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    Contractor prequalification and worker readiness · Guide revised September 2026

    Avetta vs ComplyWorks: Scope, limits and demo questions

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    Avetta and ComplyWorks: pricing, evaluation starting point, scope, what to verify and offline scope. Select a row label to show its full text.
    AttributeAvettaComplyWorks
    Published amount; check product and plan
    No amount on record; request quote
    Contractor Safety Management
    Contractor Management
    Validate user roles, sites and scale against your proposed deployment.
    Confirm hosting, support languages and contractual coverage for your region.
    See the linked profile's capability evidence
    See the linked profile's unresolved questions
    Partial offline workflow
    Not yet classified

    Where the two scopes differ

    The records start from different buyers. Avetta's record describes a supplier network in which a company joins at the Directory level, from $249 a year with no client connections, and moves to a client-connected plan (Standard, Plus or Advanced on the plans page) to work for a hiring client; supplier plans depend on the number of connections and on project or trade risk, and clients are quoted individually. A worker-management offering sits beside this, with a separate app for Pegasus Workforce Management. The ComplyWorks record describes a product of Veriforce Canada for hiring clients in Canada, with no published amount and a question about whether the client, the contractor or both pay. It also notes that SafeContractor Canada, SafeLearning and SafeEmployee are listed as separate products, so a feature seen on the shared site may belong to a sister product.

    The documented scopes overlap on prequalification and diverge beyond it. For Avetta the record lists insurance verification with expiry alerts, business and financial risk monitoring with sanctions and adverse-media alerts, contractor cybersecurity ratings from a third-party provider, supplier ESG, emissions and diversity assessment, and worker site and role requirements with report retrieval through an API. For ComplyWorks it lists requirement definition, worksite and project monitoring, contractor hours tracking, evaluation, orientations, incident, near-miss and corrective-action tracking, bulletins with acknowledgement tracking, document expiry alerts, structured exemptions and reporting. Neither record describes the other's list, and that is a statement about what was reviewed, not about what either vendor sells.

    Geography and language appear in different forms. The ComplyWorks page describes configurable requirements for Quebec, Alberta and the rest of Canada, and says the product is available in more than 25 languages with round-the-clock operational support, all vendor statements with no screens behind them. The Avetta plans page says that one of its supplier benefits, a project-finding tool, is limited to the United States and Canada and another is available in the United States only, and its record asks buyers to tie every workflow to the platform, region and membership named in the quote. Both vendors also describe services around the software. Avetta's plans page lists an optional supplier add-on, Vetify, in which a compliance specialist guides a supplier through requirements, with insurance support and review of variance requests, and the ComplyWorks page says dedicated operational teams provide implementation and workflow support. Neither record states prices or service levels for these, so each is a line to be quoted. Neither record verified a billing currency or a data location.

    Field work and connections are where the records are most uneven. Avetta's record documents offline QR codes and company cards for the Pegasus Workforce app only, says that app cannot load competency documents or role information without a connection, and does not establish disconnected decisions in Worker Management Mobile. The ComplyWorks record finds no description of an offline mode, a mobile app, an API or integrations on the pages it reviewed, and notes that the FAQ says single sign-on can be supported without saying whether it is standard. On security statements the Avetta record lists several ISO certificates and a SOC 2 Type II audit as named by the vendor, none reviewed, while the ComplyWorks record lists no certification.

    Avetta: status on record

    • Trial: No free trial established.
    • Offline: Partial offline workflow.
    • Pricing: Published amount; check product and plan.
    • Profile record checked 14 October 2026.

    ComplyWorks: status on record

    • Trial: No free trial established.
    • Offline: Not yet classified.
    • Pricing: No amount on record; request quote.
    • Profile record checked 14 October 2026.

    When each is the safer first demo

    Start with Avetta when

    Avetta is the safer first demo when the first requirement is evidence about supplier companies across many hiring clients: insurance, safety records and risk signals, with worker readiness as a second step. Put one supplier on two projects with different risk and verification requirements and ask for the membership and total charges for each. Name the platform and app in the quote before the session, since Directory, client-connected plans, Worker Management and Pegasus have distinct scopes.

    Start with ComplyWorks when

    ComplyWorks is the safer first demo when a hiring client in Canada wants requirements, contractor hours, orientations and incident follow-up in one product. Ask the vendor to show a requirement set for one site and one contractor, how a gap appears to the worker and to the client, how hours are captured on arrival, and an incident carried to closure. Ask which parts of the shown workflow belong to ComplyWorks and which to a sister product.

    A two-week evaluation plan

    Ask Avetta

    • Name the platform, the mobile app and the membership level for each party in the quote, and say which supplier connections create charges and in which currency.
    • List the business-risk, cybersecurity and sustainability modules, if any, with their data sources, refresh cadence and regional coverage.

    Ask ComplyWorks

    • List the modules, user types and sites in the quoted scope, and say which belong to sister products. State who pays, the contract term, the data location and the single sign-on set-up.
    • Ask for screens, scoring rules and report formats, which the marketing pages do not show, and say whether a mobile app, API or integration exists and at what scope.

    Week 1, requirements and a gap. In each product, define one site's requirements with documents, an orientation and insurance. Onboard one contractor and one worker, leave one requirement unmet and expire one credential, then check what the worker, the site and the hiring client each see and how a correction clears. Neither record establishes a free trial, so agree a vendor-run test environment, test accounts and dates in writing first.

    Week 2, field and handover. Test the worker's device and the site device offline separately, with stale data, and write down which evidence remains and how current it is. Export a worker or contractor report and note its fields, permissions and retention, then ask each vendor how records move if you change supplier. Finish with a price from each payer's point of view: hiring client, large contractor and small subcontractor.

    Worked evaluation scenarios

    These scenarios are hypothetical. They show how to turn the record facts into a demo test and what outcome would change a choice; they are not case studies or customer results.

    Hypothetical: a ten-person subcontractor asks what it will pay

    A ten-person electrical subcontractor works for two hiring clients and asks what membership costs. The Avetta record says supplier plans depend on the number of connections and on project or trade risk, that a Directory plan with no client connections starts at $249 a year, and that a client-connected plan is needed to work for a client. The ComplyWorks record shows no amount and asks which party pays. Ask each vendor to write down what this firm pays on its first connection and on its second, with currency and taxes, and what the hiring client pays. If a second connection costs again, or the starting price is not the plan the client requires, the cost to a firm this size will differ from the figure on the page.

    Hypothetical: a worker reaches a remote gate with no signal

    A worker arrives at a mining gate where the phone has no signal, and the gate attendant must decide whether to admit the worker. The Avetta record documents offline access to a worker QR code and company cards in the Pegasus Workforce app, says competency documents and role information need a connection, and separates that app from the Avetta Worker Management app. In the ComplyWorks record, the reviewed pages describe neither an offline mode nor a mobile app. Test the worker's phone and the gate device offline separately, with one credential that expired overnight, and see what each shows and how current it is. If an expired credential still shows as compliant, or no offline route exists, the gate needs a procedure.

    Hypothetical: procurement asks for sanctions, cyber and safety checks together

    A procurement team wants one view of a new supplier that covers safety, sanctions, cybersecurity and sustainability, and prefers fewer systems. The Avetta record documents financial and legal monitoring with sanctions and adverse-media alerts, contractor cyber ratings drawn from a third-party provider, and ESG assessments, while asking buyers to confirm geography and refresh cadence. The ComplyWorks record documents structured contractor evaluation, with scoring not itemised, and describes no financial, cyber or sustainability checks. Run one real supplier through every check each vendor offers, and ask who owns the data source, how often it refreshes and who handles a finding. If a needed check belongs to a separate module or product, buy it as a separate lot.

    What the records do not establish

    Avetta

    • A price for client-connected plans or hiring-client scope, or the billing currency.
    • Disconnected qualification decisions in the Avetta Worker Management Mobile app.
    • That a Directory membership satisfies a hiring client's requirements.
    • The refresh cadence and country coverage of financial, sanctions and cyber monitoring.

    ComplyWorks

    • Any price, plan name, trial terms or paying party.
    • A mobile app, an offline mode, an API, integrations or security attestations.
    • Scoring rules, report formats and data fields, which the pages do not show.
    • Where the boundary lies between ComplyWorks and its sister products.

    Neither product

    • Which product improves contractor compliance or reduces incidents: no outcome data was reviewed.
    • Implementation time or customer satisfaction. Neither record uses independent customer reviews.
    • Any hands-on result: both records review vendor documentation.

    Written from the profile records and the decision guide above, not from a hands-on test. Where a record is silent, the page says so instead of filling the gap.

    Evaluate Avetta

    • Identify the exact product, application and licence.
    • Review the profile's demonstration questions.
    • Run the same task and record unresolved questions.
    See Avetta profile

    Evaluate ComplyWorks

    • Identify the exact product, application and licence.
    • Review the profile's demonstration questions.
    • Run the same task and record unresolved questions.
    See ComplyWorks profile

    Avetta vs ComplyWorks | FAQ

    Which product is cheaper?
    Comparable total cost has not been established. Request the same applications, users, sites, configuration, migration, integrations and support period from both vendors. Published entry pricing is subject to the plan conditions shown in each profile.
    How should I compare offline capability?
    Use the exact proposed mobile application and plan. Download required data, disconnect, create a record with a photo, reconnect and inspect synchronization. Record which preparation and tasks require connectivity.
    How should I decide between these products?
    Set acceptance criteria for your actual workflow. Complete the same demo, record observed results separately from vendor statements and resolve remaining questions in a scoped pilot. The linked profiles show the sources and review status for each product.

    Vendor sources and next steps

    Avetta13 sources, profile checked 14 October 2026
    ComplyWorks8 sources, profile checked 14 October 2026
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