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Alcumus alternative: Alcumus vs Featherstone Safety Hub
If you are comparing Alcumus with Featherstone Safety Hub, the key difference is scale and focus. Alcumus is a large risk management and compliance group serving bigger organisations and supply chains, including well-known contractor accreditation schemes. Featherstone Safety Hub is focused, transparently priced health and safety software built for UK SMEs, from £29 per month with no tie-in.
Competitor information sourced from public pages and checked June 2026. Features or pricing not clearly advertised as included on their public pages as at that date are not described as included. This is not an authoritative comparison. Verify directly with each provider.
Written by Thomas Featherstone, NEBOSH IGC-qualified and IOSH Managing Safely trained · Reviewed June 2026
What is Alcumus?
Alcumus is a large provider of risk management, compliance and certification services, well known for supply chain and contractor accreditation as well as software and consultancy. Its solutions are often oriented towards larger organisations and complex supply chains, and pricing is arranged through its sales process rather than published openly.
What is Featherstone Safety Hub?
Featherstone Safety Hub is dedicated health and safety software for UK small and medium businesses, built by Thomas Featherstone (NEBOSH IGC, IOSH Managing Safely). It focuses on doing SME health and safety management well: risk assessments, COSHH, the training matrix, an incident register with RIDDOR screening, evidence and monthly reviews, with transparent pricing and a free trial.
The key differences
The contrast is mainly one of scale and focus:
- Target size: Alcumus is oriented towards larger organisations and supply chains. Featherstone Safety Hub is built for SMEs.
- Breadth: Alcumus spans certification, accreditation and enterprise risk. Featherstone Safety Hub focuses on day-to-day SME H&S management.
- Pricing: Alcumus is arranged via sales. Featherstone Safety Hub publishes its prices openly from £29 per month.
- Simplicity: Featherstone Safety Hub is designed to be run by a non-specialist, the same day.
- Free trial: Featherstone Safety Hub offers a 14-day free trial.
Which is right for you?
Alcumus suits larger organisations with complex supply chains or specific accreditation needs. Featherstone Safety Hub suits SMEs that want straightforward, affordable software to manage their own health and safety without enterprise cost or complexity.
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Common questions
Alcumus solutions are often oriented towards larger organisations and supply chains, including contractor accreditation. Smaller businesses may find a focused SME tool more proportionate.
No. It is health and safety management software for SMEs, not a contractor accreditation scheme, though it helps you keep the records such schemes ask for.
Yes. It is £29 per month for Starter and £79 per month for Professional, with a 14-day free trial and no long-term contract.
Yes. It was built by Thomas Featherstone (NEBOSH IGC, IOSH Managing Safely) with the professional structure built in, so owners and managers can run it themselves.
Yes. The incident register includes built-in RIDDOR screening.
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