Navitas Safety is a well-established UK compliance platform — primarily enterprise-focused, strong on IoT temperature monitoring, and aimed at larger organisations. CompliChef is built for the other end of the market: independent food businesses, small groups, and growing operators who need full compliance without enterprise pricing or complexity.
Here's an honest look at where each platform fits.
Navitas Safety does not publish pricing publicly. Access is through a sales process — demo request, needs assessment, and a tailored quote. This is standard for enterprise software and appropriate for the large organisations Navitas targets.
For context: enterprise food safety platforms of this type typically cost several hundred to several thousand pounds per month depending on number of sites, sensor requirements, and contracted services. Implementation may involve managed onboarding.
This model works well for large hotel groups, NHS trusts, university catering, and multi-site chains with dedicated procurement and IT resources. It is not designed for a two-location restaurant group or an independent café owner.
CompliChef publishes its pricing on the website. Single site starts at £29/month, growing restaurant groups from £149/month, and multi-site operators from £699/month. No hidden fees, no setup costs, no implementation charges.
A 14-day free trial gives full access to every feature — no credit card required, no sales call needed. Most businesses are fully set up and logging compliance records on the same day they sign up.
This model is built for UK food business owners who need to make a quick, informed decision without going through a procurement cycle. You know the price before you start.
Navitas Safety's strength is in IoT-connected temperature monitoring — wireless sensors placed in fridges, freezers, and food storage that feed live readings into a central dashboard. For large operations with many pieces of equipment across multiple sites, this automation is genuinely valuable.
The platform also covers food safety management, checklists, and HACCP records. Navitas has expanded into water safety and legionella management, making it a broader health and safety platform beyond food alone.
This breadth makes Navitas a natural fit for organisations that need to manage food safety alongside facilities management, water systems, and estate compliance — large hotels, NHS trusts, universities, and large care home groups.
CompliChef covers the full compliance stack for a UK food business — and uniquely, it extends beyond kitchen compliance into the rest of the operation. KitchenPortal handles every food safety log. StaffPortal manages rota, HR, and training. Labels handles Natasha's Law allergen labelling. RecruitPortal connects with hospitality job seekers.
For temperature sensing, CompliChef supports Bluetooth Inkbird sensors that auto-populate fridge and freezer readings in the app — no proprietary hardware required, no lock-in. Manual probe logging for food temperatures takes under 20 seconds.
CompliChef doesn't try to cover water safety or legionella — it goes deep on food business compliance specifically, building everything a restaurant, café, pub, or care home kitchen needs into one platform at one price.
The most important question in any software comparison isn't "which is better" — it's "which is right for my business".
From £29/month. Published on the website. No quote required, no sales process to go through. You know the cost before you commit to anything.
14-day free trial, self-service setup in under an hour. No implementation consultant, no onboarding programme, no waiting weeks to go live.
Every feature exists for one purpose: helping a UK food business stay compliant, manage staff, and handle allergens. No scope creep into facilities or water safety.
StaffPortal — rota, HR records, training management, payroll reports — is included in your subscription. No separate HR software needed.
Labels handles Natasha's Law compliant allergen and use-by labelling, connected directly to your menu data in KitchenPortal. One ecosystem.
The mobile app works fully offline. Cold rooms, outdoor service, poor signal kitchens — records queue locally and sync automatically when back online.
No spin. There are areas where Navitas Safety genuinely leads, and for the right type of organisation, those things matter.
If you're running a growing independent food business or a small-to-medium group, however, paying enterprise prices for features you don't need doesn't make sense. That's the gap CompliChef exists to fill.
14-day free trial. No credit card. No sales call. Full access from minute one.