--- title: "Brightidea Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Brightidea Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/brightidea-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Product Roadmap Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/) / Brightidea Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/brightidea-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/brightidea-profile/alternatives/) # Brightidea Review From $59/month Free trial 1 plan Wondering if Brightidea is right for your organization? Our Product Roadmap Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview Brightidea 4.4 [(106)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/brightidea-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at $59.00 flat rate per month ### About Brightidea Brightidea is a cloud-based innovation management solution designed for midsize and large companies. It offers communication tools and suggestion management. Android and iOS apps are also available. Brightidea features discussion management, which provides users with a collaboration platform to share and comment on ideas. Users can also view comments based on teams, topics and ideas on a physical map. Users to create microsites focused on specific issues or challenges. A scoring mechanism allows users to evaluate solutions based on their feasibility and cost-effectiveness. Brightidea also offers a portal that enables users to submit business proposals as part of a team or individually. Managers can then score these ideas and decide on approval of funds. It also enables users to compare projected and actual financial impacts after completion. Do you work for Brightidea? [Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/brightidea-innovation-management/claim_requests/new?auto=true) Wondering if Brightidea is right for your organization? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## Brightidea Features - Popular features found in Product Roadmap Guest Access Idea Management Milestone Tracking Project Planning Task Management Task Scheduling Timeline Management Visualization Workflow Management - More features of Brightidea Activity Dashboard Activity/News Feed Activity Tracking Alerts/Notifications API Approval Workflow Archiving & Retention Brainstorming Chat/Messaging Collaboration Tools Commenting/Notes Communication Management Configurable Workflow Contact Management Content Management Crowdsourcing Customizable Branding Customizable Templates Data Import/Export Data Security Data Visualization Discussions/Forums Document Management Document Storage Drag & Drop Email Management Engagement Tracking Evaluation Management Feedback Management Gamification Idea Ranking Ideation Innovation Management Mind Maps Mobile Access Polls/Voting Portfolio Management Prioritization Progress Tracking Projections Project Management Project Templates Project Tracking Project Workflow Ratings/Reviews Real-Time Analytics Real-Time Data Real-Time Notifications Real-Time Updates Reporting & Statistics Role-Based Permissions Search/Filter Single Sign On SSL Security Status Tracking Strategic Planning Surveys & Feedback Tagging Task Progress Tracking Template Management Third-Party Integrations Trend Analysis Version Control Visual Analytics Whiteboard ## Brightidea Integrations Microsoft Excel Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft Teams Integration rated undefined from -1 review Jira Integration rated undefined from -1 review Slack Integration rated undefined from -1 review Zapier Integration rated undefined from -1 review YouTube Integration rated undefined from -1 review See all 12 integrations ## Brightidea User Reviews ## Brightidea customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 106 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 51 reviews (48%) - 4 stars: 49 reviews (46%) - 3 stars: 5 reviews (5%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.2/5 - Customer support: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.1/5 --- ### Very flexible and reliable application that gets better and better - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Steve H. - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used unspecified for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It’s so simple to set up and managing the challenges we run is first-rate, the support offered is top rate and the portal has a wealth of information. The ideas space where fellow Innovation programme managers share ideas is a place to see what other organisations are looking at rolling out. Finally, the user experience is very simple which is essential. #### Cons Whilst we can get all of the reporting data we need out of the Brightidea application - improving the real-time dashboards would be something I would like to see improved further --- ### One of the best ideation platforms out there! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great customer service, abundance of out-of-the box features as well as a company that listens to Customer feedback. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Outside of the the great customer service the company provides, the ease of use and features are what make Brightidea stand out. Our customers have especially enjoyed the back-end idea management interface to be able to rank, sort, and group ideas that have come in from solvers. With a large company and thousands of ideas flowing in, this is a key features that other platforms have failed to address meaningfully. #### Cons The one potential disadvantage of the tool is that advanced customizations will require professional services support which add up. Out of the box, however, the platform will service 90%+ of the Customer base so that may not be a big issue. --- ### Unique but cumbersome - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Timothy S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Electronics - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I like how you can customize the entire thing. It's a proper web application. You can make it as advanced, simple, or personally branded as you need. I also greatly enjoyed and appreciate the BI support. I generally think it is too cumbersome, and it took me a while to learn how to use, at least the backend. Maybe that is the nature of backends. At first Brightidea felt like I was in a pilot's cockpit, with too many knobs and buttons to keep track of. The features also make the backend slow and not snappy like a fun/good piece of software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like how you can customize the entire thing. It's a proper web application. You can make it as advanced, simple, or personally branded as you need. I also greatly enjoyed and appreciate the BI support. #### Cons I generally think it is too cumbersome, and it took me a while to learn how to use, at least the backend. Maybe that is the nature of backends. At first Brightidea felt like I was in a pilot's cockpit, with too many knobs and buttons to keep track of. The features also make the backend slow and not snappy like a fun/good piece of software. #### Reasons for choosing Brightidea We are using Brightidea specifically to stoke innovation into our various business centers, from Connected Car services to Personal Audio products. In lieu of more rigorous R&D across various departments, we have found value in collecting all of our employees' ideas from the ground up. --- ### Platform Usage - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ease of use of the tool. The ability for the end users to collaborate and share ideas across all work streams. The platform captures all submissions and allows the end user group to tailor to their needs what the whole submission and evaluation process consist of. #### Cons When viewing submissions the ease of use can be challenging. When viewing submission within the pipeline you are not able to see the specific number attached to the submission without hovering over the specific submission. Being able to tailor the layout of the submission form to meet the end users needs. --- ### The Leader in the Industry, but come with a price if you want to innovate - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I had no issues when use, but the price tag is an issue and there are cheaper solutions out there to almost the some. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Overall, the app do exactly whats stated, not big surprises and easy to setup for any it manager. #### Cons The App is Pricey and you really need to check first the ROI. #### Vendor response Thanks so much for the review and feedback. We actually have products that start as low as $5/mo. and we would love to discuss some of our entry level offerings with you and your team if those are more suited to your price point. Please reach out at support@brightidea.com or directly to your Customer Success Manager. Stay Bright! Replied January 2022 --- ### We have been using this tool in our project to put forth improvement ideas for our team. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Deepashu Reshi B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Insurance - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This has become a part of our team activity where we log our ideas, comment on other's ideas and track the ideas to closure thus improving the overall functioning of the team. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One of our track leads introduced this tool to our team around one year back. Since then, team has raised around 56 ideas and it has led to many process improvements in the team. Team is very happy with the tool because of its ease of use. Email notifications to the wider team audience helps get useful review comments on the ideas. Bright Idea moderators help to move the ideas forward to closure. Overall, the team is happy to use the tool and make a difference to their routine work. #### Cons The email notification feature is very good, however, if it is feasible to include the whole comment in the email, it will help save time to login to the bright idea site just to see the comments. --- ### Lots of great features, solid UX, curious what a more curated platform might look like. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ahmad H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It works! Right now. #### Cons So many features and multiple ways to turn on and turn off those features that it is difficult to know if you did it right or wrong. For example the software sent 60 emails to my company's Executive Vice President and I thought I had emails turned off but turns out that was only at the challenge level not enterprise level. Not great. #### Vendor response Thanks for the review Ahmad, I'm sorry to hear about all of the emails that went to the Executive Vice President. Let's chat soon so we can figure out how to prevent that from happening to you again, and to other customers. -Daniel Replied October 2017 --- ### Good experience so far! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jacob H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Building Materials - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We are still in the early stages and are yet to conclude our first initiative. However, the idea generation and collaboration displayed so far has been really promising. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Being a multiple site organisation, I love how employees can share and discuss ideas with other employees within the organisation. People that they may otherwise never have spoken with or even met. #### Cons Initial interaction with the platform has been good, but encouraging all employees to go completely paperless and buy into the online platform has been a challenge, particularly as a large percentage of our workforce do not have regular access to a computer or mobile phone during working hours. --- ### Practical software helps corporate innovators do their jobs best - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Fatih K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Airlines/ Aviation - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros A lot of useful and plug and play options in it. It helps corporate innovators easily start idea competitions and gives opportunity to practically managing idea pipeline #### Cons Not much customizable for specifical needs. Customer support can be much creative in solving problems. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review, Fatih! We do believe that the Brightidea innovation platform is the most customizable solution available on the market. Please reach out to us on Ideaspace if there is particular area where you are getting stuck. https://bi.brightidea.com/ideas Replied October 2017 --- ### Bright Idea is excellent software for crowding sourcing and managing your innovation pipeline. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brett M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It provides comprehensive and very useful features & functionality. They offer a suite of apps to use for different innovation initiatives and robust reporting & insights. #### Cons The software has so much to offer that it can be overwhelming at times to determine the right tool for the right job. --- Showing 1 - 10 of 106 Reviews [See All Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/brightidea-profile/reviews/) ## Brightidea Popular Comparisons [Aha! vs Brightidea](https://www.softwareadvice.com/help-desk/aha-profile/vs/brightidea/)[Jira vs Brightidea](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/atlassian-jira-profile/vs/brightidea/)[Asana vs Brightidea](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/asana-profile/vs/brightidea/) [Compare All Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product-roadmap/brightidea-profile/alternatives/) ## Other Top Recommended Product Roadmap Software [Wrike](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/wrike-profile/) **4.4** (3039) Recently recommended **49** times [Planisware Enterprise](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/planisware-profile/) **4.1** (5) Recently recommended **10** times [Trello](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/trello-profile/) **4.5** (23615) Recently recommended **0** times [Jira](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/atlassian-jira-profile/) **4.4** (15483) Recently recommended **0** times Stuck Between Options? 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