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PortalBase vs Raken.

Both work offline, both connect your own AI and both handle OSHA reporting. PortalBase also runs training with sign-offs and certifications, answers questions from your own documents, and signs people in with a text code, an employee ID and PIN, or a QR badge. Raken doesn't state those on its site.

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PortalBase and Raken, side by side.

Every line about Raken 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.

    Raken

    Yes

    Its help center says "Offline functionality is available on the mobile app only," and that the five most recently active projects are cached by default.[5]

  • 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.

    Raken

    In part

    Kiosk mode clocks workers in and out on one shared device, with a photo to confirm who they are.[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.

    Raken

    Yes

    Lists managed checklists, observations, incidents and toolbox talks alongside daily reports and time.[1][2]

  • 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.

    Raken

    Not stated on their site

    Lists toolbox talks with digital attendance.[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.

    Raken

    Not stated on their site

  • 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.

    Raken

    Yes

    Says Claude, ChatGPT and other agents connect through MCP.[6]

  • 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.

    Raken

    Yes

    Says yearly injury and illness data can be submitted to OSHA.[2]

  • English and Spanish

    PortalBase

    Yes

    The apps work in English and Spanish.

    Raken

    Yes

    Its preloaded toolbox talks come in English and Spanish.[3]

  • 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.

    Raken

    Not stated on their site

A dash means the pages we read don’t say, not that Raken can’t. An X appears only where Raken’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.

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.

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.

One record, not five apps.

A failed step opens a repair with an owner and a date. A finished training updates a certification. Nothing gets retyped from one tool into the next.

The training builder with a hot mix safety training open. Steps to add down the left (PDF, video, read, quiz, checklist), the training's first step in the middle, and Try it and Publish buttons at the top.

About Raken, in its own words

Sources, checked November 10, 2026

  1. Raken home page, rakenapp.com, read November 10, 2026
  2. Raken safety management page, rakenapp.com, read November 10, 2026
  3. Raken toolbox talks page, rakenapp.com, read November 10, 2026
  4. Raken kiosk page, rakenapp.com, read November 10, 2026
  5. Raken help center, working offline, help.rakenapp.com, read November 10, 2026
  6. Raken API and MCP page, rakenapp.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

Does PortalBase do daily reports?
Yes. Build your daily report once as a form, and crews fill it out on the phone with photos and signatures, with no signal needed.
Can I use PortalBase and Raken together?
Yes. Raken can keep daily production and time while PortalBase runs training, inspections and safety records. PortalBase has an API and webhooks, and syncs people from your directory.
Can I move my Raken 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.