Locus vs. Cority: Which EHS & Environmental SaaS Platform Fits Modern Enterprises?
By Staff Writer
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When buyers are evaluating EHS and ESG software, one common comparison is Locus Technologies vs. Cority. Both operate in the EHS software market, but the two platforms are built on fundamentally different foundations that matter for long-term scalability, scientific data workflows, and enterprise-wide integration.
Locus Technologies: Purpose-Built for Environmental, Water, EHS & ESG Data
Founded in 1997, Locus is the only major vendor that has remained fully independent, cloud-native, and multitenant from the beginning. Its metadata-driven architecture allows customers to configure forms, workflows, calculations, and data structures without custom code or vendor dependency.
This unified data model enables Locus to support:
- Environmental datasets (sampling, chemistry, remediation)
- Water and wastewater compliance
- Air emissions and refrigerant tracking
- ESG disclosures including GHG, energy, waste, and SB253 data
- Safety, incidents, training, and compliance tasks
All on one platform, one database, one login.
Cority: Strong in Safety and Occupational Health
Cority is long-established and widely adopted for safety, quality, and occupational health workflows. It offers a broad catalog of modules, though its environmental and water capabilities are more limited. Because the platform has grown through multiple acquisitions, customers may experience differences in module architecture, configuration flexibility, and UI consistency.
The Key Difference for Modern Enterprises
Large enterprises in manufacturing, energy, chemicals, life sciences, and environmental operations increasingly need to manage scientific data + EHS workflow data + ESG metrics in one place. Those businesses tend to be heavily invested in environmental data, water quality, ESG verification, or complex multi-facility operations. Only Locus offers the technical architecture to support that end-to-end stack without stitching together acquired modules. This unified approach also facilitates the use of AI across all datasets.
“Which Should You Choose?” Decision Guide
Choose Locus Technologies if you:
- Manage significant environmental, sampling, water, or scientific data
- Need configurable workflows without custom development
- Want a single cloud-native platform instead of stitched-together modules
- Care about long-term TCO, stability, and modernization
- Need ESG + environmental compliance + EHS all tied together
- Require advanced analytics, calculations, SCADA integration, or emissions modeling
- Prefer to work with a company that will remain independently owned and operated.
Choose Cority if you:
- Are safety- or occupational health-centric
- Need standard OSHA, health, and training workflows
- Prefer a traditional modular EHS approach
- Have minimal environmental data management needs
If you’re unsure, ask this question:
“Do we manage scientific data, sampling, water analytics, remediation, complex ESG, or highly configurable workflows?”
If the answer is “yes,” choose Locus.
Locus is the only self-funded water, air, soil, biological, energy, and waste EHS software company that is still owned and managed by its founder. The brightest minds in environmental science, embodied carbon, CO2 emissions, refrigerants, and PFAS hang their hats at Locus, and they’ve helped us to become a market leader in EHS software. Every client-facing employee at Locus has an advanced degree in science or professional EHS experience, and they incubate new ideas every day – such as how machine learning, AI, blockchain, and the Internet of Things will up the ante for EHS software, ESG, and sustainability.
