How ZIKO Works
Your vendors are supposed to be verified. Are they?
Most GCs are one expired COI away from a liability problem. ZIKO makes sure that never happens — automatically collecting, verifying, and monitoring every vendor's compliance.
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4 min
Average time to invite your first vendor
1 day
Preferred vendor review turnaround target
$0
Cost for general contractors to get started
Set it up once. ZIKO does the rest.
Invite your vendors and ZIKO automatically collects documents, verifies compliance, and alerts you before anything expires. Free forever.
Define requirements
Set the insurance limits, licenses, and documents you need from each vendor type. Takes 5 minutes.
Invite vendors & subs
Send a compliance invite via email. Vendors follow a guided step-by-step process to submit everything you need.
ZIKO verifies
Insurance, licenses, and documents are validated automatically. Issues are flagged instantly — no manual review needed.
Stay protected
Automatic alerts before anything expires. Your vendor compliance stays current without you lifting a finger.
The difference
Before and after ZIKO
Without ZIKO
- ✗Endless email chains chasing COIs and documents
- ✗Spreadsheets that are always out of date
- ✗Expired insurance slipping through unnoticed
- ✗Non-compliant contractors on your job sites
- ✗Hours wasted on compliance admin every week
With ZIKO
- ✓Vendors self-submit with one guided link
- ✓Real-time compliance dashboard, always current
- ✓Automatic alerts 30, 14, and 7 days before expiry
- ✓Only approved, verified contractors on your projects
- ✓Zero compliance admin — ZIKO handles everything
Are you a subcontractor or vendor?
Get verified once. Get found by every GC.
One ZIKO profile works across every general contractor on the platform. Upload your documents once, earn your badge, and stay approved automatically.
Get invited (or apply directly)
Receive a compliance invite or apply at zikocompliance.com
Submit your documents
Step-by-step guided upload. Takes minutes, not hours.
Get your ZIKO badge
Approved vendors get a verified badge to display on proposals, emails, and job sites
Stay approved automatically
ZIKO reminds you before anything expires so you never lose your status
Ready to get started?
ZIKO is free for general contractors. Subcontractors & vendors from $1,495/year.