These are different tools that happen to share the word "safety." SafetyCulture is a first-rate general inspection and checklist platform: audits, templates, and mobile inspections for any industry at any scale. SiteSafetyHQ is purpose-built OSHA injury recordkeeping for small construction crews: the 300 log, 301s, and 300A produced from phone reports, with the deadlines watched. If your problem is inspections, buy theirs. If your problem is Part 1904 paperwork, that's exactly what ours does, and this page shows the difference with their own pages as the source.
What SafetyCulture is
SafetyCulture (its inspection app was long known as iAuditor) is one of the most widely used inspection platforms in the world, and it's genuinely good: build or borrow a checklist from a huge template library, run inspections on phones, assign follow-up actions, and report on it all. It's self-serve with a free plan for up to 10 seats and a Premium plan at $24 per seat per month on annual billing ($29 billed monthly), as of our August 2026 check.
For OSHA recordkeeping specifically, their own page describes creating "your own checklists relevant to OSHA recordkeeping" or using library templates. That's the honest shape of it: OSHA forms exist there as templates you fill, not as recordkeeping the system performs. Their page doesn't claim 300/300A/301 automation or ITA electronic submission, and we're not going to claim it for them.
What SiteSafetyHQ is
SiteSafetyHQ does one job start to finish: a crew member reports an injury on a phone in about two minutes, the app walks the recordable-or-not decision with the exact 1904 rule cited, fills OSHA's actual Form 300, 301, and 300A PDFs, totals the February 300A, builds the ITA e-file export validated against OSHA's spec, and reminds you before every deadline. Injury details are encrypted, privacy cases are masked automatically, and the whole account exports in one click. It works offline on jobsite phones, and it's flat-priced by company size.
Side by side
| SafetyCulture | SiteSafetyHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Inspections, audits, and checklists, any industry, any size | OSHA injury recordkeeping for construction crews of 11 to 50 |
| OSHA 300 / 301 / 300A | Templates and checklists you fill yourself | Generated from incident reports; official PDFs autofilled |
| Recordable-or-not guidance | Not a claimed feature on their OSHA pages | Guided decision with the 1904 rule cited at each step |
| 300A deadline autopilot + ITA export | Not claimed on their pages | Totals, certification routing, reminders, validated e-file export |
| Toolbox talks | Via checklist templates | Free printable talks today; in-app crew sign-offs shipping next |
| Offline phone reporting | Yes, strong mobile app | Yes, built for jobsite dead zones |
| Pricing model | Per seat: free to 10 seats, then $24/seat/mo (annual) | Flat by company size: $39 to $199/mo, unlimited reporters |
| Getting started | Self-serve | Self-serve, 14-day trial, no card, no demo call |
Competitor cells reflect safetyculture.com as of August 4, 2026; see their pricing page for current numbers.
The pricing math for a real crew
Per-seat pricing is fine at 8 people and brutal at 25. If everyone on a 25-person crew needs to be able to report, SafetyCulture Premium at $24 per seat lands around $600 a month on annual billing. SiteSafetyHQ covers that same company for a flat $99 a month, because charging you more for every person who might get hurt is exactly backwards for this job. Their free 10-seat tier is genuinely useful for a small inspection program; it just isn't an OSHA recordkeeping system.
When SafetyCulture is the right call
Buy SafetyCulture when inspections are the job: audit programs, site walkthroughs, quality checklists, equipment checks, multi-industry operations, or a corporate safety team standardizing hundreds of sites. It's the category leader there for good reason, and nothing on this page argues otherwise. Some companies run both: SafetyCulture for inspections, SiteSafetyHQ for the injury recordkeeping and the February paperwork.
When SiteSafetyHQ is the right call
Pick us when the thing keeping you up is Part 1904: a crew of 11 to 50, a GC asking for TRIR and logs, February's 300A deadline, and nobody in the office with time to become a recordkeeping expert. The trial is the demo: two minutes to sign up, no card, and the free 300 log tool is there either way.
See your own cases in it
Report a test incident from your phone, watch it become a 300 line, a 301, and a first report for your comp carrier, and check the price against your seat count. That comparison takes ten minutes and doesn't involve a sales call from either company.
No card, no demo call. Flat $39 to $199/mo by company size.
Quick answers
Is SafetyCulture's free plan enough for OSHA recordkeeping?
Its free tier is a real inspection tool for up to 10 seats, but OSHA recordkeeping there means filling templates yourself: classification decisions, day counts, 300A totals, and deadlines stay your job. If your company is small enough, you may also be partially exempt from recordkeeping entirely.
Can we use both products?
Yes, and some companies should: SafetyCulture for inspection and audit programs, SiteSafetyHQ for injury recordkeeping, forms, and deadlines. They solve different problems and don't conflict.
Does either product file to OSHA's ITA?
SiteSafetyHQ builds the 300A e-file export validated against OSHA's own spec, ready to upload. SafetyCulture's pages don't claim ITA submission. Who must file at all is covered in our ITA guide.
Sources (checked August 4, 2026): safetyculture.com/pricing · safetyculture.com/apps/osha-recordkeeping-software · sitesafetyhq.com/pricing.
SafetyCulture and iAuditor are trademarks of their owner; SiteSafetyHQ is an independent product with no affiliation. If anything here about their product is out of date, tell us at hello@sitesafetyhq.com and we'll fix it. Not legal advice.