IdeaGist vs Viima

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.

Viima is idea management software for collecting submissions, refining them, prioritizing them and moving selected ideas toward implementation. Ideas can come from employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders, and teams can organize them in bubble, list or Kanban views. Boards support configurable innovation processes and evaluation metrics defined by the team. The service is available in web browsers and native iOS and Android apps; boards can also be embedded in intranets or other websites. A free plan costs nothing and includes up to 10 users and one board. Basic costs $79 a month and includes 10 users and two boards. Pro costs $499 a month, with 100 users, up to 15 boards and 10 workflow automations per board. Advanced has no listed price and includes unlimited boards and automations, REST API access and a dedicated Customer Success Manager. Sign-ups begin with a 14-day Pro trial without a credit card, then downgrade to Free. Stated prices exclude VAT; annual plan prices are monthly amounts billed annually, while Basic is also available monthly.