What each platform is actually built for
WHS Monitor is an established Australian WHS compliance platform used by mid-to-large organisations. Its strength is compliance tracking, regulatory update monitoring, and a large SDS library for hazardous chemical management. It serves a broad Australian compliance market and is positioned as a comprehensive system for organisations with dedicated WHS teams.
RAE IQ is a compliance drafting and register platform built for Australian SMEs: businesses with 5 to 200 employees where safety is the job of an HR manager, a site supervisor, an operations lead, or the owner. Its core differentiator is AI-powered, jurisdiction-aware document drafting — SWMS, risk assessments, toolbox talks, WHS management system content — grounded in a 7-tier authority hierarchy and traceable to source.
The primary question when choosing: what is your biggest compliance problem right now? If it is writing accurate, jurisdiction-specific safety documents without a safety lawyer on retainer, RAE IQ is faster and cheaper. If it is enterprise-wide compliance tracking across 500+ employees and multiple sites, WHS Monitor has the depth.
Choose WHS Monitor if
- Your organisation has 100+ employees and a dedicated WHS team with bandwidth to configure an enterprise system.
- Your primary driver is regulatory update tracking across a large portfolio of obligations.
- You need a pre-built SDS library as a starting point for a hazardous-chemical-heavy register.
- Your budget allows for custom enterprise pricing and an implementation project.
Three steps. About a minute.
- 1
Tell us about the work
A guided form captures the activity, site, people and conditions: the inputs your safety document actually needs.
- 2
We ground the draft
The drafting engine applies your state's WHS Act, regulations, codes of practice and any reference documents you've uploaded.
- 3
You review and ship
Edit anything, accept the rest, and download a signature-ready PDF with your logo and the right legislation citations.
How RAE IQ delivers it.
What each platform delivers when a SWMS is needed at 7am Monday
A practical scenario for an SME construction business:
- RAE IQ: fill in the site and activity (2 minutes), generate (60 seconds), review, download the signed-off PDF. Under 10 minutes from blank.
- WHS Monitor: locate the SWMS template, download to Word, fill in the blanks, check that legislation references are current, upload back into the system. Time depends on template quality and the user's legislative knowledge.
- The difference is where the compliance knowledge lives: in the platform (RAE IQ) or in the user's head (template-based tools).
Frequently asked questions
Is RAE IQ trying to replace WHS Monitor for all organisations?
No. WHS Monitor serves a different market. For organisations with dedicated WHS teams, 100+ employees, and complex multi-site compliance programmes, WHS Monitor's depth is appropriate. RAE IQ is built for the much larger group of Australian businesses where safety is not a full-time function.
How does pricing compare?
RAE IQ pricing is published and flat: Free, $49/mo, $99/mo, $249/mo. WHS Monitor pricing is not publicly listed and requires a sales enquiry. Enterprise WHS platforms typically start at $300-500/month for small implementations and scale with modules, users, and contract terms.
Does WHS Monitor generate SWMS and risk assessments automatically?
WHS Monitor provides document templates and a document management framework. Populating content — identifying the right legislation, writing the controls, applying the hierarchy of controls — is done by the user. RAE IQ's core product is AI-driven generation from a short intake form.
Can I migrate from WHS Monitor to RAE IQ?
Export your existing documents as PDFs or Word files and upload them to RAE IQ as reference documents — the drafting engine uses them as context for new documents. Workers, licences and training records can be imported via CSV on Professional and Business plans.
What about the SDS library?
WHS Monitor has a large pre-built SDS library — an advantage for chemical-heavy operations. RAE IQ's chemical register is built from your own chemicals with SDS upload, GHS classification, WES/WEL limit tracking, and SDS expiry alerts. For most SMEs, their hazardous chemical register is manageable from scratch in an afternoon.
Does RAE IQ have regulatory update tracking like WHS Monitor?
RAE IQ tracks regulatory changes that affect its outputs — the NSW s26A change (July 2026) and the WES-to-WEL transition (December 2026) are already wired in. Regulatory update alerts arrive in your dashboard within 48 hours of a change. WHS Monitor's regulatory update service is one of its strongest features for compliance officers tracking a large portfolio of obligations.