Brightidea vs InnoCentive

Brightidea provides software for organizations to collect and manage ideas, run innovation initiatives, and measure ROI across the innovation journey. Its suite includes Whiteboard, Idea Box, Program, Hackathon, Lab, Ecosystem, and Transformation. Idea Box captures and tracks ideas, while Whiteboard supports brainstorming and data-informed decisions. Listed workflow tools include idea scoring, voting, custom fields, duplicate detection, and evaluation. Transformation uses stage-gate pipelines to source, test, prioritize, and track ideas. Participation through Brightidea Program can happen in a branded web portal, mobile app, email, paper form, or Amazon Echo skill. Integrations include Microsoft Teams, Slack, Jira, Asana, ChatGPT, ServiceNow, Zapier, and Google Drive; RESTful APIs and webhooks support connections with other systems and endpoints. Brightidea says its application runs in AWS data centers in the United States and European Union, with AES-256 encryption at rest and HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or higher in transit. Access controls include SAML single sign-on, configurable password rules, granular privileges, and IP restrictions. Pricing is on request, and a 30-day free trial is available for Idea Box. The Memo Team Site plan is $99 a month.

Innocentive connects organizations with registered Solvers who submit proposed solutions to innovation challenges. Solvers can take part in Prize Challenges, Scouting Challenges, or talent opportunities such as Expert and WIN Scout roles; subject matter experts pay no charge to join or respond. The Innocentive Marketplace brings together innovation data, third-party sources, start-ups and experts, while conversational AI Jen can identify technologies from one industry that may fit problems in another. Marketplace opportunities are aimed at enterprise technology scouting, accelerator and incubator cohorts, corporate venturing, supply chains and academic research partnerships. Places are limited by technology segment and country, and a company must request a place for its technology to be assessed. The free Innocentive Crowd is open to companies and individuals and gives access to live enterprise and charity Challenges. Marketplace is listed at $150 a year, billed annually, for one of five companies per country in each mapped segment, with a verified company capability and annual curation and administration. Challenge agreements set participation terms and any intellectual property transfer. Innocentive is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.