Honest comparison

Salstead vs Nourish

Great mobile experience. Now extend it to the whole operation.

Nourish nails the mobile care planning experience. But care home operators run a business, not just a care record. Salstead delivers the same mobile care quality plus the rota, compliance and finance backbone the operator needs to keep the doors open.

Side by side

Feature comparison

CapabilitySSalsteadNourish
Pricing transparency
Per-bed from £4/mo, no add-ons
Per-resident, multiple tiers
PAYE payroll built-in
Yes, full PAYE in platform
Not offered
Care plans & eMAR
Yes, native
Yes, strong
Roster & shift management
Yes, native, with marketplace
Not offered
CQC evidence packs
One-click for every key question
Reports limited to care domain
Mobile-first care
Mobile-first, offline-tolerant
Mobile-first (their strength)
AI workforce insights
Predictive forecasting included
Some analytics, limited workforce
Family portal
Included on Standard
Nourish Connect add-on
NHS integrations
GP Connect roadmap, DSPT
GP Connect, NHS App
Migration support
6-week guided migration, free
Available, paid

Based on publicly available information and customer interviews as of 2026. We are happy to update this if you spot anything inaccurate: hello@salstead.com.

Why teams switch

3 reasons operators move from Nourish to Salstead

1

Workforce is the unsolved half

Nourish documents care. Salstead documents care AND solves the rota, agency mix and PAYE that keep operators awake at night.

2

Stop juggling Nourish, Excel and a payroll bureau

Salstead replaces the spreadsheets you use to plug the gaps around your care record.

3

The same mobile UX you already love

Our team interviewed 40 carers using Nourish before designing Salstead mobile. Familiar, but faster and offline-tolerant.

Migration

6-week switch from Nourish to Salstead

A guided, low-risk migration. Your current system stays live until you say go.

Week 1
Kickoff and data export
We export your worker, resident and roster data using your existing system's reporting tools. No vendor lock-in panic.
Week 2
Compliance & user import
Worker compliance passports, residents, family contacts and care plans are imported into Salstead and verified.
Week 3
Manager training
2-hour live session for registered managers, deputies and senior carers. Recorded for refresher.
Week 4
Soft-launch one site
Run Salstead in parallel with your current system on one home. Daily check-ins with your dedicated onboarding lead.
Week 5
Full cutover
Switch all sites onto Salstead. Old system retained read-only for 90 days as a safety net.
Week 6
Optimise & launch family portal
Tune the rota matching, switch on the family portal, sign off the first CQC evidence pack.

Considering a switch from Nourish?

Book a no-obligation migration consultation. We will walk through your current setup, scope the move, and give you a written plan.