Honest comparison
ProCafe vs SafetyCulture
SafetyCulture (iAuditor) is an excellent general-purpose inspection platform used across many industries. ProCafe is built specifically for food operations — and priced per site, not per person.
Competitor details are taken from their published websites and pricing pages, checked July 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
Team of six · year one
*Free tier: up to 10 users, 5 templates, generic inspections. Prices as published, July 2026.
Nº 01 · At a glance
SafetyCulture: build from generic templates
Construction, logistics, manufacturing — their home turf
SafetyCulture: $24–29 per seat
ProCafe: 14-day full trial instead
✓ included · ◐ partial / via integration or a higher tier · — not offered
Nº 02 · What a year costs
Published prices, July 2026. Currencies shown as each product bills them.
Nº 03 · The detail
| ProCafe | SafetyCulture | |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | £19/month per site — unlimited team members | $24–29 per user/month (a 6-person team ≈ $144–174/month) |
| Free tier | 14-day full trial, no card | Yes — up to 10 users, 5 templates, generic inspections |
| Food-specific workflows | Built in: allergen matrix, goods-in temperatures, EHO-style inspection report, fridge checklists | General inspections — you build food workflows from templates |
| Rotas & team operations | Included | Not the product's focus |
| Automated monitoring | Open sensor API, included | Sensor products available in its ecosystem |
| Breadth beyond food | Food businesses only — that's the point | Construction, logistics, manufacturing, retail and more |
Nº 04 · Who should choose which
Choose SafetyCulture if…
- You need inspections across many industries or business types, not just food.
- The free tier genuinely covers your needs.
Choose ProCafe if…
- You run a cafe, deli or bakery and want food workflows ready on day one.
- Your whole team uses the app — per-seat pricing punishes exactly that.
- You want records an EHO conversation is built around: allergens, temperatures, deliveries, corrective actions.
Nº 05 · What £19/month includes
- Daily checks & temperature logging with corrective actions
- UK 14-allergen matrix with a published customer-facing version
- Suppliers, deliveries (goods-in), batches & recalls
- Rotas, shift handover, announcements, stock requests & tasks
- Incidents, refusals, documents with staff sign-off
- One-tap inspection report + PDF/CSV/Excel exports
- Unlimited team members — no per-user fees
- Offline-first iPhone and Android apps
- Open sensor API for automated temperature monitoring
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Nº 06 · Common questions
- How does per-seat vs per-site pricing work out for a cafe?
- SafetyCulture charges $24–29 per user per month, so a six-person team costs roughly $144–174 a month. ProCafe charges £19 per site per month with unlimited team members — the price doesn't change when you hire.
- Is SafetyCulture's free tier enough for a small cafe?
- It can be — up to 10 users, 5 templates and generic inspections. You'd build your own food-safety workflows from templates and live within those limits. ProCafe's 14-day trial shows you the ready-made alternative before you decide.
- Is ProCafe only for food businesses?
- Yes, deliberately. Allergen matrices, goods-in temperature checks, EHO-style inspection reports and fridge checklists are built in because cafes, delis and bakeries are the whole focus.
- Which ProCafe tier can I choose?
- Core: £19/month, Pro: £39/month, Operations: £69/month for the first site; £10/month per extra site in every tier. Yearly: £190 / £390 / £690, plus £100/year per extra site. Existing subscriptions keep their agreed prices. Operations is paid and is not included in the ordinary free trial. Core covers daily records and team operations. Pro adds procedure building, training quizzes and kitchen labels. Operations adds shared follow-up, controlled rollouts, analytics and internal benchmarking, saved reports, scoped reporting APIs, signed webhooks and work account sign-in. Integration receivers and identity providers require configuration.
Try the whole operation for 14 days.
14-day free trial · no card required · then £19/month + £10 per extra location