ComplianceKitchen alternative
A ComplianceKitchen alternative for the records the fire marshal asks for
ComplianceKitchen maps California's health, labor and notice rules for your restaurant and runs the daily checklists — handler cards, required posters, temperature logs, allergens. It is built for the health inspector and the labor code, and it stops there. The fire marshal, the insurance company and the property manager ask for records ComplianceKitchen never touches. EvidLY holds those: fire and food, every vendor's paperwork, and what your insurance policy requires, sealed with the date each one was produced.
What ComplianceKitchen does well
ComplianceKitchen is a California restaurant compliance app for independent groups of one to a few dozen locations. It is good at turning the health and labor rules into a daily to-do list.
- A requirements list built for your city and restaurant type, California only
- Daily and weekly checklists: temperature logs, equipment checks, sanitation
- Required posters and labor notices, in English and Spanish, with deadlines
- Food handler card reminders and a photo-to-record filing of cards and menus
- Reads an uploaded health inspection report and lists what to fix, plus an allergen menu check
- Published per-location pricing, a 14-day free trial, cancel anytime
If the problem is the health inspector and the labor postings, it is a fair choice. The problem EvidLY solves is everything the kitchen is asked for that the health code does not cover — starting with fire.
Where it stops
None of the following comes with ComplianceKitchen. All of it is asked for.
- The fire half. Hood cleaning, suppression, sprinkler, alarm, extinguishers — each with the date it is due and the rule that requires it, and each produced by an outside contractor. None of it is on the health inspector's list, so none of it is in a health-code app.
- Kitchens outside California. ComplianceKitchen is built for California only. EvidLY is built in California and runs everywhere — the fire standards are the same in every state, and each state's fire and food rules are resolved during onboarding.
- Vendor paperwork. Each vendor's general liability certificate, workers' compensation certificate, license, business license and W-9. Five records per vendor, expiring on the vendor's calendar, not yours.
- The policy. The protective safeguards endorsement in your insurance policy names the systems you promised to keep in service. Nothing in a health-code app reads it.
What EvidLY does instead
EvidLY alerts you before that happens.
You usually find out something slipped after it's already cost you. EvidLY sees it coming — while it's still small and easier to manage.
The records, side by side
| What the kitchen is asked for | ComplianceKitchen | EvidLY |
|---|---|---|
| Fire safety records with due dates | Not described | Held, dated, sealed |
| Food safety records with the rule behind each | Handler cards, logs and postings | Held, dated, sealed |
| Vendor records — GL and workers' comp certificates, license, business license, W-9 per vendor | Not described | Collected from each vendor, expiry flagged |
| Insurance policy conditions read against the records on file | No | Policy Lens |
| Sealed, tamper-evident record with a SHA-256 recorded at release | No | Yes |
| Who is asking, and what each one wants | No | Five askers, mapped to each record |
| Checklists and sensor integrations | Checklists; sensors not described | Yes — and the results land as records on file |
| Pricing | Per location, published | Published per kitchen |
"Not described" means the item does not appear in ComplianceKitchen's published product description as of September 2026. Check with them for anything current.
Who will ask, and what they want
Fire Marshal
On inspection, by schedule. Wants the hood cleaning certificate and the suppression tag first.
Health Inspector
On inspection day. Wants the permit, the manager certificate, the handler cards and the temperature logs.
Insurance Company
At underwriting, at renewal, after a loss. Wants proof the protective safeguards were kept in service.
Property Manager
Day to day and every renewal. Wants the certificates the lease names and the maintenance it covenants.
Compliance Officer
Across every kitchen at once. Wants one place that answers for all of them.
Nobody asks for a record on a good day.
Leaving ComplianceKitchen
If you bought ComplianceKitchen for the records — the paperwork an inspector or an adjuster will ask for — EvidLY is the replacement. The fire records ComplianceKitchen never touched, the food records with the rule behind each, every vendor's paperwork, and the read of your policy — held, dated and sealed.
Fire first, then food
ComplianceKitchen, like every health-code app, is built for the food side and only the food side. EvidLY starts on the fire side, because the fire records are the ones with the shortest intervals, the strictest askers and the largest consequences — and they are the ones no food safety app holds.
Fire safety records · Food safety records · Policy Lens · What your county asks for · EvidLY for franchisees · EvidLY for franchisors
Questions people ask before switching
Is EvidLY an alternative to ComplianceKitchen?
For the records, yes. ComplianceKitchen maps California health, labor and notice rules and runs the daily checklists — handler card reminders, required posters, temperature logs, allergens. EvidLY holds the kitchen's fire safety and food safety records, when each one is due and the rule that requires it, each vendor's insurance and license records, and a read of your insurance policy's conditions. If you use ComplianceKitchen as the place the records live, EvidLY replaces that use. If you use it for the labor postings and the daily checklists, EvidLY sits beside it.
Does ComplianceKitchen hold fire safety records?
No. ComplianceKitchen is built around the health inspector and the labor code — handler cards, posters, temperature logs, allergens. The five fire records a commercial kitchen is asked for — the hood cleaning certificate, the fire suppression service tag, the sprinkler inspection, the fire alarm test and the extinguisher tags — do not appear in its published product. EvidLY holds all five with their due dates, sealed at release.
What does EvidLY cost compared with ComplianceKitchen?
ComplianceKitchen publishes a Starter plan at $59 a month per location and a Pro plan at $99 a month for up to three locations, with a 14-day free trial. EvidLY publishes its pricing per kitchen, with a pilot for two to nine kitchens and Enterprise from ten. The full price list is on the pricing page, and the Risk Assessment costs nothing.
Can I run ComplianceKitchen and EvidLY together?
Yes. ComplianceKitchen runs the postings and the daily checklists. EvidLY holds the records that survive them — the ones the fire marshal, the health inspector, the insurance company, the property manager and the compliance officer ask for — sealed with the date they were produced.
Start with the Risk Assessment. It costs nothing.
Ten questions. Two readiness numbers — Fire Safety and Food Safety — and a plan for every record, whether or not you ever talk to us.