Avetta vs COMPASS by Bespoke Metrics

• Who it is for: Avetta serves hiring clients (health and safety, procurement and risk teams) and the contractors and suppliers who must qualify to work for them; construction is one of several industries it covers. COMPASS is for general contractors managing subcontractor risk, and describes COMPASS Eval as designed by and for GCs.
• Collecting the data: Avetta says it collects, reviews and monitors safety performance, audits, certifications and documents, with in-house specialists tailoring requirements and verifications to local rules. COMPASS collects through the 1Form, a standardized qualification form it says meets the data collection standards of over 70 North American GCs and satisfies over 92% of surety applications (vendor claims), with a dedicated team that answers subcontractors by phone or email.
• What gets assessed: Avetta covers health and safety, financial viability, diversity qualifications, workforce risk and liability in one platform, runs safety audits where its auditors work with the contractor to close gaps, offers Tōtika accredited prequalification in New Zealand and FMCSA motor carrier data. COMPASS's Q Score is a numerical, rules-based assessment from an independent third party covering business, finance and health and safety, and its GC-specific automated limit model suggests a maximum subcontractor exposure you can accept, review or override.
• Checking submissions: COMPASS says a data verification team of financial analysts checks key data, machine learning highlights potential issues, a person reviews supporting documents, and alerts show where data could not be verified. Avetta says AI extracts data from uploaded contractor and supplier forms and flags missing or inaccurate information before submission, its compliance staff review worker records with AI and OCR, and an AI co-pilot assists its auditors.
• AI: Avetta describes AskAva, which it calls the industry's first generative AI risk assistant, for job hazard analyses, safety inspections and incident investigations, and lists Safety Advisor (OSHA-trained AI guidance, U.S. only) on its supplier plans; it stays tagged AI features added. COMPASS's only AI-adjacent mention is machine learning in data verification, so it stays Not AI-first.
• Beyond prequalification: COMPASS Eval holds internal subcontractor reviews from standardized questions, visible only to your organization, and can import reviews from earlier systems; COMPASS Connect offers an API and Workato-based integrations, and the homepage describes integrated bid management. Avetta's navigation lists insurance verification, worker management, field safety and ESG modules.
• Pricing (checked Oct 20, 2026): neither publishes dollar figures. Avetta says pricing is customized; supplier plans run from Directory (no client connections) to client-connected Standard, Plus (adds insurance and injury and illness verification) and Advanced (adds a supplier safety compliance audit), priced by number of client connections and project or trade risk level, with a Vetify expedited compliance add-on that assigns a dedicated specialist. COMPASS lists no prices; its call to action is a demo with its Client Success team.
• Not used here: Avetta's network counters, per-plan savings figures and customer outcome figures and quotes, and COMPASS's homepage "trusted by" line. Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

Paraphrased from the sources listed above. Vendor claims are reported as claims.