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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

44 Idea Management Software Solutions!

This website maintains a list of Idea Management software products available on the market in the right hand column of the site. As at the time of writing, there are 44 distinct Idea Management Software vendors listed.

There is quite an array of different approaches and different strengths from a wide range of suppliers.

Here is the current full list:
  1. Accept Ideas
  2. Akiva
  3. BrainBank IdeaLink
  4. BrainReactions
  5. BrightIdea.com
  6. Cognistreamer
  7. Component Workshop BrightSpark
  8. CorasWorks Idea Management for Sharepoint
  9. Creax
  10. DataStation Innovation Cloud
  11. e-tipi
  12. Employee Suggestion Box
  13. HypeIMT
  14. i-nova
  15. IBM Idea Factory
  16. id-force
  17. ID8 Enterprise Idea Management
  18. Idea Accelerator
  19. Idea Champions IngenuityBank
  20. IdeasCount
  21. Imaginatik Idea Central
  22. Incent Solutions ids Software
  23. Innovation Factory IdeaNet
  24. InnovationCast
  25. inogate
  26. InsightResults e-Impact
  27. Invention Machine Goldfire
  28. Jenni
  29. justlogin
  30. Kindling
  31. Kirei Mile Marker
  32. MangoSpring MangoIdeas
  33. MindMatters Innovator
  34. MuchBeta Teepin
  35. Nosco Idea Exchange
  36. Orchidea Innovations
  37. phpOutsourcing IdeaBox
  38. Prism ISDE
  39. QMarkets Ideation 2.0
  40. SalesForce Ideas
  41. SAP Inspire
  42. SIM
  43. Spigit
  44. Uservoice
Update!! Some additional Idea Management Software Solutions have been suggested in the comments, below.

    17 comments:

    mrivs said...

    You missed off Induct: http://inductsoftware.com/

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Thanks for letting me know! I've added Induct to the list on the right of this page.


    Lauchlan

    bikaps7 said...

    Hi there,

    nice list, but there are much more idea management software solutions out there:
    http://www.softguide.de/software/ideenmanagement.htm
    Please add

    Kind regards

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Hi,

    Thanks for mentioning that link, that's a nice list!

    This is a good opportunity to mention that a couple of the criteria I used in compiling my list were that

    * I restricted it to English language sites only (so that I could meaningfully assess whether the sites intended to promote a genuine Idea Management System)
    * I excluded related software products such as Mind Mapping software products that didn't cover additional aspects of the Idea Management process such as evaluation and review of ideas.

    If you have any links to English language sites for Idea Management products not on my list, please let me know the additional details!

    It is also great to know of lists of Idea Management software in other languages, thank you for that.

    Frode.Lundsten said...

    Comprehensive list. I would add MillionBrains, www.millionbrains.com.

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Hello Frode,

    Thank you for the suggestion! I'll add MillionBrains to the updated list on the sidebar of this website.

    Regards


    Lauchlan

    Magnus said...

    Outside this list, there are also idea management solutions in larger organizations built on MS SharePoint to get integration with collaboration, social networking etc. internally. At Ericsson we started our own collaborative idea management inititive like that a few years ago. More here: http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2010/07/21/how-to-successfully-implement-collaborative-idea-management-2/

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Hi Magnus,

    Great comment. You are absolutely correct, other systems such as Sharepoint, process management software, ERP software, and PLM software systems can also be used to implement an Idea Management System or indeed a bespoke system, and there are pros and cons between each of these options and special purpose Idea Management software.

    Whatever choice your organization makes, the key is to choose or configure software that enables innovation processes that meet your business needs.

    Crowdworks said...

    Hi - our Idea Management platform, Crowdworks (www.crowdworks.net)has been in the market here in the UK for the past 2 years and has been adopted by organisation as diverse as the BBC, Boots, Royal College of Nursing. We would love a mention in your list.

    Catherine said...

    Hi there,

    FeatureSet is also a great tool for ideas management, you should add them to your list: http://www.featureset.com/

    Thanks for all your insightful posts!

    Kind Regards,
    Catherine

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Hello Crowdworks and Catherine,

    Thanks for letting us know about your Idea Management products!

    I have added your products to the list in the sidebar on the right of this page.

    David said...

    Please add our idea management software to your excellent list! www.organisedfeedback.com

    Kutlu Kazanci said...

    Dr. Mackinnon & company,
    We have joined the bandwagon as well. At we-decide.net, we strive to incentive and make collaboration and co-creation happen.
    Kutlu

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Thank you David and Kutlu, I will add these solutions in to the list on the sidebar.

    colin said...

    Hi! You missed IdeaBlinkk: http://www.ideablinkk.com

    It's been around since 2007 so one of the grand daddy's of all of these idea management and brainstorming softwares, and is being used at Cisco Labs and Yahoo!

    It's created by a company called MediaBlinkk at http://www.mediablinkk.com

    It's simple fast and inexpensive.

    It was originally called JumpStart, but has recently been renamed to fit in with the product line.

    MediaBlinkk - www.mediablinkk.com
    is actually #1 on Google for "social publishing software".
    Check it out:
    http://www.google.com/search?q=social+publishing+software

    Veeresh Dharappanavar said...

    Dear Lauchlan,

    SpadeWorx’s Idea Management Solution (Ideacomb) is developed on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Silverlight 4. Ideacomb utilizes SharePoint 2010 strengths such as collaboration, content management, business intelligence & enterprise search capabilities and Silverlight to benefit from its Rich User Interface capabilities.

    Ideacomb brings unique features to help enterprises harness ideas from their employees, partners, customers, Ideacomb also utilizes social networking features to help enhance collaboration within the platform. Ideacomb’s well thought processes help carry ideas right from initiation to various evaluation stages, thus bringing out best ideas to pilot/ implement.

    Ideacomb also has an inbuilt Project Management System to execute successful ideas. Ideacomb can be integrated with Microsoft Project Server and other platforms like SAP Project Management module.

    Please visit www.ideacomb.com for more information

    Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon said...

    Thanks for letting me know about this Idea Management product Veereesh.

    I have added ideacomb to the list of Idea Management products on this site in the right sidebar.