Hives.co

What Hives.co is

Hives.co is an idea management platform for organisations collecting employee suggestions, product innovation ideas, insights and feedback. Each idea can have an owner, a stage and a next step, while contributors can follow its progress toward a decision. The platform supports evaluation workflows, scoring, voting and custom idea fields. Submissions can come through web, Android or iOS, and people can also contribute by phone using a QR code or link. Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace connections let people contribute from those tools.

Ida, Hives.co’s AI, can summarise submissions, flag duplicates, surface themes and create reports from programme activity; people make the decisions. Microsoft and Google single sign-on are included on every plan. Other users can sign in with a one-time email passcode, and collection access can be limited to groups. Anonymous submissions can be enabled for individual collections. Customer data is hosted in the EU by default, and each contract includes a data processing agreement. Hives.co is run by Hivesco Innovation Software AB in Stockholm, Sweden. The pricing note says plans start at $795/mo (annual); plan details list Core at $795 a year, Pro at $1,695 a year and Enterprise at $2,295 a year, all billed annually.

Who it suits

Hives.co suits organisations that want a defined process for collecting and evaluating employee suggestions, product ideas or feedback. Core is described as best for teams under 500 employees; Pro is positioned for mid-sized to large organisations, while Enterprise is for organisations needing unlimited scale.

Limits

Core includes 2 managers and 500 contributors. Pro includes 10 managers, 10,000 contributors and 1,000 AI-credits; Enterprise includes 10+ managers and unlimited contributors.

Getting started

1. Visit the Hives.co website.
2. Choose a plan: Core, Pro or Enterprise; each is billed annually.
3. Sign in with Microsoft or Google single sign-on, or use a one-time email passcode.
4. Set up a collection and scope access to groups if needed.
5. Invite contributors to submit ideas on web, Android or iOS, or share a phone link or QR code.

Verdict

Choose Hives.co if your organisation needs structured idea evaluation, contributor updates and ways to collect input through mobile devices and workplace tools. Its Core plan is aimed at teams under 500 employees. Organisations needing unlimited scale can consider Enterprise, which includes 10+ managers, unlimited contributors and a personal customer success manager.