Macro wants to replace Notion, and your inbox, chat and CRM with it. BusinessOS has a narrower aim: the clients, email, proposals and follow-ups of a service business of one to five, run by an agent that asks before it acts.
14 days free. No card needed.
Judged for a business of one to five people that sells its time: a studio, a consultancy, a trade, a practice.
| Capability | Macro | BusinessOS |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A unified workspace for a company: email, chat, tasks, docs, agents and CRM. | One workspace for a small service business, run by an agent that asks before it acts. |
| Google Workspace and Gmail. Outlook and IMAP coming soon. | Gmail and Microsoft 365, or email on your own domain with no outside mailbox at all. | |
| Clients | A CRM built from your team’s email, with pipeline stages. | Contacts and companies kept current from signatures, invites and meeting transcripts. |
| Proposals | Not offered. | From templates, shared as a link the client opens and accepts online. Connect FreeAgent and acceptance drafts the invoice. |
| Documents | Collaborative documents, a strong point. | A file library with search across what is inside every document. Not a document editor for teams. |
| Website | Not offered. | Built for you from your business profile and hosted. Change the wording in the editor or ask Bos. |
| AI | Agents across the workspace, with a usage allowance per plan. Asks before sending email. | Bos is included. It drafts, triages and chases, and nothing is sent without your approval. |
| Bring your own assistant | An MCP server for Claude and other assistants. | An MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT, which cannot send email, invite people or reach billing. |
Built for the business that is mostly you, not for a team that needs coordinating.
Macro Pro is the whole workspace with its standard AI allowance, per person, and the website is yours to build. BusinessOS is the whole workspace and Bos, email on your own domain, and a website built for you, hosted and kept up to date.
| Plan | Just you | 3 people | 5 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macro Pro | $40 | $120 | $200 |
| Plus a website, Squarespace Basic | £16 | £16 | £16 |
| BusinessOS, website included | £54 | £92 | £130 |
Paying monthly, before tax. Macro prices are from its own pricing page in October 2026 and are charged in US dollars. Squarespace Basic is a builder you design and write yourself; its price is from the same month. Our website is £49 once to build, and a domain you register through us is at cost. Pay annually and every BusinessOS monthly charge is 20% off.
If one of these is you, use Macro. It is good at what it is for.
Macro details checked against Macro’s pricing and FAQ, agents page and CRM docs in October 2026. Something out of date? Tell us at [email protected].
For a service business of one to five people, yes. Both bring email, clients and tasks into one place with AI across them. Macro adds team chat and collaborative documents. BusinessOS adds proposals your client accepts online, works with Microsoft 365 as well as Gmail, and can take email on your own domain directly.
Not as a wiki or a document editor, and we would not claim it. BusinessOS replaces the inbox, the client spreadsheet, the proposal tool and the task list a small business runs on. If your Notion is your company handbook, keep it.
Not for one person. Macro Pro is $40 a month, and BusinessOS is £54, which also hosts email on your own domain and your website, neither of which Macro does. The gap closes as you add people: Macro charges a full seat for everyone, and BusinessOS charges £19 for each extra person.
No. Bos drafts replies, proposes meetings and suggests tasks. Nothing is sent, and no invite goes out, without your approval. Every action Bos takes is recorded in the activity log.
Yes. Connect Microsoft 365 (Outlook) over OAuth and its calendar comes with it. Gmail works the same way.
Yes. 14 days with every feature, and no card needed to start.
Free for 14 days. No card needed.