Novara Flex vs. EHS Insight: Which EHS Platform Is Right for Your Organization? (2026)
Novara Flex (formerly KPA Flex) and EHS Insight are both established platforms built to help small- and mid-sized organizations manage risk. But we get there in different ways. Both platforms are highly rated on the popular software review site G2, with each scoring 4.6 out of 5 stars as of August 2026. Verified G2 reviews praise Novara Flex for its platform configurability, mobile-first field adoption, responsive customer support, and training depth (we offer over 1,500 built-in courses). These are important factors for determining whether a safety program actually works day to day.
The right choice comes down to what your organization needs most: a platform that configures itself to how your teams actually work and builds a culture of proactive safety (Flex), or a set of ready-made modules you assemble around your program (EHS Insight).
Here’s the full, evidence-based comparison so you can decide with confidence.
Novara Flex vs. EHS Insight at a Glance
| Novara Flex | EHS Insight | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Small- and Mid-sized businesses prioritizing configurability, training, and frontline adoption | Organizations wanting preconfigured program modules |
| Platform approach | All-in-one configurable platform | Modular suite with over 30 individual modules |
| Form & workflow configurability | Build or adapt any form, checklist, or workflow without vendor involvement; AI-assisted form creation via Form Agent | Configurable within module structures |
| Training content | 1,500+ built-in OSHA-aligned courses with LMS, microlearning, and automatic tracking. Novara trainings target the Construction, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Municipalities, and Power & Utilities industries | Automated tracking, real-time reporting, and customizable programs are part of the Training Management Module. EHS Insight states that they are “designed for every industry.” |
| AI capabilities | Form Agent and Safety Trekr AI, powered by ASSP, with more AI features are planned to release soon | Platform AI features including SIF detection and data quality analysis |
| Mobile & offline | Complete and submit forms, inspections, incidents, and observations fully offline; automatic sync on reconnection; offline document caching; 93% G2 mobile access score | Mobile app offers offline capability |
| OSHA recordkeeping | Dedicated OSHA Case Management module: Forms 300, 300A, and 301; TRIR, LTIR, and DART calculated automatically | OSHA recordkeeping tools |
| SDS management | Comprehensive SDS software and management platform, with a library of millions of Safety Data Sheets that automatically update to their latest versions | Safety Data Sheet Management Module, but no SDS library |
| Contractor Management | Flex Contractor Risk Management automates the contractor lifecycle from pre-qualification to daily operations, with no paperwork required Contractors get their own portal and mobile app to keep documentation current and onboard contractors before they show up onsite | Vendor & Contractor Management Module, which functions as a recordkeeping tool only |
| Sustainability | Flex Sustainability gives teams one governed system for managing goals, programs, metrics, carbon accounting, disclosures, and supplier requests | Sustainability Software Module |
| Reporting & BI | Native dashboards and analytics plus Power BI/Tableau integration and open API | Native dashboards and analytics |
| Support | Phone, email, and chat included; 92% likelihood to recommend on G2 | Tiered support with Standard and Enterprise levels |
| Pricing model | All-in-one subscription; quote-based | Published starting price, priced per module |
| G2 rating | 4.6/5 | 4.6/5 |
About Novara Flex
Novara Flex is the flagship platform from Novara, an independent safety and compliance company launched in January 2026 and carrying forward more than 40 years of EHS lineage from KPA. If you evaluated KPA Flex before, this is the platform you already know: the same product team, the same 10,000+ customers, the same commitment to configurability. But it’s now backed by a company built for one purpose: turning operational risk from a reactive chore into a proactive advantage.
About EHS Insight
EHS Insight, founded in 2009, offers a modular EHS management suite covering incident management, audits, training, and compliance programs. It serves organizations across manufacturing, energy, and construction, and is a legitimate option for teams that would rather assemble their EHS program from preconfigured modules.
Platform Configurability: Built to Match How You Actually Work
The theme that shows up again and again in Novara Flex reviews is “flexibility without fees.” Safety teams build or modify any form, inspection, checklist, or workflow themselves, with no vendor services engagement and no waiting on a release cycle. Field data flows into equipment and asset profiles automatically, auto-populating fields and triggering the next action, so the system mirrors how your operation actually runs.
Form Agent takes that same configurability and puts it at AI speed. Upload an existing PDF, scanned form, or spreadsheet, and Flex AI builds a complete digital form in under two minutes using a natural language interface. Decades of refined paper processes become a mobile workflow in an afternoon.
Both platforms are praised by users on G2 for their ease of use. But reviewers note that flexibility and adaptability are where Novara Flex really stands out.
Safety Training: 1,500+ Courses Built In
Novara Flex includes a complete learning management system with more than 1,500 OSHA-aligned training courses in an easily searchable library, including microlearning formats built for how frontline workers actually take in information. Courses are available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, while forms and other documents can be automatically translated into more than 100 languages based on user preferences. Training assignments, completions, and certifications track automatically against each employee profile, and field training recorded offline syncs to those same records the moment a connection returns.
Why is the Flex training catalog so robust? Novara’s in-house training team records real customer environments and rebuilds those scenarios into course content, so learners train on situations that mirror real situations rather than generic stock examples. That grounding in real-world conditions tends to make the material more credible to trainees and easier to translate into on-the-job performance.
This matters at evaluation time. On many platforms, training content is an add-on purchase or a third-party integration bolted onto the core product. On Novara Flex, the library is part of the platform, because training only works if it’s built into the way people already do their jobs.
AI Capabilities: Flex AI Is in Production Today
Novara Flex includes Flex AI, a production AI layer embedded in the platform, not a roadmap promise. Two capabilities are live now:
Form Agent converts your existing documents, including PDFs, scanned inspection forms, spreadsheets, into complete, mobile-ready digital forms in under two minutes.
Safety Trekr AI, powered by ASSP, answers safety and compliance questions with source-backed guidance drawn from curated, authoritative content, through Novara’s partnership with the American Society of Safety Professionals.
More AI capabilities are planned for release soon:
Hazard Detection Agent will analyze photos of job sites to catch emerging risks before they become incidents.
Flex will also be introducing an AI-powered operational risk intelligence layer that delivers a unified view of operational risk with AI-powered insights and recommendations. Users will be able to have natural-language interaction with this AI tool to quickly and easily modify dashboards, KPIs, alerts, learning, and more.
In safety-critical environments, how AI is built matters more than how many AI features a vendor can list. Flex AI is trained on regulatory standards and real EHS workflows, not the open internet. Every recommendation traces back to its source, and administrators control which capabilities are active for which teams. The question worth asking any EHS vendor isn’t “how much AI do you have?” It’s “can my safety leaders stand behind what your AI tells a frontline worker?”
Mobile and Offline: Built for Where Safety Work Actually Happens
Safety work happens in the field, at job sites, remote facilities, and other places without a reliable signal. The Flex mobile app is specifically designed for that reality, allowing field teams to complete and submit inspections, incident reports, observations, and any other form entirely offline. Submissions queue on the device and sync automatically the moment connectivity returns, with no manual uploading or lost data. Administrators can also mark safety-critical documents, like procedures, orientations, or emergency plans, for offline caching so crews have what they need regardless of signal.
Every employee and equipment profile gets its own QR code. Scan a machine’s tag to pull up its profile and launch the right inspection, with fields already populated from the asset record. This is the sort of simplicity and ease of use that gets teams to adopt Flex into their daily routines… and a safety platform only creates value if the people in the field actually use it.
OSHA Recordkeeping: A Dedicated Case Management Module
Novara Flex has dedicated OSHA Case Management software, for injury and illness recordkeeping. It tracks recordable work-related injuries and illnesses, generates OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301, and manages OSHA Establishments with built-in SIC and NAICS code lookup. Enter employee hours and the module calculates TRIR, LTIR, DART, and severity rates automatically on a live dashboard, so your incident rates are always current — not a year-end spreadsheet scramble. When submission season arrives, your 300A Annual Summary is generated and calculation-complete, ready for OSHA reporting.
Reporting and Analytics
Novara Flex includes native dashboards for incidents, training, inspections, and OSHA metrics, creating one source of truth instead of scattered spreadsheets. And it doesn’t trap your data: a Power BI and Tableau integration plus an open API let your analysts work in the tools they already use. QR-code-driven data collection keeps field data flowing into those reports in real time, so leaders see trends and pressure points as they emerge, not after the fact.
Implementation and Time to Value
A configurable platform only pays off once your team is actually running it, so how fast and how easily an organization gets there matters as much as what the platform can eventually do. G2’s verified user ratings show that users find it easier to get up and running with Novara Flex:
| G2 category (0–10 scale) | Novara Flex | EHS Insight |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| Ease of Setup | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| Ease of Admin | 9.0 | 8.8 |
While ease of use and ease of administration are relatively close, Flex has a significantly higher score in ease of setup. Most Flex users report being fully configured and operational in eight to twelve weeks. Part of this speed comes from Flex’s configurability — instead of waiting on tech support from the vendor, users can easily adapt Flex’s functionality to their needs themselves.
Support and Customer Success
Support comes standard with Flex, not sold in tiers. On G2, the quality of support is one of Flex’s highest-rated categories. Every customer also gets implementation guidance from a team that has deployed the platform countless times across manufacturing, construction, oil & gas, and power & utilities. This white-glove service ensures you’re maximizing Flex’s capabilities across your organization, starting with a fast, guided rollout.
What the KPA-to-Novara Transition Means for Buyers
In January 2026, KPA’s EHS software business became Novara, an independent company. For customers and evaluators, here’s what changed and what didn’t: the platform, product team, support organization, and 40+ years of EHS expertise continue without interruption — KPA Flex is now Novara Flex. What’s different is focus: as an independent company, Novara is dedicated entirely to safety and operational risk management software, with expanded investment in the platform, including the Flex AI roadmap above.
Who Should Choose Novara Flex
Novara Flex is a strong fit for organizations that need forms and workflows customized to the ways they actually operate, want real training depth built into the platform, have field teams who depend on reliable offline tools, value OSHA recordkeeping automation backed by real compliance expertise, and would rather pay one predictable subscription than piece together per-module pricing.
Flex works particularly well for companies in the Construction, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Municipalities, and Power & Utilities industries. Their Contractor Risk Management product is an excellent tool for organizations that regularly deal with contractors and other outside vendors on-site. And Flex Sustainability gives teams a robust platform for managing carbon accounting and other environmental disclosures with fully traceable data.
Who Should Choose EHS Insight
EHS Insight may be the better fit for organizations that prefer assembling their program from preconfigured modules, want a published starting price for early budgeting, and place less weight on built-in training content or configurable field workflows.
EHS Insight is designed to be used in any industry, making it a stronger choice for companies in healthcare, food & beverage, and other sectors outside of Novara’s specialties.
The Bottom Line
EHS software succeeds or fails in the field. Novara Flex combines a platform your team can shape to its own workflows, training your workforce will actually complete, offline mobile tools built for real job sites, dedicated OSHA recordkeeping, and production AI to help make sure risk gets identified before it becomes an incident. See it with your own forms and workflows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Novara Flex is KPA Flex, renamed when KPA’s EHS software business became the independent company Novara in January 2026. Same platform, same product team, same 10,000+ customers, and now with expanded investment in the roadmap, including Flex AI.
Yes. Flex AI is live in Novara Flex today: Form Agent generates complete digital forms from existing documents in under two minutes, and Safety Trekr AI, powered by ASSP, delivers source-backed safety and compliance guidance. Additional AI capabilities are coming soon.
Yes. Novara Flex includes a dedicated OSHA Case Management module that generates OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301, manages establishments, and automatically calculates TRIR, LTIR, DART, and severity rates from your incident and hours data.
Yes. Users can complete and submit forms, inspections, incident reports, and observations fully offline, and the app syncs automatically the moment connectivity returns. Administrators can also cache key safety documents for offline access.
Both serve mid-market manufacturing. Novara Flex is typically the stronger fit where configurable inspections, frontline mobile adoption, built-in training, and OSHA recordkeeping automation matter most; EHS Insight suits teams that prefer preconfigured modules. The best test is a demo run with your own workflows.
