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    Brightidea

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    BrightIdea aims to be the #1 Platform in Customer Reported Business Outcomes from Innovation. According to the vendor, customers generate better ideas with Brightidea, and achieve the highest dollar amount of innovation outcomes (PWC Independent Assurance Report 2017). BrightIdea helps companies engage employees at scale, collaborate on novel solutions, and foster a culture of innovation.N/A

    Growth Forge

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    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Growth Forge is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for managing enterprise innovation portfolios. The platform provides a shared methodology, portfolio-specific evaluation criteria, standardized financial models, and portfolio-level reporting for new-product and new-business development initiatives. Growth Forge replaces separate presentation templates, spreadsheets, and tracking systems used for strategy development, project evaluation, financial forecasting, and…

    $495

    per month per user

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    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Brightidea
    I believe Brightidea is a great tool for any business where collaboration is encouraged and open innovation is a priority. It enables cross functional teams and audiences to share ideas and connect on topics they may not normally collaborate on
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    Pros
    Brightidea
    • Provides a canvas to create whatever is needed to engage the audience in the open innovation session. such as allowing video/picture inserts, custom design, document inserts, etc).
    • Allows users the ability to easily share their ideas and/or comments, while also building on others ideas.
    • Enabling an end to end experience for the user to offer ideas or share thoughts, allows voting and competition, prioritizes ideas based on popularity from audience, and provides the ability to track implementation/ROI of top ideas.
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    Cons
    Brightidea
    • The backend project management portion could be easier to utilize and connect idea from inception to execution.
    • In a large organization having multiple approvers and viewers of the prioritized ideas can be challenging.
    • Would love to see a robust report and measurment tool that connects the full story of the idea.
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    Return on Investment
    Brightidea
    • Within the 1st year we had over 20,000 unique users sign on and participate in an idea challenge.
    • Significant cost savings opportunities identified, while also gaining client advocates and repeat business.
    • Increase efficiency and effectiveness, and improve quality, while reducing cycle times.
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    Brightidea Screenshots

    Screenshot of New idea boards to support your innovation lab.Screenshot of Explore our 15 innovation apps to help you achieve any innovation activity you want to run.

    Growth Forge Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Portfolio Dashboard makes dissimilar innovation projects comparable on the same evaluation criteria and financial models — replacing the fragmented patchwork of PowerPoint templates and Excel models.Screenshot of Growth Forge treats each strategy as a Strategy Hypothesis Model — structured across six dimensions, refinable through evidence, and comparable across the portfolio.Screenshot of Financial modeling tools — including Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis — let teams build credible forecasts without Excel mastery or strategic finance expertise.Screenshot of The Strategy Evaluation summarizes the hypothesis against stage-specific criteria by desirability, feasibility, and viability — so investment decisions (Continue, Pivot, Pause, Stop) rest on evidence rather than presentation quality.Screenshot of Built-in AI assistance accelerates strategy modeling; features are user-initiated, transparent, and require explicit user approval before results enter a project.Screenshot of Multiple AI assistants can run simultaneously in the background, so users can continue working on other aspects of their project instead of waiting for AI responses.