Best for
Focused SMB teams
10–250 person SMBs comparing training and handbook tools on price, setup effort, and time-to-value
Trainual alternative
A lighter Trainual alternative when you just need handbook answers
Trainual is a full training and SOP platform with courses, roles, and completion tracking. StaffHQ is a leaner option for small teams that mainly need staff to ask questions and get cited answers from the handbook documents they already have.
Problem
Repeated questions
Full training platforms ask you to rebuild policies into courses, assign modules, and manage completion tracking — a lot of structure when the daily problem is managers answering the same policy questions.
Outcome
Cited answers
Upload the documents you already have. Staff ask in plain English, get answers cited to the source section, and managers see which policies are unclear or missing — no course-building overhead.
Example questions StaffHQ answers
- New hire asks about leave, sick-day, or uniform policy instead of sitting through a training module
- Office manager uploads the existing handbook PDF and goes live without restructuring it into courses
- Staff get an honest "not covered in the uploaded documents" answer instead of a confident guess
- Owner compares a $49–$149/mo pilot against a bigger platform contract before committing
Why StaffHQ starts with handbook Q&A
StaffHQ focuses on the highest-value first step: turn existing staff documents into cited answers, then show managers which questions still need clearer documentation. Your team gets practical help without a payroll, scheduling, ATS, or HRIS migration.
Not legal or HR advice. StaffHQ is an information tool. AI answers can be wrong or out of date, so staff should check cited source documents and managers should review policies with qualified advisors.
Pilot offer
- ✓ $499 concierge setup to convert/import existing handbook docs
- ✓ $49–$299/mo pilot plans for early SMB teams
- ✓ Concierge setup available now; self-serve document upload coming next
- ✓ No payment details collected until pilot scope is agreed