# Blink vs Paddl Canonical: https://paddl-ai.co/compare/blink Last reviewed: 2026-09-22 by the Paddl team Blink is a frontline employee experience app: a company feed, one-to-one and group chat, a document hub, surveys and single sign-on into other systems. It sells across healthcare, transport, retail and hospitality rather than to food businesses specifically. ## In one sentence Paddl is food safety, compliance and operations software for UK hospitality: digital SFBB, HACCP plans, allergens and Natasha's Law labels, temperature, cleaning and training records, and an EHO-ready audit pack. £69 per location per month with every feature included, a 30-day free trial and no contract. Blink: Core from $3.75 per user per month billed annually ($4.50 monthly); Pro from $5.00 billed annually; Enterprise quoted. ## Blink pricing Blink: Core from $3.75 per user per month billed annually ($4.50 monthly); Pro from $5.00 billed annually; Enterprise quoted. Prices in US dollars, per user per month. 14-day free trial. Checked 2026-09-22 against https://www.g2.com/products/blink-blink/pricing. Paddl: £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. Staff seats free; 5 owner and manager users per location included, £2.99 a month for each extra. ## Blink reviews 4.7 out of 5 from 133 reviews on Capterra (https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/173179/blink), read 2026-09-22. ## Where Blink and Paddl differ 43 features compared; 33 are in Paddl and not in Blink, checked against Blink's published feature list on 2026-09-22. **Food Safety & Compliance** Paddl has, Blink does not: Digital SFBB Packs, HACCP Plans, AI HACCP Generation, Allergen Management, Risk Assessments, EHO Report Generation, One-Click Audit Packs, Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry Alerts, COSHH Management. **Operations & Equipment** Paddl has, Blink does not: Equipment Tracking, AI Equipment Anomaly Detection, Temperature Monitoring, Maintenance Swimlanes, Supplier Management, Delivery Checks. **Team & Training** Paddl has, Blink does not: Rota Building & Publishing, Shift Swaps & Open Shifts, Holiday & Leave, Timesheets & Payroll Export, GPS Check-in, Shift Handovers / EOD Reports. Blink covers in part: Training Tracking, Staff Inductions. **Documents & Knowledge** Paddl has, Blink does not: Digital Signatures, Licence Management, Insurance Gap Detection, Lease & Property Management. **Reporting & Incidents** Paddl has, Blink does not: Complaint Monitoring, Incident & Accident Reporting, EHO Visit Dashboard, AI Legal Guidance & Evidence Packs. **Platform & AI** Paddl has, Blink does not: Offline Mode, AI That Carries Out Tasks, AI Document Extraction, Compliance Dashboard. Blink covers in part: AI Assistant. Where Blink is stronger: A polished feed and chat, built for people without a desk or a work email; Document hub and single sign-on into other systems; Strong review base for an employee app; Surveys and engagement measurement. ## Choose Blink if - You employ hundreds of deskless people across industries - Internal communications and engagement are the whole brief - You need single sign-on into a wider system estate ## Choose Paddl if - You are a UK food business and the records have to be there too - Chat should carry the rota, the shifts and the jobs, not just the news - A per-head price for a large part-time team is the problem you are solving ## What matters most **An intranet in your pocket, not an operations system** Blink is a feed, chat and document hub for people with no desk and no work email. It does not know your rota, your fridges or your allergen matrix. Paddl is the operations and compliance system with the chat inside it. **Per user versus per location** Blink charges per user per month, so a forty-person pub on Core is roughly $150 a month for comms alone. Paddl is £69 a location with every feature and staff seats free. **Where Blink wins** Scale and polish for corporate internal comms: a curated feed, surveys, engagement analytics and SSO into HR systems across a large multi-industry workforce. ## Alternatives to Blink for UK hospitality | Product | Category | Pricing | | --- | --- | --- | | Paddl | Food safety, compliance and operations | £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. | | Connecteam (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/connecteam) | Workforce management | Free up to 10 employees; from $29 a month per hub for 30 users, three hubs for the full product | | All Gravy (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/allgravy) | Workforce management | $375 a month under 50 people; modules multiplied by seats above that | | Sona (with Yapster) (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/sona) | Workforce management | Not published: the pricing page offers a consultation and a custom quote | ## Questions **How much does Blink cost?** Blink publishes Core from $3.75 per user per month billed annually ($4.50 monthly) and Pro from $5.00 billed annually, with Enterprise quoted. Paddl is £69 a location a month with every feature and staff seats free. **What do Blink reviews say?** Blink holds 4.7 from 133 reviews on Capterra UK, praised for being simple for deskless staff to pick up. **Is Blink right for a pub or restaurant?** It will do the talking, but nothing else a venue needs: no rota, no temperature records, no allergen matrix, no EHO pack. Most hospitality buyers are better served by an app that carries the operations as well.