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 Riskbase alternative built around BS 9792 and housing-first workflow?
Riskbase is a long-established FRA platform with a deep feature set across building types. FRA Flow is a housing-focused, BS 9792-led tool with a sharper reviewer model. The right choice depends on the shape of your portfolio and the priorities of your QA process.
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- Housing-first
- BS 9792-led
- Reviewer-first QA
Where they differ
Scope, methodology emphasis, and QA model.
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Scope
Riskbase covers many building types beyond housing. FRA Flow is housing-focused (blocks of flats, HMOs, sheltered, care, student, mixed-use, BTR).
02
Methodology emphasis
Riskbase has a comprehensive PAS 79 and BS 9792 lineage. FRA Flow centres BS 9792:2025 from the data model up rather than as a template option.
03
QA model
Riskbase supports peer review. FRA Flow makes competent reviewer sign-off the default operating discipline rather than an optional step.
04
Evidence linkage
Both link evidence to findings. FRA Flow surfaces orphan findings (findings without traceable evidence) as a workflow check before sign-off.
05
AI drafting
FRA Flow offers AI-drafted narrative where the drafted line links back to the observation it came from. Riskbase's AI position is evolving.
06
Pricing
Riskbase prices on its own model. FRA Flow uses per-assessor pricing with workspace base on team tiers; reviewer and admin seats are free.
When Riskbase is the right call
When the established alternative makes more sense.
01
Your portfolio spans many non-housing building types and the consistency of one tool across all of them is a primary requirement.02
You have a deeply embedded Riskbase workflow with significant historical data and the migration cost outweighs the methodological benefit.03
Your assessors and reviewers are highly trained on Riskbase specifically and the team prefers continuity over transition.04
The Riskbase feature set you rely on (specific report templates, integrations, output formats) is materially better for your needs than what FRA Flow offers today.When FRA Flow is the right call
When a housing-first BS 9792 tool makes more sense.
01
Your work concentrates in UK housing FRAs and the housing-first scope is genuinely useful rather than limiting.02
You want the BS 9792:2025 methodology as the default shape of every assessment, not a template option.03
You operate a reviewer-first QA discipline and want the software to make sign-off the default expectation.04
You are setting up a new programme without significant historical data to migrate.05
Per-assessor pricing with free reviewer and admin seats fits your team shape better than the alternative's pricing model.06
You see value in evidence-linked AI drafting where every drafted line traces back to its source observation.How to evaluate
A practical evaluation process.
The honest evaluation is to run a real assessment in both tools end to end. Pick one block of flats from your portfolio. Carry out the same assessment in both products from on-site capture through draft, review and sign-off. Compare the time taken, the audit trail produced, the report output, and the experience of the reviewer doing the QA. The differences between FRA software products show up at the workflow level much more than at the feature checklist level.
For teams considering FRA Flow, we offer a demo on a real housing portfolio sized to your team. The demo includes a walkthrough of the BS 9792 workflow, the reviewer queue, and the issued report shape. After the demo, a free trial period lets you run a real assessment without commitment.
Switching cost
What a Riskbase to FRA Flow transition actually looks like.
For housing-focused teams considering the switch, the migration question is not "can we move all our historical reports across?" The pragmatic answer is no, and we do not recommend trying. The right transition pattern is operational rather than retrospective: FRA Flow becomes the system for new assessments and annual reviews going forward, while Riskbase keeps the historical record where it sits today.
In practice, this means the first cycle of annual reviews after switch is the moment new FRA Flow records start to populate. The second cycle is when the team is fully operating in the new workflow. The historical Riskbase reports remain accessible as PDF outputs in your records system; new BS 9792 work runs in FRA Flow alongside.
The training cost is one to two days for a competent assessor moving from Riskbase to FRA Flow. The methodology is the same; the workflow patterns differ in specific ways (how observations attach to BS 9792 sections, how the reviewer queue surfaces work, how AI drafting traces back to evidence). For a multi-assessor team, we recommend a short pilot on one or two blocks before a full team rollout.
Plans and pricing
Priced like a report production system.
Reviewer and admin seats are free on every paid tier. Report credits are pooled across the team so one busy assessor does not run out while another has spare capacity. Annual billing saves around 17 percent. See full tiers, including the free tier and Enterprise, 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 Riskbase at the workflow level?
Riskbase is form-builder oriented across many building types. FRA Flow is BS 9792-shaped specifically for housing, with the current British Standard as the data model rather than a template option. The reviewer-first sign-off model is the default discipline rather than an optional step. AI drafting is evidence-linked: every drafted line traces back to the source observation rather than being a free-form generated paragraph.
FAQ 02
Can we use Riskbase for non-housing and FRA Flow for housing?
Yes. Many consultancies operate dual-tool patterns where a housing-focused product runs alongside a generalist tool. The choice depends on whether the operational overhead of two tools is worth the methodological fit on each. For teams with a heavy housing concentration, the dual pattern often pays for itself; for teams with light housing exposure, a single tool is usually simpler.
FAQ 03
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 04
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 05
What does pricing actually cost a small consultancy?
A 5-assessor Practice team is £249 base plus 5 × £49 = £494 per month on monthly billing, or roughly £394 per month on annual. That includes 40 pooled report credits per month, free reviewer and admin seats, and per-landlord branding. Overage is £12 per report. Full breakdown on the pricing page.
FAQ 06
How long does the Riskbase-to-FRA-Flow transition take?
A single competent assessor running their next FRA in FRA Flow needs about a day of orientation. A multi-assessor consultancy typically runs a one-block or two-block pilot over a couple of weeks before a full team rollout. Historical Riskbase reports are not migrated; FRA Flow becomes the system for new assessments going forward, and Riskbase keeps the historical record where it sits.
See FRA Flow run a real housing FRA end to end.
Book a demo on a portfolio sized like yours. Compare the workflow against your current tool with a real assessment.