ComplyWorks scores for the Hiring Client. FileFlo holds the evidence.
ComplyWorks is the Hiring-Client mandated compliance network your oil sands, mining, or midstream owner makes you subscribe to: cwHSE, cwContractor, and cwWorker pull a verified score before award. It scores; it doesn't keep your underlying safety paperwork current. FileFlo is the contractor's own evidence-of-record system: it AI-classifies the written program, the OSHA 10/30 training files, the 300/300A logs, and the §1926.16 multiemployer binder to their exact CFR section, then assembles the packet ComplyWorks, ISN, and Avetta all verify. Keep ComplyWorks. Own the documents it scores.
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One scores the contractor. One owns the documents.
ComplyWorks is the verification overlay
When your Hiring Client puts you on ComplyWorks, you subscribe, complete the cwHSE / cwContractor / cwWorker questionnaires, upload your statistics and credentials, and ComplyWorks pulls a verified compliance score the owner sees before award. If your Hiring Client mandates ComplyWorks, you pay for ComplyWorks: it does scoring, questionnaire workflow, LMS training, and multi-region config at a depth FileFlo does not attempt.
FileFlo is the contractor's evidence of record
It holds and classifies the actual source documents ComplyWorks' reviewer scores (written program, training files, OSHA 300A, §1926.16 controlling-employer binder) and assembles the packet for ComplyWorks, ISN, Avetta, and Veriforce from a single source-of-truth. ComplyWorks verifies; FileFlo is the evidence ComplyWorks verifies.
What a scoring network never had to do.
None of these are ComplyWorks failings; they're simply outside what a Hiring-Client verification overlay does. They're also exactly where multi-client, multi-region contractors get burned at re-prequalification.
It does not hold your written program
cwHSE reviews the §1926.20(b)(2) accident-prevention program you submit and scores it, but the versioned governance artifact, with employer signature, effective date, distribution log, and per-employee acknowledgment, lives with you. FileFlo holds and versions it.
It does not assemble the multi-network packet
A subcontractor on ComplyWorks, ISN, and Avetta rebuilds the same training file, OSHA 300A, and §1926.16 binder three ways every quarter. FileFlo assembles one citation-mapped packet every network pulls from.
It has no citation-response workflow
When a §1926.501 fall citation hits the OSHA Establishment Search, ComplyWorks flags you and your compliance score drops. ComplyWorks is not designed to build the §1903.15 contest binder. FileFlo holds the citation, the §1903.19 abatement certification, and the 15-day contest tracker.
It charges per contractor, per worker, per region
The base ComplyWorks subscription, the cwHSE and cwWorker modules, LMS training, and per-Hiring-Client packets each carry separate fees that compound across owners and regions. FileFlo is one flat $299/mo for unlimited users feeding every network.
ComplyWorks alone vs. ComplyWorks + FileFlo.
This is an addition, not a replacement. Keep ComplyWorks as the compliance overlay your Hiring Client mandates; FileFlo adds the contractor evidence column it was never meant to fill. Based on publicly available ComplyWorks materials, contractor reports, and the FileFlo product as of June 2026.
| Capability | FileFlo$299/mo · unlimited users | ComplyWorks~$400-1,200/contractor/yr |
|---|---|---|
Hiring-Client mandated contractor compliance and prequalification network | Not a verification network; feeds ComplyWorks / ISN / Avetta | Hiring-Client compliance network of record (NA + global) |
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 | Questionnaire attestation only; does not hold the binder |
29 CFR §1926.20(b)(2) written safety + health program | Version history + per-employee acknowledgment log | cwHSE reviews 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 | cwWorker tracks credentials; does not hold the source training file |
29 CFR Part 1904 OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 recordkeeping | 300 log + 300A annual + 301 per case + ITA receipt | Imports the 300A for TRIR / DART / LTIR scoring |
TRIR / DART / LTIR compliance score for Hiring Client | Holds the underlying 300A; does not produce ComplyWorks score | Native compliance score the Hiring Client sees |
cwHSE / cwContractor / cwWorker questionnaire workflow per Hiring Client | Holds the source documents the questionnaires cite | Native cwHSE + per-Hiring-Client config workflow |
29 CFR §1903.15 OSHA citation + contest evidence binder | Citation-mapped binder + 15-day contest workflow | No native citation-response workflow |
Insurance certificate (COI) expiration tracking | Per-COI expiration alerts + AI re-classification | Native COI tracking; required to stay compliance-graded |
ComplyWorks Learning Management System (LMS) modules | Holds completion certificates contractors upload | Native ComplyWorks LMS module library |
Document upload to multiple prequalification networks | One source-of-truth → ComplyWorks + ISN + Avetta + Veriforce | Verifies the ComplyWorks upload only |
Multi-region / cross-border contractor support (NA + global) | US-anchored document library; citation mapping per jurisdiction | Native Canada / US / LATAM / AUS / UK regions |
AI document classification | 600+ doc types auto-tagged | Manual upload per questionnaire field |
Pricing model | $299/mo flat, unlimited users | Per-contractor ~$400-1,200/yr + per-Hiring-Client + per-worker |
Free trial (no sales call) | 5-day full access, no card | Hiring-Client mandated subscription; no trial |
ComplyWorks pricing is per-contractor per year for the base subscription tier and varies by required add-ons (cwHSE, cwContractor, cwWorker, per-Hiring-Client packets, ComplyWorks LMS, audit verification, regional configuration). Verify directly with ComplyWorks for an exact quote; range cited from public sources and contractor reports.
Pay ComplyWorks. Own your evidence.
Add FileFlo if you…
- Already pay ComplyWorks but your underlying compliance documents live in shared drives
- Work for two or more Hiring Clients on different networks (ComplyWorks + ISN + Avetta)
- Need §1926.16 controlling-employer / multiemployer evidence per project
- Have an OSHA programmed inspection or post-incident investigation pending
- Need a §1926.21 OSHA 10/30 + competent-person training file per worker
- Want unlimited user seats without per-Hiring-Client or per-worker inflation
- Want AI to auto-classify uploaded safety documents, no manual cwHSE filing
Keep / start ComplyWorks if you…
- Have a Hiring Client that mandates ComplyWorks subscription before award
- Need a TRIR / DART / LTIR compliance score the Hiring Client sees
- Work in Canadian oil sands, mining, midstream pipeline, utility, or cross-border industrial sectors
- Need cwHSE + cwContractor + cwWorker per Hiring Client
- Need ComplyWorks-managed insurance certificate (COI) verification
- Need ComplyWorks LMS training delivery and completion tracking
ComplyWorks is the compliance verification overlay · FileFlo is the contractor source-of-truth that feeds it.
§1926.16 · §1926.20 · §1926.21 · Part 1904 · §1903.15.
29 CFR §1926.16: construction-contract responsibility
The prime contractor assumes the entire responsibility under Part 1926 unless the contract is otherwise arranged; combined with OSHA multiemployer policy CPL 02-00-124, it is the hook every Hiring Client uses to push evidence downstream. ComplyWorks cwHSE verifies the §1926.16 evidence exists; FileFlo holds the signed contract scope, the controlling-employer evidence file, and the per-project binder a CSHO walks during a §1903.15 inspection.
29 CFR §1926.20: general safety and health provisions
§1926.20(b)(2) requires accident-prevention programs with frequent, regular inspections by competent persons. ComplyWorks cwHSE has a reviewer score the written program, but the program itself is a versioned artifact with signature, effective date, and per-employee acknowledgment. FileFlo holds it, the version history, and the §1926.32(f) competent-person designation memos.
29 CFR §1926.21: safety training and education
§1926.21(b)(2) requires instructing each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions. ComplyWorks cwWorker tracks per-worker credentials; FileFlo holds the OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour cards, the DOL outreach-training roster, the curriculum-hour outline, and the signed JHA acknowledgment per crew.
29 CFR Part 1904: injury & illness recordkeeping
The 300 log, the 300A annual summary (posted Feb 1–Apr 30), the 301 report, the §1904.39 fatality/severe-injury reporting, and the §1904.41 ITA submission by March 2. ComplyWorks imports the 300A to compute the TRIR/DART/LTIR score; FileFlo holds the 300, 300A, 301, ITA receipt, and §1904.35 access log so the upload matches what OSHA holds.
29 CFR §1903.15: OSHA citation procedures
The employer has 15 working days to file a Notice of Contest under §1903.17. An open citation in the OSHA Establishment Search is a near-immediate compliance-score flag. FileFlo holds the citation PDF, the Statement of Deficiencies, the §1903.19 abatement certification with photo evidence, and the 15-day contest tracker; the contractor uploads the resolution to ComplyWorks.
One flat price vs. per-contractor, per-worker, per-region.
FileFlo is one flat price for the contractor's compliance document layer. ComplyWorks is per-contractor per year for the base subscription plus add-ons; the math compounds the more Hiring Clients and workers the contractor serves.
Pricing range based on public ComplyWorks pricing pages and contractor reports. Contact ComplyWorks for exact per-contractor quote, per-worker count, and add-on configuration.
The pricing comparison is not apples-to-apples. ComplyWorks is the Hiring-Client-mandated compliance verification network; FileFlo is the contractor's compliance document evidence layer. The right comparison is “ComplyWorks + FileFlo” vs “ComplyWorks + shared drives + paper safety binders + scrambling at cwHSE re-verification time.”
Platform definition.
FileFlo is a compliance document intelligence platform that serves as a contractor's evidence-of-record system. It accepts uploaded source documents, classifies each one against its governing regulation (OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926 and Part 1910, the Part 1904 recordkeeping rule, the §1903.15 citation procedures, FMCSA 49 CFR, and EPA 40 CFR), extracts expiration dates and key fields across 600+ document types, enforces retention requirements, and generates an inspector-ready, citation-mapped audit binder on demand. It is the system of record beneath whatever prequalification network a Hiring Client mandates.
The distinction from ComplyWorks matters because ComplyWorks is a Hiring-Client-controlled verification network: it is optimized to collect, verify, and score contractor submissions through cwHSE, cwContractor, and cwWorker so an owner-client can make an award decision across multiple regions, not to be the contractor's permanent document repository. ComplyWorks can tell a Hiring Client a contractor's compliance score; it does not hold the versioned §1926.20(b)(2) written program, assemble the §1903.15 contest binder, or push one packet to ISN and Avetta at the same time. FileFlo adds that evidence-of-record layer so the documents a contractor uploads to ComplyWorks, ISN, and Avetta all originate from one verified source.
Why a score isn't the same as the records.
OSHA's construction standards do not ask whether a contractor holds a good compliance score; they ask whether the right documents exist, are current, and can be produced on demand. Under 29 CFR §1926.20(b)(2), every employer must initiate and maintain an accident-prevention program providing for frequent and regular inspections by competent persons. Under 29 CFR §1926.21(b)(2), the employer must instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, which OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour outreach cards evidence. Under 29 CFR Part 1904, the OSHA 300 log, the 300A annual summary, and the 301 incident report must be maintained for five years following the year they cover, and the §1904.41 electronic submission lands in OSHA's Injury Tracking Application each March. A prequalification network can score a snapshot of these and still leave the contractor exposed, because a verification overlay has no concept of a versioned governance file or a 15-day contest clock.
This is the gap FileFlo closes. The OSHA multiemployer-worksite citation policy under CPL 02-00-124 designates each contractor on a shared site as a controlling, creating, exposing, or correcting employer for every hazard, and §1926.16 makes the prime contractor responsible for Part 1926 obligations unless the contract is otherwise arranged. A contractor exposed to a maximum OSHA penalty of $16,131 per serious violation needs the contract scope, the competent-person designations under §1926.32(f), and the per-project controlling-employer binder organized before a Compliance Safety and Health Officer arrives, not reconstructed after a ComplyWorks cwHSE reviewer flags it. Cross-border contractors carry the same federal exposure on every US jobsite regardless of where the Hiring Client's procurement team sits.
The practical result is that a contractor keeps a single source of truth (their FileFlo binder) while ComplyWorks, ISN, Avetta, and Veriforce each pull from it for their own verification. FileFlo is the compliance intelligence layer; ComplyWorks remains the Hiring-Client score.
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 beneath a prequalification network like ComplyWorks and still speak the language a cwHSE reviewer and an OSHA CSHO both use. FileFlo is the contractor's evidence of record: the platform holds what you already have and feeds the verification network instead of becoming another place to re-key it.
Quick answers.
Last reviewed June 4, 2026.
Does FileFlo replace ComplyWorks?
No. ComplyWorks is a Hiring-Client mandated contractor compliance and prequalification network (Canadian-origin and now operating across Canada, the United States, Latin America, Australia, the United Kingdom, and parts of West Africa) used heavily by oil sands operators, midstream and pipeline companies, mining majors, utilities, large general contractors, and facility owners across the energy, construction, and industrial sectors to verify contractor and subcontractor compliance before awarding work. Hiring Clients require their contractors to subscribe to ComplyWorks, complete the worker, contractor, and HSE questionnaires, upload insurance certificates, written safety programs, training records, OSHA / Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) statistics, and per-worker credentials, then pay an annual per-contractor subscription so the Hiring Client can pull a verified compliance score before awarding work. FileFlo is a compliance document evidence platform that holds the same underlying source documents ComplyWorks verifies: the written accident-prevention 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 worker competency records, the SDS library and hazard-communication program, the equipment inspection certifications, and the insurance certificates, all under a citation-mapped audit binder. ComplyWorks is the Hiring-Client verification overlay; FileFlo is the contractor's evidence-of-record system that feeds ComplyWorks, ISN, Avetta, Veriforce, Browz, and every other prequalification platform the contractor gets pulled into.
How much does ComplyWorks cost vs FileFlo?
ComplyWorks publishes per-contractor annual subscription pricing: the publicly reported range runs roughly $400 to $1,200 per contractor per year for the base ComplyWorks subscription tier, plus separate per-Hiring-Client fees for the cwHSE module, cwWorker (per-worker tracking and credentialing module), audit and verification add-ons, training delivery via the ComplyWorks Learning Management System, and per-region packet configuration. A specialty subcontractor working under three different Hiring Clients on ComplyWorks typically pays the base contractor subscription plus per-Hiring-Client packet fees plus per-worker cwWorker fees, and the total per-year ComplyWorks spend can climb into the $2,000-$5,000 range for active multi-client multi-region contractors. FileFlo is a flat $299 per month with unlimited users ($2,990 per year) for the contractor's underlying compliance document layer that supplies ComplyWorks, ISN, Avetta, Veriforce, Browz, and every other network with verified source documents. The comparison is not apples-to-apples: ComplyWorks is the Hiring-Client-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 ComplyWorks 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 ComplyWorks 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. ComplyWorks asks the contractor in the cwHSE and contractor questionnaires to attest to controlling-employer evidence (written safety program, signed contract scope, competent-person designations, per-worker training records, JHA / JSA per task) before the Hiring Client awards the work. FileFlo holds the source documents ComplyWorks' verification reviewer pulls during questionnaire evaluation: 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 ComplyWorks verifies and scores; FileFlo holds the documents ComplyWorks scored.
Does FileFlo handle the OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 records ComplyWorks uses for contractor safety statistics?
Yes. ComplyWorks scores contractors on TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate), DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred), LTIR (Lost Time Incident Rate), Fatality count, 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 / LTIR calculation ComplyWorks displays on the contractor's compliance score sheet, 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 ComplyWorks 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 ComplyWorks is a near-automatic compliance score downgrade. 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 ComplyWorks matches the records OSHA holds and the contractor's own books. The result is a ComplyWorks compliance score that survives Hiring-Client audit and a §1903.15 OSHA records review.
Can FileFlo generate the document packet ComplyWorks, ISN, and Avetta all ask for in one upload?
FileFlo is purpose-built for prequalification-network document assembly: one click pulls every document a ComplyWorks cwHSE / cwContractor / cwWorker, ISN RAVS, Avetta, Veriforce, Browz, 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 Hiring 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 Hiring-Client-specific packets each owner 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 ComplyWorks on Monday, ISN on Tuesday, Avetta on Wednesday, and Veriforce on Thursday without rebuilding the packet four times. ComplyWorks verifies. ISN verifies. Avetta verifies. Veriforce verifies. FileFlo holds the verified source.
Does FileFlo integrate with ComplyWorks, ISN, Avetta, or other prequalification networks?
Today, FileFlo does not push documents to ComplyWorks, ISN Networld, Avetta, Veriforce, Browz, or any other Hiring-Client-controlled verification network via direct API; those networks operate as Hiring-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 Hiring Client requires. Native push integrations with ComplyWorks, ISN, Avetta, and Veriforce 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 ComplyWorks' cwHSE reviewer, ISN's RAVS reviewer, Avetta, Veriforce, or any other network the Hiring Client mandates → ComplyWorks reviews and scores → Hiring 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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