Best CertiKit Alternatives: Find the Right ISO Toolkit for Your Business

You may be looking for an alternative ISO toolkit provider after deciding to purchase one from CertiKit or using their documentation for your ISO and consulting projects.

CertiKit have published that they will be retiring their service. Online sales of toolkits will be ended on the 30th October 2026. This could leave you wondering which is the right ISO toolkit to use.

ISO Docs provide a range of ISO documentation toolkits, editable templates and consultant packages to help you create management systems and help consultants deliver projects.

Whether you need documentation for one standard or a range of standards, there will be an alternative to suit your needs and budget. This guide will show you what to consider when looking for an alternative to CertiKit and how ISO Docs can help.

Why Would I Look for an Alternative to CertiKit?

A toolkit is often the starting point for creating your policies, procedures, risk assessments and internal audits. Before deciding to move to an alternative provider, think about a few things.

1. Documentation for the Standards You Require

Firstly, you will need to decide which standards you or your clients require. This could be ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System), ISO 9001 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) or a combination of standards. Ensure that the provider you choose has toolkits available for your requirements and that they have the correct documentation for the edition of the standard(s).

2. Editable Templates

Your policies and procedures should reflect your organisation. Using editable templates in Word & Excel will allow you to personalise your responsibilities, processes, risk assessments, registers and supporting documents. Ensure you look at what is provided within the documentation, what format they are in, what is required to customise and what the licence allows.

3. Help with Implementation

Creating the documents is just one part of implementing an ISO management system. You may also need help with implementing, risk assessments, internal audits, corrective actions and management reviews. A good toolkit will help you to organise your tasks.

4. Updates

ISO standards are constantly evolving and organisations often change. Ensure you look at what the provider offers in terms of updates, support and access. If you currently have CertiKit documents, ensure you look at their official notice of retirement to see what dates apply to you.

Why Should I Choose ISO Docs as an Alternative to CertiKit?

We provide a range of individual ISO toolkits and packages for organisations and consultants. This means that you can choose a package to suit the number of standards you need and how you would like to manage your implementation projects. Some of the reasons why we would recommend ISO Docs are:

• Wide range of ISO standards. Choose individual standards or multiple standards in a package.
  
  

• Editable documentation.
  
  

• Implementation resources. Policies, procedures, registers, checklists and more.
  
  

• Consultant packages. Choose an ISO Consultant toolkit or a larger package for multiple framework clients.
  
  

• Scalable. Start with an individual toolkit and progress to a larger range of toolkits.

Depending on what you are looking to replace, you may not need the same package as someone implementing one standard in their organisation vs a consultant delivering multiple ISO projects per month.

Explore our ISO Toolkits

If you require documentation for one management system, you may wish to look at individual toolkits. We have toolkits for a range of popular ISO standards.

ISO 27001 Toolkit - Information Security Management

This toolkit will help you to create documentation to help you implement or improve your Information Security Management System. It includes resources to help you create your security policies, manage your risks, controls and more.

Best for: Organisations looking to implement ISO 27001 or maintain their ISMS.

ISO 9001 Toolkit – Quality Management

This toolkit will help you create your Quality Management System. It can help you organise your quality policies, processes, documentation and records.

Best for: Businesses looking to implement or maintain a quality management system. Or consultants delivering ISO 9001 projects.

ISO 14001 Toolkit – Environmental Management

This toolkit will help you to organise your documentation for your Environmental Management System. It includes resources for your environmental aspects, controls, objectives and more.

Best for: Organisations requiring documentation for their environmental management.

ISO 45001 Toolkit – Occupational Health and Safety

This toolkit will help you create documentation for your occupational health and safety management system. It can help your team to organise their safety processes, hazards & risks, responsibilities and more.

Best for: Organisations looking for a more organised approach to their occupational health and safety.

ISO 22301 Toolkit – Business Continuity

This toolkit will help you create documentation for your business continuity management. It is relevant to organisations looking to plan for any disruptions, define their continuity and create the right records.

Best for: Organisations looking to implement or maintain their Business Continuity Management System.

ISO 20000 Toolkit – IT Service Management

This toolkit will help you create documentation for your IT Service Management System. It is relevant to service providers and IT teams looking to have organised service management processes and records.

Best for: IT service providers and organisations looking to improve the consistency of their service management.

ISO 42001 Toolkit – Artificial Intelligence Management

This toolkit will help organisations looking to implement an Artificial Intelligence Management System. It is relevant to businesses looking to have organised documentation for their AI.

Best for: Organisations looking to implement or formalise their AI management.

Integrated Management System (IMS) Toolkit

If your organisation manage multiple ISO standards, this toolkit will help you to create documentation for your common management system processes.

Best for: Organisations looking to implement or maintain multiple management systems.

ISO PowerPack – Multiple ISO Toolkits

If you only have one clear requirement, buying individual toolkits can be a great solution. However, if you or your consultancy requires multiple standards then a package may be a better option.

Our ISO PowerPack Bundle includes 8 toolkits for ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 42001 and IMS. Within this package there are over 500 editable templates to help with your implementation.

Instead of looking for each toolkit individually, you can have documentation for multiple management systems. If you require documentation for multiple ISO standards, support multiple departments/management systems or want a larger range of toolkits then the ISO PowerPack may be the right choice for you.

All-in-One Consultant Package - ISO, Security, Governance & Risk

If you are delivering consultancy outside of ISO then a larger package may be more suitable.

Our All-in-One Consultant Package includes 25 frameworks and over 1500 templates for ISO, security, privacy, governance, risk and more. Within this package there is also 6 months AI Compliance Accelerator access.

This includes documentation for ISO, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, DORA, IT Governance and AI Governance.

This would be suitable for consultants looking to expand their offering or support clients with requirements outside of one ISO certification. If you have multiple client engagements, deliver projects across ISO and non-ISO compliance frameworks, want a larger range of templates or plan to expand your consultancy offering into security, privacy, governance or risk then this may be the right choice for you. Before purchasing ensure you check the latest information on what is included, pricing and licence.

What ISO Docs Option is Right for Me?

Depending on your requirements, you can use this guide to help you decide which option to choose.

This is just a starting point and you should review what is included in the documentation, what edition of the standard(s) is included, what the licence allows, what updates are available and what support is offered.

How to Choose the Right Alternative

Before changing to a new provider take some time to think about your requirements.

1. Identify the standards you require. What management systems do you currently have in place? Are there any additional frameworks you are expecting to implement?
   
   

2. Review your current documentation. What do you currently use? What old templates, duplicates and organisation specific documents do you have?
   
   

3. Review what is included in the new toolkit. Ensure you have the correct documents and processes for your implementation. Just because it has a similar name doesn’t mean it will include the same documents.
   
   

4. Licence & Updates. Ensure you know what you can use the toolkit for internally, by consultants or clients. What updates will be available going forward and what support is available.
   
   

5. Transition. Ensure you have your records, evidence of your implementation and audit history. Compare your new documents to your current processes before changing your controlled documentation.

Remember that a documentation toolkit is only the starting point. Your management system should reflect your organisations context, risks, responsibilities and processes. The decision to certify is up to the relevant certification body.

Find the Right ISO Toolkit for Your Next Project

When looking for an alternative to CertiKit, it is a good opportunity to review what you or your consultancy actually needs. We provide individual ISO toolkits, a PowerPack Bundle for multiple ISO standards, an ISO Consultant Toolkit for ISO focussed consultancy and an All-in-One Consultant Package.

Start by identifying what standards and projects you need to support.

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