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.
Compare. Sources checked November 10, 2026
PortalBase vs GoCanvas.
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. GoCanvas doesn't state those on its site.
PortalBase and GoCanvas, side by side.
Every line about GoCanvas comes from its own pages, with the source number beside it.
What matters
PortalBase
GoCanvas
Works with no signal
PortalBase
YesTraining, forms and inspections work with no signal on native iOS and Android apps, and sync when the phone is back in range.
Forms and inspections
PortalBase
YesA form and inspection builder with photos and signatures. A failed step opens a repair with an owner and a date.
Training with sign-offs and certifications
PortalBase
YesCourses from your PDFs, slide decks and SCORM packages, with quizzes, sign-offs and certifications that alert before they lapse.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their siteOSHA 300, 300A and 301 logs
PortalBase
YesBuilt from your incident reports, as PDFs, with the CSV for OSHA's ITA. You review and file.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their siteAI that answers from your documents
PortalBase
YesPortalBase AI answers from your documents and records, with the source shown, and drafts forms, trainings and workflows for a person to publish.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their siteYour own AI connects
PortalBase
YesPortalBase 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.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their siteSign-in with no company email
PortalBase
YesA code by text, an employee ID and PIN, or a QR badge on a shared device. Company single sign-on for the office.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their siteEnglish and Spanish
PortalBase
YesThe apps work in English and Spanish.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their siteA demo built for your company
PortalBase
YesWe send a demo built for your company, with your kind of work in it, before you decide.
GoCanvas
Not stated on their site
A dash means the pages we read don’t say, not that GoCanvas can’t. An X appears only where GoCanvas’s own page says so. Checked November 10, 2026.
What we already do better.
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.
About GoCanvas, in its own words
- GoCanvas calls itself a frontline operations platform that turns the way teams already work into a standardized process, connected to the systems the business runs on.[1]
- GoCanvas says the Nemetschek Group acquired it in July 2024, and lists SiteDocs and Device Magic among its own platforms. GoCanvas and SiteDocs share an owner, Nemetschek.[3]
Sources, checked November 10, 2026
- GoCanvas home page, gocanvas.com, read November 10, 2026
- GoCanvas products page, gocanvas.com, read November 10, 2026
- GoCanvas company profile, gocanvas.com, 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.
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 GoCanvas 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.