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A Loomio alternative that meets your team where it already talks
Loomio is a genuinely good tool for what it was built for: structured, democratic deliberation. Co-operatives, boards, and governance-minded communities use it to raise proposals, discuss them in one place, and vote. If that is your decision culture, it deserves a look.
Most 50 to 500 person companies do not decide that way. Decisions emerge from Slack and Microsoft Teams threads: someone asks a question, opinions land across a dozen messages, and the call gets made, then promptly gets lost. Asking that team to move deliberation into a separate proposal-and-vote venue is a habit change that mostly does not stick.
Withose starts from the conversation you already had. Type /withose in Slack or mention @Withose in Teams, and AI drafts the decision record from the relevant discussion: the question, the options, and where each person stands. Stakeholders who have not weighed in are flagged and can respond through an account-free link. Finalized decisions become a searchable archive, checked for contradictions with what you decided before.
This comparison is based on both products' public positioning and documentation, stated plainly rather than dressed up as a lab test. The fastest way to judge our half is the playground, which runs the whole flow on sample data.
How Withose and Loomio differ
| Loomio | Withose | |
|---|---|---|
| Decision model | Proposals and votes in a dedicated venue | Decisions drafted from existing chat conversations |
| Where discussion happens | In Loomio threads | In Slack or Microsoft Teams, where it already happens |
| AI assistance | Deliberation is member-written | AI finds the discussion, drafts the record, synthesizes positions |
| Stakeholder participation | Members join the Loomio group | Account-free email links; stakeholders never pay |
| Best-fit organisation | Co-ops, boards, governance communities | 50-500 person distributed companies |
| Pricing | Public subscription tiers | Public: Free, $45 or $99 per seat per month (annual, 3-seat minimum on Business) |
Based on public positioning and documentation as of July 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us at hello@withose.com and we will fix it.
When Loomio may fit better
- Your organisation makes decisions by formal proposal and vote, and you want tooling built around exactly that.
- You are a co-operative, association, or board whose members expect a dedicated deliberation space.
- Structured consensus process matters more to you than capture speed.
When Withose fits better
- Your decisions already happen in Slack or Teams and you want them recorded without moving the conversation.
- You want AI to do the writing: drafting the record and synthesizing agreement, disagreement, and risks from what people actually said.
- You need a searchable decision memory with contradiction checks, not a voting venue.
- Adoption friction has killed process tools before, so the bar for new habits is effectively zero.
Common questions
Does Withose support voting like Loomio?
Not as a formal ballot. Stakeholders record a position (support, oppose, or neutral) with their reasoning and confidence, and the AI synthesis lays out agreement and disagreement. It is designed for workplace decisions rather than formal governance votes.
Can people outside my company weigh in?
Yes. Anyone you invite gets an email link to record their position, with no account and no seat cost, which suits advisors, clients, and cross-team stakeholders.
How quickly can we try it?
The playground at withose.com/playground needs no account at all. A real workspace takes minutes: sign up by email, connect Slack or Teams, and capture your first decision. Every new workspace starts with a free 7-day Team trial.
Weighing more options? See the three-way Cloverpop vs Loomio vs Withose comparison, our full roundup of the best decision-tracking tools in 2026, how Withose works in Slack and in Microsoft Teams, or pricing.
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