Idea Drop

Avantages

Great customer support and communication from the IdeaDrop team. Software is simple and easy to use.

Inconvénients

Some of the filtering tools are a bit clumsy, but the team there is working diligently to upgrade them and I forsee some great changes in that department in the near future (bumping up my easy of use and functionality ratings in doing so!)

Avantages

Fast to onboard team members; very low training costs; highly intuitive design and user experience. The mobile apps are a big plus for us too as a number of our team members are rarely at their desk. Particularly like the status tool, which enables us to align our workflow with ideas and keep everyone in tune with what we're doing with the ideas they share. Cloaking is popular too enabling staff to hide their identities when sharing ideas.

Inconvénients

Would love to see wider integrations with other elements of our tech stack such as Slack and Office 365.

Avantages

Easy to use and fit for purpose. Optimized for mobile. The score system is great

Inconvénients

There are a few restrictions on reports, manually having to request monthly innovation score reports. Branding is restricted. Doesn't allow you to upload videos. You don't get notified every time a new idea comes through unless you follow that person, difficult with on a huge scale.

Avantages

Design and customer service representative

Inconvénients

Takes far to long to get things accompanied

Avantages

The solution is intuitive, well presented and can be picked up easily by users. We are currently in the pilot phase and found that all of our team could very quickly familiarise themselves with IdeaDrop. They were able to contribute ideas and discussion points very quickly.

Inconvénients

Cost of additional Consulting services could be more competitive. We would be keen to engage if the price was lower.

Avantages

It is easy to use as an end user and is similar to twitter. You can post ideas in short words and you don't have to fill a lot of info to submit idea, which is a plus for the user as it will not turn them away from dropping new ideas to the portal.

Inconvénients

Limited reporting features but this being a niche company, I'm sure they will add more reporting capabilities.

Avantages

Idea Drop is very intuitive and easy to use. The features and functionality are robust and allow one to post ideas, challenges, share results and access the best ideas via dashboards and reports. There is a lot of collaboration and application for Idea Drop in our healthcare organization.

The Idea Drop team is phenomenal and has helped us every step of the way. Idea Drop provides great planning and training tools/resources and is customizable.

Inconvénients

We love Idea Drop and the Idea Drop team. We would like if Idea Drop had more robust capabilities to link multiple departments and employees together (for posting challenges/ideas). Other than this, everything is great!

Avantages

The success in implement innovation for any organization is the effective communication and discussion of ideas at all levels. I consider this tool one of the best in market for that purpose.

Inconvénients

I do not find deficiencies in the software, it has everything necessary to implement innovation in any company.

Avantages

Idea Drop was really easy to use. One of the key benefits is also that it is so easy to configure, and is very well presented.

Inconvénients

The price, when converted with a South African exchange rate is not ideal. That being said, the comparison between Idea Drop and other Innovation Platform Providers and their pricing is very similar.

Avantages

Collaborative, actual, simple to use for users

Inconvénients

Reporting not great
Missing an idea management functionality to be able to follow ideas through

Avantages

Being able to connect to people I don't know
Ability to create challenges to get inputs and ideas submitted to specific problems
Ability to see other challenges and contribute ideas to them
Interaction with global network over different time zones
Removes organisational hierarchy barriers

Inconvénients

Could be more intuitive in user interface - minor point
Software is web based so is not loaded as part of daily pc start-up - needs positive action to engage

Avantages

- Modern and intuitive user interface and user experience.
- Social features facilitate communication around ideas.
- Transparency for everyone in the organisation.
- Accompanying ideas from origination until its implementation.

Inconvénients

Currently it is the performance. Due to the amount of ideas we experience long page loads within the main functionalities. Also there is some space for user interface optimisation.

Avantages

Idea Drop is intuitive, removes hierarchical barriers, and makes it faster to get help and support across the business. Idea Drop allows gathering insight and ideas from across teams, departments and offices globally. It brings our entire business into a central innovation flow, engaging everyone from front-line staff to C-Level execs.

Avantages

That a platform like this is available. One central place - on line - no paper work needed. Many eyes can view this and can possibly be implemented a lot quicker than the paper trail or sending to a general box. Can watch the progress.

Inconvénients

It's a bit busy and at the beginning a bit hard to navigate. The help is great but a more in depth tutorial would be very helpful. With more practice it will get easier to work with the program.

Avantages

Easy to use
Visible to everyone
Staff motivation
Encourage innovation/process improvement

Inconvénients

Tagging system is not explained
Inbox would be more useful to keep track of ideas as old ideas go down bottom the list.

Avantages

Easy to use and encourages interaction on ideas that are raised within the company.
It automatically does the job of reviewing and filtering out the best (and most relevant) ideas
It doubles up as a communication tool

Inconvénients

Can sometimes appear to want to do too much i.e. be all things at once. Its key benefit is creating a platform to share and filter ideas - need to be careful it doesn't become a platform for trying to run an entire business

Avantages

Easy to use
not too complicated and stuffed with features
UX similar to most social tools, therefore the handling is quite familiar even tough you never used the tool before

Inconvénients

- App slightly buggy
- More Text editing features would be good (Bold, Tabs, etc.)
- More functions would be great

Avantages

The software is so easy to use, it is intuitive which drives early adoption and engagement.

Inconvénients

It is important to get the taxonomy right from the start to ensure that you benefit from the reporting tools.

Avantages

It really is straightforward and even the Luddites on your team will be able to use it from the outset without a lengthy on-boarding process. Our members don't want to receive hundreds of emails so by putting forward challenges and ideas on Idea Drop they're able to access all the information they need without clogging up their inboxes. They can then come back to us with feedback and new ideas which allows for a more collaborative process.

Avantages

The platform is easy to use and the dashboard is clear and well organized.

Inconvénients

Some functionality that is useful to a big corporation is not yet implemented (i.e. syncing DLs with Outlook)

Avantages

Idea drop has a really nicely designed and intuitive interface with several novel features and functionality.

Inconvénients

The main challenge is around the ability to brand or customise the platform for our clients requirements.

Avantages

ease of use, the algorithms, videos; the support and flexibility and enthusiasm of the team. It is a great package that is easy and fun to use that anyone can access

Inconvénients

sometimes it is not clear when you have posted - so you can end up doing it multiple times. It can take a while to navigate around

Avantages

How it simplifies a common problem for any business - managing your ideas! Through Idea Drop, we can share and curate ideas across our entire team, developing them and enhancing them, all in one platform. Sticky notes and countless email threads are long gone!

Avantages

This software is pretty easy to use. I like that you can answer anonymously, or with your name associated.

Inconvénients

I can't really say anything I like least.

Avantages

Great way for anyone in the company to share thoughts, new ideas and to propose initiatives. Awesome!

Inconvénients

It would be good if it could be integrated in one of the software we already use, instead of being a separate app.