A TalentLMS alternative
Your team learns how the work is done, follows the latest procedures and finds every answer in one place. Training, procedures and your knowledge base stay connected, so one update reaches everyone.
- 14 days free
- No credit card needed
- Procedures and handbook included
Training that stays connected to how the work is done
Helpable keeps training, procedures and knowledge together, so what people learn matches what they do.
Procedures inside your training
Use your procedures as lessons. When a procedure changes, the training shows the new version.
Answers after the training
People look up what they learned in the knowledge base, with one search across knowledge, procedures and training.
Your first training on day one
Start from a template or let AI build lessons and a quiz from your own procedures in about a minute.
The same training in TalentLMS and in Helpable
TalentLMS is built around online courses. Helpable keeps the procedure people follow on the job next to the training, and answers their questions from it.
Illustration with a fictional demo company. The TalentLMS side is a simple sketch of a course catalog, drawn by Helpable.
Helpable and TalentLMS side by side
A short overview of how the two tools compare. Both help companies train their people online.
| Helpable and TalentLMS side by side | Helpable | TalentLMS |
|---|---|---|
| FocusTalentLMS centers on courses; Helpable centers on how your company does the work, with training built on top. | Training, procedures and knowledge base for teams of 5 to 50 | Learning management system focused on courses |
| Courses and lessonsBoth offer courses with lessons; in Helpable a lesson can show a live procedure, so it changes when the work changes. | Chapters and lessons with text, video, documents and practical tasks | Online courses are the core of the product |
| Step-by-step proceduresSteps people follow on the job cut mistakes; Helpable gives every procedure an owner, a review date and versions. | Numbered steps, checklists, images, versions and review dates | Check their website |
| Read confirmation per versionWhen a procedure changes, Helpable asks everyone to confirm the new version and shows who is pending. | Yes, with a per-person overview | Check their website |
| Internal knowledge baseOne search across knowledge, procedures and training means fewer repeated questions in Helpable. | Included, with one search across knowledge, procedures and training | Check their website |
| Public help center for customersCustomers find answers themselves; Helpable includes a public help center next to the team handbook. | Included, can be multilingual | Check their website |
| Training built by AI from your own proceduresHelpable's AI builds a training from the procedures you pick, with a link to every source, so you can check each line. | Yes, with a link to every source | Check their website |
| Where data is storedWhere data lives is often the first question in a client's security check; Helpable stores it in the EU. | In the EU | Check their website |
Based on public information, October 2026. Check each company's website for the latest details.
The short answer
- When TalentLMS fits
Pick TalentLMS if your training is mostly formal online courses, you need SCORM support or video-meeting integrations, or you want a learning management system built around a course catalog.
- When Helpable fits
Pick Helpable over TalentLMS if your people learn the job while doing it: Helpable keeps step-by-step procedures, a knowledge base, AI answers and training in one tool, with read confirmations per version.
- When both fit
Use TalentLMS and Helpable together if TalentLMS runs your formal compliance courses and the team needs procedures, a handbook and quick training for the daily work in Helpable.
Questions small teams ask when they compare tools
These are the points that usually decide which tool fits a small team best.
Do we need courses or daily know-how?
Many small teams mostly need people to learn and follow the way their company works.
With Helpable Helpable combines training with step-by-step procedures and a knowledge base for the daily work.
How do we keep training up to date?
A procedure changes, and the training about it has to change too.
With Helpable Training uses your procedures as lessons, and you can ask people who finished to redo a new version.
Will people read the changes?
Publishing a new rule is one thing. Knowing everyone read it is another.
With Helpable Ask for a read confirmation per version and see per person who still needs to read it.
Does it work in our language?
A team that works in Dutch learns faster in Dutch.
With Helpable Helpable works in English and Dutch, and your help center can be multilingual.
Switch to Helpable in three steps
Most teams have their first training ready on the first day.
Write down how the work is done
Add procedures and articles, or let AI draft knowledge articles from your PDF, Word, TXT, Markdown or CSV files and links.
Turn it into training
Let AI build lessons and a quiz from your procedures and articles, or start from one of six templates.
Assign it and see who is ready
Give people a due date. Helpable sends reminders and shows who finished and how they scored.
- 14 days free
- No credit card needed
Procedures your team reads and confirms
Write each task as numbered steps with checklists and images. Give it an owner and a review date, publish new versions with a change summary and ask the team to confirm they read it.
- Announce updates to the team
- Use any procedure as a lesson
- Easy to follow on a phone
What you get with Helpable
All the parts you need to train people and keep them up to date, in one tool.
Training people finish
Lessons with text, video and documents, with estimated time and learning goals.
Quizzes and assessments
Six question types, pass mark, time limit, question banks and manual grading.
Certificates
PDF certificates with an optional expiry date and a code anyone can verify.
Procedures with versions
Numbered steps, checklists and images, with read confirmations per version.
Knowledge base and help center
An internal handbook and a public help center, with one search across everything.
Automatic assignments
New people and teams get the right training by themselves, with a due date and reminders.
A first version of a training from your own procedures, in minutes
Pick the articles and procedures that matter and AI drafts lessons and quiz questions that link back to their sources. You check it, adjust it and assign it to the people who need it.
- Built from your own knowledge
- Every lesson links to its source
- Quiz questions drafted for you
- Nothing goes live until you approve it
A plan that grows with your team
Try Helpable free for 14 days, no credit card needed. Then pick the plan that fits your team.
Business
Your knowledge base for team and customers, written faster with AI.
$29/month
Billed monthly
That's $0.95 a day
Start free trial- 3 team members included
- An internal knowledge base and a public help center
- AI writes first versions from your own documents
- Start from what you have: documents, Word files and your website
- Procedures everyone follows, with read confirmations
- Your help center on your own web address
- 250 AI credits per month
- Recommended · your free trial runs on this plan
Business Plus
Train your team on that knowledge: courses, quizzes and progress per person.
$89/month
Billed monthly
That's $2.93 a day
Start free trialEverything in Business, plus:
- 5 team members included
- Training with quizzes, due dates and reminders
- See per person who finished what
- Practice conversations with AI, included
- Video lessons and final tests
- Certificates you can show clients and inspectors
- Results exported in one click
- 3 help centers and 3 internal knowledge bases
- 750 AI credits per month
What's in Business
- 3 team members included
- An internal knowledge base and a public help center
- AI writes first versions from your own documents
- Start from what you have: documents, Word files and your website
- Procedures everyone follows, with read confirmations
- Your help center on your own web address
- 250 AI credits per month
Business Max
Training that runs by itself, and proof of who really knows what.
$179/month
Billed monthly
That's $5.88 a day
Start free trialEverything in Business Plus, plus:
- 9 team members included
- New colleagues get their training automatically
- A fixed onboarding route from day one
- Learning insights: who really studied and who clicked through
- Skills matrix and a training record per person
- Practical work signed off on the floor
- Locations with their own managers
- Refresher training that comes back by itself
- Certificates that expire on time, in your own design
- Your help center fully in your own brand
- 10 help centers and 10 internal knowledge bases
- 1,500 AI credits per month
What's in Business Plus
- 5 team members included
- Training with quizzes, due dates and reminders
- See per person who finished what
- Practice conversations with AI, included
- AI writes first versions from your own documents
- Start from what you have: documents, Word files and your website
- Procedures everyone follows, with read confirmations
- Video lessons and final tests
- Certificates you can show clients and inspectors
- Results exported in one click
- Your help center on your own web address
- 3 help centers and 3 internal knowledge bases
- 750 AI credits per month
Grow when you need to
Add these to Business and up, any time. You only pay for what you use.
- More people
Add people one by one as your team grows, for a fixed price per person on every plan.
$9/month
- A second help center
A help center and handbook for another brand, location or client.
$10/month
- Only your brand
Remove “Powered by Helpable” from your help center. Included in Business Max.
$19/month
- Cancel any time
- Data stored in the EU
Switching from TalentLMS: what it involves
You can have your most-used knowledge and a first training in Helpable on the same day. TalentLMS keeps working for as long as you want it to.
- Typical time: 10 to 20 minutes
Bring in what you have
Upload the files you have (Word, PDF, Markdown, text or CSV), import a public website or connect Notion under Settings › Integrations. Each one becomes a searchable document. Start with the documents your TalentLMS courses came from; the procedures behind them are the best way in.
- Typical time: 1 to 2 hours for your key pages
Check the drafts and name owners
AI turns each document into a draft article or procedure. You read it, fix what is off, give it an owner and a review date, and publish. Nothing goes live by itself.
- Typical time: About 15 minutes
Let AI build the first training
Pick the articles and procedures a new colleague needs and say who it is for. AI drafts lessons and quiz questions that link back to them. You check and publish.
- Typical time: About 15 minutes
Invite the team and assign
Invite people by email, put them in teams and assign training and procedures with a due date. Ask for read confirmations; reminders go out by email.
- Typical time: 14 days
Run both side by side
Try Helpable free for 14 days on Business Plus, no credit card. Keep TalentLMS running until you see the team use Helpable, then decide.
What moves over
- Pages and documents, as searchable documents and draft articles
- Step-by-step instructions, as procedures with an owner and review date
- Onboarding checklists, as training with lessons and a quiz
- Your team, invited by email and grouped in teams
What you keep
- Everything in TalentLMS stays where it is: importing only reads it
- Your own words: AI drafts from your text and you approve every change
- Connected sources stay current: Helpable checks them for changes every day
- Your history from now on: every new version keeps a short change summary
Rather have us set it up?
We bring in your documents, write your first procedures and build your first training for you. You pay once, next to your plan, and we confirm the scope before we start.
- Quick LaunchHelpable set up and your first training ready within days.
- Training LaunchA complete start: your knowledge, training and onboarding ready for the whole team.
- Complete Training AcademyYour full training program built, from first day to recurring training.
What is a good TalentLMS alternative for small teams?
Helpable is a TalentLMS alternative for teams of 5 to 50 people that want training, step-by-step procedures and a knowledge base in one tool. It fits companies where people learn the job while doing it.
How is Helpable different from TalentLMS?
TalentLMS is a learning management system focused on courses. Helpable combines training with procedures that people confirm per version and a knowledge base they use every day, so training and daily work stay connected. For TalentLMS's current features, check their website.
Does Helpable have quizzes and certificates like an LMS?
Yes. Helpable has quizzes with six question types, a pass mark, attempts and time limits, and certificates with a code anyone can verify. Certificates are part of Business Plus and up, and certificate expiry comes with Business Max.
Can Helpable build training from our own documents?
Yes. Helpable's AI writer drafts knowledge articles from your own files and links, and Helpable's AI can build a training with lessons and quiz questions from the articles and procedures you choose. You check everything before you publish.
Does Helpable work in Dutch?
Yes. The Helpable app is available in English and Dutch, and the public help center can be multilingual.
Is there a free trial of Helpable?
Yes. Helpable has a free trial of 14 days on Business Plus, and no credit card is needed to start.
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TalentLMS alternative: questions from small teams
Small teams that search for a TalentLMS alternative often find that their training is less about courses and more about how the work is done in their own company. These are the questions they ask, answered for teams of 5 to 50.
TalentLMS alternative for teams that learn on the job
For teams where people learn the job while doing it, Helpable is a TalentLMS alternative that keeps training, step-by-step procedures and a knowledge base in one tool. TalentLMS is a learning management system with online courses at the core of the product.
Think of an installation company with twelve technicians. What they need to learn is how this company installs a heat pump, fills in the handover form and handles a complaint. In Helpable those steps are procedures, the procedures are lessons in the onboarding training, and on site the technician opens the same procedure on a phone. What people learned and what they look up is the same text. Read more about procedures.
LMS for small business that stays up to date
In Helpable a procedure used as a lesson always shows the current version, so the training changes when the work changes.
When the handover form changes, the owner edits the procedure, publishes a new version with a short summary and asks the team for a read confirmation. People who already finished the training can be asked to redo it, and the quiz shows whether the change landed. Where training and procedures live in separate tools, every change means two edits. More on an LMS for small business.
Employee training software with quizzes and certificates
With Helpable you get the parts people expect from an LMS: quizzes with six question types, a pass mark, attempts, time limits and question banks, and PDF certificates with a code anyone can verify.
Training is assigned to people, teams or everyone with a due date, and new people and teams get the right training automatically. Reports show completion, scores and overdue training per training, team and employee, with CSV export. For a customer service team of fifteen, the team lead sees in one screen who passed the product quiz and who still has the returns lesson open. See employee training software.
How to switch from TalentLMS to Helpable
Switching to Helpable starts with writing down how the work is done, because procedures are the base of the training.
Add your procedures and articles, or let the AI writer draft knowledge articles from your PDF, Word, TXT, Markdown or CSV files and links. Then let AI build lessons and a quiz from them, or start from one of six templates, and assign the training with a due date. Helpable sends reminders and shows who finished and how they scored. Most teams have their first training ready on the first day. The page on training with AI shows how the draft is made.
When is TalentLMS the better choice?
TalentLMS can be the better choice when online courses are the heart of your training and you want a dedicated learning management system built around them.
Check TalentLMS's website for its current features before you decide. Choose Helpable when daily know-how matters as much as courses: procedures people confirm per version, a knowledge base they search on the job, a public help center for customers and an app in English and Dutch, with data stored in the EU.
Try Helpable next to what you use today
Start with your own procedures or a ready-made template.
- 14 days free
- No credit card needed
- Cancel any time