Sideways 6 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Sideways 6

4.7

(20)

Pricing

Starting at $3.00 per month

About Sideways 6

Sideways 6 is an idea management platform for companies that use Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Yammer or Workplace from Facebook.

Sideways 6’s solution is based on an integrated approach to idea management: Employees share ideas on the organization’s existing collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft Teams); These ideas then feed into Sideways 6’s cloud-based idea management software to be developed, reviewed and shortlisted with the best ideas chosen for implementation.

Founded in 2014, Sideways 6 works across all industry verticals and supports businesses including AstraZeneca, Nestle and British Airways.

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Sideways 6 Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $3.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Lite

$3.00

per user, per month

No plan information available

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Pricing available upon request

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Sideways 6 Features

Popular features found in Collaboration
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Calendar Management
Collaboration Tools
Discussions/Forums
Document Management
@mentions
Screen Sharing
Secure Data Storage
Task Management
Video Conferencing
More features of Sideways 6
Activity Dashboard
Activity/News Feed
Activity Tracking
API
Approval Workflow
Archiving & Retention
Brainstorming
Commenting/Notes
Communication Management
Content Management
Crowdsourcing
Customizable Branding
Customizable Templates
Data Security
Data Visualization
Document Storage
Email Management
Engagement Tracking
Evaluation Management
Feedback Management
File Sharing
Gamification
Idea Ranking
Ideation
Mind Maps
Polls/Voting
Prioritization
Project Tracking
Ratings/Reviews
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Updates
Reporting & Statistics
Search/Filter
Status Tracking
Surveys & Feedback
Tagging
Task Progress Tracking
Trend Analysis
Workflow Management

Sideways 6 Integrations

Microsoft Viva Engage

Microsoft Teams

Slack

Workplace from Meta

Sideways 6 User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

65%

35%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.2

Michelle R.

Verified reviewer

Publishing

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed February 2023

Superior Product and Service

Our tool is branded Ignite and it enables every colleague to impact T&F by suggesting ideas that we test, trial, and ultimately use to advance and grow our business. One of the most critical drivers of innovation within our organization is our people, and there is no shortage of new, creative, and unique ideas throughout Advanced Learning. Sideways6 has provided the channel for this business-critical initiative.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The most impactful feature is Sideways6's seamless integration with Microsoft Teams. It was vital for me to find a product that was easy to use and that would meet colleagues where they are already collaborating.

Cons:

I am very pleased with how Sideways6 considers feedback and the transparency of its roadmaps for future enhancements and functionality. My only challenge is working with digital banners when creating the campaigns. Sometimes you need to play with the dimensions, but this is a minor inconvenience easily resolved.

Reasons for choosing Sideways 6

Easy integration, excellent user interface, and, most importantly, the consulting services and expertise of the team.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review Michelle. It makes a world of difference to our work to hear that our product is being utilized with impact and we know from working with you how deep the integration goes with your teams. Really appreciate your comments, and, as ever, don't hesitate to reach out for suggestions or thoughts.

Replied February 2023

Sam C.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Electronics

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Unique employees with a growing platform!

Very positive. Great Senior customer success manager, development team, the quarterly events are great, just want to see the platform enhancements happen quicker.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The employees of Sideways 6 are unique always willing to help and listen to the customers needs.

Cons:

The product development team are fantastic, I wonder though if the teams needs to be larger to evolve the platform quicker.

Oscar G.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Good Idea Management platform

We are happy with the platform although there is room for improvement on user interface, panel reviews and additional features such as the possibility to have a campaign website

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The configuration of a campaign is easy and straightforward. It is also quite easy to create and update an online form. The reporting functionality is very useful Have a lot of flexibility to create required fields for the campaign. The configuration of rules is also quite flexible.

Cons:

It would be very useful a better way to export the ideas out of the platform having a connection between the idea and the supporting files associated, at the moment it is imposible to correlate when exporting to a spreadsheet. The panel review panel it is not very intuitive to score the ideas and we need to host a session to help experts to go idea by idea. The scoring criteria could be improved. The possibility to have a website to describe a challenge in the same way you can create the form so it is not necessary to have another portal with the description of the challenges. The possibility to have a Write API to enter idea through an external form or interface (different to workplace or Sideways6 form)

Reasons for choosing Sideways 6

Features vs. price

Karen A.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

5001-10000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

Sideways 6 is so much more than an ideation platform

One of the most impressive things about working with Sideways 6 has been how they 'walk the walk' of ideation and consult with their customers about what would make their products better. I have been invited to give loads of feedback on new features and my thoughts and ideas have been welcomed and even implemented!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Sideways 6 seamlessly integrates with Yammer and Teams and also has a Forms option. These different integrations mean that we can now reach more of our staff in more ways. We have used some of the features of Sideways 6 for things other than ideation including scheduling communications, creating a chat bot and monitoring sentiment scoring.

Cons:

The platform looks very different to any of the other software that we use which has been intimidating for staff who are using it for reviews or being brought on board as admins

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your feedback and review Karen, it's incredibly useful and humbling to read that our product is landing so well and that you have noticed that your ideas have been taken on board. Product fir and customer feedback is absolutely front and centre to everything that we do, as you know. Much appreciated.

Replied February 2023

Amil H.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

Outstanding idea management and collaboration tool

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The tool is very easy to configure and use throughout an innovation challenge. Sideways6 offers a great customer support during a process and updates.

Cons:

Even if part of strategic meetings and product pipelines, it’s very difficult to get tailored features implemented

Reasons for choosing Sideways 6

Complete Innovation Funnel

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback and review Amil. Your comment on tailored features is really interesting. We'll definitely have a look at that. Glad you are finding the tool useful though and enjoying our support.

Replied February 2023

Emma P.

Verified reviewer

Utilities

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed February 2023

Very useful product and great customer service

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The way the upfront workshops help you build a campaign tool that really works for your campaign. The integration to Microsoft Teams and PowerBi is excellent. It is easy to set up and manage campaigns. The automations are also very helpful.

Cons:

Some of the customisation functionality is limited. Cannot save public views, changing custom fields can create problems, and the idea card is not editable in a public way. Also the communication function could be improved by enabling you to email anyone/or chat with anyone about the idea (not just the submitter)

Vendor Response

Thank you for this review Emma. I'll pass on your thoughts on the limitation of the functionality to the product team for sure. Some really valuable insights there.

Replied February 2023

Ben M.

Verified reviewer

Construction

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2020

Easy to use software with a great team backing it up

The software is good but the team behind it are great I've been working with the team for around two years now and nothing is too much trouble for them. They are all hard working, committed and willing to help at the drop of a hat.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ability to stand up a campaign and then choose either "out of the box" or extremely high levels of customisation is a plus point. The opportunity to learn (with support) how to make complicated flows and chatbots and all of the different integrations methods are also plus points

Cons:

If I really had to pick something, I'd say a desired feature would be for the Automations to be able to pick up on the fact we have more than one form integration on a single campaign

Verified

Reviewer

Retail

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Easy and effective

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great analytics and insight, love the chatbot functionality too

Cons:

I think the continuous improvement of the platform keeps it updated and fresh and has dealt with anything that isn't already great.

Paul P.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed December 2020

Sideways 6 Review - Amey

I took up the role as Springboard manager in October 2020 and overall i think the experience has been really positive but also a learning experience. I didn't appreciate the number of internal resources/ engagement that was required but employees at Sideways6 have always been supportive and try and help as best as possible. The customer Manager, [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is always available to help with internal processes and shared examples from other customers that has helped me in my role.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Sideways 6 enables a workforce of over 16,000 people feel engaged and valued to contribute to the future look of the business. Ideas submitted in a central system also enables business units and accounts to share best practice to maximise the benefits on a new idea.

Cons:

An area of improvement for Sideways would be the review functionality - simple features such as adding a filter option that enables filtering of business unit or subject i.e. HR ideas would result in it being more user friendly.

Roger M.

Verified reviewer

Environmental Services

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2021

Excellent for Ideas capture and employee engagement

We are still developing our ideas system so we are not fully functional but we have had excellent service from the Sideways6 team.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is easy and intuitive to use but the biggest benefit of working with Sideways 6 is the experience and enthusiasm of their team and the community of other users of their software that you can join. We have learned a great deal from the S6 customer success team and from other users and this has directly benefited our own implementation

Cons:

Sideways 6 integrates well with Workplace, email and our website. You do have to add an @tag to deal with the access controls in Workplace but this is not a major issue. We do not have all our staff e-enabled so for these staff we have found more traditional ways of capturing ideas worked best - but we then found the S6 pipeline system was good for tracking ideas and providing feedback to the idea initiator

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