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Leading Idea and Innovation Management Software

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IdeaScale - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

IdeaScale overview

What is IdeaScale?

With over 4.5M participants and 3.6M active campaigns, IdeaScale is the leading idea and innovation management software. We empower organizations to crowdsource ideas from their complete business ecosystem, aided by advanced analytics, powerful integrations, and AI-assistance. Users can evaluate, develop, prioritize, experiment, and ultimately implement the best ideas in a transparent and streamlined environment across the entire organization globally.

IdeaScale is trusted leading federal and government agencies, prestigious academic institutions, and cutting-edge private enterprises, including some trailblazing names in the innovation scene such as The White House, NASA, McKinsey & Co, IKEA, Ford, Target, and Pfizer.

Starting price

4999per feature /
per year

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IdeaScale reviews

Overall rating

4.6

/5

28

Positive reviews

92

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.92/10
Rating distribution

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Who uses IdeaScale?

Based on 28 verified user reviews.

Company size

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Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Government Administration
Insurance

Use cases

Idea Management

IdeaScale's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from IdeaScale users:

Idea ranking
Status tracking
Ideation
Workflow management

All IdeaScale features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity dashboard
Activity/News feed
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval workflow
Brainstorming
Change management
Change planning
Chat/Messaging
Collaboration tools
Commenting/Notes
Configurable workflow
Crowdsourcing
Customizable reports
Data import/export
Data security
Discussions/Forums
Engagement tracking
Evaluation management
Feedback management
Gamification
Idea ranking
Ideation
Innovation management
Member directory
Mind maps
Moderation
Polls/Voting
Prioritization
Projections
Project tracking
Ratings/Reviews
Real-Time notifications
Reporting & statistics
Self service portal
Single sign on
Social media integration
Status tracking
Strategic planning
Third-Party integrations
Trend analysis
User management
Whiteboard
Workflow management

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IdeaScale pricing

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Starting from

4999

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Per Feature

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
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IdeaScale support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

FAQs/Forum
Phone Support
Email/Help Desk
24/7 (Live rep)
Knowledge Base
Chat

Training options

Webinars
In Person
Live Online
Videos
Documentation

IdeaScale FAQs

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