BeaconHS vs HammerTech

BeaconHS is an open-source Health, Safety & Environment platform aimed at industrial construction. Its modules cover incidents, inspections, hazard assessments, corrective actions, journals, training, documents, equipment, PPE, people, locations, compliance, insights, and reports. A visual Builder supports conditional logic, formulas, repeating sections, signatures, multi-step workflows, and automations for forms such as lift plans, JSAs, confined-space permits, and toolbox talks. The analytics engine provides a query builder, visualizations, dashboards, and role-based sharing; reports can be sent by scheduled email as HTML or PDF. Listed inbound data-sync connectors include database, NetSuite, CSV, and Nango. Tenant administrators can configure AI providers, with provider settings, models, and API keys encrypted at rest. PostgreSQL row-level security enforces tenant isolation, and mutations are audited with before-and-after differences. Its mobile-first interface supports QR and kiosk entry, autosave, and resumable drafts, but the app is online-only. BeaconHS can be self-hosted; setup calls for Node 24 LTS, pnpm 10+, and Docker. The project labels itself pre-launch and focuses on hardening, depth, and migration tooling.

HammerTech is a construction safety management platform for safety, compliance and site operations. Its workflows include subcontractor management, worker orientations, JHAs, SDS, pre-task plans, permits, inspections, observations, incidents, daily reports and site access. HammerTech Intelligence can turn pre-task plans into tasks and hazards, populate site observations from photos, and extract SDS information from PDFs. Mobile apps are available for iOS and Android, and the same login works on web and mobile. Listed integrations include Procore, Autodesk, CMiC, Irongate, Eyrus, Kwant, Acumatica and LUMA1; an Open API is available for custom integrations. HammerTech says integrations must first be enabled by the company, with access requested through a Customer Success Representative. It identifies ISO 9001:2015 certification and SOC 2 Type 1. Pricing is tailored to operational scale and complexity, including annual construction volume and active job sites, rather than user count. The core plan price is on request and includes implementation, onboarding, training, ongoing support and knowledge hub access. Subcontractor access is free when provided by the project's general contractor.