How we compared
We looked at apps that safety, quality and operations teams use to run inspections and checklists on a phone. Each one does the core job SafetyCulture does: build a checklist, fill it in on site (offline if needed), take photos, and turn the result into a report and follow-up actions.
We first researched these tools on November 5, 2026. We checked every price again on the vendor's own pages on November 12, 2026, and each tool's file links to the page we read. Where a vendor shows no price, we say so.
We read G2 on November 5, 2026. Fulcrum has 4.6 from 253 reviews, SiteDocs 4.5 from 33 reviews and GoCanvas 4.3 from 77 reviews. We show no G2 rating for GoAudits or Lumiform, because we did not read one. We also show none for SafetyCulture: its G2 listing seems to mix in reviews of its training app.
We signed up for the free trials of SafetyCulture, GoAudits and Fulcrum on November 5, 2026. GoCanvas, Lumiform and SiteDocs need a sales call or a sales form first, so we did not test them.
One note before you start: SafetyCulture now trades as Mitti (by SafetyCulture). Its old pricing page redirects to mitti.com/pricing. It is the same product and the same company.
What to check before you choose
- The minimum you pay. Per-user prices hide minimums. GoCanvas needs 3 users and Fulcrum needs 5, both on annual contracts. GoAudits and SafetyCulture let you pay monthly.
- What the cheap plan leaves out. Template caps, roles, scheduling, API and SSO often sit one plan up. Check the plan you will actually need, not the headline price.
- Who needs a login. If every worker and subcontractor must sign forms, a per-user price adds up fast. SiteDocs prices by company size, and SafetyCulture offers one price per site. Both are quote only.
- How you leave. Most of these contracts renew on their own, and several give no refunds. Check the notice period before you sign, and export your data before you cancel.
SafetyCulture: the tool you are comparing against
SafetyCulture's Free plan covers up to 10 seats with 5 active inspection templates, PDF and web reports, and an analytics dashboard that shows only 30 days of data. Free has no integrations, API, approvals, custom branded reports or SSO. Premium costs $24 a seat a month billed annually or $29 billed monthly. It adds unlimited templates, integrations, API access, SSO and free guest seats. Enterprise is a custom price. Location-based pricing (one fixed price per site, unlimited users) is quote only.
Its strength is breadth. Inspections, issue reporting, tasks, training, documents, investigations and lone worker tools sit in one app. AI features run on monthly credits that don't roll over, and extra credits cost $0.01 each. The catch is that everyone in an organization must be on the same plan. Once you pass 10 people or need more than 5 templates, the whole team moves to Premium. Fees are non-refundable, and plans renew at the then-current rates.
The help center says a new free account starts a 14-day Premium trial with no card, and that is what we saw when we signed up on Nov 5, 2026. The pricing page FAQ says it collects card details at first, so check what it asks for when you sign up.
GoAudits
GoAudits is the closest like-for-like swap for teams that mostly run audits and checklists. Starter costs $10 a user a month billed annually, or $12 monthly. It includes the offline app, scored checklists, instant reports and action plans. Enterprise is $30 a user a month billed annually, or $35 monthly. GoAudits has a 14-day free trial with no card, no setup fee and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
When we tried GoAudits on Nov 5, 2026, we ran an OSHA ladder audit in the web app and had the scored report by email within 7 minutes of signing up.
It suits small teams that run scored checklists at up to 25 sites. The catch: there is no free plan, and the trial is capped at 5 users, 10 checklists and 100 audits. Starter caps you at 10 checklist templates, 25 locations, 1 company and 2 photos per question. Roles, scheduled audits, Word and Excel reports, advanced analytics and the API are Enterprise only, and SSO costs extra even there. Each account can be signed in on 3 devices at once. Teams that need those Enterprise features should compare its Enterprise price with SafetyCulture Premium.
GoCanvas
GoCanvas fits field service, construction and trade businesses: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire safety, oil and gas. Every plan has unlimited forms and submissions, plus dispatch and scheduling, so you can assign a job and its inspection form together. Essentials is $29 a user a month, Pro is $39 and Max is $49, all billed annually with a 3-user minimum. That is at least $1,044 a year on Essentials. GoCanvas has 4.3 from 77 reviews on G2.
The catch: there is no monthly option and no free plan, and you can't buy on the page, since every plan button leads to a sales form. The free trial starts only after a sales call, so we did not test it. API access starts on Pro and single sign-on on Max. Fees are paid a year in advance and are not refundable. The contract renews on its own unless you give written notice at least 30 days before the term ends, and renewal prices can rise (usually 3% plus inflation). For a pure safety inspection program, pick GoCanvas for the dispatch side, not to save money.
Fulcrum
Fulcrum is a field data app built around maps. Every plan has offline maps, line and polygon capture and ArcGIS Online. Professional, $43 a user a month, includes 100 GB of storage and capture for photos, audio, video, barcodes, QR codes and signatures. Elite, $55 a user a month, adds the API, webhooks, SSO, SCIM and ArcGIS Enterprise. Fulcrum has 4.6 from 253 reviews on G2, the highest rating we could read for this page.
Fulcrum has a 14-day free trial with no card and Elite features for up to 25 users and 20 apps, but without the API, webhooks, email and SMS workflows, SSO or SCIM. When we started the trial on Nov 5, 2026, it asked for no card, but we stopped at a profile form that requires a phone number, so we did not get inside the app.
It suits utilities, environmental and infrastructure teams that inspect assets spread across a map. The catch is the minimum: an annual subscription for at least 5 users, so the smallest order is $2,580 a year on Professional. Fulcrum gives no refunds, and its terms let the price rise 7% a year at renewal for subscriptions that start from a trial. It also removes your data when you cancel, so export it first. Teams under 5 people should look elsewhere.
SiteDocs
SiteDocs is built for contractors and field crews in construction, oil and gas, forestry and manufacturing. It sells an annual subscription priced by company size, not per user, with logins for all workers and unlimited forms and signatures. It tracks every worker's signatures and certifications, works offline, and lets outside workers sign forms through a SiteDocs Lite link or QR code set up per location. SiteDocs has 4.5 from 33 reviews on G2.
The catch: there is no public price, and its site offers no free plan or free trial, so we could not test it. You need an initial call to get a quote, which depends on your number of workers, worksite locations and add-ons. The contract renews for 12 months unless you give written notice 30 days before the end. Fees are non-refundable, and SiteDocs reviews its price every year. Support is in English only. Buyers who want to try before they talk to sales should pick something else.
Lumiform
Lumiform aims at multi-site chains and plants: restaurants, retail, food and non-food manufacturing, warehousing and freight. Professional includes unlimited templates and forms and offline iOS and Android apps. Its workflow tools let an answer trigger another form or a corrective action, and add a scheduler, QR-code forms and automatic report sharing. Data is hosted in Frankfurt, Germany.
The catch is getting in. There is no free plan and no self-serve sign-up: the sign-up link leads to a sales contact form, so we could not test it. Professional starts from $112 a month by quote, and the page does not say how many users that covers or whether it is billed monthly or yearly. Approvals, integrations, API, webhooks, SSO and full data export are paid add-ons on Professional. Lumiform gives no refunds, and contracts renew unless you cancel 3 months before the term ends. Small teams that want to start today should pick something else.
The catch with switching
We found no one-click import of SafetyCulture templates on these vendors' pages, so plan to rebuild your key checklists. SiteDocs says paper forms can't be imported, and its content team helps rebuild them. Export your SafetyCulture reports as PDF before you leave, since history does not move across. On Lumiform's Professional plan full data export is a paid add-on, and Fulcrum removes your data when you cancel, so think about how you would leave before you sign.
Bottom line
If price is why you are leaving, GoAudits does the same core job for $10 a user a month on annual billing, against SafetyCulture's $24. If your team is 10 people or fewer and 5 templates are enough, SafetyCulture's Free plan is still hard to beat. Field service crews that also dispatch jobs should look at GoCanvas, and map-heavy utility teams at Fulcrum. Contractors who want every worker on one safety program should get a SiteDocs quote. Multi-site chains that want checklists to trigger follow-up work can ask Lumiform for a quote, but expect a sales process before you see the product.