Short answer: If you use Process Street to make sure people follow your procedures, Helpable is our pick for teams of 5 to 50: SOPs with checklists, read acknowledgements and training with quizzes in one tool, from $29 a month. If you need checklists that run as tracked jobs with forms and approvals, look at Manifestly or Tallyfy. Both publish their prices.
Process Street runs repeat processes as checklists and workflows, with forms, approvals and automations. It now calls itself a "Compliance Operations Platform". Its pricing page shows no prices at all: every plan says "Contact sales". The Startup plan is for companies with fewer than 15 employees and under $2 million in revenue, and it's capped at 5 users and 10 guests. There's a 14-day free trial of Pro and no free plan (checked Oct 17, 2026, process.st/pricing).
So the usual reasons to look elsewhere are a price you can see, room for more than 5 users without a sales call, or a tool that also teaches people the process. Below are seven options. Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page, checked on October 17, 2026.
Process Street alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Built for | Price (checked Oct 17, 2026) | Free plan or trial | Runs checklists as tracked jobs | Assigns training |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpable | SOPs, knowledge base and training for teams of 5–50 | $29/mo for 3 people, $9 per extra person | 14-day free trial | No (checklists inside procedures) | Yes |
| Manifestly | Recurring checklists with assignments | $10/user/mo ($8.33 billed yearly) | 14-day trial | Yes | No |
| Tallyfy | Workflows that track every step | Full seat $30/mo ($25 yearly); light seat $10/mo | 14-day trial | Yes | No |
| SweetProcess | Procedures, processes and policies with tasks | $99/mo for up to 10 people ($82.50 yearly) | 14-day trial | Yes | Yes |
| Trainual | Role-based training, 25–1,000 employees | Not public; $1,000 setup fee | Demo only | Not its focus | Yes |
| Waybook | Company playbook with SOPs and tests | Core $119/mo for 20 members ($99 yearly) | 7-day trial | Not its focus | Yes |
| Whale | SOPs and training with a screen recorder | Scale $399/mo ($249 yearly), 3 creators | Free (1 creator, 10 members) | Not its focus | Yes |
Runs checklists as tracked jobs means each time the process starts, the tool creates a new run with its own assignees, due dates and status, like Process Street does.
1. Helpable
A procedure in Helpable: steps with photos and checklists, a version number, and who has acknowledged it.
Built for: small teams that want every procedure written down in one place, every new hire trained on it, and proof that people read the latest version.
Helpable is training software for teams of 5 to 50 people, with your SOPs and knowledge base in the same tool. A procedure is a set of numbered steps with photos and checklists, an owner and a review date. When it changes, you publish a new version with a short summary and ask people to confirm they read it. The procedures that matter most go into a short training with a quiz, assigned with a due date, so you see who finished and who's overdue.
What you get on every plan
- Step-by-step procedures with photos and checklists, and read acknowledgements per version
- Training with lessons and quizzes, assigned with due dates and reminders
- Progress per person
- An internal knowledge base and a public help center for customers
- AI that drafts procedures and trainings from your own documents, and AI search that answers questions from your content with a link to the source
Plans: Business is $29 a month for 3 people. Business Plus is $89 a month for 5 people and adds video lessons, final tests, certificates, automatic assignment for new hires and learning paths. Business Max is $179 a month for 9 people and adds recurring training, results per team, locations with their own managers and skills sign-off on the floor. You add people one at a time. The free trial runs 14 days and needs no credit card.
Pick it if: your real problem is that people don't know the process or don't follow the latest version, and you want to train them and see who's up to date.
Not the right fit if: you need each run of a checklist tracked as a job, with form fields, approvals, conditional steps or automations. Helpable doesn't do workflow automation. It also has no HRIS integration or native mobile app (it runs in the phone browser).
Procedures on a phone, for people who work on site, in shifts or on the road.
2. Manifestly
Built for: recurring checklists. You standardize the SOP, assign the steps and track each run.
Price (checked Oct 17, 2026): Business is $10 a user per month billed monthly, or $100 a user per year (about $8.33 a month). Enterprise is $2,000 a year with 10 users included and a 10-user minimum. 14-day free trial of Business, no free plan (manifest.ly/pricing).
Pick Manifestly if:
- Each run of a checklist must be tracked with its own assignees and status, the way Process Street does it.
- You want a low per-user price: $10 a user per month, or about $8.33 billed yearly. For 10 people that's $100 a month ($83 yearly), less than Helpable Business at $92.
Pick Helpable instead if:
- Steps get skipped because people never learned them. Manifestly is built to run checklists. Helpable turns the procedure into a short training with a quiz and shows who passed, so new hires know why each step matters.
- Procedures change often. Helpable publishes a new version with a short summary and asks everyone to confirm they read it.
- You want a handbook and help center as well. Helpable includes an internal knowledge base and a public help center on every plan.
3. Tallyfy
Built for: workflows that track every step, with tasks, forms and guests.
Price (checked Oct 17, 2026): a Full seat, for people who build and edit templates, is $30 a month or $300 a year. A Light seat, for people who only complete tasks, is $10 a month or $100 a year. Minimum 1 seat, unlimited guests, SSO included. 14-day free trial, no free plan (tallyfy.com/pricing).
Pick Tallyfy if:
- A few people design processes and many people only complete tasks: light seats are $10 a month ($100 a year).
- You need SSO and unlimited guests. Tallyfy includes both; Helpable has no SSO.
Pick Helpable instead if:
- People need to learn the work before they do it. Helpable gives each new hire a training with a quiz on the procedures that matter, and shows who passed and who's overdue.
- The work happens on the floor. Helpable procedures are steps with photos that people open on their phone, with an owner and a review date.
4. SweetProcess
Built for: documenting procedures, processes and policies in one place, assigning them as tasks, and tracking who read or did them.
Price (checked Oct 17, 2026): one plan with all features. $99 a month for up to 10 members billed monthly, or $82.50 a month billed yearly, plus $5 ($4.17 yearly) per extra member. Teams under 10 can ask for a separate price. 14-day free trial, no credit card (sweetprocess.com).
Pick SweetProcess if:
- You want procedures, policies and repeatable tasks on one flat-priced plan for around 10 people: $99 a month ($82.50 yearly), less than Helpable Business at $92 for 10.
- You'll grow past 10: each extra member is $5 a month ($4.17 yearly).
Pick Helpable instead if:
- You're under 10 people. SweetProcess's price covers 10 members, so a 5-person team pays $99 unless it gets the small-team price. Helpable Business is $47 a month for 5 people.
- You want a help center for customers in the same tool. Helpable includes a public help center next to your procedures on every plan.
- You want AI to draft training from your procedures. Helpable drafts a course with lessons and a quiz from procedures you already have, with links to the sources.
More detail: Helpable vs SweetProcess.
5. Trainual
Built for: turning SOPs and policies into role-based training with quizzes, e-signatures and completion tracking.
Price (checked Oct 17, 2026): not public. You book a demo. The pricing page lists a one-time $1,000 implementation fee and says Trainual "is best suited for companies with 25 - 1000 employees". No free trial (trainual.com/pricing).
Pick Trainual if:
- You have 25 people or more and want role-based training with e-signatures more than checklist runs.
- You need HR and payroll integrations or a native mobile app. Helpable has neither.
Pick Helpable instead if:
- You want to see the price and try it first. Trainual shows no price, has no free trial and charges a required $1,000 setup fee. Helpable lists every price, has a 14-day free trial without a credit card and no setup fee.
- You're under 25 people. Trainual says it's best suited for 25 to 1,000 employees. Helpable is built for teams of 5 to 50 and adds people one at a time, so a team of 10 pays $92 a month on Business.
Full breakdown: Trainual pricing.
6. Waybook
Built for: a company playbook: SOPs, training and processes, with tests and completion tracking.
Price (checked Oct 17, 2026): Core is $99 a month billed yearly ($119 monthly) for 20 members, plus $5 ($6) per extra member. Pro is $198 billed yearly ($238 monthly) for 20 members. 7-day free trial, no free plan (waybook.com/pricing).
Pick Waybook if:
- You have around 20 people: Core is $99 a month billed yearly ($119 monthly) for 20 members, less than Helpable Business at $182 for 20.
- You want approvals, review dates, SSO and a custom domain on Pro.
Pick Helpable instead if:
- You're well under 20 people. Waybook's price starts at 20 members, so a 6-person team pays for 14 seats it doesn't use. Helpable Business is $56 a month for 6 people.
- You want more time to test. Waybook's trial is 7 days. Helpable's is 14 days, with no credit card.
- You want a help center for customers too. Every Helpable plan includes one.
More detail: Helpable vs Waybook.
7. Whale
Built for: documenting procedures, policies and company knowledge, and training people on them, with a screen recorder.
Price (checked Oct 17, 2026): a free plan for 1 creator and up to 10 members. Scale is $249 a month billed yearly ($399 monthly) for 3 creators. Advance is $499 billed yearly ($799 monthly) for 5 creators (usewhale.io/pricing).
Pick Whale if:
- A few people write the content, many people read it, and you want screen recording built in. Helpable has no screen recorder.
- You're 10 people or fewer and the free plan (1 creator, up to 10 members) is enough.
Pick Helpable instead if:
- Scale is too big a step. Scale is $249 a month billed yearly ($399 monthly). Helpable Business is $92 a month for 10 people, billed monthly.
- Procedures include checklists people follow on site. Helpable procedures hold steps with photos and checklists, with read acknowledgements per version.
More detail: Helpable vs Whale.
What a team of 10 or 25 pays
Monthly prices, checked October 17, 2026. "Yearly" means the monthly rate when you pay for a year up front.
| Tool | Team of 10 | Team of 25 |
|---|---|---|
| Helpable Business | $92/mo | $227/mo |
| Helpable Business Plus (video, certificates, auto-assign) | $129/mo | $249/mo |
| Manifestly Business | $100/mo ($83 yearly) | $250/mo ($208 yearly) |
| Tallyfy (3 full seats, rest light) | $160/mo ($133 yearly) | $310/mo ($258 yearly) |
| SweetProcess | $99/mo ($82.50 yearly) | $174/mo ($145 yearly) |
| Waybook Core | $119/mo ($99 yearly) | $149/mo ($124 yearly) |
| Whale Scale | $399/mo ($249 yearly), 3 creators | $399/mo ($249 yearly), 3 creators |
| Process Street | Not public | Not public |
Process Street's Startup plan wouldn't cover either team: it stops at 5 users.
Training results per person in Helpable: who finished, who's overdue, and their scores.
Is there a free Process Street alternative?
Among the tools above, only Whale has a free plan: 1 creator and up to 10 members (checked Oct 17, 2026). Manifestly, Tallyfy, SweetProcess and Helpable have free trials of 14 days or more. A shared checklist in a spreadsheet or doc also costs nothing, but nobody gets reminded and you can't see who did what.
Checklist tool or SOP and training tool?
Process Street-style tools and SOP tools answer different questions.
- "Did this run of the process get done?" That's a checklist tool. Every client onboarding, audit or month-end close becomes a run with its own assignees and status. Manifestly and Tallyfy do this.
- "Does everyone know how we do this, and are they on the latest version?" That's an SOP and training tool. The procedure lives in one place, new people learn it with a quiz, and changes get acknowledged. Helpable does this.
Many small teams find out their checklist problem is really a training problem. The steps get skipped because the new hire never learned why they matter. Say an accounting firm with 12 people runs a month-end close for 40 clients. A checklist tool tracks each close. The firm's real issue is that two new staff accountants keep missing the same reconciliation step. A procedure with photos of the screen, a short training and a quiz fixes that faster. See SOP software for small teams.
FAQ
What is the best alternative to Process Street?
For running checklists as tracked jobs, Manifestly and Tallyfy are the closest, with public prices. For teams of 5 to 50 that mainly need procedures people follow and training on them, Helpable puts SOPs, read acknowledgements and quizzes in one tool.
How much does Process Street cost?
Process Street doesn't publish prices. Every plan says "contact sales" (checked Oct 17, 2026). The Startup plan is for companies under 15 employees and $2 million in revenue, with up to 5 users and 10 guests.
Does Process Street have a free plan?
No. It has a 14-day free trial of the Pro plan with no credit card (checked Oct 17, 2026).
Is there an open-source alternative to Process Street?
We didn't find an open-source checklist tool we could verify for this list. If you can host software yourself, search for "open source workflow" tools, but expect to handle setup, updates and backups on your own.
Can Helpable run checklists like Process Street?
Partly. A Helpable procedure can hold checklists inside its steps, and people confirm they read each new version. Helpable doesn't create a tracked run each time a process starts, and it has no forms, approvals or automations.
Which tool is cheapest for a small team?
For 10 people, SweetProcess ($99 a month) and Manifestly ($100 a month, $83 billed yearly) cost about the same for checklists. Helpable Business is $92 a month for 10 people and adds training with quizzes and progress per person.
Try it with your own procedures
Put three of your real procedures in Helpable, add the checklist steps, and assign one as a training to your newest hire. Start a free 14-day trial (no credit card), or compare the plans first.
