Small business operations software

Everything your team is supposed to know,
in one place they will actually look.

Handbook keeps training, SOPs, checklists, recipes, standards, and inventory in one connected system, so the way your business runs stops living in binders, group chats, and whoever happens to be on shift.

15-day free trial on every new handbook. No card required to start.

The Handbook dashboard showing today's checklists alongside a low-stock inventory warning.

The problem

Operational drift is a scattering problem

Most small businesses do not have a training problem or an inventory problem. They have a scattering problem. The recipe is in a binder, the prep standard is in someone's memory, the closing list is a photo in a group chat, and the count is a spreadsheet one person owns.

Every one of those is fine on its own. Together they mean the business only runs correctly when the right people are working, and every new hire relearns it from scratch.

A Handbook checklist for a closing shift, with completed items and the manager sign-off still open.

The approach

Layers that reinforce each other

Handbook connects the layers instead of adding another tool beside them. A checklist can point at the SOP that explains it. A recipe can pull from the items you actually stock. Training can reference the standard the shift will be measured against.

Teams usually start with training and standards, then add checklists, then inventory once the first two are carrying weight.

  • Training, courses, guides, and a shared document library.
  • SOPs, recipes, and operating standards that stay current.
  • Checklist workflows for opening, closing, prep, and recurring work.
  • Inventory checks, forecasting, shopping lists, transfers, and sources.
  • An approval-based AI assistant that proposes changes and never applies them on its own.
The Handbook inventory item list with per-item counts, units, and linked sources.

Priced per handbook, not per seat you regret adding

$30 per month per handbook, plus $5 per accepted user. Every new handbook starts with a 15-day free trial.

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Start with one handbook

Set up your first handbook, invite the team, and see whether it holds up on a real shift.

15 days free. No payment method required to start.