Envoy alternative
An Envoy alternative with permit to work, for a UK manufacturing site
Somebody whose building runs Envoy recommended it, you have read the plans, and you are close to signing. Then the question came up: where does the contractor’s permit go? As of 26 September 2026, Envoy’s pricing page lists three Visitors plans and none of them mentions a permit to work, and neither does the Visitors product page. This page is what we publish on the same rows, and the permit path in six steps.
Sign in on a demonstration kiosk, then open the fire roll call on your phone. Do not enter real details: everything typed is deleted within the hour. Badge printing and Permit to Work are not in the demonstration.
Facts about Envoy read on 26 September 2026, from Envoy’s own pages, linked below. We have no connection with Envoy and they have had no part in this page.
What Envoy publishes
Four things, in Envoy’s own words
None of this says anything about how good Envoy’s product is, and for the building your peer runs it in, it may be exactly right. It is what their own pages say about price, hardware, permits and who owns the company, which is what you need before you sign, and it is dated because published pages move.
- PriceThree Visitors plans on the pricing page: Basic, free with limited features; Premium, $362 per location a month billed annually; Enterprise, custom pricing. The page is in US dollars and shows no currency selector and no UK figure.
- HardwareNot included. “For Visitors, you’ll need an iPad running on iOS 10+.” A stand and a badge printer are recommended accessories, sold through the Envoy Store.
- Permit to workNot mentioned on any Visitors plan on the pricing page, nor anywhere on the Visitors product page, as of 26 September 2026. “Contractor” appears once on each: the pricing page’s line about emergency notifications to visitors and contractors who are checked in, and the product page’s “Centralize visitor and contractor operations”.
- OwnershipEnvoy, headquartered in San Francisco. Its about page names Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures and Brookfield Growth among its investors. Whether it is private or public is not stated on the page.
Side by side
Only the things that are published facts
There is no feature checklist here, and no row where we score ourselves against their software. Those tables are written to be won. Where Envoy has not published an answer, the cell says so rather than guessing, and one row is left out for the same reason.
| Noon Elite | Envoy Visitors | |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | £150 a month plus VAT per site, on the pricing page. Modules £150 each. | Visitors Basic is free with limited features. Visitors Premium is $362 per location a month, billed annually. Enterprise is custom pricing. US dollars; no UK price is published. |
| Hardware | iPad and stand included in the monthly price, and replaced by us if they fail. | Not included. The pricing page says you will need an iPad running iOS 10 or later, and points to the Envoy Store for a stand and a badge printer. |
| Permit to work | A Permit to Work module on the same kiosk and in the same record, £150 a month plus VAT, in early access. RAMS read on the contractor’s own phone before the permit is signed. | Not mentioned on any Visitors plan on the pricing page, nor on the Visitors product page. “Contractor” appears once on each: emergency notifications to visitors and contractors who are checked in, and centralising visitor and contractor operations. |
| Who installs it | We do, on your site, including setting up your site rules and training reception. | No installation service is described on the pricing page. You supply and set up the iPad. |
| Owned by | Noon Elite Ltd, company 17223153. One shareholder, no investors. | Envoy, headquartered in San Francisco. Its own about page names Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures and Brookfield Growth among its investors. |
| Breadth | Visitor and contractor sign in, and modules for it. Nothing else, ever. | Visitors is one of five products on the pricing page, beside Response, Reservations, Screens and Deliveries, each priced separately. |
Our list prices in fullThe three way table, with Sign In App and EpturaThree years, the terms and the risks, on one page
How it works at Noon Elite
The permit path, in six steps
Two people log in, the manager and the contractor’s office. The engineer on the day needs a six digit code and their own phone. The visitor sign in, the fire roll call and the permit are one record on one kiosk.
- 1
The job is raised
The manager raises the job.
- 2
The office does the paperwork
The contractor’s office completes the RAMS review and uploads insurance, accreditations and method statements before the day.
- 3
The manager authorises
The manager authorises and a six digit code goes to the office.
- 4
The engineer arrives
The engineer arrives at the kiosk with the code and is on the roll call from that moment.
- 5
The RAMS is read and the permit signed
A QR code opens the permit on their own phone, where they read the RAMS to the end before answering the workface checks and signing.
- 6
Sign out and close out
Sign out at the kiosk, close out on the dashboard, and a PDF with every signature.
The permit to work moduleContractor sign in, RAMS and site rulesThe fire roll call
See it work
A contractor permit, raised to signed off, in ten minutes
One job, from the manager raising it to nobody being able to invoice until the fire watch has been signed. The contractor’s office does the RAMS from a link in an email, and the engineer signs in with a six digit code.
Recorded end to end against a demonstration site: every name, company, document and reading in it is fictional. The player loads from YouTube only when you press play. What happens when you do.
Before you sign anywhere
The nine questions to put to any supplier
Put these to Envoy, to us, and to anyone else on the list. The page they come from says why each one matters and how we answer it, including the one we answer with a date rather than a yes.
- Is the permit native to the system, or a partner product?
- Is a contractor on a permit on the fire roll call from the second they sign in at the kiosk?
- Is the RAMS read on the contractor’s own phone, to the end, before they can sign?
- Is it your permit form, your sub-permits and your statements, or a generic one?
- Can a member of your staff accept a contractor before they walk to the job?
- On a multi-day permit, is there a quick daily sign in and out?
- Where is the permit data processed, and under whose data processing agreement?
- What is the all-in figure for one site over three years, including hardware, setup and the permit module?
- How many working days from acceptance to live, and who changes the form in month four?
Sign with them
When Envoy is the right answer
- You are an office estate, not a plant. If the reception in question is a lobby with a turnstile and the contractor question is rare, Envoy’s Visitors product is built for exactly that, and the peer who recommended it was right for their building.
- You are buying Response, Reservations, Screens or Deliveries as well. Envoy prices five products side by side and they are meant to be bought together. We sell visitor and contractor sign in and modules for it, and nothing else.
- You have many sites, or several countries. At that size you want a vendor with a support rota, a status page and an account team. We are one person. That is a genuine risk at scale and no amount of copywriting changes it.
- The permit can stay on paper. If contractors are a handful a year and the permit pad in the office works, a visitor product without permits is not a gap. Sign with them.
Look at us
When we are
- You need the permit and the sign in in one record. The contractor who signed in at the kiosk is the same contractor whose permit was authorised, whose RAMS was read and whose name is on the roll call. One contract, one data processing agreement, one person to ring.
- You want a UK price in pounds, with the hardware in it. Ours is £150 a month plus VAT per site with setup from £599, on the pricing page, including the iPad, the stand, support and replacements. The permit module is £150 a month on top.
- You are a manufacturing site with an auditor, not a lobby. Contractors, goods in, a declaration accepted on screen and a fire roll call of everybody signed in are the parts we built first, because they are the parts our customers get asked about.
- You want somebody to turn up. Install, configuration and reception training happen on your site, in person, inside the setup fee, and the person who does it wrote the software.
What the kiosk doesA customer who chose usWhere your data would live
Before you ask
The questions people looking at Envoy ask us
Does Envoy do permit to work?
Not at any published tier as of 26 September 2026. Envoy’s pricing page lists Visitors Basic, Premium and Enterprise and none of the three mentions a permit to work; the Visitors product page does not mention one either. Both are linked under these questions. Check them on the day you decide, because that can change.
How much does Envoy cost in the UK?
Envoy publishes its prices in US dollars and no UK figure. On 26 September 2026 its pricing page showed Visitors Basic as free with limited features, Visitors Premium at $362 per location a month billed annually, and Enterprise as custom pricing. The iPad is not included. Ours is published in pounds: £150 a month plus VAT per site, setup from £599, iPad and stand included.
Can we keep Envoy for visitors and add a permit product beside it?
Yes, and many sites do. It means two contracts, two data processing agreements and two support desks, and an integration between them that is the third thing to break. The first of the nine questions on our buyer’s checklist is about exactly that, and it is worth asking any supplier, us included.
Is Noon Elite an alternative to Envoy?
For a UK manufacturing site of roughly 20 to 200 staff, with one reception or a handful of sites, contractors who need permits and an auditor who asks about them, yes: that is who it is built for. For a multinational office estate buying visitors, deliveries and room booking together, no, and Envoy is the more honest fit.
Is the permit module live?
It is built and demonstrated, and it is in early access. The walkthrough on this page is the real module, recorded end to end against a demonstration site. The first production site is being onboarded, and the price is the published early access rate of £150 a month plus VAT.
Why should we trust an alternatives page written by a vendor?
You should not, entirely. What you can do is check it: every claim about Envoy on this page comes from Envoy’s own pricing page, its Visitors product page or its about page, all three linked at the bottom with the date they were read. We have made no claim about how good their product is, because we have not run it on your site.
Sources
Check every line of this yourself
- Envoy pricingVisitors Basic, Premium and Enterprise, the iPad requirement, and the four other products priced beside it. No mention of a permit to work at any tier.
- Envoy VisitorsThe product page: sign in, host notifications, security integrations, identity verification, badges, the audit trail, occupancy and documents. No mention of a permit to work.
- About EnvoyThe San Francisco headquarters and the investors named on the page.
- Noon Elite pricingOurs, on the same basis: list price, published, with what it includes.
- The nine questionsWhere every claim about the permit module on this page is made first, with its source.
Envoy’s pages read on 26 September 2026; the Noon Elite rows checked September 2026. Envoy is a trademark of its owner, which has not endorsed, reviewed or had any part in this page. If you work there and something above is wrong or out of date, email [email protected] and it will be corrected.
Next step
Bring the Envoy quote and your permit form to the call
Fifteen minutes on the phone. Tell us what Envoy quoted, how contractors arrive today and what your permit looks like, and we will tell you straight whether one system here does both, or whether you should sign with them.
Book a 15 minute callNo site visit needed and nothing to install. If Envoy is the better fit we will say so on the call.
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The platform reference is JK Powell, a Derbyshire metal packaging site running the kiosk without the permit module.