The short answer: choose Ninety if you want an established product with a free plan, phone apps and coaches already working in it. Choose BOSS if you want scorecard numbers filled in from QuickBooks Online or Desktop and your PSA without Zapier, a daily huddle board, and a note-taker that joins your calls, with planning and people tools included from the $12 plan.
Side by side
| BOSS | Ninety | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Free, then Essentials $12, Accelerate $14, Thrive $16 per user per month. 10% off yearly, paid upfront |
| A 10-person team, billed monthly | $120 a month on Team, $140 on Pro | $120 a month on Essentials, $140 on Accelerate, $160 on Thrive |
| 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 plan, and a 30-day Thrive trial with no card. Free observers |
| Methods and your own terms | Any method. Every term, meeting part and time can be renamed | Built for EOS, also used with other systems. Terminology can be changed on every plan |
| Weekly meeting with timers | Weekly meeting with a shared timer for each part | Weekly meeting with a live agenda timer |
| 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 and annual planning from the Accelerate plan |
| One-on-ones | Quarterly conversations and two-person issue-solving sessions | One-on-one tool from the Accelerate plan |
| 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 | No recorder or note-taker. Their help suggests pasting a transcript from another tool |
| 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 | Maz assistant on paid plans; connector for outside AI tools on Thrive |
| Scorecard numbers from QuickBooks | Built in: QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop fill weekly income, cash and money owed | QuickBooks Online through Zapier only. Desktop not supported |
| 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 (beta) for scorecard data; public API on Thrive |
| 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 | Google and Outlook calendars. Slack and Teams through Zapier |
| Phone app | Works in any phone browser. No app store app yet | iOS and Android apps |
| People tools | People reviews, quarterly conversations and a three-strike record | People analyzer and quarterly reviews from the Accelerate plan |
| Process documents | Core process handbook with training sign-off | Process documentation on Thrive |
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
Numbers on the scorecard
Ninety brings numbers in through Zapier or its API on the top plan, and documents QuickBooks Online through Zapier only. BOSS connects directly to QuickBooks Online and Desktop and to Autotask, ConnectWise PSA, HaloPSA and Kaseya BMS, so a typical MSP scorecard fills itself in.
What each plan includes
On Ninety, quarterly and annual planning, one-on-ones and people reviews start on Accelerate at $14, and processes and the API on Thrive at $16. On BOSS, planning, people tools and processes are on the $12 Team plan; connectors and the AI assistant are on the $14 Pro plan.
Meeting notes
Ninety does not record meetings. BOSS can take notes from the room, import a Teams transcript, or send a live note-taker into Teams, Zoom or Google Meet that suggests to-dos for someone to accept.
Where Ninety is ahead
A free plan, far more published reviews, a partner hub where coaches build agendas, and phone apps. Both sync to-dos with Asana, ClickUp and monday.com.
Which to pick
Pick Ninety if
- You want a free plan to start
- Your coach already builds agendas in Ninety
- Phone apps are a must-have
Pick BOSS if
- Your numbers live in QuickBooks Desktop or Online, or in a PSA
- You want planning, people tools and processes without the top plan
- You run daily huddles
- You want notes from Teams, Zoom or Meet calls captured for you
- You want Teams and Slack posts without setting up Zapier
Sources
- Ninety pricing
- Ninety help: pricing plans
- Ninety help: meetings tool
- Ninety help: QuickBooks through Zapier
- Ninety help: connecting other tools
- Ninety integrations
- Ninety Maz
- Ninety mobile
Questions
Is BOSS an alternative to Ninety?
Yes. Both run a weekly leadership meeting, scorecard, priorities, issues and to-dos, quarterly planning and people tools. BOSS adds daily huddles, a meeting note-taker and built-in QuickBooks and PSA connections.
Does Ninety connect to QuickBooks Desktop?
Ninety's help documents QuickBooks Online through Zapier, and QuickBooks Desktop is not supported, as of October 29, 2026. BOSS connects to both directly.
Which is cheaper?
For 10 people billed monthly, Ninety is $120 on Essentials and $140 on Accelerate; BOSS is $120 on Team and $140 on Pro. Ninety also has a free plan, and BOSS includes planning and people tools at $12.