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.
Compare. Sources checked November 10, 2026
PortalBase vs Samsara.
PortalBase runs training, forms and inspections on the phones your teams already carry, with no devices to buy and no signal needed. It also answers from your own documents and builds your OSHA logs. Samsara's site doesn't state offline use, AI that answers from your documents or OSHA logs.
Also searched asSamsara alternative
PortalBase and Samsara, side by side.
Every line about Samsara comes from its own pages, with the source number beside it.
What matters
PortalBase
Samsara
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.
Samsara
Not stated on their siteNo devices to buy
PortalBase
YesPortalBase runs on the phones teams already carry, a shared tablet or a kiosk, or on the web. No device fees.
Samsara
In partIts Driver App runs on phones. Its apps page says real-time GPS tracking comes when the app is connected to a Samsara Vehicle Gateway.[2]
Sign-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.
Samsara
Not stated on their siteTraining, inspections, forms and safety records in one system
PortalBase
YesTraining, forms, inspections, safety records, corrective actions and communications share one list of people and one record.
Samsara
In partIts Driver App lists step-by-step workflows, DVIRs, training courses, qualifications and coaching.[2]
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.
Samsara
YesSays drivers train in the Driver App with courses from its library or your own, and AI tools track when qualifications expire.[2]
AI 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.
Your 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.
Samsara
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.
Samsara
Not stated on their siteEnglish and Spanish
PortalBase
YesThe apps work in English and Spanish.
Samsara
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.
Samsara
Not stated on their site
A dash means the pages we read don’t say, not that Samsara can’t. An X appears only where Samsara’s own page says so. Checked November 10, 2026.
What it costs.
Samsara
Not published on their site.
Its pricing page asks how many vehicles or assets you have.
From its own pages.[3]
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
“It will randomly log you out”
Why teams switch to PortalBase.
No devices to buy.
PortalBase runs on the phones your teams already carry, a shared tablet or a kiosk. There are no devices to buy and no device fees.
It works where the signal doesn't.
A basement, a cab, a cooler or a back lot. Training, forms and inspections save on the phone and send on their own when it's back in range. Nobody has to press sync.
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.
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.
About Samsara, in its own words
- Samsara calls itself The Connected Operations Platform, and its home page lists AI dash cams and in-cab alerts.[1]
Sources, checked November 10, 2026
- Samsara home page, samsara.com, read November 10, 2026
- Samsara apps page, samsara.com, read November 10, 2026
- Samsara pricing page, samsara.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
- What do we need to run PortalBase?
- The phones your teams already carry, a shared tablet or a kiosk, or a web browser. There are no devices to buy and no device fees.
- Can I use PortalBase and Samsara together?
- Yes. Samsara can keep your vehicles and dash cams while PortalBase runs training, forms, inspections and safety records for everyone. PortalBase has an API and webhooks, and syncs people from your directory.
- 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.