How to evaluate EHS software in 2026.
Every vendor says AI now. Eight criteria, the question to ask in the demo, and what a good answer looks like: use it against any shortlist, including us.
Evaluating a specific vendor? Honest, sourced comparisons, including where they beat us.
Comparison
ECSafety vs SiteDocs
SiteDocs digitizes paperwork. ECSafety digitizes paperwork, then puts Aura AI to work on everything the paperwork contains.
Read the comparisonComparison
ECSafety vs Cority
Cority's Cortex AI ships off by default and activates only after customers sign separate AI terms; Cority also offers paid AI Kick-Start Projects for adoption. Aura AI is on the moment your account exists, included in the seat.
Read the comparison“Is the AI the core of the platform or a feature beside it?”
What good looks like
The vendor can draw the data flow: signals into one model, reasoning over it, actions feeding back. Ask them to explain why a specific site's risk changed yesterday.
The ECSafety answer
Aura is a five-layer engine: intake, Safety Graph, Risk Engine, learning loop, agents.
“When the AI answers, what is it grounded in?”
What good looks like
Answers cite your procedures and history, with the source shown. Generic answers with no citation are internet knowledge in a branded window.
The ECSafety answer
Every Aura answer cites the procedure or document it came from.
“Will a gloved crew on a loud site actually use it?”
What good looks like
Offline-first mobile, voice input, multi-language, and form fills measured in seconds. If adoption needs a training campaign, the field will not use it.
The ECSafety answer
Offline-first app in English, Spanish, and French; voice-filled forms; 90-second PTPs.
“What does the full program cost once every module is added?”
What good looks like
Forms, incidents, lone worker, metrics, and compliance in one platform at one price. Per-module pricing is how a $30 seat becomes a $200 seat.
The ECSafety answer
The full platform, including Lone Worker Safety, is $25 per user per month.
“How does the platform track OSHA and ISO changes?”
What good looks like
Regulation updates flow into the product continuously and adapt to your operation, not through quarterly template refreshes.
The ECSafety answer
Aura folds new OSHA and ISO guidance into the model as it publishes.
“After the AI finds a risk, what happens next?”
What good looks like
The system drafts the assignment, corrective action, or toolbox talk, and a human approves. Insight without action is another dashboard.
The ECSafety answer
One click from recommendation to assigned action; agents draft OSHA-grade records.
“How does it connect to our AI, our systems, our datastores?”
What good looks like
Open standards: MCP for enterprise AI and agents, a REST API and webhooks for ERPs, HRIS, and warehouses. Beware CSV-export-as-integration.
The ECSafety answer
MCP server, Aura MCP connector, RESTful API, webhooks, embedded agents in Procore and Autodesk Construction Cloud.
“Can every AI output survive an audit?”
What good looks like
Role-based access, complete audit trails, SOC 2, and explainable outputs. In safety, an answer you cannot defend is a liability.
The ECSafety answer
SOC 2 Type II, role-based access, audit-logged AI, explainable risk scores.
Run the framework against us first.
Bring these eight questions to a 30-minute demo on your data. We will answer all of them, with the evidence on screen.
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