IdeaGist vs InnoCentive

IdeaGist is a collaboration platform for people developing ideas and people interested in new ideas. Its virtual incubator offers an incubation process, tools, templates, learning resources and expert help for early-stage ideas. Users can form a team or work in stealth mode. Community features include idea management, profiles, social connections, friend invitations, global community membership and incubation applications. The On-Demand business offering provides a private community with company branding, team management and access to the global community. Its unlimited-user offer applies to companies with 1,000 employees or fewer and their full-time or contract employees. IdeaGist lists access through Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web and Windows, along with mobile and desktop apps. The free Basic Plan includes 100 Gist Points per month; premium profiles and custom profile URLs are unavailable, though other paid features can be bought with points. Smart costs $9.99 per month and includes 10 Gist Points, three out-of-network messages and unlimited ideas, social connections, friend invites and opportunity responses. On-Demand costs $1,999.00 once for 12 months and includes five incubation packages; additional packages cost $499 each.

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.