# Boast review (2026): is it worth $50 a month, billed yearly? > Video testimonial and review collection with display widgets Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Boast collects video, photo and text testimonials through forms that customers complete on a phone, asks for them by email and SMS sequences, and shows them in website widgets. It also handles Google and Facebook review requests and NPS, CSAT and custom surveys. Plans are priced by responses per year. - **Category:** Customer Review Tools - **Made by:** Boast (since 2014) - **Website:** https://boast.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free plan, because there isn't one. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Boast is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $50 per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $50 per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly) | 600 responses a year, 720p video up to 5 minutes, 5 forms, 5 sequences and 1 location. | | Team | $100 per month, billed annually ($119 billed monthly) | 1,800 responses a year, 1080p video, 20 forms, email and SMS requests, video editing and Google and Facebook review collection. | | Premium | $208 per month, billed annually ($249 billed monthly) | 6,000 responses a year, 4K video up to 15 minutes, 50 forms, 20 locations and 100 staff members. | Read from https://boast.io/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Boast before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free on annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing toggle shows annual plans at $50, $100 and $208 a month, against $59, $119 and $249 billed monthly. Source: https://boast.io/pricing/ ## Key features - **Video, photo and text forms:** Customers can finish a form on a phone, with on-screen guided prompts that coach them while they record. - **Requests and reminders:** Sequences send follow-ups by email on every plan and by SMS from the Team plan, with limits on enrollments per year. - **Review collection:** Team and Premium can send customers to Google and Facebook to leave reviews, alongside surveys such as NPS, CSAT and CES. - **Display widgets:** Cards, carousels and lists put testimonials on a website, and videos can be downloaded for use elsewhere. - **Auto captions and video editing:** Captions are added to approved videos on every plan. Trim, cut and reorder tools and video automations start on Team. - **Contacts, staff and locations:** Feedback can be separated by contact, staff member and business location, with limits rising by plan. ## Good for - Small businesses and agencies collecting video testimonials - Multi-location businesses separating feedback by site - Teams that want review requests and surveys beside video ## Worth knowing - No free plan; the 14-day trial puts a watermark on videos, widgets and forms. - The FAQ says refunds are not offered, so the trial or a monthly plan is the way to test it. - Plans are capped by responses per year, and an annual plan gives the whole year's responses up front. - SMS sequences, Google and Facebook review collection and video editing need Team or above. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Boast collects video, photo and text testimonials and sends email and SMS requests. There is no free plan, the 14-day trial puts a watermark on everything, and the FAQ says refunds aren't offered. SMS sequences and Google and Facebook review collection need Team at $100 a month. - **Value for money: C.** Basic is $50 a month billed annually ($59 monthly), between the category's middle of $29 and its dearer quarter at $95. - **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan. The 14-day trial needs no card, with watermarks on videos, widgets and forms. - **Features: B.** Forms, requests, reminders, widgets, video editing, review collection, contacts and locations. Basic gets only part of that. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record, and forms, sequences and widgets are yours to build. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Zapier, Google and Facebook connections, web only. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Boast's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among customer review tools - Boast's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 35 of the 63 other customer review tools we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on features (B, above 34 of 63) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $50 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 35 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reviews ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Boast you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $600 a year. - You could make: Review collection, surveys and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Zapier, Google, Facebook **Tags:** Review collection, Surveys, Forms, SMS marketing, Video editing ## Alternatives - [Vocal Video](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vocal-video): Collect customer video testimonials and turn them into edited videos. 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