The short answer: choose Bloom Growth if you want one flat price with unlimited users, or coaching from the same company. Choose BOSS if you want to pay per person, with volume pricing as you grow, or you want scorecard numbers filled in from QuickBooks Online or Desktop and your PSA, a daily huddle board and a note-taker that joins your calls.
Side by side
| BOSS | Bloom Growth | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9, $12 or $14 per person per month; yearly is about two months free. Volume pricing for larger teams. Note-taker add-on $40 a month per workspace | Flat monthly: Core $299, Scale $499, Flourish $999, unlimited users. Coaching add-on from $2,500 a month |
| A 10-person team, billed monthly | $120 a month on Team, $140 on Pro | $299 a month on Core |
| Free plan or trial | In beta by invite; 14-day free trial when sign-ups open. Free observer and coach seats. No free plan | Free trial offered; length not stated. No free plan |
| Methods and your own terms | Any method. Every term, meeting part and time can be renamed | EOS, Scaling Up, Pinnacle and others. Terms can be edited; fully custom on Flourish |
| Weekly meeting with timers | Weekly meeting with a shared timer for each part | Weekly, leadership, department and 1:1 meetings. Timers not described in their help |
| Daily huddle | Daily huddle board with today's numbers, checks and topics | Not found |
| Quarterly and annual planning | Quarterly and annual planning sessions, plus department sessions | Quarterly planning mode and annual sessions |
| One-on-ones | Quarterly conversations and two-person issue-solving sessions | One-on-one and quarterly 1:1 meetings |
| Meeting notes and note-taker | Notes from the room, Teams transcripts after the call, or a live note-taker that joins Teams, Zoom or Google Meet | Browser recorder started by the leader, with an AI summary. No bot joins calls |
| AI | AI assistant for drafting, recaps and slipping numbers, included on Pro with a monthly allowance, or on your own Anthropic, OpenAI or Google key. Connector for Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps | Recaps and summaries on all plans; meeting prep and pattern detection on Scale and up |
| Scorecard numbers from QuickBooks | Built in: QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop fill weekly income, cash and money owed | Not found |
| Scorecard numbers from a PSA | Built in: Autotask, ConnectWise PSA, HaloPSA and Kaseya BMS fill weekly ticket numbers | Not found |
| Zapier, API and webhooks | Public REST API with workspace keys and signed webhooks for Power Automate, Make or your own scripts, plus an MCP connector for AI apps. Zapier app coming | Zapier and a developer API on all plans |
| Microsoft Teams and Slack | Posts meeting starts, recaps, to-dos and Monday numbers to Teams or Slack channels, a BOSS app inside Teams, and Microsoft or Google sign-in. To-dos sync with Microsoft To Do, Asana, ClickUp and monday.com | Calendar import; Microsoft 365 and Google calendar and email from Scale. Slack not found |
| Phone app | Works in any phone browser. No app store app yet | iOS and Android app |
| People tools | People reviews, quarterly conversations and a three-strike record | Quarterly 1:1s that feed right person, right seat |
| Process documents | Core process handbook with training sign-off | Docs library with folders and permissions |
A check means it is there. A tilde means partly, or with a catch. A dash means we could not find it on their site. Prices in US dollars, checked October 29, 2026.
Where they differ
How you pay
Bloom Growth charges one flat price no matter how many people use it, starting at $299 a month. BOSS charges per person, $9 to $14. For a team under about 20 people BOSS usually costs less. Larger companies can get BOSS volume pricing, so ask us for a quote to put next to Bloom's flat price.
Numbers on the scorecard
Bloom lists Zapier and an API but no QuickBooks or PSA connections. BOSS fills weekly income, cash and money owed from QuickBooks Online or Desktop and ticket numbers from four PSAs.
Meeting notes
Bloom records from the meeting leader's browser and keeps an AI summary. BOSS can also bring in a Teams transcript or send a note-taker into Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, and keeps the transcript.
Where Bloom Growth is ahead
A coaching program from the same company, phone apps, an API on every plan (BOSS includes its API on Pro) and wider method support out of the box.
Which to pick
Pick Bloom Growth if
- You would rather pay one flat price than per person
- You want coaching from the software company itself
- Phone apps are a must-have, or you need an API on a lower-priced plan
Pick BOSS if
- You are a team of up to about 20 people and want to pay per person
- Your numbers live in QuickBooks Desktop or Online, or in a PSA
- You run daily huddles
- You want notes from Teams, Zoom or Meet calls captured for you
- You want recaps and to-dos posted to Teams or Slack
Sources
- Bloom Growth pricing
- Bloom Growth: about Traction Tools and Bloom Growth
- Bloom Growth help: AI recorder and summary
- Bloom Growth help: integrations
- Bloom Growth help: API
- Bloom Growth help: editing terms
- Bloom Growth help: quarterly meeting
- Bloom Growth help: mobile app
Questions
Is Bloom Growth the same as Traction Tools?
Yes. Traction Tools rebranded as Bloom Growth effective November 1, 2022, according to Bloom Growth.
Is Bloom Growth cheaper than BOSS?
It depends on team size. Bloom Growth Core is $299 a month for unlimited users. BOSS is $9 to $14 per person, so 10 people on the Team plan is $120 a month. For larger teams BOSS offers volume pricing; contact support@bossforteams.com for a quote.
Does Bloom Growth connect to QuickBooks?
We could not find a QuickBooks or PSA connection on Bloom Growth's site as of October 29, 2026. It offers Zapier and an API. BOSS connects to QuickBooks Online and Desktop directly.