Site platform comparison
Assured Contractors and MSite compared
MSite, from Infobric, is workforce management software for construction sites: pre-registration and inductions, identity checks, live CSCS Smart Check verification, biometric access and time and attendance, permits, roll call, deliveries and visitors.
Assured Contractors overlaps on the site side — gate check-in, permits, muster and visitors — without hardware or a live CSCS connection, and adds client-side contractor prequalification, Companies House monitoring, vehicle MOT and tax checks, and bookings that check operators' cards.
Most teams choose one of the two for site operations rather than running both.
At a glance
How do Assured Contractors and MSite differ?
| Question | Assured Contractors | MSite |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Contractor assurance software that a client runs for its own supply chain and sites, from prequalification to the site gate. | Workforce management for construction sites: pre-registration, inductions, live CSCS Smart Check, biometric access, time and attendance, deliveries and visitors.[1] |
| Who pays | The client organisation, with one subscription. Contractors pay nothing on any plan, so there's no Assured Contractors fee for them to recover in their prices. A client sends its contractors its company code or invite link; they join free and are connected straight away, and one profile serves every client. | Not published. |
| Published price (checked November 2026) | Clients subscribe from £149 a month (excluding VAT) after a 14-day free trial. Contractors: free, with no joining, annual, per-client or per-worker fee. | Not published. |
| What it covers | Company documents and insurance with expiry tracking, Companies House status, workers' cards, vehicle MOT and tax checks, permits to work, crane and delivery bookings, gate check-in, muster, visitors, incidents, inspections and COSHH. | Pre-registration and inductions, identity checks, live CSCS Smart Check across all 38 CSCS Alliance card schemes, biometric access and turnstile pods, time and attendance, timesheets, fatigue management, RAMS, permits, roll call, deliveries, visitor management and supply-chain assurance.[1][3][4][5][6] |
| Assessment turnaround | No external assessment queue: the client's own reviewers approve documents and cards in their workspace. | Not published |
Capabilities
What does each one cover?
From MSite's published pages and our own product, checked November 2026.
| Capability | Assured Contractors | MSite[1][2][3][4][5][6] |
|---|---|---|
| Contractors connect at no cost | Yes | —Not published |
| Independent SSIP / CAS certificate | NoStores your contractors' SSIP certificates | —Not published |
| Company documents and insurance with expiry tracking | Yes | Partly |
| Companies House status monitoring | Yes | —Not published |
| Worker competency cards (CSCS, CPCS, IPAF…) | YesCard details, photos and expiry | YesLive CSCS Smart Check |
| Vehicle MOT and tax checks (DVSA / DVLA) | Yes | —Not published |
| Permits to work | Yes | Yes |
| Crane, hoist and delivery bookings | Yes | Deliveries |
| Gate check-in and live attendance | YesSoftware, no turnstiles | YesBiometric |
| Emergency muster roll call | Yes | YesRoll call |
| Visitor sign-in kiosk | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents and inspections | Yes | —Not published |
| COSHH register | Yes | —Not published |
✓ published by the vendor · – partly · ✗ not offered · — not published by the vendor (it may still exist). See all providers
Which fits
Which one is right for you?
When MSite is the right choice
- You want cards verified live against CSCSMSite checks cards from all 38 CSCS Alliance schemes through Smart Check at pre-registration, and re-checks the CSCS database as expiry approaches. Assured Contractors records cards for your reviewers to approve and doesn't connect to Smart Check yet.
- You need biometric access and turnstilesMSite supplies face-recognition readers and turnstile pods. The Assured Contractors gate check is software only.
- You run labour by the hourTime and attendance, timesheets, labour requisitioning and fatigue management are part of MSite.
- You need identity checksMSite includes identity checks as part of pre-registration. Assured Contractors doesn't check identity documents.
When Assured Contractors fits
- Prequalification is part of the same recordCompany documents and insurance with expiry dates, Companies House status, risk tiers and a contractor status with a “Why?” list of every reason — feeding each worker's readiness at the gate.
- UK vehicle checksDVSA MOT history and DVLA tax lookups for every contractor vehicle, with insurance documents and vehicle bookings to sites.
- Bookings that check the operatorCrane, hoist, plant and delivery bookings refuse double-booking a person, equipment or vehicle, and warn when an operator lacks an in-date CPCS, NPORS or IPAF card.
- Free for contractors, shared across clientsContractors join free with your company code and a four-field form, are connected to you straight away, and keep one profile that every client they work for can see. You pay one subscription; they pay nothing.
Using both
Can you use MSite and Assured Contractors together?
You can, but there's no integration between them today, so the same contractors and workers would be kept in two places. Where a site already has biometric gates, gate staff can still use the Assured Contractors readiness check on a phone or tablet.
If you're choosing, start with the gate. If live CSCS verification, biometrics and timesheets are essential, MSite supplies them. If you need contractor prequalification, vehicle checks, crane and delivery bookings and COSHH on the same record as the gate, Assured Contractors covers those.
What Assured Contractors doesn't do
- No SSIP, PAS 91 or CAS certificateAssured Contractors isn't an assessment scheme and doesn't certify companies. Clients who require SSIP keep requiring it; contractors store the certificate on their profile with its expiry date.
- No turnstiles, biometrics or gate hardwareGate check-in is software on a phone, tablet or laptop: gate staff search the worker, see their readiness and record allow, refuse or refer with reasons.
- No live CSCS Smart Check connection yetCards are recorded with their number, expiry date and photos, and approved by the client's reviewers. Reviewers who want a live check use the CSCS Smart Check app.
Does Assured Contractors check CSCS cards live like MSite?
Not yet. Assured Contractors records each card's number, expiry date and photos, reminds before expiry and checks the card against what a job, booking role or site requires; your reviewers approve it. MSite verifies cards live through CSCS Smart Check.
Do both run an emergency roll call?
Yes. MSite runs roll call from its Supervisor App across muster points. Assured Contractors runs muster and drills from live site attendance, with visitors from the kiosk included, and marks people safe as they're accounted for.
Does Assured Contractors have biometric access?
No. There's no turnstile, face-recognition or other gate hardware: the gate check is software on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Do contractors pay to use either?
Assured Contractors is free for contractors on every plan; the client pays. MSite doesn't publish its pricing.
Does MSite check vehicles' MOT and tax?
Not on the MSite pages we reviewed (checked November 2026). Assured Contractors looks up DVSA MOT history and DVLA tax for each contractor vehicle.
- MSite msite.com/
- Infobric MSite CSCS partnership infobric.com/uk/en/platforms/msite/partners/cscs/
- MSite and CSCS Smart Check msite.com/partners/cscs
- MSite Permits msite.com/software/permits/
- MSite Supervisor App (roll call) msite.com/apps/supervisor-app/
- MSite Visitor Management msite.com/software/visitor-management
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