OnStrategy vs Spider Impact

OnStrategy is strategic planning software for building, managing, and communicating an organizational plan. Its planning tools include virtual whiteboards, exercises, guided workflows, and on-demand courses for creating or refreshing strategy. Teams can set goals or OKRs to connect individual work with organizational strategy, then use objective cascading, initiative tracking, strategy maps, and execution dashboards. Customizable dashboards and reports help share strategic performance with stakeholders. The cloud service is available on web, iOS, and Android, though its mobile application works only on certain devices. The Self-Guided Planning plan costs $200 a month and includes unlimited users, with no long-term commitment required. There is no free plan, but a 14-day free trial allows customers to switch plan types. Pre-built integrations are available for Microsoft Teams and Slack, and the FAQ describes thousands of integrations through Zapier. System support is included in the subscription. Phone support is available weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time; webform questions can be submitted at any time, with an attempted one-business-day response but no guaranteed response time.

Spider Impact brings organizational performance information together to help track progress against strategic goals and inform decisions. It supports KPIs, balanced scorecards, earned value management, reports, alerts, dashboards, strategy maps, and initiative tracking. Impact Assistant takes questions in plain language and responds with answers and charts. Data can be imported from spreadsheets, SQL databases, and modern web APIs; online forms support manual entry. Spider Impact says it connects to over 5,000 web applications through web service connections, native integrations, or Zapier. Organizations can use Spider’s hosted cloud service or run the software on premises in their own data centers. The company says the product serves businesses across industries, governments, and nonprofits, and provides support, training, webinars, and educational videos. Its 30-day trial includes an introductory demo, login credentials after the demo, and ongoing guidance. There is no free plan, and pricing is on request. Screen exports require 10 or more user licenses, while sharing dashboards, strategy maps, and forms with non-users requires 25 or more users.