TraceLock vs Inspect Point

If you run a small fire protection company and you are shopping for inspection software, Inspect Point will be on your list. It is one of the established names in the category, and it shows up in many of the searches you will try. This page compares it with TraceLock, the product we make, using only what each company publishes about itself. Every fact about Inspect Point links to the page we read it on, and the date we read it.

We are the smaller company here, and we say so below.

The short answer

• Inspect Point is built for fire protection contractors that want a deep, code-specific inspection system, run their field work on iPads, and want reports sent to the AHJ through The Compliance Engine, IROL or LivSafe. It fits companies with three or more technicians, or a busy one- or two-tech shop.
• TraceLock is built for small shops, often one to five people, that want a published per-seat price, can use Android phones as well as iPhones, and want inspections, scheduling, quotes and invoices in one place without a sales call to get a number.

At a glance

• Price. Inspect Point: Not published; quoted per operation by plan, technician count and trades [1]. TraceLock: $35 per user per month, or $28 per month on annual billing [2].
• Minimum. Inspect Point: Three technicians, or one or two technicians running 400+ inspections a year [3]. TraceLock: None stated on the pricing page; pay for the seats you use [2].
• Who counts as a paid user. Inspect Point: Pricing scales with technicians; office users handled per quote [1]. TraceLock: Anyone who signs in, including office staff [4].
• Field devices. Inspect Point: Apple devices only; "your company purchases its own iPads" [5]. TraceLock: iPhone from the App Store; Android by direct APK download, not yet on Google Play [6].
• Works offline. Inspect Point: Yes, synced inspections run offline on the iPad [7]. TraceLock: Yes, inspections save with no signal and upload later [8].
• Trades covered. Inspect Point: Sprinkler (NFPA 25), alarm (NFPA 72, ULC), extinguisher (NFPA 10), chemical suppression, backflow, special hazard [9]. TraceLock: Extinguisher (NFPA 10 form and report), kitchen suppression, exit and emergency lights, short sprinkler and alarm checklists, plus templates you build yourself [10].
• Sends reports to AHJ portals. Inspect Point: Yes: The Compliance Engine, IROL, LivSafe [11]. TraceLock: No.
• Accounting. Inspect Point: QuickBooks, Sage 100 Contractor and others [12]. TraceLock: No live accounting sync.
• Free trial. Inspect Point: Demo call; no trial mentioned on the plans page [1]. TraceLock: 30 days [2].
• Size. Inspect Point: "16,000+ professionals on the platform" [13]. TraceLock: A young product with a short customer list.

Where Inspect Point is the stronger choice

Code depth and form library. Inspect Point publishes question sets for NFPA 10, 25 and 72, ULC, Joint Commission and DNV, California Title 19 and regional backflow forms, and says there is no per-form fee [14]. If your customers include hospitals or you inspect in Canada, that library is a real head start.

AHJ submission. If your jurisdictions use The Compliance Engine, IROL or LivSafe, Inspect Point submits from inside the product [11]. TraceLock does not do this today. You would download the report and upload it yourself.

Integrations. Inspect Point lists QuickBooks, Sage 100 Contractor, Salesforce, Zapier and several ERP connections [12]. TraceLock has no live accounting sync today.

Scale and track record. Inspect Point reports 5 million inspections completed and 20 million systems and assets in service [13]. TraceLock is new. If you need a vendor with a long customer list and enterprise plans for 15 or more technicians, Inspect Point has that [3].

Where TraceLock is the better fit

You want to see the price before you talk to anyone. TraceLock is $35 per user per month, or $28 on annual billing, with one plan and a 30-day trial [2]. Inspect Point does not publish prices and quotes each operation on a demo call [1].

Your techs carry Android phones. Inspect Point's own FAQ answers "Does it work on Android devices?" with "No," and says the company buys its own iPads [5]. TraceLock runs on Android 7 or newer as well as iPhone [6]. The honest catch: the Android app installs from a download on our site today, not from Google Play. See the limits section, and our roundup of fire inspection apps for Android.

You are one or two techs. Inspect Point's plans start at three technicians, or one or two technicians doing 400 or more inspections a year [3]. TraceLock's pricing page sets no minimum seat count; you pay for the seats you use [2].

Extinguisher routes are most of your work. The TraceLock field app scans the extinguisher barcode or label, fills in the serial and model, and works out the next annual, 6-year and hydrostatic dates from the extinguisher type. An extinguisher whose hydrostatic test or 6-year examination is overdue cannot be passed; it files as a fail with the reason, so an expired hydro does not slip through on a busy day. Our NFPA 10 inspection guide covers the intervals behind those dates.

TraceLock's honest limits

• We are small. TraceLock is a young product with a short customer list. You would be an early customer, with the upside of being heard and the risk that comes with a young product.
• Android is a direct download. The Android app is not on Google Play yet. You install it from tracelock.tech/download and allow installs from that source when Android asks [6]. Some company-managed phones block this.
• No AHJ portal submission and no live accounting sync, as above.
• Sprinkler and alarm forms are short. The built-in sprinkler form is a riser-level summary (gauges, valves, heads, fire department connection) and the alarm form is panel-level. They are not full NFPA 25 or NFPA 72 test records. You can build fuller checklists in the template builder, but Inspect Point's code-specific form library is deeper today.
• Tag printing is not live. Bluetooth printing to Zebra printers is still in testing. Plan on your current tags for now.
• No outside reviews so far. TraceLock has one App Store rating and no Capterra or G2 listing [15]. Inspect Point's main Capterra listing showed 5 reviews when we checked [16].

Verdict: who each is for

Choose Inspect Point if you have three or more technicians on iPads, need code-specific forms across many standards, or need reports sent to The Compliance Engine, IROL or LivSafe without manual uploads.

Choose TraceLock if you are a one- to five-person shop, your techs use Android phones or a mix, you want a published per-seat price, and extinguisher work is the core of your route.

If you are not sure, run both: Inspect Point offers a 30-minute demo on your own buildings [17], and TraceLock has a 30-day trial [2]. Bring the same three customer sites to each and see which one your techs finish faster.

Want to see how TraceLock would handle your own routes? Send us a message.

Prices and features change. Everything here was checked on November 3, 2026. If something about Inspect Point is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

Sources

1. Inspect Point, "Plans and Pricing" (https://www.inspectpoint.com/plans) and "How Inspect Point pricing works" (https://www.inspectpoint.com/resources/articles/how-inspect-point-pricing-works), read November 3, 2026.
2. TraceLock pricing, https://tracelock.tech/pricing, read November 3, 2026.
3. Inspect Point, "Plans and Pricing," https://www.inspectpoint.com/plans, read November 3, 2026: "Plans start at three technicians, or one or two technicians running 400 or more inspections a year." Enterprise plans start at 15 technicians.
4. TraceLock pricing FAQ "What counts as a user?", https://tracelock.tech/pricing, read November 3, 2026.
5. Inspect Point, "Plans and Pricing," FAQ "Does it work on Android devices?", https://www.inspectpoint.com/plans, read November 3, 2026.
6. TraceLock download page, https://tracelock.tech/download, read November 3, 2026.
7. Inspect Point, "Plans and Pricing," FAQ "Can inspections be completed offline?", https://www.inspectpoint.com/plans, read November 3, 2026.
8. TraceLock release notes, https://tracelock.tech/download. Offline saving has been in the app since its early versions.
9. Inspect Point homepage, https://www.inspectpoint.com/, read November 3, 2026.
10. TraceLock release notes for versions 0.2.8, 0.3.2, 0.3.4, 0.3.15 and 0.3.18, https://tracelock.tech/download.
11. Inspect Point homepage, https://www.inspectpoint.com/, and "Partners & Integrations," https://www.inspectpoint.com/explore-our-partners, read November 3, 2026.
12. Inspect Point, "Partners & Integrations," https://www.inspectpoint.com/explore-our-partners, read November 3, 2026.
13. Inspect Point homepage, https://www.inspectpoint.com/, read November 3, 2026.
14. Inspect Point, "How Inspect Point pricing works," https://www.inspectpoint.com/resources/articles/how-inspect-point-pricing-works, read November 3, 2026.
15. Apple App Store listing for TraceLock (id6759998090), 1 rating, checked November 3, 2026.
16. Capterra listing for Inspect Point, review count from search results November 3, 2026 (the Capterra page itself did not load for us).
17. Inspect Point, "Plans and Pricing," https://www.inspectpoint.com/plans, read November 3, 2026.