IdeaScale vs Planforge
IdeaScale
ideascale.com
Planforge
planforge.ioSide by side
| Figure | IdeaScale | Planforge |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €4,500/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · Innovation software | 7.6 (#10) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Founded | 2009 | 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA | Raaba-Grambach (Graz), Austria |
| Integrations | The integrations page names LinkedIn, Microsoft Teams, Slack, social sharing, Google Analytics, Power BI, Trello, YouTrack, Jira, and Azure Boards. | Listed integrations include Jira, SAP, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Project, Slack, and a GraphQL API. |
| Reporting | IdeaScale lists reporting and analytics, activity trends, and Power BI and Tableau integration for innovation trend analysis. | The pricing page lists project and portfolio dashboards, hybrid KPIs, and customizable reports among the product capabilities. |
Plans
Planforge
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Lean€4,500 a month
- Professional€5,400 a month
- Enterprise€8,800 a month
In their own words
Planforge
Planforge provides hybrid project and portfolio management for traditional, agile, or combined project work. It covers planning, execution, monitoring, and status reporting across the project life cycle, with capacity planning, resource allocation, utilization views, and scenario comparisons. Other listed capabilities include project intake, portfolio prioritization, budget tracking, executive reporting, and cross-project dependencies. Integrations include Jira, SAP, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Project, Slack, and a GraphQL API; the Jira connector synchronizes issues in both directions for planning and reporting. The free cloud plan is free for up to 4 users, with no time limit and no credit card required. Paid Lean, Professional, and Enterprise plans are for 5 or more users and offer cloud or on-premises deployment. Their listed prices are €4,500 a month, €5,400 a month, and €8,800 a month, billed per user/month. Enterprise includes SSO. Planforge says its AWS cloud hosts European customer data in Frankfurt, Germany, and uses SSL/TLS and HTTPS for transmission.