Trainual

Trainual offers two main plans. The Small Business plan starts at $250/month for up to 25 employees and includes unlimited documentation, role-based training assignments, completion tracking, quizzes, organizational chart, and standard integrations. Additional employees above 25 are charged on a per-seat basis. The Growth plan starts at $417/month and adds advanced features like custom branding, priority support, single sign-on (SSO), API access, and dedicated onboarding assistance. Annual billing is available at a discount. Trainual does not offer a free plan, but provides a 7-day free trial on all plans. The per-seat cost decreases as team size increases.

Trainual, Notion, and Google Docs can all store business documentation, but they serve different purposes. Notion and Google Docs are general-purpose tools that require you to build your own structure for training content, manually track who has read what, and separately manage onboarding checklists. Trainual is purpose-built for business playbooks with automatic training assignment by role, completion tracking, knowledge testing, and HR system integration. The tradeoff is cost and flexibility: Notion and Google Docs are cheaper and more flexible for general documentation, while Trainual is more expensive but eliminates the work of building and managing a training system manually. If you need accountability that employees have consumed and understood content, Trainual provides that out of the box.

Trainual can replace an LMS for internal business training and onboarding, but it is not a full LMS replacement for all use cases. Trainual excels at documenting standard operating procedures, assigning role-based training, and tracking completion for internal teams. It handles the most common SMB training scenarios well. However, it lacks features that formal LMS platforms offer: SCORM and xAPI compliance for third-party courseware, advanced assessment types beyond basic quizzes, formal certification management, blended learning with ILT scheduling, and detailed learning analytics. If your training needs are primarily internal SOPs and onboarding, Trainual is simpler and more focused than most LMS platforms. If you need to deliver compliance training with formal certifications or host third-party course content, a dedicated LMS like TalentLMS or Docebo is more appropriate.