Business Model Fiddle vs PlanForge

Business Model Fiddle is a free tool for capturing and sharing ideas with canvases and other structured templates. Its library includes Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, Lean Canvas, Product Canvas, Personal Canvas, SWOT Analysis, Empathy Map, and Simple Kanban Board. Canvas items can hold text, images, or sketches; users can color code, order, search, drag, and move items between blocks and the Stack. Snapshots let users review earlier canvas states, restore one, or delete it. Fiddles can be shared by link with chosen access permissions, while private Fiddles are limited to authorized email addresses after sign-in. Without an account, the current Fiddle is stored in the browser; an account is needed to save and share Fiddles. The application supports English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Dutch. Some templates are also available in Chinese and Russian, though not every template is offered in each language. It runs on the web and lists Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows support. The maker recommends recent browsers; Chrome provides full feature support, including file uploads and drawing. The service uses an SSL-encrypted connection.

PlanForge is a web-based business planning tool that combines live market research with generated investor materials. Before creating a plan, it searches five areas: market size, funding rounds, competitors, regulation and buyer sentiment. Its 18 listed outputs include a business plan, pitch deck, financial model, competitor matrix, investor Q&A, valuation and market intelligence. The three-year P&L uses editable assumptions and Bear, Base and Bull scenarios that recalculate when inputs change. PlanForge states that it covers 130+ countries and supports 12 languages. The site presents it as an intelligence desk for founders raising £50K to £50M, and offers an Agency plan for consultants, accelerators and advisors. Starter costs nothing, Single Plan is £29.99 as a one-time purchase, Pro is £49 a month, and Agency is £149 a month. Business details are sent to Anthropic's Claude API for generation and research. PlanForge says generated material and live market data can be inaccurate and should be checked independently.