Deputy vs Trainual

Two HR & compliance tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	DeputyDeputy	TrainualTrainual
In one line	Scheduling, time clock, and compliance for shift workers	Document how your business runs and train people on it
Starting price	From $5/person	Price by quote
Six-person team	$30/mo	Price by quote
Plans	Lite $5/user/mo; Core $6.50/user/mo; Pro $9/user/mo; $30/mo minimum on monthly plans; 10% off annual	No prices published: Core, Pro, Premium, and Enterprise by demo; $1,000 one-time implementation fee; best for 25 to 1,000 employees; accounts can pause up to 3 months
Pricing model	Free trial	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per user	By plan
Integrations	Gusto, ADP, Xero, QuickBooks, Square, Lightspeed	Gusto, BambooHR, Slack, Zapier, Google Workspace
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Not looked up yet	None listed
Live chat	Not looked up yet	Every plan
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	3 incidents posted on Deputy's status page, which covers all Deputy products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 1 marked major or critical by Deputy. Status page	1 incident posted on Trainual's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Trainual. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 774 reviews	4.8 / 5 from 509 reviews
Trustpilot score	2.7 / 5 from 135 reviews	4.1 / 5 from 25 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	85	70
Fit: Restaurant or café	88	75
Fit: Service business	55	85
Fit: Agency or studio	15	70
Fit: Trades or contractor	50	80
Fit: Online store	20	55
Why people pick it	Compliance rules built in Works in four markets	Built for SOPs and onboarding Tracks who completed what
Where it falls short	Per-user No payroll of its own	Price only through a demo Still have to write the content
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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