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 Stroma alternative built around BS 9792 and housing-first workflow?
Stroma operates across UK building safety, fire engineering, and FRA software. FRA Flow is a focused housing FRA tool with a BS 9792-led data model and reviewer-first QA. The right fit depends on whether you want a broader Stroma services relationship or a focused FRA software product.
No card. Two reports a month, free forever.
- Housing-focused product
- BS 9792-led
- Reviewer-first QA
Where they differ
Scope of offering, methodology emphasis, and operating model.
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Scope of offering
Stroma combines software with broader fire engineering, building control, and certification services. FRA Flow is software only.
02
Methodology emphasis
FRA Flow centres BS 9792:2025 from the data model up rather than carrying it as one of many templates.
03
Housing focus
FRA Flow is built specifically for UK housing FRA teams. Stroma covers a wider building-type estate.
04
QA discipline
FRA Flow makes competent reviewer sign-off the default operating discipline. The reviewer queue is a first-class workflow surface.
05
AI drafting
FRA Flow offers AI-drafted narrative where every drafted line links back to its source observation, photo or risk evaluation.
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Pricing
FRA Flow uses per-assessor pricing with workspace base on team tiers; reviewer and admin seats free. Stroma's software pricing varies with the wider services relationship.
When Stroma is the right call
When the broader services relationship matters.
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You want a single supplier across software and consulting, with the option to bring in Stroma fire engineering or certification services.02
You operate across many building types beyond housing and want one platform across the lot.03
You have an established Stroma relationship and the consulting services are central to your operating model.04
Your buying process favours larger, multi-service vendors over focused software products.When FRA Flow is the right call
When a focused housing FRA product makes more sense.
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Your work concentrates in UK housing FRAs and you want a tool built around that scope.02
You already have your consulting and certification relationships and want to choose your FRA software independently.03
You want BS 9792:2025 as the default shape of every assessment.04
You operate a reviewer-first QA discipline and want the software to enforce sign-off as the default expectation.05
You see value in evidence-linked AI drafting where every drafted line traces back to its source.06
You want transparent per-assessor pricing without bundled services adjustments.How to evaluate
A practical evaluation process.
For teams considering both, the honest evaluation is to separate the software question from the services question. The software question is which tool produces the better workflow and report on a real housing assessment. The services question is whether the broader Stroma offering aligns with your operating model. The two questions can be answered independently.
For teams considering FRA Flow, we offer a demo on a portfolio sized to your team. The demo focuses on the housing FRA workflow specifically, with no consulting or certification cross-sell. After the demo, a free trial period lets you run a real assessment without commitment.
Operational fit
How a focused-software model affects day-to-day operations.
The choice between a multi-service vendor and a focused-product vendor changes the shape of the operating relationship more than the feature comparison suggests. With a multi-service vendor, the relationship typically runs through an account team that covers software alongside consulting and certification. Software requests, consulting requests, and certification queries route through the same channel. Larger teams may value the convenience; smaller teams sometimes find it adds friction to questions that should be straightforward.
With a focused product, the operating relationship is software-only. Support requests, feature feedback, and roadmap conversations all sit in software territory. Consulting and certification, where you need them, sit with whatever consultants and certification bodies your team already works with. The trade-off is fewer cross-disciplinary conversations through one channel; the upside is sharper software accountability and clearer decision-making on the software side.
For housing-focused teams whose consulting and certification relationships are stable, the focused-software pattern often pays for itself in transaction simplicity. For teams in flux, the integrated approach has its own logic.
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 Stroma's software product?
FRA Flow is housing-focused and BS 9792:2025-shaped from the data model up. It does software only, with no consulting or certification offering bundled. Stroma covers a wider building-type estate alongside its services arm. For housing teams who want the consulting question separate from the software question, the focused-product model fits better.
FAQ 02
Can we use FRA Flow alongside an existing Stroma services relationship?
Yes. FRA Flow does not compete with Stroma's consulting, fire engineering or certification services. Many teams operate dual-vendor patterns where a focused FRA product handles software while consulting and certification stay with their existing supplier. The choice is independent.
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 does FRA Flow handle the certification question that Stroma covers?
FRA Flow does not provide certification or accreditation services. For competent assessor recognition, FRA Flow surfaces the assessor's competence basis (typically PAS 7:2024-aligned) on the issued report's sign-off block. The accreditation itself sits with the assessor's own scheme membership, separate from the software.
See FRA Flow run a real housing FRA end to end.
Book a demo on a portfolio sized like yours. Software-only conversation, no consulting bundle.