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Fire door inspection is its own specialty. A hospital or school can have hundreds of rated assemblies, each one inspected every year, each with a label, a closer, latching hardware and clearances that can fail. The record has to show every door was inspected, what failed, and that it was fixed. Door specialists need software that treats each door as its own asset and turns a failed item into a repair.
A small, uneven market
When we checked vendor sites in October 2026, OnSite Software was the only US vendor with a dedicated fire door workflow page aimed at contractors. Inspect Point lists NFPA 80 in its question sets, and PlanRadar and Joyfill offer NFPA 80 templates, which suit a facility team inspecting its own doors. UK products such as Fireco's DorTrak are built for UK schemes and do not state NFPA 80 support, so we left them out.
Evaluation criteria
- NFPA 80 coverage: what each vendor's own site says, including annual inspection and rolling steel doors.
- Door library: whether each door is a tracked record that carries over to next year.
- Deficiency to repair: whether a failed item turns into tracked corrective work.
- Field work, pricing and contract: mobile and offline support, published or quoted price, billing terms.
Competitor details reflect each vendor's own website as checked on October 27, 2026 (sources at the bottom of the page). "Not advertised" means we could not find it on the vendor's site, not that the product lacks it. Confirm features and pricing directly with each vendor. Fire Inspect Hub details are first-party.
Comparison table
| Tool | NFPA 80 (vendor's words) | Door identification | Deficiency to repair | Mobile / offline | Pricing | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OnSite LSI | NFPA 80 door inspections, dampers | Camera barcodes; label photos | Notes and photos for repair crews | Phone and tablet; works offline | Not published | Not published |
| Inspect Point | NFPA 80 in its question sets | Not advertised for doors | Deficiency to proposal to work order | Apple devices; offline after sync | Quote, not published | Not published |
| PlanRadar | Templates aligned with NFPA 80 | Not advertised | Tasks assigned and tracked to resolution | iOS and Android; works offline | Published, per user | Annual in advance by default, auto-renews |
| Joyfill | NFPA 80 form | Not advertised | Photos, notes and resolution status | iOS and Android; works offline | Published tiers, free plan | No long-term contract |
| BuildingReports | Fire door listed as a device type | Barcode on each device | Not advertised | Handhelds; offline not advertised | Not published | Not published |
| Fire Inspect Hub | Swinging doors (annual) and rolling steel doors with drop test, plus dampers | Door library per building, bulk import, QR labels | Deficiency to estimate to service order | Phone and tablet; installs to the home screen | Published, $54/user/month, free tier | Month-to-month |
The tools, one by one
OnSite Software Life Safety Inspector (LSI)
A life safety inspection app with a dedicated fire door page: camera barcodes identify each door, rating labels can be recorded with photos, doors can be added or marked out of service mid-inspection, and deficiencies carry notes and pictures for repair crews. It also offers damper inspections and runs on or offline.
Strength: a door workflow built for large facilities, including manufacturing and industrial sites. One limitation: pricing is not published, and its door page describes monthly sequencing rather than the annual NFPA 80 cycle.
Inspect Point
Fire protection operations software for contractors with NFPA 80 in its built-in question sets, a fire doors and dampers trade, and a deficiency process that runs from deficiency to proposal to work order.
Strength: doors inside a full contractor platform with a strong deficiency-to-revenue path. One limitation: its fire door trade page does not describe a door-specific workflow, its field app runs on Apple devices only, and plans start at three technicians.
PlanRadar
A construction and building condition platform with a US fire door inspection page: templates aligned with NFPA 80 requirements, tasks assigned and tracked to resolution, iOS and Android apps that work offline, and published per-user pricing.
Strength: a strong task and closeout workflow for facility and construction teams. One limitation: NFPA 80 items come from configurable templates rather than a built-in door checklist, and contracts default to annual billing in advance with automatic renewal (monthly self-service is limited to 10 licenses).
Joyfill
A form builder and mobile inspection app with a fire door page: NFPA 80 form standards, deficiency details with photos, notes and resolution status, offline use, and published pricing with a free plan.
Strength: fast and cheap to start. One limitation: the free and premium plans cap monthly submissions, which a large door count can reach, and annual inspection scheduling is not described.
BuildingReports
Its ScanSeries data sheet lists fire doors among its device types, with devices identified by barcode and reports uploaded to an online account.
Strength: doors recorded in the same scanned system as a building's other devices. One limitation: its materials list doors as a device type without describing an NFPA 80 inspection workflow, and pricing is not published.
Fire Inspect Hub
Built for door inspection specialists and the fire protection contractors and in-house teams that inspect doors. Each building has a door library where every assembly is its own asset, loaded one at a time or by bulk import for buildings with hundreds of doors, with printable QR labels that open the door's page. Swinging doors run the annual NFPA 80 §5.2.3.6.2 checklist; rolling steel and sliding doors run their own §5.2.3.8.2 items and the §5.2.3.9.3 drop test. Fire and smoke dampers have their own periodic test module.
A failed item records the deficiency on that door with severity, and finalized deficiencies become a priced estimate and, once accepted, a service order your crew completes line by line. The inspector's fire door certification number prints with their credentials on the report, and the building owner can pull the record from a customer portal.
Strength: both NFPA 80 door types, a door library and a deficiency-to-repair path at a published, month-to-month price. One limitation: door scope is the periodic inspection; acceptance testing of new assemblies is not covered.
Which should you choose?
- Large industrial facilities and a barcode-per-door workflow → OnSite LSI.
- Doors as one trade inside a full multi-trade platform → Inspect Point.
- A facility or construction team already on PlanRadar → PlanRadar.
- A digital NFPA 80 form for a modest door count → Joyfill.
- Swinging and rolling steel doors, a door library and deficiency-to-repair, published month-to-month pricing → Fire Inspect Hub.
What to look for in 2027
Both kinds of fire door
Swinging doors with builders hardware and rolling steel doors are inspected differently under NFPA 80, and rolling steel doors need a drop test. If your buildings have both, confirm the tool covers both rather than forcing one template onto every opening.
Getting hundreds of doors in
A school or hospital can have hundreds of rated openings. Ask how doors get into the system: one at a time, by spreadsheet import, or by scanning on the walk. See fire door inspection software for schools and large facilities.
From failed door to fixed door
Door work pays on the repairs. A tool that turns a failed closer or a missing label into a quote and then a work order captures that revenue and proves the deficiency was corrected. See also our fire door inspection software page.
FAQ
How often do fire doors have to be inspected under NFPA 80?
NFPA 80 requires fire door assemblies to be inspected and tested at least annually, with deficiencies repaired without delay. Software that keeps a door library per building makes the annual cycle easier to schedule and prove.
Does fire door inspection software cover rolling steel doors?
Rolling steel and sliding fire doors have their own NFPA 80 inspection items and a drop test. Fire Inspect Hub runs them as a separate checklist from swinging doors. Ask other vendors whether their NFPA 80 template covers rolling steel or only swinging doors.
Is a general inspection app with an NFPA 80 template enough?
It can be for a facility team inspecting its own doors, where a configurable NFPA 80 template is enough. Contractors who sell door inspections usually want the NFPA 80 items built in, a door library that carries over, and a path from deficiency to repair quote.
How much does fire door inspection software cost?
PlanRadar, Joyfill and Fire Inspect Hub publish their prices; OnSite LSI, Inspect Point and BuildingReports quote. PlanRadar defaults to annual billing in advance. Confirm current pricing on each vendor's site.
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Start on the free tier, import a building's doors and run the NFPA 80 inspection. Free plan reports are marked as samples and aren't for compliance submission. Upgrade for client-ready reports.
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Checked October 27, 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners. This is an independent comparison; none of these vendors reviewed or endorsed it.
- OnSite Software: fire door inspection software, devices and offline
- Inspect Point: compare, fire doors and dampers, deficiencies, plans
- PlanRadar: fire door inspection app, pricing
- Joyfill: fire door inspection software, pricing
- BuildingReports: ScanSeries data sheet
- Fireco DorTrak (UK, not compared): DorTrak