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PortalBase vs FastField, now part of Quickbase.

Both run forms with no signal. PortalBase also runs training with sign-offs and certifications, builds your OSHA logs, answers from your own documents and signs people in with no company email. FastField doesn't state those on its site.

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PortalBase and FastField, side by side.

Every line about FastField comes from its own pages, with the source number beside it.

  • Works with no signal

    PortalBase

    Yes

    Training, forms and inspections work with no signal on native iOS and Android apps, and sync when the phone is back in range.

    FastField

    Yes

    Says it captures information offline and syncs when service returns. Its help center says to "make sure the form has been loaded onto your mobile device" first.[1][3]

  • Sign-in with no company email

    PortalBase

    Yes

    A code by text, an employee ID and PIN, or a QR badge on a shared device. Company single sign-on for the office.

    FastField

    In part

    Its help center says workers log into the app with an email and password, and lists single sign-on.[3][4]

  • Training, inspections, forms and safety records in one system

    PortalBase

    Yes

    Training, forms, inspections, safety records, corrective actions and communications share one list of people and one record.

    FastField

    In part

    Lists forms for inspections, risk assessments, incidents and permits to work. Its pages don't list training.[1]

  • Training with sign-offs and certifications

    PortalBase

    Yes

    Courses from your PDFs, slide decks and SCORM packages, with quizzes, sign-offs and certifications that alert before they lapse.

    FastField

    Not stated on their site

  • AI that answers from your documents

    PortalBase

    Yes

    PortalBase AI answers from your documents and records, with the source shown, and drafts forms, trainings and workflows for a person to publish.

    FastField

    In part

    Lists AI that builds a form from a description or a photo, flags hazards in photos and answers questions about your data.[1]

  • Your own AI connects

    PortalBase

    Yes

    PortalBase is listed in Claude's connector directory and ChatGPT's app directory. Microsoft 365 Copilot connects too. Each connection acts only as the person who signed in.

    FastField

    Not stated on their site

  • OSHA 300, 300A and 301 logs

    PortalBase

    Yes

    Built from your incident reports, as PDFs, with the CSV for OSHA's ITA. You review and file.

    FastField

    Not stated on their site

  • English and Spanish

    PortalBase

    Yes

    The apps work in English and Spanish.

    FastField

    Yes

    Its help center lists Spanish among the app's languages, for menus and buttons.[5]

  • A demo built for your company

    PortalBase

    Yes

    We send a demo built for your company, with your kind of work in it, before you decide.

    FastField

    Not stated on their site

A dash means the pages we read don’t say, not that FastField can’t. An X appears only where FastField’s own page says so. Checked November 10, 2026.

What it costs.

PortalBase

  • You pay only for the people who sign in that month.
  • Everyone else is free.
  • No device fees.
  • Tell us how many people sign in and we'll send a quote and a demo built for your company.

FastField

  • Core: $24, per seat, per month
  • Pro: $36, per seat, per month
  • Enterprise: custom pricing

Its pricing page offers annual and monthly billing.

As its own pricing page states it.[2]

What we already do better.

Signed in for 30 days with no signal.

After one sign-in with signal, people stay signed in for 30 days with no signal at all. Training, forms and inspections keep working the whole time.

Saved the moment it's done.

Work saves on the phone the moment it's done, and sends itself when signal is back. Nobody has to press sync.

One app for training, inspections and forms.

Teams do their training, inspections and forms in one app, with one sign-in and one record for each person.

Why teams switch to PortalBase.

Training that proves itself.

Bring in your PDFs, slide decks and SCORM courses. Add a quiz or a sign-off, and certifications alert before they lapse.

OSHA logs from records you already keep.

The 300, 300A and 301 come from your incident reports as PDFs, with the CSV for OSHA's ITA. You review and file.

AI that knows your procedures.

PortalBase AI answers from your own documents and records and shows the page it used. It drafts forms, trainings and workflows from a sentence, and a person publishes them.

Everyone gets a way in.

Plenty of frontline people have no company email. They sign in with a code by text, an employee ID and PIN, or a QR badge on a shared tablet, and the record is still theirs.

The form builder with a job hazard analysis open. Question types to add on the left and the form's first section and questions in the middle, with Shortcuts, Try it and Publish buttons.

About FastField, in its own words

Sources, checked November 10, 2026

  1. FastField page, quickbase.com, read November 10, 2026
  2. FastField pricing page, quickbase.com, read November 10, 2026
  3. FastField help center, filling out a form with no internet, help.quickbase.com, read November 10, 2026
  4. FastField help center, single sign-on, help.quickbase.com, read November 10, 2026
  5. FastField help center, languages supported on apps, help.quickbase.com, read November 10, 2026
  6. Quickbase acquires Merge Mobile, quickbase.com, June 27, 2023, read November 10, 2026

Everything we say about another company comes from its own pages, read on the day shown. “Not stated on their site” means just that. See something wrong or out of date? Tell us at hello@portalbaseai.com and we’ll fix it.

See it with your own work in it.

Tell us your sites and the checks you run. We'll send a demo built for your company and show it on a phone with no signal.

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Common questions

Does PortalBase work offline?
Yes. Training, forms and inspections work with no signal on native iOS and Android apps, and sync when the phone is back in range.
Can PortalBase connect to our other systems?
Yes. PortalBase has an API and webhooks, syncs people from your directory or an HR file, and brings documents in from SharePoint, OneDrive and Google Drive. Ask us about the systems you run.
Can I move my FastField forms over?
PortalBase AI drafts a form or an inspection from a sentence, or from a photo of the form you use now. A person checks it and publishes. Bring one of yours to a walkthrough and we'll rebuild it with you.