Employee Onboarding Software
Trainual: features, pricing and who it fits
Trainual turns written processes into role-based training and onboarding paths for companies of 25 to 1,000 employees. Every plan carries a one-time $1,000 implementation fee. SSO starts on Premium, e-signatures are capped on Pro, and there is no IT provisioning or built-in payroll.
Who Trainual is for
Best for
- Companies of 25 to 1,000 employees that want onboarding built on written processes and training
- Teams that want e-signatures and SCORM or video training in the same tool
Look elsewhere if
- Buyers who need a published price before talking to sales
- Buyers who need IT account provisioning or payroll built in
Trainual features
- Onboarding workflows and task automation
- Role-based training paths from Pro up; templates on Premium and Enterprise
- Paperwork and e-signatures
- E-signatures: none on Core, 300 per year on Pro, unlimited on Premium and up
- Training and learning content
- Core product is SOP and training content; SCORM uploads (5 GB Pro, 15 GB Premium); HR and compliance courses and a 400+ course premium library as paid add-ons
- HRIS, ATS and payroll integrations
- HRIS sync with BambooHR, Gusto, Justworks, Rippling; Slack; Zapier and webhooks
- Pricing model
- Quote by team size and plan; $1,000 one-time implementation fee
- Target company size
- 25 to 1,000 employees per vendor FAQ
Trainual pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Contact sales | 2 GB video storage, 30 days version history, no training paths, no e-signatures, no SSO | |
| Pro | Contact sales | Individual training paths, 5 GB SCORM, 15 GB video, 300 e-signatures per year | |
| Premium | Contact sales | Unlimited e-signatures and video storage, SSO, custom domain, auto video transcription | |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Designated CSM, rollout support, content migration, priority support, SOC 2 documentation |
Pricing page states plans vary by team size and features; no prices published. One-time $1,000 implementation fee, required on all plans.
Prices as published by Trainual on the date above. Quotes for larger teams often differ, which is what a request on SaaSBid surfaces.
Integrations, security and hosting
- Security and compliance
- SOC 2 documentation available on Enterprise plan
- Implementation
- One-time $1,000 implementation fee required on all plans; Enterprise adds content migration and rollout support
Worth knowing before you buy
- Implementation is a mandatory one-time $1,000 fee on every plan.
- SSO starts on Premium; Core and Pro have none.
- E-signatures are capped at 300 per year on Pro and unlimited only from Premium.
- No self-serve trial: the pricing page routes to a demo.
- HR and compliance course libraries are paid add-ons on every plan.
Trainual alternatives
Vendor dossier
Fit by company size
| Category | 1-10 people | 11-50 people | 51-500 people | 500+ people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Onboarding Software | Poor fit | Strong fit | Strong fit | Workable |
Strong fitWorkablePoor fitNo data from the vendor
How buying Trainual works
- How you buy
- Through sales
- Demo or quote needed for
- All plans (Core, Pro, Premium, Enterprise): demo, no published prices
- Contract
- Subscription billed per cycle; cancel at end of cycle; pause up to three months
- Onboarding fee
- One-time $1,000 implementation fee, required on all plans
Security and data protection
- Single sign-on (SAML)
- Premium and Enterprise
From Trainual's trust center, security and legal pages. Anything not listed is not published.
About the company
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- Scottsdale, US
- Ownership
- venture-backed (Series A, 2019)
- 2019
- Closed $6.75M Series A led by 4490 Ventures and MATH Venture Partners
Support and integrations
- Support
- Core: group coaching; Pro and Premium: Customer Success Manager; Enterprise: designated CSM, priority support and quarterly reviews
- Notable integrations
- Okta, Microsoft Entra (SSO)
What vendors in this category ask before quoting
Answer these once in a SaaSBid request and Trainual and its alternatives quote against the same facts.
- How many hires do you expect per year, and in how many locations?Volume and locations drive per-employee pricing and which compliance forms are needed.
- Which HRIS, payroll and applicant tracking systems do you use today?Native connections avoid add-on integration fees and manual exports.
- Do you hire in the US only, or also in other countries?Some products offer payroll and compliance forms for US employees only.
- Do hires need training content, or only paperwork and tasks?Training-led tools and paperwork-led tools are priced and built differently.
- Who should complete tasks besides HR, such as managers and IT?The number of task owners affects user licenses and workflow design.
- Do you need single sign-on or a specific data region?These controls are often available only on upper tiers.