With Ideawake, you get a platform that's easier to use, faster to onboard, and is continuously updated with the newest technology and functionality.
Ideawake powers innovation challenges, improvement programs, and hackathons for some of the most forward thinking brands in the world:
| Capability | Ideawake | IdeaPlace |
|---|---|---|
| Improve Transparency, Engagement & Participation Rates | ||
| Gamification & Prizes | Supported | Not Supported |
| Anonymous Posting | Supported | Not Supported |
| Personalized Progress Updates to Submitters at Scale | Supported | Not Supported |
| Real Time Chat & Collaboration | Supported | Not Supported |
| Improve Idea Quality While Finding & Funding the Best Ideas Faster | ||
| Custom Scorecards & Evaluation Criteria | Supported | Not Supported |
| Advanced Workflows & Stages | Supported | Not Supported |
| AI Assisted Idea Refinement | Supported | Not Supported |
| Proprietary AI Agent Stage Completion | Supported | Not Supported |
| Save Administrators & Evaluators Time While Streamlining Your Process | ||
| Front End Platform Automation | Supported | Not Supported |
| Automatically Route New Ideas to Owners | Supported | Not Supported |
| AI Relationship & Duplicate Idea Detection | Supported | Not Supported |
| Granular Ownership Feedback & Approvals | Supported | Not Supported |
| Automatically Hold Idea Owners Accountable | Supported | Not Supported |
| Granular Tracking of Benefits and ROI | Supported | Not Supported |
According to Capterra, reviewers found Ideawake easier to use, had more robust features, and received more value for their money with Ideawake.
| Ideawake | IdeaPlace | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Ease of Use | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Customer Service | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Features | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Value for Money | 4.6 | 4.3 |
According to G2, reviewers found Ideawake easier to use, setup, and administer vs. IdeaPlace. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Ideawake overall.
| Ideawake | IdeaPlace | |
|---|---|---|
| Meets Requirements | 8.9 | 7.9 |
| Ease of Use | 9.2 | 8.1 |
| Ease of Setup | 8.9 | 7.6 |
| Ease of Admin | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| Quality of Support | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| Good Partner in Doing Business | 9.7 | 8.8 |
| Product Direction (% Positive) | 10.0 | 8.5 |
Customers and analysts alike rate Ideawake as one of the easiest platforms to setup, use, and administer in the idea management space.
Customers and analysts alike rate Ideawake as one of the easiest platforms to setup, use, and administer in the idea management space.
The main reason that organizations make the change from Planview IdeaPlace to Ideawake is because of Ideawake's ease of use for both end users and administrators. The result of working with Ideawake is faster onboarding, a shorter timeline from kickoff to launch, and a much easier solution to onboard new administrators onto as the use cases and applications of Ideawake expand within your organization.
Instead of just providing you with a tool to manage ideas, Ideawake comes built in as an overall system that helps your organization achieve 50% - 70% active participation rates and incorporates the change management needed to test and implement more ideas. At Ideawake we believe tools are great, but without the knowledge and expertise to implement and manage that tool effectively, it's useless.
Ideawake is continuously investing in and updating its platform, including proprietary AI functionality built on 13+ years of best practices from 1,000+ client engagements. That means AI features trained on what actually works across hundreds of real innovation programs, not generic technology bolted on as an afterthought.
Based on over 1,000 interviews from innovation leaders, we identified fundamental shortcomings in how idea management systems were designed that made the programs difficult to manage at scale. We took that feedback and rewrote Ideawake from the ground up in 2020 as a CRM to manage innovation instead of a challenge management system. The result is a platform that makes it easier and more intuitive to manage your platform as it scales.
Ideawake is specifically designed to increase participation from frontline employees through simplified idea submission, gamification, personalized engagement workflows, real-time collaboration, and transparent innovation processes.
Based on 3rd party reviews from Capterra and G2, organizations often choose Ideawake because of its faster setup, lighter administrative overhead, and highly configurable workflows that can be managed without heavy IT or PMO involvement.
Yes. Ideawake supports a broad range of use cases that comprise an enterprise innovation program, from initial intake of ideas through execution and measuring impact. The specific use cases Ideawake supports include:
Yes. Ideawake includes:
Ideawake also emphasizes enterprise-focused AI controls, including human-in-the-loop workflows and zero data retention configurations through Azure OpenAI services.
Yes. Ideawake integrates with Microsoft Teams, Jira, Asana, Slack, and other enterprise systems.
Organizations frequently choose Ideawake for faster implementation timelines and quicker time-to-value compared to larger enterprise portfolio management ecosystems.
Ideawake is often selected for continuous improvement and operational innovation initiatives because it combines frontline engagement tools, customizable workflows, automation, and ROI tracking in a platform designed for operational execution.
USE CASES AND APPLICATIONS