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

  • Pricing transparency

    Salstead

    Per-bed from £4/mo, no add-ons

    Nourish

    Per-resident, multiple tiers

  • PAYE payroll built-in

    Salstead

    Yes, full PAYE in platform

    Nourish

    Not offered

  • Care plans & eMAR

    Salstead

    Yes, native

    Nourish

    Yes, strong

  • Roster & shift management

    Salstead

    Yes, native, with marketplace

    Nourish

    Not offered

  • CQC evidence packs

    Salstead

    One-click for every key question

    Nourish

    Reports limited to care domain

  • Mobile-first care

    Salstead

    Mobile-first, offline-tolerant

    Nourish

    Mobile-first (their strength)

  • Workforce insights

    Salstead

    Predictive forecasting included

    Nourish

    Some analytics, limited workforce

  • Family portal

    Salstead

    Included on Standard

    Nourish

    Nourish Connect add-on

  • NHS integrations

    Salstead

    GP Connect roadmap, DSPT

    Nourish

    GP Connect, NHS App

  • Migration support

    Salstead

    6-week guided migration, free

    Nourish

    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.

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