IdeaScale Customer Reviews 2025 | SoftwareReviews

IdeaScale

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is IdeaScale?

IdeaScale is an innovation management solution that links organizations to people with ideas. Those ideas can change the world – not just your business. Find ideas to aid in digital transformation, to face the age of automation, to fight climate change, inequality and beyond. Connect to the ideas that matter and start co-creating the future.

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Awards & Recognition

IdeaScale won the following awards in the Idea Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

4 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

IdeaScale Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

4
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

8
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IdeaScale?

0% Negative

8% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Fair
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Idea Capture

Multiple Language Support

Social Collaboration

Idea Segmentation

Idea Funnel

Advanced Search and Filtering

Application Integration

Customizable Branding

Idea Scoring / Evaluation

Mobile

News Feed

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

IdeaScale Reviews

Sibasish P.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Fantastic Product , Easy to Use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IdeaScale from other similar products?

Ease of Use Customisation Features Client Centric Feature

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ideation and Implementation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Analytics and Reports can be better

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

There's a lot to explore and the product has a good learning curve . It's ease of use makes it a must try.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Respectful

Ganesh M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Awesome Product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IdeaScale from other similar products?

focus on the unique selling points of each product, highlighting the features and benefits that are exclusive to each one

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its systematic framework allows us to easily draw up an action plan for all ideas

What do you dislike most about this product?

Little hard for new users, but once the tool is customized its simple

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Could be expensive in the wrong organization

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Shubham J.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Features are good

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates IdeaScale from other similar products?

Product usage clarity

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

User friendly

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Nothing much

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Under Delivered

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

IdeaScale Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

4 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

8 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IdeaScale?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Idea Capture Ability to collect details such as names, description, attachments, videos etc. from users to give context on ideas.

Multiple Language Support Support of multiple languages, including double-byte languages.

Social Collaboration Connects users via social media features such as instant messaging, chats or comments and allow users to tag people, or use the like function to vote.

Idea Segmentation The ability to create and analyze discrete segments of ideas based on user-defined criteria or variables.

Idea Funnel Ability to visually see ideas based on pre-defined phases or stages.

Advanced Search and Filtering Quickly find information based on filtering multiple attributes such as by date, group or segment and save filters for future use.

Application Integration Includes functional and data integration with common applications such as CRM, CSM, ERP, email, etc.

Customizable Branding Tool allows user to apply its own branding to documents, web pages etc.

Idea Scoring / Evaluation Ability to create customizable rating criteria and evaluate and/or score ideas.

Mobile Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

News Feed A display of recent activity relevant to users. Can include notices, events, or work activities such as completed tasks, projects, or recently edited documents.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

IdeaScale Reviews

Sibasish P.

Fantastic Product , Easy to Use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ganesh M.

Awesome Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shubham J.

Features are good

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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