Trail Reviews

Pros

Taking our old open and close lists and various forms required by council to online.

Cons

The generated reports take some time (no more than 30 minutes though) to generate which is a bit annoying.

Alternatives Considered

Jolt

Reasons for Switching to Trail

We compared many programs/apps for taking all our paperwork and procedures digital. The pros list for Trail far outdid its competitors with very little cons. The 30 day free trial meant that we could upload and create the content before implementing and make sure that we get it right before introducing it to the team. The other companies wanted us to pay up front, with many hidden fees and setup costs whereas the Trail team helped us set it up, and optimise the tools from the get go without any credit card details. It was the personalised service the Trail team offered me and answered all my questions super quickly. Getting Trail was one of the best decisions we made. To sum it up - easy, friendly and effective service, has tidied up our office and streamlined our procedures more than we thought imaginable!

Pros

We used Trail primarily to deal with the transition from a paper system to a digital system and it has worked perfectly, I never have to worry about losing records and most importantly, our EHO is very impressed with it.
Trail is very easy to use, it can be customised easily to accommodate those little eccentricates that businesses have, if you are not sure what you need then there are also loads and loads of templates to use.
There were a few unique data forms that we use and were not initially available on the Trail library, but the incredibly helpful team built them for us bespoke, and they were in use by our team the very next day.
The Trail team are extremely helpful, they are always on hand to provide clear and prompt solutions to any issues I present to them.

Cons

Any issues that I have had seem to have been promptly sorted by the Trail team.

Pros

It's a great way for task managing a multi-site business, maintaining both consistency in our operation and keeping on top of all our key daily tasks. We can also keep a live track of how each of our sites operate and help out on any issues that occur over the day.

Cons

It would be great to have the software as an app in time, as its a little clunky to use while out an about on mobile. Better data collection for audits and analytics would be a nice feature.

Pros

I like that its simple to use, we rarely provide training to our guys, they just bought into the idea straight away.
Easy to chop and change as and when I need to. It replaced all our paperwork and I love that I have a full visual of everyone's activity in front of me.
It's amazing that trail guys don't stop improving it.

Cons

I honestly don't have anything negative to say. Few tweaks may have needed in the beginning that these were all addressed promptly. Development guys are clearly working very hard to ensure that software is at its best.

Pros

The ease of use and ability to amend and add tasks as and when needed. The versatility of the tasks for different uses is brilliant and being able to manage everything directly from your phone or laptop, rather than large folders of paperwork being reprinted is eco friendly, cost effective and convenient.

Cons

There are still few outstanding functions that would be really helpful but there is always an open dialogue on this and development is constant.

Pros

This software allows us to function as a restaurant kitchen and helps us oversee 27 sites/ schools

Cons

EHO inspectors are not yet use to the app in schools therefore putting pressure on the chefs when doing visits

Pros

Trail is incredibly easy to set up - I had staff switched over on day 1 and we haven't looked back

Cons

I'd like to connect it to my staffing tools