Q-Hub vs EcoOnline
EcoOnline is an EHS platform built around chemical safety, and for chemical-heavy sites it is genuinely strong. Q-Hub is a QHSE system built around ISO certification. The question is whether your compliance is led by substances or by standards.
At a glance
Every row is checkable. The EcoOnline column reflects what they publish on their own solutions list. Source: ecoonline.com/pricing, read 21 September 2026.
| Feature | EcoOnline | Q-Hub |
|---|---|---|
| What each covers | ||
Built for EvidenceTheir solutions list names EHS Software, Chemical Safety, Control of Work, Incident Management, Risk Management, Emergency Response and ESG. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | EHS, led by chemical safety | Quality, health, safety and environment |
Quality management EvidenceTheir solutions list names EHS Software, Audit & Inspections, Control of Work, Incident Management, Risk Management, Chemical Safety, Emergency Response, Crisis Management, StaySafe Lone Worker, ESG Software and Training & eLearning. Quality management is not among them. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Not named in their solutions list | Yes — ISO 9001 in the same system |
| Audit management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Risk management | ✓ | ✓ |
Training EvidenceTheir solutions list names "Training & eLearning (LMS, eLearning Content, Access Control)". Source · checked 2026-09-21 | ✓ | ✓ |
Document control with version history EvidenceDocument control is not named among their solutions. Chemical Safety includes "SDS Authoring", which is document authoring for safety data sheets rather than controlled-document management. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Not named in their solutions list | ✓ |
CAPA / corrective actions EvidenceCAPA and corrective actions are not named among their solutions. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Not named in their solutions list | ✓ |
| Commercials | ||
Published pricing EvidenceTheir pricing page contains no figures, currency amounts or pricing tiers. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Not published | Yes — from £85/month |
Implementation EvidenceTheir pricing page makes no statement about implementation, onboarding or setup fees. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Not stated | A separate one-off set-up cost |
| Where they go further | ||
Chemical safety and SDS management EvidenceTheir solutions list names Chemical Safety with "Chemical Distribution, COSHH Risk Assessment, Chemical Management, SDS Authoring", plus a free SDS database. Q-Hub ships COSHH assessment templates inside risk assessment; it does not manage a chemical inventory or safety data sheets. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Yes — full module with an SDS database | COSHH assessment templates only |
Lone worker monitoring EvidenceTheir solutions list names "StaySafe Lone Worker" including "app, reporting hub, outsourced monitoring, satellite mode, panic button, low signal mode". Q-Hub covers lone working as procedures and records, not live monitoring. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Yes — StaySafe, with panic button and monitoring | Procedures and records only |
Control of work / permits EvidenceTheir solutions list names "Control of Work". Q-Hub does not offer permit-to-work or control-of-work management. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Yes — named module | No — not offered |
Emergency and crisis management EvidenceTheir solutions list names "Emergency Response Software" and "Crisis Management Software". Q-Hub does not offer these. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Yes — named modules | No — not offered |
ESG and carbon accounting EvidenceTheir solutions list names "ESG Software (ESG Framework Reporting, Climate Risk Software, Carbon Accounting)". Q-Hub covers ISO 14001 environmental compliance. Source · checked 2026-09-21 | Yes — framework reporting, climate risk, carbon accounting | Environmental compliance, not carbon accounting |
Competitor pricing as published by each vendor. Figures marked ≈ are converted from the currency they were published in at today’s rate, for comparison only.
Competitor details read from their own published materials, last checked 2026-09-21.
Switching from EcoOnline
What a move actually involves.
What comes across
Documents, training records, audit history, risk assessments and asset registers, with folder structures and permissions mapped rather than flattened.
What stays behind
Chemical inventories and safety data sheets. We do not hold them, so if you move you keep a chemical system or change how you work. Better to know now.
Run both for a while
Most customers run old and new in parallel for two to four weeks. Nobody is asked to cut over on a Friday and hope.
What we cannot promise
We have not migrated an EcoOnline tenant end to end. Bring your export format to the call and we will tell you what we know and what we would need to test.
Trusted by compliance teams worldwide
“Qhub provides a visible, intuitive way to manage data and workflows, revolutionising our approach to operations”
Fowlers of Bristol (Engineers) Ltd
Operations director
“Qhub helps us to... proactively use our QMS... and increase efficiency”
Anglia Cathodic Protection Services
Business manager
“Really made a difference with providing compliance during audits – both regulatory, customer, and internal.”
Auxitrol Weston
Quality manager
“QHub has supported us in achieving a higher compliance rate.”
BMC Analysis
Technical Manager/ Quality Manage
“We can't believe how fast we were able to get it up and running.”
Cawood Group
“Managing NCRs are now so much easier”
Enviromesh
Quality manager
“Where was this 2 years ago... we're blown away”
Jaltek
Compliance manager for Jaltek
“Qhub has improved our safety management system no end, making it very efficient”
Rocal Endurance Doors
Compliance manager
“We use it for as much as possible.”
Scottish Leather Group
Compliance manager
Connects with the tools you already use
Q-Hub connects to your existing tools via REST API, webhooks and SSO, with bespoke connectors on request. More integrations coming soon.
Your data is safe with us
Each certification and commitment, with the detail behind it.
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Enterprise EHSQ platform
- Deep enterprise features
- Global presence
- Strong analytics
- Complex implementation
- Expensive
Where EcoOnline is the better choice
Cases where we would tell you to choose them, because a comparison page that never concedes is not worth reading.
Chemicals are your core problem
- EcoOnline
- Yes — full module with an SDS database
- Q-Hub
- COSHH assessment templates only
They run chemical distribution, chemical management, COSHH risk assessment, SDS authoring and a free SDS database. Q-Hub ships COSHH assessment templates inside risk assessment — useful, but not a chemical inventory. If substances are the centre of your programme, they win this outright.
You need lone workers monitored
- EcoOnline
- Yes — StaySafe, with panic button and monitoring
- Q-Hub
- Procedures and records only
StaySafe gives them an app, a reporting hub, outsourced monitoring, satellite mode, a panic button and low-signal mode. Q-Hub covers lone working as procedures and records, not live monitoring. That is a real gap, not a positioning difference.
You run permits or crisis response
- EcoOnline
- Yes — named module
- Q-Hub
- No — not offered
Their list names Control of Work, Emergency Response and Crisis Management. Q-Hub offers none of the three.
Where Q-Hub is the better choice
Each one checkable against their own published material.
ISO 9001 in the same system
Quality is in the system, not missing from it
- EcoOnline
- Not named in their solutions list
- Q-Hub
- Yes — ISO 9001 in the same system
EcoOnline’s solutions list runs EHS, Audit & Inspections, Control of Work, Incident, Risk, Chemical Safety, Emergency Response, Crisis Management, StaySafe, ESG and Training. Quality management is not among them. If you certify to ISO 9001 as well as 45001 and 14001, that is a second system and a second set of evidence to reconcile.
CAPA that closes the loop
- EcoOnline
- Not named in their solutions list
- Q-Hub
- Yes
Corrective and preventive action is not named among their solutions. In Q-Hub an audit finding, a near miss and a supplier non-conformance all enter one register with root cause, owner, due date and an effectiveness check.
Document control, not document authoring
- EcoOnline
- Not named in their solutions list
- Q-Hub
- Yes
Their chemical module includes SDS Authoring — writing safety data sheets. That is a different job from controlled-document management: version history, approval routing, sign-off, and downloaded copies watermarked as uncontrolled.
£85 a month, published
You can see the price first
- EcoOnline
- Not published
- Q-Hub
- Yes — from £85/month
Their pricing page carries no figures. Q-Hub publishes its plans, so you can build a business case before anyone books a call.
The short answer
Read this and you may not need the rest of the page.
Choose EcoOnline if…
Chemicals are the centre of your programme. You need an SDS database, chemical inventory, COSHH at scale, and lone-worker monitoring with a panic button. That is what they are built for and we are not.
Choose Q-Hub if…
You are certifying to ISO 9001 alongside 45001 and 14001, and you need document control, CAPA and an audit programme in one system — with the price on the website.
Choose neither if…
You need both a full chemical safety database and a certifiable quality system. You are looking at two products, and it is better to say so now than discover it in week three.
Frequently asked questions
No. Q-Hub ships COSHH assessment templates within risk assessment, but it does not manage a chemical inventory or hold safety data sheets. If chemical safety is the reason you bought EcoOnline, keep it.
Yes, all three in one system, sharing a document library, one CAPA register and one audit programme. Quality management is not named among EcoOnline’s solutions.
Q-Hub publishes £85, £245 and £530 a month. EcoOnline publishes no figures, so you would need a quote to compare. We will not estimate their price for you.
Not as live monitoring. We hold lone-working procedures and records; EcoOnline’s StaySafe does check-ins, alerts and a panic button. If that is essential, they are the better answer.
The average full implementation and rollout takes around three months. Smaller teams can build Q-Hub up more quickly, and your implementation manager agrees a realistic timeline with you during discovery.
Yes. Support is UK-based. Every plan includes the support system, with tickets and feedback channels, and a Support + plan is available for more hands-on help.