Tribal knowledge walks out the door
Your best person leaves and takes 40% of the process with them. New hires spend their first month asking colleagues, not reading SOPs.
SOP Management
The SOP version your audit references is provable — not “probably the latest.”
Author in a block editor — or draft the first pass with AI — then approve with e-signatures that bind to the exact bytes. Every approval mints an immutable version and the workflow engine gates publication, so the SOP an auditor asks about is provably the one that was in effect.
4.9 on G2 · 1,200+ teams · SOC 2 Type II
Audit-grade by default
Chain proofEvery state change is hash-chained and verifiable. Re-derive the hash yourself.E-signaturesRe-authenticated, content-bound, 21 CFR Part 11-shaped, separation-of-duties enforced.Regulatory reportsOSHA 300/300A/301, RIDDOR F2508, ISO NCRs, GDPR Article 33 — on demand.One connected recordSOP ↔ deviation ↔ CAPA ↔ inspection ↔ incident ↔ risk ↔ asset. Never re-keyed.
If your SOPs live in Google Docs, you don’t have SOPs. You have ghosts.
And ghosts are what’s costing you onboarding time, audit prep weeks, and 2 a.m. “how do I do this again?” Slack messages.
Everyone runs it differently
Same task, three teams, three workflows. Quality varies. Customers notice. The audit notices.
Audit prep is a fire drill
Two weeks of chasing signatures and versions before every ISO, SOC 2, or customer audit. Every time.
One source of truth for every process.
Author once, in a block editor that doesn’t fight you
Drag-and-drop steps, checklists, embedded videos, screenshots. No Word formatting. No Markdown. No "why is this bullet indented wrong."
Approve with e-signatures that bind
Multi-step approval flow with re-authentication on signature. 21 CFR Part 11-grade binding. Every signature is hash-chained to the document hash — auditors love this.
Run, version, and prove
Publish to your team, track who’s read what, fork new versions when the process changes, and export a PDF audit packet on demand.
AUTHORING
A block editor built for procedures, not blog posts.
Drop in steps, checklists, screenshots, decision points, and embedded SOPs. TipTap-powered, keyboard-fast, and built so anyone on the team can author — not just the doc nerd.
- Reusable step blocks across SOPs ("escalation block" lives in one place)
- Inline screenshots with annotations
- Decision branches and conditional steps
APPROVALS
E-signed, hash-chained, audit-ready.
Send to multi-step approvers. Each signature requires re-authentication and is bound to the exact document hash. If anyone edits the SOP after sign-off, the signature breaks — and the audit trail shows exactly why.
- Re-auth on every signature
- Tamper-evident: content-binding via SHA-256
- Separation of duties enforced (author ≠ approver)
VERSION CONTROL
Every change. Forever. Searchable.
Git-style version history. See what changed, who changed it, why, and when. Roll back to any version. Diff side-by-side.
- Side-by-side diff view
- Linked to the controlled-document register required by ISO 9001
- Restore any previous version in one click
From blank page to approved SOP in under an hour.
- 1
Draft
Use a template or start blank. Block editor, no formatting fights.
- 2
Route for approval
Add reviewers and approvers. E-signatures with re-auth at each step.
- 3
Publish + track
Push to your team. See who has read it, ack’d it, run it. Export PDF for auditors anytime.
Built for the teams that get audited.
Manufacturing
work instructions, line changeovers, quality SOPs (ISO 9001 / IATF 16949)
Manufacturing
work instructions, line changeovers, quality SOPs (ISO 9001 / IATF 16949)
Healthcare
clinical protocols, billing SOPs (HIPAA-ready)
Hospitality
opening/closing checklists, training playbooks
SaaS / Tech
incident runbooks, customer-success playbooks, security SOPs (SOC 2)
Construction & field services
site SOPs, daily checklists, equipment procedures
What customers ship after ForgeSOP.
50%
faster new-hire ramp
73%
less audit prep time
100%
of SOPs signed and hash-chained
<1 hr
average time from blank → approved SOP
“We had 14 SOPs in Google Docs, and we still had to retrain everyone. After ForgeSOP, our onboarding dropped from six weeks to three, and the auditor literally asked us what software we use.”
Frequently asked
SOP software is a tool for authoring, approving, distributing, and running Standard Operating Procedures — the documented steps your team follows to perform recurring tasks the same way every time. Unlike a wiki or shared drive, SOP software includes structured authoring (steps, checklists, decision branches), approval workflows with e-signatures, version control, and read-tracking so you can prove who knows what. ForgeSOP is purpose-built for teams that get audited or trained on processes.
Process Street is strongest for workflow execution but lighter on document version control and audit-grade signatures. Trainual is training-first with weaker process-execution and SOP-block reusability. Scribe captures screen-recordings as SOPs but lacks approval flows and audit trails. ForgeSOP combines a block-style editor with hash-chained e-signatures, full version history, and an audit trail strong enough for ISO 9001, SOC 2, and 21 CFR Part 11-grade workflows — in one workspace.
Yes. Every SOP carries a controlled-document footer (doc ID, version, owner, effective date), every change is time-stamped and signed, and the entire audit trail exports as a PDF + JSON package. Customers use ForgeSOP as their controlled-document register for ISO 9001 clause 7.5 and as the documentation engine for SOC 2 CC1–CC9 procedural controls.
Yes — embed videos (Loom, YouTube, MP4), drop in annotated screenshots, and link to external assets. The block editor stores everything inside the SOP itself, so exporting to PDF preserves all media references.
Most teams import their first 10 SOPs and onboard their first cohort within a week. ForgeSOP imports from Word, Google Docs, Notion, and Markdown. The bottleneck is your existing SOPs, not the tool.
Free 14-day trial, no credit card required. Paid plans start at $19/user/month billed annually, with volume pricing above 50 users and an Enterprise tier for SSO, custom roles, and on-prem deployment.
Yes. SOC 2 Type II audited, encryption at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3), workspace-isolated multi-tenancy with row-level security, role-based access control, optional SSO/SAML, and GDPR-compliant data handling. Hash-chained audit trails are tamper-evident.
Yes. One-click export of all SOPs as PDF, Markdown, or a structured JSON archive. No lock-in, no data hostage.
Forge better processes
One platform. Always audit-ready.
Bring SOPs, checklists, audits, incidents, and CAPAs into one connected system for safer, clearer, and more consistent operations.
No credit card required · Built for teams that run on process