuation lists and reporting. | Sign-in/out records who is on site for attendance and evacuation. | Sign-in records and timesheet forms capture attendance and who is on site. | Digital sign-in records attendance and who is on site, with acknowledgements captured at entry. | Tracks on-site presence with sign-in/out timestamps and reporting, though framed as presence rather than payroll T&A hours. |
| CIS payroll | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live people-on-site | A live people-on-site view and evacuation muster/roll-call are core strengths. | A live who's-on-site view and evacuation reporting are core to the visitor-management model. | A live who's-in view and evacuation list support roll-call. | A live who's-on-site view and evacuation reporting support roll-call. | Sign-in records show who has signed in, though a real-time roll-call is lighter than dedicated presence tools. | Sign-in data shows who is currently on site for muster and reporting. | Live people-on-site dashboard plus dedicated emergency evacuation/muster roll-call is a core strength. | |
| Multi-company isolation | Each contractor company sees only its own workforce — test-verified. | Subcontractor companies are managed per site; test-verified per-company data isolation is not a published claim. | Multi-site/host management exists; test-verified per-contractor-company data isolation is not a published claim. | Contractor companies are managed per site; test-verified per-company data isolation is not a published claim. | Projects and teams can be scoped; test-verified per-contractor-company data isolation is not a published claim. | Subcontractor companies are managed within a contractor's account; test-verified per-company data isolation is not a published claim. | Supports multiple locations and contractor companies, but is built for a single managing organisation, not contractor-company self-service data isolation. | |
| RFIs | Create, attach, comment, answer and close — unique in this category. | RFI templates and automated RFI workflows are a genuine strength of the Dashpivot forms platform. | ||||||
| Document-review evidence | Version-specific read/acknowledge audit chain. | — | — | — | — | Form submissions and approvals are tracked; a version-specific document-review evidence chain is not the same as Site Control's. | RAMS and document approval/acknowledgement is tracked, giving an audit trail of who reviewed what. | Captures acceptance of contractor agreements and policy documents at sign-in, but not version-specific document-review acknowledgement chains. |
| Toolbox talks | Pre-start briefings and safety messages are delivered to workers at sign-in with acknowledgement. | — | — | — | — | Document distribution can carry briefings; a dedicated recurring toolbox-talk module is not separately headlined. | ||
| Site inspections | — | — | — | — | Inspections, audits and checklists are core form types in Dashpivot. | — | ||
| Incident log | Briefings and alerts can surface safety information; a dedicated incident log is not the headline. | — | — | — | Incident and hazard report forms are standard Dashpivot templates. | — | Has alerting and emergency tooling; no dedicated construction incident/accident log out of the box. | |
| Plant / asset management | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Workforce scheduling | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Multi-site dashboard & exports | Attendance CSV, monthly H&S CSV/PDF and project audit-log exports. | A central dashboard shows presence, attendance and inductions across multiple sites. | Central management of sign-in across multiple sites and offices with reporting. | Multiple locations can be managed centrally with per-location reporting. | Central management of visitors, contractors and employees across multiple sites. | Form data aggregates across projects and sites with dashboards and exports. | A central portal manages documents, inductions and sign-in across multiple sites and subcontractors. | Strong multi-location dashboards and presence/visitor reporting with exports across all sites. |
| Mobile app | iOS and Android contractor app. | Worker-friendly mobile app for geofenced sign-in, inductions and evacuation. | Sine Pro mobile app plus iPad kiosk for sign-in. | Employee mobile app plus iPad kiosk for sign-in. | Kiosk and web sign-in are core; mobile capability is lighter than app-first sign-in tools. | Native mobile app for forms, sign-in and inspections with offline capture. | Mobile and iPad apps support sign-in, induction and document access on site. | Mobile apps for employees, hosts and evacuation roll-call, plus mobile contractor sign-in. |
| Offline mode | — | — | — | — | — | — | Offline/evacuation continuity features exist for muster scenarios, but full offline operation is not the headline mode. |
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.
Site Control only lets a worker sign in after induction and CSCS verification, and it generates the RAMS, CPP and COSHH behind the gate, which visitor-management tools do not do.
Recommended for: Principal contractor wanting sign-in to be a control gate, not a guestbook
SwipedOn publishes low per-location pricing and is genuinely the easiest visitor and employee sign-in, the best starting point when you only need to log who is present.
Recommended for: Site wanting the simplest, cheapest published visitor sign-in
Sine, backed by Honeywell, offers polished QR, kiosk and geofenced sign-in with strong evacuation reporting that scales cleanly across many locations.
Recommended for: Operator standardising visitor and contractor sign-in across sites and offices
SignOnSite's geofenced sign-in, induction-on-sign-in and evacuation muster genuinely lead for live-site presence and roll-call versus office-first visitor tools.
Recommended for: Contractor wanting construction-native geofenced sign-in plus evacuation
Sitemate's Dashpivot captures sign-in as configurable forms and adds genuine RFI templates, a fit for teams standardising records rather than buying a fixed compliance engine.
Recommended for: Team that wants sign-in inside a flexible forms platform
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 and annual prepay
SignOnSite
Quote-only; no public per-site or per-user price published — request a demo for a quote.
Honeywell (Sine)
Quote-led with published plan tiers on the vendor site; per-site pricing for construction is configured via sales rather than a single public per-site figure.
SwipedOn (Smartspace Software)
Published subscription tiers per location, starting from a low monthly fee with annual options — one of the few sign-in tools with public per-location pricing.
ProVisit
Quote-only; no public per-site or per-user price published — contact the vendor for a quote.
Sitemate
Published per-user subscription tiers on the vendor site (free, premium and enterprise bands) — transparent for a forms-led platform.
Collabor8Online
Quote-only; no public per-site or per-user price published — request a demo for a tailored quote.
MRI Software
Published from USD $60/location/month (annual ~$634/yr); tiered by yearly sign-in volume up to a Large tier of ~$304/month (~$3,180/yr, roughly £2,500), with a custom POA tier above that.
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
It depends on the job. SwipedOn is the easiest and cheapest published visitor sign-in, Sine scales polished kiosk and geofenced sign-in across many sites, and SignOnSite leads on construction-native geofenced sign-in with evacuation. For a principal contractor who needs sign-in to gate entry on induction and CSCS and to generate the UK CDM pack behind it, The Site Book's Site Control is the only option that makes sign-in a control gate rather than a log.
Visitor-management tools like Sine, SwipedOn, WhosOnLocation and ProVisit log who is present, capture agreements and run evacuation lists. A construction sign-in control gate goes further: it hard-stops a worker who has not been inducted or whose CSCS card is invalid. The Site Book's Site Control is the gate-first option, only allowing a QR check-in once induction and verification are complete, and it records the audit trail per contractor company.
Most generic visitor-management apps do not. Sine, SwipedOn, WhosOnLocation and ProVisit capture identity and agreements but not card validity. Construction-native tools such as SignOnSite and Collabor8Online sit closer to the work but still vary. The Site Book's Site Control consumes the CSCS check as a hard gate condition: no valid card means no sign-in, and the verification result is recorded against the worker for inspection alongside the induction.
No sign-in app in this roundup generates the UK CDM pack. Sine, SwipedOn, WhosOnLocation, ProVisit, SignOnSite, Collabor8Online and Sitemate handle presence, inductions or forms, but you author RAMS, CPP and COSHH elsewhere. The Site Book's Site Control is the only one that generates those documents from the project brief and ties them to the sign-in gate, so the paperwork and the entry record live in the same per-site tool.
A few publish prices. SwipedOn lists low per-location subscriptions and Sitemate publishes per-user tiers. Sine, ProVisit, SignOnSite and Collabor8Online are quote-led, and WhosOnLocation prices per location on request. The Site Book's Site Control is transparent at £675 per site per month plus a one-off setup, charging per active site with unlimited workers rather than per visitor or per seat, which stays predictable on busy sites.
Features and prices are taken from public vendor product, pricing and directory pages fetched on 2026-06-09; quote-only vendors are flagged where no public price exists.
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