Solo
Independent assessor
£79 /month
1 assessor included
- 5 report credits per month
- Unwatermarked PDFs + AI drafting
- Action register + 1 free reviewer seat
How FRA Flow compares
Looking for a FireHub alternative built around BS 9792 and report sign-off?
FireHub is a PAS 79 tablet app with a client portal, built by practising fire risk assessors. FRA Flow is a housing-focused, BS 9792:2025-led platform built around what happens after capture: evidence-linked drafting, a reviewer queue with sign-off discipline, and per-landlord branded reports.
No card. Two reports a month, free forever.
- BS 9792:2025 native
- Phone and tablet capture
- Reviewer-first sign-off
Where they differ
Capture overlaps; methodology and what comes after do not.
01
Methodology
FireHub describes its reports as fully PAS 79 compliant. FRA Flow is shaped around BS 9792:2025, the standard that superseded PAS 79-2 for housing, from the data model up.
02
Capture devices
FireHub's field app runs on tablets only; their own FAQs note it is not suitable for phones. FRA Flow captures on phone or tablet, with offline support on both.
03
Report production
FireHub speeds up on-site writing with pre-populated common responses. FRA Flow drafts narrative findings with AI that traces every drafted line back to the photo, observation, or risk score behind it.
04
QA and sign-off
FireHub's public materials describe progress monitoring for managers. FRA Flow makes competent-person review a first-class workflow: an exception-led queue, change diffs, and a signed, hash-stamped report.
05
Template control
FireHub customises question and answer wording for you; you send amendments through and their team applies them. FRA Flow gives you self-serve control, including per-landlord branding configured once per client.
06
Client delivery
FireHub offers a portal with unlimited client logins and a significant findings list usable as an action plan. FRA Flow issues BS 9792-shaped branded PDFs plus a tracked action plan per landlord.
When FireHub is the right call
When the capture-and-portal model fits.
01
Your portfolio spans offices, retail, leisure, or industrial buildings as well as housing. FireHub covers general building types under PAS 79; FRA Flow is deliberately housing-only.02
You run very high report volumes per assessor and a flat unlimited-reports subscription is the economics you want.03
Your clients lean heavily on portal logins to self-serve reports and findings, and that pattern is embedded in how you work with them.04
You digitise FRAs only occasionally and a pay-per-use credit model (£13 plus VAT per report as of June 2026) suits that volume better than any subscription.When FRA Flow is the right call
When the post-visit workflow is the bottleneck.
01
Your work concentrates in UK housing FRAs: blocks of flats, HMOs, sheltered housing, care settings, student accommodation.02
You want BS 9792:2025 as the default shape of every assessment, with the methodology baked into the data model rather than carried in a template.03
Your real pain is post-visit: drafting, reviewer QA, and producing branded reports per landlord client.04
You want sign-off to be a recorded, auditable step by a competent reviewer, not a process that lives outside the software.05
Your assessors capture on phones as well as tablets, or you do not want to standardise the whole team on tablet hardware.06
You want to change templates and branding yourself, immediately, rather than sending amendments to a vendor and waiting for them to be applied.How to evaluate
A practical evaluation process.
The cleanest evaluation is to run a real assessment in both tools end to end on the same building. FireHub offers a free first report; FRA Flow's free tier includes two reports a month with no card. Capture the same block in both, take each through to an issued report, and compare the time taken, the audit trail produced, the output your client receives, and the experience of whoever does the QA. The differences show up at the workflow level, not on the feature checklist.
For teams considering FRA Flow, we offer a demo on a real housing portfolio sized to your team, covering capture, evidence-linked drafting, the reviewer queue, and the issued output. After the demo, the free tier lets you run real assessments without commitment.
Switching cost
What a FireHub to FRA Flow transition actually looks like.
A FireHub to FRA Flow transition is operationally light because the products overlap mainly at capture. Historical FireHub reports stay where they are, accessible through your existing records or portal exports. New assessments and annual reviews go into FRA Flow from your start date; there is no big-bang migration to plan.
Orientation is quick. An assessor who has worked tablet-first in FireHub will recognise the capture pattern in the FRA Flow app within a day. The genuinely new parts are downstream: AI drafting you verify by clicking through to evidence, a reviewer queue that surfaces exceptions, and branding configured once per landlord instead of requested through the vendor.
One methodology note: if your FireHub reports are PAS 79-shaped, moving housing work to FRA Flow also moves it onto BS 9792:2025. The PAS 79 vs BS 9792 guide covers what changes in practice; most assessors find the transition is more about section structure than about how they assess.
Plans and pricing
Priced like a report production system.
FireHub prices around users and raw report volume: as of June 2026 their site lists pay-per-use credits at £13 plus VAT per report, an Individual plan at £140 per month for one user with unlimited reports, and team plans at £380 per month for six users and £580 per month for ten. Drafting, reviewer workflow, and branded production sit outside that model. FRA Flow prices the production system: reviewer and admin seats are free on every paid tier, report credits are pooled across the team, and annual billing saves around 17 percent. See full tiers on the [pricing page](/pricing/).
Practice
Small consultancies, 2–10 assessors
£249 /month
+ £49 /month
- 8 report credits per assessor
- Unlimited free reviewer + admin seats
- Client branding profiles + QA workflow
Consultancy
Multi-landlord teams, 10–25 assessors
£499 /month
+ £79 /month
- 15 report credits per assessor
- Per-landlord branding + multi-client dashboard
- Priority support + bulk report packs
Prices shown are monthly. Save around 17% by switching to annual at checkout. See full pricing details for overage rates and feature comparison.
25+ assessors, SSO, or a custom integration?
Enterprise plans start from £1,500 / month and include a named CSM, SLA, and custom domains.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask before they commit to a new workflow.
FAQ 01
How is FRA Flow different from FireHub at the workflow level?
FireHub is a PAS 79 capture app with a client portal: pre-populated responses speed up writing on site, and clients log in to see reports and significant findings. FRA Flow extends capture into evidence-linked AI drafting, a reviewer queue with recorded sign-off, and per-landlord branded BS 9792 outputs. See the full workflow on the core software page, or the head-to-head detail on the FRA Flow vs FireHub page.
FAQ 02
Does FRA Flow work on phones, or tablets only?
Both. FRA Flow captures on phone or tablet with offline support. FireHub's FAQs state their app is only suitable for tablets, with scheduling and client liaison handled through their online portal. If your assessors work phone-first, that difference matters from day one.
FAQ 03
Can we keep FireHub for non-housing work and use FRA Flow for housing?
Yes. FRA Flow is housing-only, so consultancies with mixed portfolios sometimes run it alongside a generalist PAS 79 tool. Whether the dual-tool overhead is worth it depends on your housing concentration; for teams that are mostly housing, the methodological fit usually pays for itself.
FAQ 04
Is AI in fire safety reports a liability risk?
AI in FRA Flow accelerates drafting but never signs off. Every AI-generated paragraph is editable, auditable, and traceable to the photo, observation, or risk score that produced it. The competent person signs off the report, not the AI. The audit trail records who approved which version against which evidence, which strengthens defensibility under the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than weakening it.
FAQ 05
Where is our customer data stored?
All customer data, including database, file storage, and AI inference, runs in UK or EU regions only. Nothing leaves the European Economic Area. Full security and data-handling details are on the security page.
FAQ 06
How long does the FireHub-to-FRA-Flow transition take?
About a day of orientation for a tablet-first assessor; the capture patterns are familiar. The changes land downstream: drafting, reviewer queue, recorded sign-off. Historical FireHub reports are not migrated; FRA Flow takes new assessments and annual reviews from your start date, and a multi-assessor team typically pilots on one or two blocks before a full rollout.
See what happens after capture in a real housing FRA.
Book a demo on a portfolio sized like yours. Side-by-side comparison against FireHub welcome.