Set2Go and BuildPass: which one suits a site induction?

The privacy policy is headed Updated June 27, 2026. It is published by BuildPass Pty Ltd ACN 652 324 635. It says the policy follows the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the GDPR. It describes BuildPass as the company's construction management digital platform. BuildPass privacy policy.

The terms of service are headed Updated July 27, 2026. They say BuildPass is a digital platform to manage building projects and construction sites, and they define the company as BuildPass Pty Ltd ACN 652 324 635. They say the company offers subscriptions of different levels and of varying lengths, including monthly and annual. They say that, where applicable, promotions may affect the subscription fee, which may include free trial periods. They do not state how many days a trial lasts, or whether a card is required to start one. BuildPass terms of service.

The Australian homepage headline is "Construction management software to run your building business." It says BuildPass brings estimating, finance and site management onto one platform, from the first estimate to the final payment. It says head contractors, project managers and consultants across Australia run estimating, site management and finance on BuildPass, from boutique residential to large commercial sites. The site-management list on that page is scheduling, drawings, site diaries, inductions, sign-ons, SWMS and defect management. The page's action is "Book a demo". It does not print a price or a trial length. One FAQ answer says BuildPass was started in Melbourne for Australians across the country. Another says it is built for small and large builders, and names an in-platform SWMS builder. BuildPass Australian homepage.

The plans page says "Pick a Build plan, then bolt on Win & Pay when you're ready. Unlimited projects, subcontractors and workers on every plan." Lite is labelled "Site compliance" and described as "Safety and compliance on site, without the paperwork. Inductions, sign ons, SWMS and site diaries, run from the phone in their pocket." Its listed contents are inductions, sign ons, SWMS, site diaries, checklists, insurances, tickets and BuildPass AI. Standard is labelled "Run the job" and "Most popular", and is "Lite, plus the day-to-day job admin: scheduling, documents, actions, notices and timesheets." Pro is "The full site": drawings, defects, RFIs, submittals and permits, plus workflows, and the longer list adds messaging, pre-qualifications and emergency evacuations. Win & Pay is preconstruction and finance, added to any Build plan. Enterprise is described as multiple entities, single sign on, custom access and permissions, white labelling and access control integrations, plus bespoke reporting, a custom implementation plan, and an SLA on chat and phone support. BuildPass plans.

Our reading: The homepage describes one platform for estimating, finance and the site, for Australian head contractors from boutique residential to large commercial. Lite is the site-compliance slice of that platform: inductions, sign ons, SWMS and site diaries. Set2Go does not publish the estimating or finance half. If that wider platform is what you need, BuildPass is the better fit.

The inductions page says workers scan the site QR or open a link and do their induction on their phone, with their certifications and SWMS in the same flow. The site manager reads the answers and marks the induction reviewed, and a worker with an unfinished induction cannot sign on. The steps say workers confirm their mobile number and fill in their profile, and can carry on in the browser without the app. They can finish it from home. The page says you can drop the QR requirement for some projects or all of them. Workers do a company induction once for the whole business, then a site induction for each project. Updating the induction does not make everyone redo it: BuildPass shows which version they did, and a redo is a request for changes. BuildPass inductions.

The same page says you build a template with questions that only show when an earlier answer calls for them, and you can add the site safety plan as a PDF. The PDF shows page by page. It says "A slide deck needs exporting to PDF first, and Word files aren't accepted." Asked whether one wrong answer can stop a worker passing, it says no: "Questions don't have a pass mark." The answers come back to you, and you mark the induction reviewed or request changes. A setting can stop sign-on until that review. Once an induction is reviewed, you can download a QR code for the worker's helmet sticker. Required certifications and SWMS are steps inside the induction. BuildPass inductions.

Our reading: A PDF of a site safety plan, shown page by page after a slide deck is exported, is not the same as playing the PowerPoint and storing a time for each slide. BuildPass says the questions have no pass mark: a person marks the induction reviewed. Set2Go records a quiz result and issues a certificate when they pass. It does not publish that review step, a helmet-sticker QR, or a company induction that is separate from the site induction.

The sign-on page says workers scan the QR on the hoarding, choose "I am a worker on site", confirm today's Notices, and sign on from their phone. Visitors use a shorter form you set, such as who they are visiting and a photo of their ID, and they can sign themselves off. An unfinished induction always blocks sign on. Settings can also block anyone missing a required certification, or wait until you have reviewed the induction. If you switch it on, sign-on also checks certifications and the company's SWMS. The site manager sees who is still on site in one list. You can tick workers and sign them all off at once, or 7.6 hours after the first sign on. Attendance for a date range can be exported as CSV or PDF, with each worker's hours and a total. The page says each day's sign ons become one record per worker that Timesheets reads. BuildPass sign ons.

The same page says you set a radius around the site. Workers get a push to sign on as they arrive and to sign off as they leave. With auto sign on and off, which the page marks in Beta, the phone does both at the boundary, so the times come from the site rather than memory. Setup is geolocation reminders and auto sign on/off in Sign On settings, a project with coordinates, and location allowed for the BuildPass app. The page says it covers all projects and starts after each worker's first manual sign on at that site. Asked whether BuildPass tracks where workers are, the page says no. Location triggers the reminders and auto sign on. A phone may attach one position when the worker signs on and off. There is no tracking in between, and the team cannot view that position. By default, workers scan the QR every day. You can drop that requirement, or use the arrival push so sign-on opens without a scan. BuildPass sign ons.

The comparison table marks Inductions, Sign ons, SWMS, Tickets, Insurances and Geofencing as included on Lite, Standard and Pro. Safety data sheets are marked not included on Lite and included on Standard and Pro. Emergency evacuations and permits are marked not included on Lite and Standard, and included on Pro. Notices and timesheets are marked not included on Lite. The FAQ says all three plans run site safety and compliance: inductions, sign ons, SWMS, site diaries, forms and checklists. It says Standard adds the day-to-day job admin, including scheduling, documents, actions, notices and timesheets. It says Pro adds drawings, defects, RFIs, submittals, permits, messaging and workflows. Support is live chat on Lite, live chat and phone on Standard, and live chat, phone and a dedicated Customer Success Manager on Pro. Reporting history is the previous 90 days on Lite, and unlimited on Standard and Pro. BuildPass plans.

The Lite page says workers complete their site induction on their own phone before they turn up, SWMS get signed by the people doing the work, and tickets and insurances sit against the company with their expiry dates. The module list says tickets track worker tickets and competencies, with expiry dates. The Geofencing line says "Sign workers on and off automatically as they arrive at and leave the site." The same page says everything listed is included, with no per-project or per-worker charge. It says scheduling, documents, actions, notices, timesheets and the client portal start on Standard, and that drawings, defects, RFIs, submittals, permits, messaging and workflows start on Pro. BuildPass Lite plan.

Our reading: The sign-on page describes confirming today's Notices before sign-on. The plans table marks Notices as not included on Lite, and the plans FAQ puts notices with Standard's job admin. The sign-on page also says each day's sign ons become a record that Timesheets reads, and the plans FAQ puts timesheets on Standard. The Lite page says geofencing signs workers on and off automatically. The sign-on page says auto sign on and off is in Beta, and that the other level is a push to sign on or off. This page quotes both and does not pick one. On 24 October 2026, https://www.buildpass.ai/features/health-and-safety/geofencing returned a 308 redirect to the sign-on page. The sign-on page is the source for that behaviour. BuildPass says location is not continuous tracking. These pages do not describe a PIN, or a check-in that queues with no signal.

The SWMS page says subcontractors send a SWMS through a request link, or fill in the SWMS builder on their phone, with no BuildPass login. The site manager checks it against a review checklist you edit, then marks it reviewed or sends it back. Workers only see SWMS you have reviewed, and they read and sign them during their induction. Each SWMS lists every worker who signed it, with the date and time. A revised file becomes a new version, and workers are asked to sign again. You can set how many days a signature lasts. When it lapses, workers are asked to sign again. You can also record a signature for a worker who signed on paper or has no phone. Asked whether a SWMS can keep someone off site, the page says not by default. For a hard stop, a setting stops workers inducting until their company has a reviewed SWMS on the project. BuildPass SWMS.

Our reading: BuildPass collects a subcontractor's SWMS through a link, with no BuildPass login, and can stop the induction until a reviewed SWMS is on the project. That stop is off by default. Set2Go does not publish that link or that stop. A missing ticket can block BuildPass sign-on when that setting is on. On Set2Go the ticket line is a warning, and check-in still goes ahead. If collecting subcontractor SWMS and blocking the gate on a missing certification is what you need, BuildPass is the better fit.

Asked "Why don't you publish prices?", the plans page says what you pay depends on the plan and how many admin users need a login, and that the answer differs for a five-person builder and a fifty-person head contractor. It says BuildPass would rather show the product and give a real number than post one that turns out to be wrong. It defines an admin user as anyone who works in the BuildPass app rather than the worker app, and gives the site manager as the example. It says subcontractors and workers are not admin users, and that they work in the worker app at no extra charge. It says every plan runs unlimited projects, subcontractors and workers, and that history is not capped. It says "Not locked in." You can move between Lite, Standard and Pro, and add or remove admin users, at any time, by emailing support@buildpass.ai. The page does not print a dollar amount. Win & Pay is offered by booking a demo. BuildPass plans.

The signup page's HTML shell does not print a price. A script on that page prints three cards: Lite at $129/mo, Standard at $149/mo, and Pro at $349/mo. Each card says Includes 3 users. Lite adds $49/mo per additional user. Standard adds $59/mo per additional user and is marked most popular. Pro adds $99/mo per additional user. The Lite lines are Photos, Documents, Daily Logs, Safety Management and Compliance Tracking. Standard adds Scheduling, Drawing, Punch Lists and Team Collaboration. Pro adds Workflows, Custom Reporting, API Access and Priority Support. That script does not say the amounts are Australian dollars, does not mention GST, and does not mention a trial. BuildPass signup.

On fees, the terms say all fees are payable in Australian dollars, though a transaction may be processed in an equivalent foreign currency such as US dollars. They say: "GST is applicable to any Fees charged by the Company. Unless expressed otherwise, all Fees shall be deemed exclusive of GST." They say the company will provide a tax invoice. They also say subscription fees renew automatically for the same length unless cancelled, and that a fee already paid for the current period is not refunded. BuildPass terms of service.

Our reading: The plans page does not print a dollar amount, and it says why. The signup script prints $129/mo, $149/mo and $349/mo, each with 3 users included, plus a per-user amount. It does not say those amounts are Australian dollars, and it does not mention GST. The terms say fees are payable in Australian dollars, and that unless a fee is expressed otherwise, fees are exclusive of GST. The signup script does not express GST. This page does not add GST, and it does not treat the signup amounts as the price on the plans page. The signup cards say "users". The plans page says "admin users", and it says workers are not charged. This page does not treat those words as the same limit. The signup feature lines also do not match the plans table: signup Lite lists Documents, and the plans page starts documents on Standard; signup Standard lists Drawing, and the plans page starts drawings on Pro. The terms allow a promotion to include a free trial period. They do not state a length, and they do not say whether a card is required. The product pages say book a demo. Set2Go prices include GST.