Honest comparison
GoContractor is the better choice for high-volume multilingual pre-arrival onboarding; Site Control wins when you need UK CDM document generation plus everything that happens after the worker is on site, attendance, RFIs and audit.
GoContractor excels at one thing: getting contractors inducted, oriented and credential-checked in multiple languages before they reach site, then feeding compliance into your access control. Site Control covers that arrival step too, but also generates UK CDM documents (RAMS, CPP, COSHH) and runs the whole site after, attendance, live people-on-site, RFIs, toolbox talks and audit-grade exports, on transparent per-site pricing.
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Feature and positioning details taken from GoContractor public vendor pages (gocontractor.com and the general-contractors solutions page) and a third-party GetApp directory pricing listing, all fetched 2026-06-06. GoContractor's price is quote-only; the ~$4,485/yr figure is directory-sourced and indicative, not vendor-published.
Pricing, fit, and feature coverage side by side.
| Feature | The Site Book Site Control | GoContractor |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From £675/site per month plus £5,000 one-off setup; volume tiers and annual prepay | Subscription, quote-only; a GetApp directory listing indicates ~$4,485/year (indicative, not vendor-published), with no public setup fee |
| Team size | Per active site with unlimited workers (~75+ typical); multiple contractor companies per site | Mid-to-large contractors and multi-project owners managing big, multilingual subcontractor pools |
| 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. | Larger general contractors and asset owners who need workers fully inducted, oriented and credential-checked in multiple languages BEFORE they arrive on site, then feed that compliance into an existing access-control or badging system. |
| Not ideal for | No biometric turnstiles or physical access control, so it cannot secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way MSite/Biosite can. | Narrow point solution: it owns onboarding/orientation but does not generate UK CDM documents (RAMS/CPP/COSHH) or run site operations after arrival. |
| 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. | Core strength: standardized online site orientations/inductions completed before arrival, and only 100%-compliant workers are granted access via integrated badging. Source: gocontractor. |
| Worker cert tracking | CSCS upload, internal review and expiry notifications. | Monitors and manages worker qualifications/training and automatically alerts workers and subcontractors about expiring certifications. Source: gocontractor.com general-contractors page. |
| Right to work | CSCS credential review; not a formal right-to-work share-code check. | Workers upload credentials and documents during onboarding, but vendor pages do not describe a formal UK right-to-work share-code verification flow specifically. |
| Contractor self-onboarding | Contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval. | Designed around self-service pre-enrolment: workers and subcontractors complete onboarding and upload credentials online before reaching site. Source: gocontractor.com product pages. |
| QR / mobile sign-in | Permanent entrance QR for guest sign-in/out and contractor self-join. | Every worker gets a scannable QR code tied to their worker profile; software-only with no proprietary hardware. Source: gocontractor.com/who-we-serve/solutions-general-contractors. |
| GPS clock-in | ||
| Biometric access | ||
| Physical access control | ||
| Site attendance | Check-in/out, history and a live people-on-site view. | Provides worker check-in/check-out showing who is and isn't on site, but is positioned as compliance access rather than full T&A hours/timesheet capture. Source: gocontractor. |
| CIS payroll | ||
| Live people-on-site | Check-in/out shows who is and isn't on the worksite, but vendor pages do not describe a dedicated muster/evacuation roll-call view. | |
| Multi-company isolation | Each contractor company sees only its own workforce — test-verified. | Built around prequalified subcontractors and per-worker profiles, implying contractor-scoped data, but no test-verified multi-company isolation model is publicly documented. |
| RFIs | Create, attach, comment, answer and close — unique in this category. | |
| Document-review evidence | Version-specific read/acknowledge audit chain. | Captures completion of orientation/training modules and credential uploads, which evidences acknowledgement, but is not a version-specific document read/acknowledge audit chain. |
| Toolbox talks | ||
| Site inspections | ||
| Incident log | ||
| Plant / asset management | ||
| Workforce scheduling | ||
| Multi-site dashboard & exports | Attendance CSV, monthly H&S CSV/PDF and project audit-log exports. | Provides automated multi-project reporting and analytics across onboarding/compliance without manual compilation. Source: gocontractor.com product/general-contractors pages. |
| Mobile app | iOS and Android contractor app. | Mobile-first: workers complete orientation and carry a scannable QR profile from their phone. Source: gocontractor.com product pages. |
| Offline mode | Offline behaviour is not clearly documented on vendor pages; treat as unknown rather than a confirmed offline-capable 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.
If your single biggest pain is pre-arrival onboarding in many languages feeding existing turnstiles, GoContractor is purpose-built for it. Choose Site Control when you also want CDM document generation and on-site operations in one place, accepting it has no biometric/turnstile hardware or CIS payroll.
Site Control is the stronger fit: it generates RAMS/CPP/COSHH and runs check-in/out, live people-on-site, RFIs and audit exports per site, work GoContractor does not do. Pick GoContractor instead if your only need is deep multilingual orientation.
Site Control deploys with a permanent entrance QR and unlimited workers per site at a transparent price, no turnstile capex. GoContractor suits you less here, being an onboarding point tool oriented to larger, hardware-integrated programmes.
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
GoContractor (Vector Solutions)
Subscription, quote-only; a GetApp directory listing indicates ~$4,485/year (indicative, not vendor-published), with no public setup fee
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Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
GoContractor is a contractor onboarding and orientation point solution: it gets workers inducted, multilingual-trained and credential-checked before they arrive, then feeds compliance into separate access control. Site Control covers that arrival step too, but adds UK CDM document generation (RAMS, CPP, COSHH) plus the on-site half, check-in/out attendance, live people-on-site, RFIs, toolbox talks and audit-grade exports. In short, GoContractor stops at the gate; Site Control runs the whole site.
No. GoContractor distributes and tracks orientation and training content and lets workers upload their own credentials, but it does not author UK CDM documents. There is no RAMS, CPP, COSHH or method-statement generation on its vendor pages. The Site Book's core platform generates those documents directly, which is the main reason builders pair Site Control with CDM compliance rather than treating onboarding software as their paperwork engine.
Partly. GoContractor offers worker check-in and check-out that shows who is and isn't on a worksite, tied to per-worker QR profiles. It is positioned as compliance-driven access, not full time-and-attendance with worked-hours capture or timesheet-to-pay. Site Control records check-in/out attendance, shows live people-on-site for muster, and produces attendance CSV and monthly H&S exports, so it goes further on the operational reporting side.
GoContractor is quote-only; the only public figure is a third-party GetApp directory estimate of roughly $4,485 per year, which is indicative rather than vendor-published, so real costs depend on a sales conversation. Site Control is transparent: 5,000 pounds one-off setup plus 675 pounds per active site per month, with volume tiers at 4-9 and 10-plus sites and an annual prepay option. You get a clear per-site number up front.
GoContractor is software-only and gives each worker a scannable QR code, but it is designed to integrate INTO existing access-control and badging platforms rather than supply the gates itself, so a full physical setup often assumes hardware you already run. Site Control deploys a permanent entrance QR with no hardware, contractor self-join and induction gating out of the box, which suits teams that want fast setup without turnstile capital expenditure.
Choose GoContractor if your dominant need is high-volume, multilingual pre-arrival onboarding feeding existing access control, that is genuinely its strength. Choose Site Control if you want UK CDM document generation plus the whole on-site workflow, attendance, live people-on-site, RFIs, document-review evidence, toolbox talks, multi-company data isolation and audit exports, on transparent per-site pricing. Site Control is honest about its gaps: no biometrics, turnstiles, CIS payroll, GPS geofence, plant or scheduling.
Feature and positioning details taken from GoContractor public vendor pages (gocontractor.com and the general-contractors solutions page) and a third-party GetApp directory pricing listing, all fetched 2026-06-06. GoContractor's price is quote-only; the ~$4,485/yr figure is directory-sourced and indicative, not vendor-published.
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