Comparison
Trainual trains your team on the process. Cadenio executes the process.
Trainual solves the learning side very well: documenting how work is done and tracking who completed it. When the process needs to actually run, with an owner, approval, deadline, and audit trail, Cadenio is the natural complement.
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Side by side
Cadenio vs. Trainual: what changes in practice
| Dimension | Trainual | Cadenio |
|---|---|---|
| Core problem solved | Training and teaching how the process works | Actually executing the process, step by step |
| Evidence produced | Training completion and quiz scores | Immutable per-run record, with owner, timestamp, and evidence |
| Approvals | Not applicable (focus is on learning) | Approval gates with signature per step |
| Deadlines and escalation | Training completion reminders | Per-task deadlines with automatic escalation |
| External audit | Proves the person completed the training | Proves the process ran correctly, when, and with whose approval |
| Portuguese support | English-focused interface | Native PT-BR, LGPD-ready |
| AI / automation | AI to draft training content | Native AI generates the executable Flow from a plain-text description |
Being honest first
What Trainual does well
Trainual is a strong tool at what it sets out to do. We're not here to diminish that, we're here to help you understand where Cadenio comes in.
Employee onboarding and training
Trainual is strong at knowledge transfer: it documents how work is done, organizes it by role, and tracks who completed each module. For onboarding new hires, it is a solid choice.
SOP documentation in a course format
Turning company knowledge into structured content, with quizzes and role-based paths, is what Trainual does well. It answers the question 'did the person learn the process?'.
Completion tracking
Trainual shows who read, who completed, and who is still pending across trainings. For knowledge management and mandatory training compliance, that gets the job done.
Where Cadenio goes further
Where Cadenio goes beyond Trainual
Executes the process, not just teaches it
Trainual answers 'did the person learn the process?'. Cadenio answers 'did the process run correctly?'. Every run is a real instance with an owner, due date, and evidence field at each step.
Immutable per-run audit trail
Trainual records training completion. Cadenio generates a compliance record per run: who did each step, when, with what evidence, and with whose approval. That is what an external auditor asks for.
Approval gates with signatures and deadline escalation
Trainual has no approval chains or operational deadlines. Cadenio adds approval gates with a signature per step and automatic escalation when a deadline is missed.
Migration
How to combine Trainual and Cadenio
Your Trainual content is a valuable asset. You don't have to throw it away: the processes that need to be executed become Cadenio blueprints, with a native audit trail, while the training stays where it is.
Building a compliance training program? This guide shows how to make training auditable without a heavy LMS.
- 01
Map what needs to be executed
List the processes documented in Trainual that, in practice, need to run with an owner, deadline, and evidence, not just be learned. Those are the candidates for Cadenio.
- 02
Recreate as executable blueprints
Our team converts the training content into Cadenio blueprints with owner, due date, approval, and evidence field at each step. Most migrate in 1-3 business days.
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Keep Trainual to train, use Cadenio to execute
The two are complementary. Keep training in Trainual and run the process in Cadenio, now with an audit trail and automatic escalation on every cycle.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Trainual vs. Cadenio
Doesn't Trainual cover process execution?
Trainual is built for training and knowledge transfer: it documents how work should be done and tracks who completed each module. It does not execute the process itself. There is no run instance with an owner and deadline per step, no approval chain with a signature, and no per-run audit trail. Cadenio exists for that second half of the problem.
Do I need to replace Trainual with Cadenio?
Not necessarily. They solve different problems and are complementary. Trainual trains your team on the processes; Cadenio executes those processes with compliance evidence. Many teams use both: Trainual to teach and Cadenio to run, with an audit trail and approvals.
Can I migrate my Trainual content?
Yes, for the processes that need to be executed, not just learned. Our team converts the content into Cadenio blueprints with owner, due date, approval, and evidence field at each step. Most migrate in 1-3 business days.
What is the Cadenio audit trail that Trainual lacks for?
Trainual proves a person completed a training. Cadenio proves a process ran correctly: who did each step, when, with what evidence, and with whose approval. That difference shows up at the first external audit request (ISO, SOC 2, LGPD), when the auditor asks not 'was the team trained?' but 'show me that this process ran according to the procedure'.
When is Trainual still the right choice?
Trainual is excellent when the main goal is onboarding, training, and role-based knowledge transfer. If you need to document how the company operates and track training completion, Trainual gets it done. When the process needs to be executed with compliance evidence, approval, and deadlines, Cadenio is the complement.
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