Overview
Beeshake is a French collaborative innovation platform that helps organisations collect and manage employee ideas. The platform is available in more than ten languages with automatic translation, and serves international organisations including groups like Worldline (deployed across 10 countries). Hives.co is a Scandinavian idea management platform built for enterprises that need to run structured innovation and continuous improvement programmes at scale.
Both platforms aim to solve the same core problem: giving employees a structured way to contribute ideas. But they differ in approach, pricing model, and feature emphasis.
Feature comparison
Idea collection. Both platforms support idea campaigns and open submission channels. Hives.co offers customisable campaign templates, multi-language support across all interface elements, and mobile-first access designed for frontline workers without corporate email addresses. Beeshake provides campaign functionality with a social, network-inspired interface featuring likes and comments.
Evaluation and workflow. Both platforms offer evaluation capabilities. Beeshake combines collaborative voting with evaluation tools to prioritise ideas. Hives.co provides configurable evaluation workflows with scoring matrices, multi-stage review processes, and automated routing based on idea category — particularly suited to organisations with complex decision-making structures.
Analytics and reporting. Both platforms include dashboards and impact measurement features. Beeshake offers projected ROI measuring savings in time, money, and CO2. Hives.co focuses on operational ROI tracking — realised savings, revenue generated, and hours saved — with consolidated dashboards designed for reporting to senior leadership.
Enterprise features. Hives.co supports SSO, multi-entity deployments, role-based access control, and GDPR-compliant data handling across jurisdictions. These features make it suitable for large organisations operating across multiple countries.
Pricing
Beeshake uses per-user pricing with multiple tiers available on their website. Hives.co offers transparent pricing with unlimited users: €695/month for Core, €1,495/month for Pro, and €1,995/month for Enterprise.
Who should choose what
Choose Beeshake if you want a collaborative innovation platform with a social approach to ideation, strong engagement features, and projected ROI measurement including environmental impact tracking.
Choose Hives.co if you need a scalable idea management platform with formalised multi-criteria evaluation, unlimited users, granular implementation tracking, and operational ROI measurement designed for leadership reporting.
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