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From Chaos to Clarity—Enterprise Idea Management, Simplified.

Get Your Idea Management Platform Evaluation Kit

Exploring options to spark enterprise ideation? We’ve gathered success stories, product details, an on-demand demo, and a third-party solution comparison report. Submit the form below to access it all and simplify your platform evaluation process.

Managing Enterprise Ideation Is Tough—We Get It.

Look, we know it’s tough being the one fully accountable for your company’s ideation outcomes. Balancing day-to-day operations with the demands of idea management—from capturing fresh concepts to turning them into action—can feel overwhelming. We get it. You’re not alone in juggling challenges like:

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The good news?

You don’t have to tackle these struggles on your own. We’re here to help you cut through the noise, harness your team’s creativity, and turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

 

So How HYPE's Idea Management Software Empowers Your Work?

 

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1. Collaborative Engagement at Every Level

Encourage open, cross-functional collaboration to break down silos and unite teams across locations or departments. Provide intuitive feedback tools, recognition, and transparent status updates so contributors can see where their ideas stand, feel heard, and understand the impact they’re making. By ensuring every voice is valued and informed, you foster a vibrant culture of trust, participation, and meaningful innovation.

 

2. Best Practices Workflows & 360° Guidance

Rely on tried-and-tested ideation workflows built on 20+ years of innovation expertise—proven across hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of participants. We don’t just provide software; we offer 360° support to guide you at every stage. By leveraging these established best practices, you can move forward with confidence, ensuring meaningful, sustainable innovation that aligns with your organization’s unique needs.

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3. Supercharge Creativity and Clarity with AI

Use AI-driven features to spark fresh thinking and refine submissions:

  • AI Seed Ideas: Inspire creativity with intelligent idea prompts.
  • AI Agent: Enhance and polish concepts for clarity and impact.
  • AI Web Clipper: Quickly capture external insights without leaving your workflow.
  • Innovation Graph: Transform data into clear, thematic clusters, making navigating and understanding your innovation portfolio easier.
  • and more!

 

 

4. Drive Ideas Through to Implementation

Validate and refine promising ideas into actionable projects, guiding them through flexible, configurable phase-gate processes. Continuously track project status, monitor risks, and measure realized outcomes to ensure meaningful results. By maintaining transparency and showing contributors how their efforts deliver tangible value, you encourage ongoing participation and overcome resistance to change.

 

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5. Advanced Analytics & Reporting

Leverage advanced reporting to gain a complete view of your entire innovation ecosystem. Our powerful analytics engine taps into all relevant data, providing built-in benchmarks and smart recommendations rooted in industry best practices. With out-of-the-box integrations for Power BI and Tableau, innovation becomes an integral part of your standard business reporting—informing decisions, demonstrating impact, and guiding future strategy.

 

 

6. Seamless Integrations

Transform innovation from a standalone effort into a fully integrated element of your enterprise ecosystem. Leverage deep integration with Microsoft tools and other common platforms to ensure data flows naturally between systems. Automatically enrich information with integrated data sources, and tap into our open, extensible suite via REST APIs, flexible SSO options, and a plugin architecture that adapts to your evolving needs.

 

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The World's Biggest Brands Use Hype for Idea Management

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“They definitely exceeded all of our expectations”

What we really liked was the team was really interested in us being successful. Once we signed up with HYPE, they definitely exceeded all of our expectations on the partnering side of the relationship as well as their overall ecosystem of people, customers, and partners community.

Bob Neuhard, Executive Director

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“Process support was a big factor in why we chose HYPE”

The process support was a big factor in why we chose HYPE. We weren’t looking for a pure software offering, we were looking for the process support around that, and the experience of enterprise-wide innovation programs, which was also central to us choosing them as a partner.

Eleanor Tong, Innovation Adoption Lead

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“We have always been hugely impressed with the HYPE team”

Ricoh’s passion for people and innovation has led us to partner with HYPE as we looked for a world-class ideas platform to capture our employees’ amazing ideas. We have always been hugely impressed with the HYPE team and their desire to deliver beyond our expectations.

Haroon Mohammed, Finance Director

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“It’s a unique partnership that I truly value”

I’ve never had a question, challenge or concern that I’ve brought to HYPE that I didn’t walk away feeling that they provided me with the right tips and tools for my own innovation program, and therefore my own success. It’s a unique partnership that I truly value.

Sarah Kelly, Senior Innovation Manager

 

What You'll Get

Evaluation Kit: Handpicked materials—client success stories, benchmark reports, competitor comparisons, an on-demand demo video, and more.

Discovery Call: A quick chat with our Innovation Catalysts to understand your challenges and tailor the best approach.

 

What to Expect

  1. Check Your Email: We’ll send your resources right away; make sure to opt in (GDPR) and check spam if needed.

  2. Watch the Demo: Preview our solution in action (just the basics—save deeper questions for our call).

  3. Review Your Materials: Dive into success stories and comparisons to get a clearer picture of our platform’s value.

  4. Schedule Your Call: One of our team members will reach out to find the best time for your discovery session.

  5. Assess Fit: If it’s a match for both sides, we’ll arrange a personalized demo focused on your specific needs.

Get Your Evaluation Kit!

Frequently Asked Questions

Before we move on to the next stage, we know there are always a few “what-ifs” or “how-tos.” That’s why we’ve gathered answers to common questions below—so you can decide if HYPE is truly the right partner for your idea management goals.

What are your unique selling points?

As the recognized leader in innovation management software, HYPE has over 20 years of experience and has served more than 600 enterprise organizations globally. Our reputation is built on having the most capable product on the market, combined with industry-leading support and consulting available to ensure the success of your innovation efforts. 

Here are the four key points that make our platform stand out from the rest: 

 

1. End-to-End Innovation Platform: 

Unlike competitors that focus solely on one or two parts of the process, the HYPE platform seamlessly integrates different modules, such as HYPE Ideation, HYPE Projects, and HYPE Trends & Technologies to support the entire innovation process—from strategy and idea collection to execution and measurement. 

 

2. Smart AI Capabilities for Improved Quality, Efficiency & Automation: 

HYPE is at the forefront of AI-driven innovation management, offering features such as AI Campaign Coach, AI Idea Coach, AI Idea Generation, and AI Triage to support your innovators and streamline every part of the innovation process, saving innovators time, their most valuable asset. What’s more, HYPE’s unique Innovation Graph automatically analyzes and visualizes your innovation landscape, unlocking unparalleled insights for making the right decisions for your future. 

 

3. Enterprise-Grade Scalability & Security:

Designed for large organizations, and proven in the field, HYPE has a track record of supporting hundreds of thousands of users per instance while ensuring top-tier, ISO-certified, security and privacy. The platform also offers accessibility and internationalization features, including AI-powered translation and support for 20+ languages, enabling global collaboration at scale. 

 

4. High Customizability & Flexibility: 

HYPE provides unparalleled flexibility through configurable business rules, platform admin fields, and a lot more, allowing customers to change the functionality, UI, and access controls to meet their needs. HYPE Projects and HYPE Boards allow the customer to easily support an unlimited number of different phase-gate and agile processes to ensure every innovation process within the organization can easily be supported by the platform. 

What AI features do you have?

HYPE uses AI across the entire end-to-end innovation process, from strategy and ideation to execution and measurement, to support innovators and improve quality and efficiency, as well as save time, the most valuable asset for any innovator. We are also continuing to invest heavily into making the future of Innovation Management AI-Driven. 

To name a few the AI enabled features we already have, there’s the Innovation Graph, Idea Coach, Gen AI Idea Generation, AI Campaign Creation, Smart Campaign Cockpit, and a lot more. 

To learn more about HYPE’s full AI capabilities and future AI roadmap, please book a demo. 

Does it connect with our backend system(s)?

Of course! HYPE integrates with a wide variety of the most common enterprise systems out of the box and also has mature and well-documented APIs available to integrate with any other system. In our 20+ years of working with hundreds of large organizations, we’ve integrated HYPE with pretty much everything. You can use our integration capabilities by yourself, or have our experienced professional services team assist you in the process.

Is it easy to use?

Absolutely! HYPE is built for innovation at scale, and to achieve that, we’ve always prioritized user-friendliness in our design, ensuring that even those with minimal technical expertise can navigate and utilize the system effectively. With intuitive interfaces and guided workflows, getting started is quick and simple. 

Would we have support without additional costs?

Yes. As a leader in the market, HYPE is extremely committed to the success of our customers, and we provide all of our subscription customers with complimentary access to our Silver Success Plan, which includes, for example, a Dedicated Customer Success Manager, advice from our industry-leading Innovation Consultants, and standard product support, and more, ensuring that you have access to assistance when you need it. However, we do also offer premium support options for those who prefer even more advanced or personalized support. 

What are the features?

As HYPE’s platform covers the entire end-to-end innovation process, there are literally hundreds of features available to ensure you are well supported, regardless of your specific use case and requirements. 

The HYPE platform is highly modular, so we make it easy for you to pick all the features and capabilities you need, but you can also start small and easily add more capabilities later if you’re not ready to take advantage of everything HYPE has to offer. 

Our experienced Solution Consultants are happy to discuss your specific use cases, needs, and requirements and find a package tailored to your circumstances. Please contact our team to organize your introductory call and learn more. 

How does your platform support workflow and process management?

The HYPE platform’s modular design, together with unparalleled flexibility provides our customers with nearly unlimited possibilities to support a wide variety of different processes across the organization, customize workflows, create business rules, and automate processes. 

Whether you need to streamline project management, approvals, or customer journeys, we can provide you with the tools needed to help you optimize your innovation processes. 

How does reporting look like? What can we do?

HYPE has extensive reporting capabilities directly on the platform, and also provides built-in integrations proven to work at scale for common Business Intelligence Platforms, such as Microsoft Power BI and Salesforce Tableau. 

The prior is important to make sure your innovators always have the right metrics at hand to guide the day-to-day work and decision-making of innovators. However, the latter is also important as many organizations want to integrate their innovation metrics with their core business reporting, for example for Board and C-level reporting needs. 

Does your platform integrate with other platforms?

Of course! HYPE integrates with a wide variety of the most common enterprise systems out of the box and also has mature and well-documented APIs available to integrate with any other system. In our 20+ years of working with hundreds of large organizations, we’ve integrated HYPE with pretty much everything. You can use our integration capabilities by yourself, or have our experienced professional services team assist you in the process. 

How can you help us build a center of excellence around innovation?

Building a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Innovation requires a structured approach, best practices, and the right technology. HYPE can help by providing proven frameworks, best practices, a mature and capable, AI-supported platform, as well as expert guidance to streamline processes, foster collaboration, enable data-driven decisions, measure impact, and embed innovation activities deeply into your organization – ensuring scalable, sustainable, high-ROI innovation.