Avetta verifies for the owner-client. FileFlo holds the evidence it verifies.
Avetta is the owner-client-mandated prequalification network: energy operators, utilities, pipelines, corporate facility owners, and large GCs require their contractors to subscribe so the owner can pull a verified scorecard before awarding work. FileFlo is the contractor's own evidence-of-record system that holds the 29 CFR Part 1926, §1926.16, §1926.20, §1926.21, and Part 1904 source documents Avetta, Veriforce, and ISN all verify. Pay the network. Own the documents.
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One verifies for the owner. One holds the source.
Avetta is the verification overlay
It generates the owner-client scorecard, runs Avetta One client-specific Q&A packets, manages insurance-certificate verification and sustainability / ESG supplier modules, and verifies the contractor's uploads, at a depth FileFlo does not attempt. If your owner-client mandates Avetta, you pay for Avetta.
FileFlo is the contractor source-of-truth
It holds the §1926.16 contract-responsibility evidence, the written program, the per-worker training file, the OSHA 300 / 300A / 301, and the citation binder, classified once and assembled for every network the owner-clients put you on. Avetta verifies; FileFlo holds the source.
The honest answer for most multi-owner-client contractors: pay Avetta because the owner-client mandates it, then add FileFlo as the underlying evidence system that feeds Avetta, Veriforce, and ISN from one source-of-truth.
What a verification network was never built to do.
None of these are Avetta failings; they're simply outside what an owner-client verification overlay does. They're also exactly where a contractor scrambling at re-prequalification gets burned.
The network doesn't hold your documents
Avetta verifies that the artifact exists for the owner-client; it is not your source-of-truth. When the verification passes, the §1926.20 written program and §1926.21 training file still have to live somewhere a CSHO can pull them. FileFlo is that custodian.
It rebuilds per owner-client, not once
A contractor on Avetta + Veriforce + ISN rebuilds the same training file, OSHA 300A, and written program three ways. FileFlo classifies each source document once and assembles the packet every network asks for from one binder.
It flags a mismatch, but it can't fix the file
An unsigned 300A or a citation that doesn't match the OSHA Establishment Search is a near-automatic prequalification fail. Avetta flags it; FileFlo holds the 300, 300A, 301, and ITA receipt so the upload matches what OSHA holds.
It can't assemble the §1903.15 contest binder
When a citation hits the public record, Avetta flags you and your scorecard drops. The 15-day Notice of Contest, the §1903.19 abatement certification, and the controlling-employer evidence are document evidence; FileFlo builds the resolution you upload back.
FileFlo vs. Avetta.
Feature by feature, based on publicly available Avetta materials, contractor reports, and the FileFlo product. Where Avetta wins on owner-client verification, that's noted too; these are complements.
| Feature | FileFlo$299/mo · unlimited users | Avetta~$400-2,000/contractor/yr |
|---|---|---|
Owner-client mandated contractor prequalification verification | Not a verification network; feeds Avetta / Veriforce / ISN | Owner-client verification network of record |
Contractor evidence-of-record system (source documents) | AI-classified compliance binder per contractor | Verification overlay, not the contractor source-of-truth |
29 CFR §1926.16 controlling-employer / multiemployer evidence | Per-project §1926.16 + CPL 02-00-124 binder | Verifies the artifact exists, does not hold it |
29 CFR §1926.20(b)(2) written safety + health program | Version history + per-employee acknowledgment log | Verifies submitted PDF, no version system |
29 CFR §1926.21 OSHA 10/30 + per-worker training file | OSHA 10/30 cards + roster + refresher calendar per worker | Client may require; verifies the upload only |
29 CFR Part 1904 OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 recordkeeping | 300 log + 300A annual + 301 per case + ITA receipt | Imports the 300A for TRIR / DART scoring |
TRIR / DART / EMR scorecard for owner-client review | Holds the underlying 300A, does not produce scorecard | Native scorecard the owner-client sees |
Client-specific Q&A packet (per owner-client) | Holds the source documents the Q&A answers cite | Avetta One per-client Q&A workflow |
29 CFR §1903.15 OSHA citation + contest evidence binder | Citation-mapped binder + 15-day contest workflow | No native citation-response workflow |
Insurance certificate expiration tracking | Per-COI expiration alerts + AI re-classification | Native COI tracking, required to stay prequalified |
Sustainability / ESG / DEI supplier reporting modules | Holds the underlying supporting documents only | Native ESG / sustainability supplier modules |
Document upload to multiple prequalification networks | One source-of-truth → Avetta + Veriforce + ISN + Browz | Verifies the Avetta upload only |
AI document classification | 600+ doc types auto-tagged | Manual upload per Q&A field |
Pricing model | $299/mo flat, unlimited users | Per-contractor ~$400-2,000/yr per owner-client + modules |
Free trial (no sales call) | 5-day full access, no card | Owner-client mandated subscription, no trial |
Setup time | Under 60 minutes, self-serve | Multi-week onboarding per client relationship |
Avetta pricing is per-contractor per owner-client relationship and varies by required modules (Avetta One client-specific Q&A, insurance management, training, sustainability, audit verification). Verify directly with Avetta for an exact quote; range cited from public sources and contractor reports.
One flat price vs. cost that compounds per owner-client.
FileFlo is one flat $299/month ($2,990/yr, save $598) for the contractor's compliance document layer, unlimited users. Avetta is per-contractor per owner-client relationship, plus modules (Avetta One client-specific Q&A, insurance management, Avetta Academy training, sustainability / ESG supplier reporting, audit verification), so the math compounds the more owner-clients you serve. The right comparison isn't "Avetta vs FileFlo," it's "Avetta + FileFlo" vs "Avetta + shared drives + paper safety binders + scrambling at re-prequalification time."
Platform definition.
FileFlo is a compliance document intelligence platform for contractors. It classifies each source document against its governing regulation (OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926 (Construction), 29 CFR §1926.16 (contract responsibility), 29 CFR Part 1904 (recordkeeping), plus the insurance, drug-and-alcohol, and hazard-communication artifacts a prequalification audit pulls), extracts expiration dates and key fields, and assembles an audit-ready PDF packet on demand. Avetta, by contrast, is an owner-client-mandated contractor prequalification network: it collects the contractor's safety statistics, insurance certificates, written program, and training records, then produces a verified scorecard the owner-client reviews before awarding work.
The distinction matters because verification and custody are different functions. Avetta verifies that the artifact exists and scores it for the owner-client; it is not the contractor's system-of-record. When the verification passes, the §1926.20 written program, the §1926.21 training file, and the OSHA 300 log still have to live somewhere a CSHO (or the next network) can pull them. FileFlo is that custodian, feeding Avetta, Veriforce, ISN, and Browz from one source-of-truth.
Why verification isn't custody.
29 CFR §1926.16 governs the rules of construction-contract responsibility: the prime contractor and any subcontractor may make their own arrangements with respect to obligations under Part 1926, and the prime contractor assumes the entire responsibility unless the contract is otherwise arranged. Combined with OSHA's multiemployer-worksite citation policy under CPL 02-00-124, §1926.16 is the hook every owner-client uses to push compliance evidence downstream to every tier of subcontractor, designating each contractor as a controlling, creating, exposing, or correcting employer for each hazard. Avetta verifies that the §1926.16 evidence exists before award; the signed contract scope, the competent-person designations under §1926.32(f), the per-worker §1926.21 training file, and the per-project controlling-employer binder are document evidence the contractor must hold. FileFlo holds them.
The scorecard a prequalification network displays is built from federal recordkeeping. Under 29 CFR Part 1904, the OSHA 300 log captures every recordable case, the 300A annual summary (posted February 1 through April 30) feeds the TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) and DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) calculation Avetta shows the owner-client, the 301 individual report supports each entry, and the §1904.41 electronic submission to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application by March 2 becomes part of the verification trail, all under a five-year retention rule. A mismatch between the 300A a contractor uploads and what OSHA holds in the public Establishment Search is a near-automatic prequalification fail. FileFlo holds the 300, 300A, 301, the §1904.39 fatality / severe-injury report, the §1904.35 employee-access log, and the ITA receipt, so the upload matches the record.
When something goes wrong on the jobsite, 29 CFR §1903.15 governs how the Area Director issues, posts, and serves an OSHA citation, and the employer has 15 working days to file a Notice of Contest under §1903.17. A serious violation carries a penalty of $16,131 per violation, and an open citation in the public record is a near-immediate Avetta flag that drops the contractor's scorecard. The citation PDF, the Statement of Deficiencies, the per-citation evidence file showing abatement, the §1903.19 abatement certification, and the 15-day contest tracker are all document evidence: Avetta flags the problem; FileFlo builds the resolution the contractor uploads back to stay prequalified.
Built by an operator, against the rules themselves.
Chad Griffith, Founder & CEO of FileFlo, built FileFlo's rule packs against the actual surveyor, inspector, and safety-investigator protocols, not against a generic "compliance" abstraction. Each regulator's taxonomy maps documents to the exact CFR section that demands them, which is why FileFlo can sit underneath a verification network like Avetta and still speak the language an auditor uses. FileFlo's job is custody: classify each source document, track every expiration, flag what's missing, and assemble the prequalification packet every network asks for from one binder.
Quick answers.
Last reviewed June 4, 2026.
Does FileFlo replace Avetta?
No. Avetta is an owner-client-mandated contractor prequalification network: energy operators, utilities, large GCs, pipeline companies, refineries, midstream operators, and corporate facility owners require their contractors and subcontractors to subscribe to Avetta, upload safety statistics, insurance certificates, written safety programs, training records, and client-specific Q&A packets, and pay a per-contractor subscription so the owner-client can pull a verified prequalification scorecard before awarding work. FileFlo is a compliance document evidence platform that holds the same source documents Avetta verifies (the written safety program under 29 CFR §1926.20(b)(2), the per-worker OSHA 10/30 training file under 29 CFR §1926.21, the OSHA 300 / 300A injury log under 29 CFR Part 1904, the controlling-employer / multiemployer evidence under 29 CFR §1926.16, the SDS library and hazard-communication program, the equipment inspection certifications, and the insurance certificates) under a citation-mapped audit binder. Avetta is the owner-client verification layer; FileFlo is the contractor's evidence-of-record system that feeds Avetta, Veriforce, ISN Networld, Browz, and every other prequalification platform the contractor gets pulled into.
How much does Avetta cost vs FileFlo?
Avetta publishes per-contractor subscription pricing: the publicly reported range runs roughly $400 to $2,000 per contractor per year per owner-client relationship, plus separate fees for add-on modules like Avetta One client-specific Q&A, insurance certificate management, training (Avetta Academy), audit-verification services, and sustainability / ESG modules. A specialty subcontractor working under three different owner-clients on Avetta typically pays the contractor subscription per relationship, plus any required modules. FileFlo is a flat $299 per month with unlimited users ($2,990 per year) for the contractor's underlying compliance document layer that supplies Avetta, Veriforce, ISN, and every other network with verified source documents. The comparison is not apples-to-apples: Avetta is the owner-mandated verification network the contractor cannot avoid; FileFlo is the contractor's own evidence-of-record system that satisfies the verification scope of every prequalification network at once. Verify Avetta pricing during their sales process; FileFlo pricing is locked at getfileflo.com/pricing.
Will FileFlo hold the 29 CFR §1926.16 controlling-employer / multiemployer evidence Avetta verifies?
Yes. 29 CFR §1926.16 governs the rules of construction-contract responsibility: the prime contractor and any subcontractor may make their own arrangements with respect to obligations under Part 1926, the prime contractor assumes the entire responsibility unless the contract is otherwise arranged, and OSHA's multiemployer-worksite citation policy under CPL 02-00-124 designates each contractor on a multiemployer site as a controlling employer, creating employer, exposing employer, or correcting employer for each hazard. Avetta verifies that a contractor has the controlling-employer evidence (written safety program, signed contract scope, competent-person designations, per-worker OSHA 10/30 training) before the owner-client awards the work. FileFlo holds the source documents Avetta verifies: the §1926.16 contract responsibility documentation, the multiemployer-citation evidence file per Stark Letter assignment, the written safety program under §1926.20(b)(2), the §1926.21 per-worker training file, the §1926.32(f) competent-person designation memos, the OSHA 300 / 300A annual summary, and the controlling-employer evidence binder a CSHO walks during a §1903.15 inspection. The pattern is Avetta verifies; FileFlo holds the documents Avetta verified.
Does FileFlo handle the OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 records Avetta uses to score contractor safety statistics?
Yes. Avetta scores contractors on TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate), DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred), EMR (Experience Modification Rate from the workers-comp carrier), and OSHA citation history, all of which derive directly from 29 CFR Part 1904 recordkeeping. The OSHA 300 log captures every recordable case, the 300A annual summary feeds the TRIR / DART calculation Avetta displays on the contractor scorecard, the 301 individual incident report supports each entry, and the §1904.41 electronic submission to OSHA's ITA portal becomes part of the verification trail. Contractors who upload the wrong 300A, an unsigned 300A, or stale data to Avetta frequently fail prequalification, and an OSHA citation that shows up in the public OSHA Establishment Search but does not match what the contractor uploaded to Avetta is a near-automatic prequalification fail. FileFlo holds the 300, 300A, 301, ITA submission receipt, §1904.39 fatality / severe-injury reports, and §1904.35 employee-access log under a citation-mapped binder, so the data the contractor uploads to Avetta matches the records OSHA holds and the contractor's own books. The result is an Avetta scorecard that survives owner-client audit and a §1903.15 OSHA records review.
Can FileFlo generate the document packet Avetta, Veriforce, and ISN all ask for in one upload?
FileFlo is purpose-built for prequalification-network document assembly: one click pulls every document an Avetta, Veriforce, ISN Networld (ISNetworld), Browz, BROWZ, ComplyWorks, or PEC Premier audit pulls into a single PDF binder with an immutable audit trail. The verification scope across prequalification networks overlaps heavily: written safety program (§1926.20), per-worker training file (§1926.21), OSHA 10/30 cards, competent-person designation memos (§1926.32(f)), OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 (Part 1904), insurance certificates (general liability, auto liability, workers compensation with the owner-client as additional insured, umbrella, professional liability where applicable), W-9, drug-and-alcohol policy with consortium membership proof, written hazard-communication program (§1910.1200), respiratory-protection program (§1910.134), fall-protection plan (§1926.502), crane annual inspection (§1926.1412), scaffold-erection drawings (§1926.451), excavation competent-person log (§1926.651), DOT operating authority (where applicable), EPA SPCC plan (where applicable), and the client-specific Q&A packets each owner-client adds on top. FileFlo holds all of those source documents, expiration tracking, and citation-mapping under one binder, so the contractor uploads the same verified document to Avetta on Tuesday, Veriforce on Wednesday, and ISN on Thursday without rebuilding the packet three times. Avetta verifies. Veriforce verifies. ISN verifies. FileFlo holds the verified source.
Does FileFlo integrate with Avetta, Veriforce, ISN, or other prequalification networks?
Today, FileFlo does not push documents to Avetta, Veriforce, ISN Networld, Browz, or ComplyWorks via direct API; those networks operate as owner-client-controlled verification systems and rarely expose contractor-side upload APIs. FileFlo accepts uploaded source documents, AI-classifies each one, attaches an immutable audit trail, tracks expirations across all 600+ document types, and generates an audit-ready PDF packet the contractor uploads to whichever prequalification network the owner-client requires. Native push integrations with Avetta, Veriforce, ISN, and Browz are on the FileFlo roadmap. Until those ship, the pattern is: contractor's underlying documents live in FileFlo as the system-of-record → contractor generates the audit-ready PDF packet from FileFlo → contractor uploads that packet to Avetta, Veriforce, ISN, or any other network the owner-client mandates → Avetta verifies → owner-client awards the work under 29 CFR Part 1926, §1926.16 contract responsibility, §1926.20, §1926.21, 29 CFR Part 1904, and §1903.15.
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