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PortalBase vs HammerTech.

Both work offline. PortalBase also signs people in to the app with no email at all, answers questions from your own documents, connects your own AI tools, and works in English and Spanish. HammerTech doesn't state those on its site.

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PortalBase and HammerTech, side by side.

Every line about HammerTech 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.

    HammerTech

    Yes

    Its inspections page says the mobile app has full offline capability.[2]

  • 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.

    HammerTech

    In part

    Workers do orientations without creating an account and scan jobsite QR codes to check in. Its help center says the app signs in with an email and password the company sets up.[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.

    HammerTech

    Yes

    Lists orientations, JHAs, permits, safety meetings, inspections, observations, incidents and daily reports.[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.

    HammerTech

    Yes

    Says it tracks training expirations and alerts you when renewals are due.[3]

  • 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.

    HammerTech

    Not stated on their site

    Says HammerTech Intelligence surfaces risks and automates safety reporting.[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.

    HammerTech

    Not stated on their site

  • English and Spanish

    PortalBase

    Yes

    The apps work in English and Spanish.

    HammerTech

    Not stated on their site

  • 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.

    HammerTech

    Not stated on their site

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

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.

What their users say

“App never gets past the "We're loading your data" screen.”
From a public review of the HammerTech Mobile app on the App Store, posted November 11, 2025. Read November 10, 2026. One user’s words, quoted as written. It isn’t a claim we make about HammerTech.

Why teams switch to PortalBase.

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.

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.

Your own AI, acting as you.

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot. PortalBase is listed in Claude's and ChatGPT's directories, and each connection sees only what that person can.

See it with your own work in it.

We send a demo built for your company before you decide, so you judge it on your own forms and your own people.

Build with AI in the form builder. A daily van check drafted from one sentence: four sections and ten questions, from the van number and odometer through tires, lights, ladders, tools and the gas detector to a sign-off. In the chat beside it, every section and question it added is listed.

About HammerTech, in its own words

Sources, checked November 10, 2026

  1. HammerTech home page, hammertech.com, read November 10, 2026
  2. HammerTech safety inspections page, hammertech.com, read November 10, 2026
  3. HammerTech orientations and worker info page, hammertech.com, read November 10, 2026
  4. HammerTech subcontractor help center, using the mobile app, subcontractorhelp.hammertech.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.

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Common questions

Is PortalBase only for construction?
PortalBase is built for frontline teams in every industry: construction, energy, utilities, manufacturing, transportation, aviation, warehouses, retail and more. Each company sets it up with its own sites, roles and words.
Can PortalBase handle subcontractors and visitors?
Yes. Subcontractors and visitors fill out a QR form at the gate with no account, and reports roll up by contractor.
Can I move my HammerTech 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.