# Hubl vs Paddl Canonical: https://paddl-ai.co/compare/hubl Last reviewed: 2026-11-07 by the Paddl team Hubl is a UK food safety app from Complete Food Safety, a consultancy in Berkhamsted: checklists, temperature logs, deliveries, allergens, wastage, incidents, risk assessments and documents, with a multi-site dashboard and an AI assistant called Orbit. Plans are published per site with unlimited users. ## In one sentence Paddl is food safety, compliance and operations software for UK hospitality: digital SFBB, HACCP plans, allergens ready for Natasha's Law, 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. Hubl: £19 to £65 per site per month, unlimited users. ## Hubl pricing Hubl: £19 per site per month (Tall), £32 (Grande), £45 (Venti), £65 (Venti Plus); excluding VAT. Unlimited users and devices. Monthly rolling with 30 days' notice, except Venti Plus on a 12-month contract. Annual billing is 12 months for the price of 11. 14-day free trial, no card, no setup fee. Checked 2026-11-07 against https://www.hublapp.co.uk/pricing/. Paddl: £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. 5 users per location included, £2.99 a month for each extra user. ## Where Hubl and Paddl differ 46 features compared; 29 are in Paddl and not in Hubl, checked against Hubl's published feature list on 2026-11-07. **Food Safety & Compliance** Paddl has, Hubl does not: Digital SFBB Packs, AI HACCP Generation, EHO Report Generation, One-Click Audit Packs, Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry Alerts, COSHH Management. Hubl covers in part: HACCP Plans, Allergen Management. **Operations & Equipment** Paddl has, Hubl does not: Equipment Tracking, AI Equipment Anomaly Detection, Maintenance Swimlanes. Hubl covers in part: Supplier Management. **Team & Training** Paddl has, Hubl does not: Rota Building & Publishing, Shift Swaps & Open Shifts, Holiday & Leave, Timesheets & Payroll Export, Staff Inductions, GPS Check-in, Shift Handovers / EOD Reports, Staff Notifications, Team Chat & Direct Messages. Hubl covers in part: Team Management, Training Tracking. **Documents & Knowledge** Paddl has, Hubl does not: Knowledge Hub, Digital Signatures, Licence Management, Insurance Gap Detection, Lease & Property Management. **Reporting & Incidents** Paddl has, Hubl does not: Complaint Monitoring, EHO Visit Dashboard, AI Legal Guidance & Evidence Packs. **Platform & AI** Paddl has, Hubl does not: Mobile Manager View, Offline Mode, AI Document Extraction. **Groups & Head Office** Not stated on Hubl's site: Head Office Library Sent to Separate Businesses as Versioned Updates, Group Allergen Changes Reach Every Venue, Removals Confirmed per Venue. Where Hubl is stronger: Low published entry price: £19 a site with unlimited users; Monthly rolling terms on most plans; Built by food safety consultants, with a helpline and personalised FSMS on the top plan; Orbit AI answers from live records and makes changes after you say yes; Head office builds checks once and pushes them to every site. ## Choose Hubl if - You want the lowest published price for checks and temperatures with unlimited users - You want a food safety consultancy's helpline and a written FSMS bundled with the app ## Choose Paddl if - You want SFBB, a drafted HACCP plan, COSHH, fire safety, licences and rota in the same product - Your venues are separate businesses and head office sends master plans, SOPs and dishes as versioned updates each one acknowledges - A head office allergen change must reach every venue's public allergen page, QR codes and website embed, with removals confirmed per venue - You want an agent with over 200 tools across the whole venue, not only checks and readings ## What matters most **Two apps that both act on your say-so** Hubl's Orbit and Paddl's Ask Paddy both propose a change and wait for a yes before making it. Orbit logs readings, creates checklists and compares sites. Ask Paddy can use over 200 tools across the whole venue: routines, HACCP plans, risk assessments, COSHH, suppliers, training records, broadcasts and the audit pack. **Price per site** Hubl runs from £19 to £65 a site with unlimited users, the fuller features on the £32 and £45 plans. Paddl is £69 a location with every feature and five users included. For a small team that only needs checks, Hubl is cheaper; for the whole compliance file Paddl covers more on one plan. **Groups and group food** Hubl lets head office build checks once and push them to every site, and its franchise page says every franchisee's records are visible. Paddl takes the other view for separately owned businesses: head office sees scores, counts and update status, never a franchisee's staff, records or documents. In an organisation, head office keeps master dishes, prep items, the products in them and menus, and each business holds a linked copy. An allergen head office adds shows at every linked venue at once, on the allergen chart, menus, public allergen page, QR codes and website embed. An allergen it removes keeps showing at each venue until an owner or whole-business manager there confirms it, each business acknowledges the update, and head office sees in the master's history who has applied it, and can export the group allergen procedure for a Primary Authority or EHO. ## Switching from Hubl to Paddl - SFBB, HACCP plan drafting, COSHH, fire safety, licences and rota in one plan - Group food library with per-venue confirmation of allergen removals - Public allergen pages, QR codes and website embed that update live - Head office never sees a franchisee's staff or records A typical switch: export Hubl records, set up sites and routines from templates, and let the AI draft the plans. ### How the switch works 1. Export your Hubl records and file them in Paddl documents 2. Set up sites and invite staff 3. Turn on routine templates for your checks 4. Let the AI draft the HACCP plan and SFBB pack 5. Switch devices over after a week What you keep: Checklists and temperature logs; Delivery records; An AI that acts on your yes What you give up: Unlimited users at £19 a site; The consultancy helpline and written FSMS on Venti Plus ## Alternatives to Hubl 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. | | Trail (by Access) (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/trail) | Food safety and compliance | From £38 per site per month on a 12-month term (Team); £75 Standard, £82.50 Trail Evo; unlimited users | | FoodDocs (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/fooddocs) | Food safety and compliance | From $99 a site a month (Lite); the HACCP plan is on Standard at $199; 20% less billed annually | | Navitas Safety (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/navitas) | Food safety and compliance | Quote-led; Capterra lists from £90 a month, Culinary Key from around £39 a month plus hardware on a 12 to 24 month contract | ## Questions **How much does Hubl cost?** Hubl publishes four plans per site per month, excluding VAT (checked November 2026): Tall £19, Grande £32, Venti £45 and Venti Plus £65, with unlimited users. All but Venti Plus are monthly rolling; Venti Plus is a 12-month contract. There is a 14-day free trial. **Is Hubl or Paddl better for a restaurant group?** Hubl suits a group that wants low-cost checks with consultancy behind them. Paddl suits a group that wants the whole compliance file, a master library sent to separate businesses as updates, and allergen changes that reach every venue with removals confirmed. **Does Hubl have AI?** Yes. Orbit answers questions from your records and can log readings or create checklists after stating the change and waiting for your yes. It is on the Venti plans. Paddl's Ask Paddy works the same way on confirmation and has over 200 tools.