SafetyCulture runs the inspection. FileFlo holds the evidence.
SafetyCulture (formerly iAuditor) runs daily site walks, JHA / pre-task plans, equipment pre-use checks, and toolbox talks from a phone on the jobsite. FileFlo is the compliance document evidence binder that holds the resulting OSHA 10/30 cards, competent-person designations, written safety programs, the OSHA 300 log, fall-protection plans, and crane / scaffold certifications under 29 CFR Part 1926 and Part 1904. Keep the inspection app. Add the binder a CSHO walks.
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One runs the field. One holds the evidence.
SafetyCulture is the inspection engine
It runs the daily site walk, the JHA / pre-task plan, the equipment pre-use check, the toolbox talk, and the Stop Work / near-miss report off a phone in the worker's pocket, then routes corrective actions to the responsible foreman. It does that (and sensor integration and inspection analytics) at a depth FileFlo does not attempt.
FileFlo is the document evidence binder
It holds the OSHA 10/30 card, the competent-person designation, the written program, the fall plan, the crane annual file, the OSHA 300 log, and the multiemployer-citation evidence, citation-mapped to Part 1926, Part 1904, and §1903.15. It is the binder the inspector pages through when a CSHO arrives.
The honest answer for most GCs and specialty subs: keep SafetyCulture for daily field inspections; add FileFlo for the OSHA-binder evidence layer.
What an inspection app was never built to do.
None of these are SafetyCulture failings. They're simply outside what a digital-inspection platform does. They're also exactly where an OSHA records review opens.
It can't hold the OSHA 10/30 evidence file
SafetyCulture delivers microlearning and captures a signature in a template. The OSHA 10/30 card, the DOL completion roster, and the §1926.32(f) competent-person designation memo live as document evidence per worker. That is FileFlo.
It can't be the OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 log
SafetyCulture runs the incident report on a phone. The OSHA 300 log is a §1904 recordkeeping document with specific columns, a 5-year retention rule, and an ITA submission receipt. FileFlo holds the §1904 file.
It can't assemble the §1903.15 contest binder
When a citation arrives, the 15-day Notice of Contest, the §1903.19 abatement certification, and the controlling-employer evidence under CPL 02-00-124 are document evidence, not an inspection. FileFlo builds the contest binder.
It can't track the written-program lifecycle
The §1926.20(b)(2) written accident-prevention program is a versioned governance artifact with signature, effective date, distribution log, and per-employee acknowledgment. FileFlo holds the version history; an inspection app does not.
FileFlo vs. SafetyCulture.
Feature by feature, based on publicly available SafetyCulture materials, customer reports, and the FileFlo product. Where SafetyCulture wins on field inspection, that's noted too. These are complements.
| Feature | FileFlo$299/mo · unlimited users | SafetyCulture~$24-83/user/mo |
|---|---|---|
29 CFR Part 1926 Construction Standards binder | Per-subpart citation evidence file | Inspection workflow, not Part 1926 binder |
Daily site walk + JHA / pre-task plan digital inspection | Not an inspection app; stores PDFs only | Native phone-based inspection engine |
Corrective-action routing to responsible person | No corrective-action workflow | Native Issues + Actions module |
29 CFR §1926.21 safety-training file (OSHA 10/30 per worker) | OSHA 10/30 cards + roster + refresher calendar | Microlearning only: no cert library |
29 CFR §1926.32(f) competent-person designation memos | Per-role designation file + training proof | Not part of inspection platform |
29 CFR Part 1904 OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 recordkeeping | 300 log + 300A annual + 301 per case + ITA receipt | Incident report only, not §1904 log |
Written safety + health program (§1926.20(b)(2)) | Lives in compliance binder + version history | Outside inspection-platform scope |
Fall-protection plan + rescue procedure (§1926.502) | Per-site fall plan + competent-person sign-off | Inspection of fall hazards, not the plan |
Crane annual inspection + operator certification file | §1926.1412(f) + §1926.1427 evidence per unit | Pre-use checklist only, not annual file |
29 CFR §1903.15 OSHA citation + contest evidence binder | Citation-mapped binder + 15-day contest workflow | No native citation-response workflow |
Multiemployer-citation evidence (controlling employer) | CPL 02-00-124 evidence file per GC role | Outside inspection-platform scope |
Toolbox-talk roster + signed JHA per crew | Per-crew evidence file + AI classification | Native talk delivery + signature capture |
AI document classification | 600+ doc types auto-tagged | Manual folder filing for non-inspection docs |
Pricing model | $299/mo flat, unlimited users | Per-user ~$24-83/user/mo (Premium / Enterprise) |
Free trial (no sales call) | 5-day full access, no card | Free tier capped at 10 inspections/mo |
Setup time | Under 60 minutes, self-serve | Multi-week template build + crew rollout |
SafetyCulture pricing is per-user and varies by tier, sensor add-ons, and annual contract. Verify directly with SafetyCulture for an exact quote; range cited from public sources and customer reports.
One flat price vs. per-user inflation.
FileFlo is a flat $299/month with unlimited users (foremen, supers, safety, HR, PM) and an annual plan at $2,990/yr (save $598). SafetyCulture is per-user across Premium and Enterprise tiers, plus optional sensor and Training add-ons, so the math scales with crew and supervisor headcount. The right comparison isn't "SafetyCulture vs FileFlo": it's "SafetyCulture + FileFlo" vs "SafetyCulture + shared drives + paper safety binders."
Platform definition.
FileFlo is a compliance document intelligence platform for construction. It classifies each safety record against its governing regulation, OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926 (Construction), 29 CFR Part 1910 (General Industry), and 29 CFR Part 1904 (recordkeeping), extracts expiration dates and key fields, enforces retention requirements, and generates inspector-format OSHA audit binders on demand. SafetyCulture (formerly iAuditor), by contrast, is a digital inspection and corrective-action platform: it runs the daily site walk, the JHA, the equipment pre-use check, and the toolbox talk from a phone, then routes corrective actions to the responsible person.
The distinction matters because field inspection and document-as-evidence are different disciplines. SafetyCulture captures the inspection event and the fix; it does not become the OSHA 300 log, the §1926.20(b)(2) written program with version history, or the §1926.21 per-worker training file. FileFlo holds that evidence, citation-mapped to the exact CFR section a Compliance Safety and Health Officer asks for. The two run side by side: SafetyCulture for the inspection, FileFlo for the binder the inspector walks.
Where each tool sits inside the OSHA construction standards.
29 CFR Part 1926 is the regulation a CSHO walks during any construction-jobsite inspection: programmed, complaint, referral, or post-incident. SafetyCulture captures the daily site walk, the JHA, the equipment pre-use check, and the toolbox-talk acknowledgment at the inspection layer. FileFlo holds the binder of evidence: the written program under §1926.20(b)(2), the per-worker training file under §1926.21, the competent-person designations under §1926.32(f), the fall-protection plan under §1926.502, the crane annual inspection under §1926.1412, the scaffold-erection drawings under §1926.451, and the excavation competent-person log under §1926.651. §1926.20(b)(2) specifically requires every employer to initiate and maintain accident-prevention programs providing for frequent and regular inspections by competent persons, and the written program itself is a versioned governance artifact with employer signature, effective date, distribution log, and per-employee acknowledgment that a §1926.20 records review demands.
29 CFR §1926.21(b)(2) requires the employer to instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their work environment. The OSHA 10-hour card per entry-level worker, the OSHA 30-hour card per supervisor, the DOL outreach-training completion roster, the topic outline showing the federally required curriculum hours, and the §1926.32(f) competent-person designation memo all live as document evidence. CSHOs almost always open the §1926.21 file review by asking for the OSHA 10/30 cards. Meanwhile, 29 CFR Part 1904 governs the OSHA 300 log, the 300A annual summary (posted February 1 through April 30), the 301 individual incident report, the §1904.39 fatality and severe-injury reporting (8 hours / 24 hours), and the §1904.41 electronic submission to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application by March 2, with a five-year retention rule under §1904.33. CSHOs almost always start a programmed inspection with a 300 log review under §1903.15.
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 once the citation is received. A serious violation carries a penalty of $16,131 per violation. FileFlo holds the citation PDF with the date received and date posted, the Statement of Deficiencies, the per-citation evidence file pulled from the §1926 binder showing abatement, the informal-conference notes, the §1903.19 abatement certification with photo evidence, and the 15-day contest tracker. For a multi-employer worksite under OSHA CPL 02-00-124, FileFlo also holds the controlling-employer / creating-employer evidence file showing who created, controlled, exposed, or could have corrected the hazard; and the hazard-communication evidence under §1910.1200 (applied to construction via §1926.59), including the written program, the versioned SDS library, and the §1910.1200(h) per-employee training records.
This is the gap FileFlo closes. SafetyCulture runs the inspection; FileFlo is the document evidence binder across the full Part 1926, Part 1904, and §1903.15 set. The two are complementary, and for any CSHO walkthrough that opens with a 300 log review and proceeds to a §1926.20(b)(2) written-program review, FileFlo is the binder the inspector pages through.
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 alongside a field-inspection platform like SafetyCulture and still speak the language a CSHO uses. FileFlo's job is the evidence binder: classify it, track every expiration, flag what's missing, and assemble the §1926 inspection packet on demand.
Quick answers.
Last reviewed June 4, 2026.
Does FileFlo replace SafetyCulture (iAuditor)?
No. SafetyCulture (formerly iAuditor) is a digital inspection, checklist, and corrective-action platform. It lets your foremen, superintendents, and safety managers run daily site walks, JHA / pre-task plans, equipment pre-use checks, toolbox talks, and Stop Work / near-miss reports from a phone on the jobsite, then route corrective actions to the responsible person. FileFlo is a compliance document evidence platform. SafetyCulture captures the inspection event and routes the fix. FileFlo holds the resulting document evidence: completed OSHA 10/30 cards per worker, equipment certifications, competent-person training records, written safety programs, the OSHA 300/300A injury log, SDS sheets, fall-protection plans, scaffold-erection drawings, crane annual inspections, signed JHAs as the regulatory record, exposure-monitoring results, medical surveillance records, and the multiemployer-citation evidence file, under a citation-mapped audit binder tied to 29 CFR Part 1926 (Construction safety), 29 CFR §1926.20 (general safety and health provisions), 29 CFR §1926.21 (safety training and education), 29 CFR Part 1904 (recordkeeping), and 29 CFR §1903.15 (OSHA citation procedures). SafetyCulture is the inspection engine; FileFlo is the document evidence binder an OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) pulls during a programmed inspection, a complaint inspection, or after a recordable fatality on a §1926 jobsite.
How much does SafetyCulture cost vs FileFlo?
SafetyCulture publishes per-user pricing. The publicly listed Premium tier runs roughly $24 per user per month annually and the Enterprise tier runs roughly $83 per user per month annually, with a free tier limited to 10 inspections per month and a small user count. A 25-person construction crew on Premium typically lands in the $600 per month range, and a 100-worker GC on Enterprise can exceed $8,000 per month before training, sensor, and Issues add-ons. FileFlo is a flat $299 per month with unlimited users for the compliance document layer: no per-user inflation, no per-inspection cap, no implementation fee. The comparison is not apples-to-apples because SafetyCulture is a digital inspection / checklist platform while FileFlo is the document evidence platform. Verify SafetyCulture pricing during their sales process; FileFlo pricing is locked at getfileflo.com/pricing.
Will FileFlo hold the 29 CFR §1926.21 safety training and OSHA 10/30 evidence for every worker?
Yes. 29 CFR §1926.21(b)(2) requires the employer to instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their work environment, and OSHA-authorized outreach training (the OSHA 10-hour for entry-level workers and the OSHA 30-hour for supervisors) is the most-cited evidence of that instruction during a CSHO inspection. SafetyCulture can deliver microlearning courses and capture an acknowledgment signature inside an inspection template, but the OSHA 10/30 plastic card, the DOL training-center completion roster, the topic-by-topic outline showing the federally required curriculum hours, and the competent-person designation memos under §1926.32(f) all live as document evidence per worker. FileFlo holds those records per worker with an expiration calendar (OSHA 10/30 cards have no federal expiration but most GCs and owners require a 3- or 5-year refresher), the signed JHA acknowledgment per crew, the toolbox-talk roster the foreman ran that morning, and the citation-mapped binder a CSHO walks during a §1926.21 file review. The pattern is SafetyCulture runs the field inspection and the talk; FileFlo holds the §1926.21 evidence.
Does FileFlo handle the 29 CFR Part 1904 OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 recordkeeping file?
Yes. 29 CFR Part 1904 requires every employer with more than 10 employees in a non-exempt industry to maintain the OSHA 300 log of work-related injuries and illnesses, the OSHA 300A annual summary (posted February 1 through April 30), and the OSHA 301 individual incident report for every recordable case, plus electronic submission of the 300A to OSHA's ITA portal by March 2 each year for establishments with 250+ employees or 20+ employees in designated high-hazard industries (which includes most construction NAICS codes per the 2024 final rule). SafetyCulture can run the incident report on a phone and route the corrective action, but the OSHA 300 log itself is a regulatory recordkeeping document with specific column requirements (case number, employee name, job title, date of injury, days away, days restricted, classification), and the ITA submission generates a transmission receipt that becomes part of the §1904 file. FileFlo holds the 300, 300A, 301, the ITA submission receipt, the §1904.35 employee-access log proving you produced the 300 within 4 hours of a worker request, and the citation-mapped binder a CSHO pulls during a §1904 records review. CSHOs almost always start a programmed inspection with a 300 log review under §1903.15.
Can FileFlo generate an OSHA inspection-ready binder faster than SafetyCulture for a §1903.15 CSHO walkthrough?
FileFlo is purpose-built for OSHA inspection readiness. One click pulls every document tied to a worker, regulation citation, jobsite, or equipment unit into a single PDF binder with an immutable audit trail. SafetyCulture can export inspection histories, corrective-action logs, and audit reports per template, but the resulting CSHO walkthrough binder requires document evidence that lives outside SafetyCulture entirely: the written safety and health program under §1926.20(b)(2), the hazard communication program under §1910.1200 with the SDS library and labeling system, the respiratory-protection program under §1910.134 with the per-worker fit-test record and medical clearance, the fall-protection plan under §1926.502 with the rescue procedure, the crane annual inspection under §1926.1412(f), the scaffold-erection drawings stamped by a competent person under §1926.451, the excavation competent-person daily log under §1926.651, the OSHA 300 log, the multiemployer-citation evidence per Stark Letter assignments, and the per-worker §1926.21 training file. Inspection-binder assembly across that full §1926 + §1904 + §1903 evidence set is the workflow where FileFlo measurably outperforms an inspection-focused platform, not because SafetyCulture's inspection data is wrong, but because document-as-evidence assembly across all of Part 1926 is FileFlo's whole job and SafetyCulture's job is running the inspection.
Does FileFlo integrate with SafetyCulture for inspection records?
Today, FileFlo does not run digital inspections, host JHA / pre-task templates, or route corrective actions to the responsible person on a jobsite. Those stay in SafetyCulture. FileFlo accepts uploaded inspection PDFs, signed JHA acknowledgments, toolbox-talk rosters, equipment-inspection records, OSHA 10/30 cards, written safety programs, SDS sheets, exposure-monitoring results, the OSHA 300 / 300A / 301 trio, fall-protection plans, crane annual inspections, scaffold drawings, and competent-person designation memos, then AI-classifies each document, attaches an immutable audit trail, and alerts on expiration, missing-signature, or out-of-cycle events. A native two-way SafetyCulture integration is on the FileFlo roadmap. Until that ships, the pattern is: export from SafetyCulture → upload to FileFlo → AI classify → audit-ready binder under 29 CFR Part 1926, §1926.20, §1926.21, 29 CFR Part 1904, and §1903.15.
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