RamsDocs vs RAMs App

Who's writing this: we make RamsDocs, so read this as a vendor comparison — but every number below is either a competitor's published price (linked in Sources) or the output of a like-for-like test we ran on 3 June 2026, where the same boiler-installation job spec went through every builder we could access. Check our work against the sources.

RAMs App (rams-app.co.uk, by Faction Health & Safety Group) is one of the longest-standing UK RAMS platforms: a template system whose content is written by qualified H&S consultants, where you build a document by picking hazards from a library. RamsDocs drafts the document for the specific job with AI grounded in a trade-specific safety library. The same boiler job produced very different documents.

Same job, two documents

We put an identical spec — replacement combi boiler with new flue, occupied house, one day, PASMA tower access — through both builders on 3 June 2026:

	RamsDocs	RAMs App
Pages	14	36
Hazard rows	9, written for this job	18, picked from the generic library
Default content	Trade-aware (boiler-relevant hazards)	Defaults included entries we had to manually clear (laser, Covid, animal noise)
Strengths observed	Grounded citations, evidence and stop-work fields, concise client-facing layout	Auto-derived legislation list, mandatory review date, solid CDM framing

The page count matters more than it looks: every RAMs App hazard renders as a full-page likelihood×severity table, so a one-day domestic job balloons to 36 pages. The person reviewing your RAMS is a site manager with a stack of them — a tight, complete 14 pages is a kindness that gets read.

Pricing

	RamsDocs	RAMs App
Entry	Free during early access — no card, no cap	Annual Unlimited £449 +VAT/yr (single user). Monthly tiers exist (Starter/Business) with document caps, but prices aren't published in accessible form; Capterra lists "from £20/month"
Trial	n/a — it's free	14 days, capped at 3 documents of each type
Team use	Single user (early access)	Quote-only "Multi User" tier — also where AI features and templates sit
Extras	Free revision if a PC sends the document back	Annual bundle adds asbestos training, policy templates and retained consultancy advice

RAMs App's annual bundle is genuine value if you want a mini consultancy relationship alongside the software. If what you need is the document itself, site-specific and this week, that's the job RamsDocs was built for.

Where RAMs App is the better pick

Honestly: if you produce high volumes across many H&S document types (COSHH, manual handling, toolbox talks, policies), want consultant-written library content you assemble yourself, and value the bundled training and advice line, the £449/yr Unlimited plan is a coherent package. RamsDocs is younger, narrower, and built around a different bet — that the hard part isn't accessing a library, it's getting a site-specific document a principal contractor accepts without rework.

Where RamsDocs is the better pick

• You need one RAMS for a job that starts Monday, not an annual platform decision — it's free during early access.
• Your clients reject generic documents: RamsDocs writes the hazards and method for your actual job, with citations to the underlying HSE guidance.
• You'd rather review 14 relevant pages than edit down 36.
• If a reviewer comments, update and re-export without starting again.