Trainual vs 7shifts Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Core
- Unlimited AI-assisted documentation
- Flowcharts
- AI-powered knowledge search (with Q&A)
- 500+ customizable templates
- Unlimited video embedding
- Built-in screen recording
- Video storage (2 GB)
- Commenting & real-time collaboration
- File uploading
- Share content with anyone
- Content verification reminders
- Centralized software & tools hub
- In-app language translation
- Roles & responsibilities builder
- Train by group (role, department, location, etc.)
- Due dates
- Testing, tracking, & reporting
- Interactive employee directory & profiles
- Software & tools hub
- Mobile app & Chrome extension
- Version history (30 days)
- On-demand chat & email support
- Gamification
- Courses library
- Unlimited chat & email support
- Trainual University
- Trainual Community
- Implementation support
- Customer success (group coaching)
- HRIS/payroll & Slack integrations
- AI connectors
Pro
Popular- Individual training paths
- Training time estimates
- Content quality feedback
- Video uploading & hosting
- Auto-generated, searchable video transcriptions
- Video storage (15 GB)
- E-signatures (300/yr)
- Org chart
- Accountability/role chart
- The Delegation Planner™
- Version history (90 days)
- Customer Success Manager
- SCORM storage (5 GB)
- Required watch options for video
- Completion nudges
Premium
- Unlimited video storage
- Unlimited version history
- Unlimited e-signatures
- Custom branding
- Custom domain
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- SCORM storage (15 GB)
- Training path templates
- MCP server for custom AI agents
Enterprise
- API access & custom integration support
- SOC 2 security documentation access
- Extended implementation & migration
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- Organizational rollout support
- Implementation support (includes extended assistance, content migration, & rollout support)
- Quarterly account reviews
- Priority support
- SCORM storage (Talk to us)
Comp
- Basic scheduling
- One-way announcements
- Availability and time off requests
Essentials
- Advanced scheduling
- Team messaging and communication tools
- Basic time clocking
- Customizable permission settings
Pro
Popular- Track accruals and balances for PTO
- Labor compliance and labor cost tools
- Advanced time clocking tools
- Manager Log Book
Premium
- 7shifts Payroll
- Tip Management
- Task Management
- Permission templates for faster profile creation
- Advanced hourly labor forecast
- Advanced labor recommendations
- Advanced operational insights and reporting
- Employee Training
Trainual vs 7shifts FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- One or both use custom pricing, so it depends on your specific needs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- 7shifts has a free plan. Trainual doesn't — you'll need to pay from day one.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Trainual uses custom pricing, while 7shifts goes with flat-rate. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Trainual: Hiding all prices behind a demo wall puts Trainual in the same bucket as HR/ops platforms trying to look enterprise-ready, even though its core use case (SOP and onboarding docs) is a commodity feature in tools like Notion or Scribe. They're betting that HR and ops buyers doing due diligence for a mid-market or larger company won't blink at a sales call, which likely prices out solopreneurs and tiny teams who'd rather self-serve. 7shifts: They're mid-market — not the cheapest (free tools like basic Square scheduling exist) but well below enterprise workforce platforms. At $44.99–$149.99/location, they're squarely targeting independent restaurants and small chains who've outgrown pen-and-paper but can't justify an HCM suite.
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We'll monitor pricing changes for Trainual and 7shifts and let you know when something moves.