Marketplace Simulations provides web-based business education tools for undergraduate and MBA students and their educators. Its simulation subjects include core business, marketing, societal impact, strategic management, business strategy, entrepreneurship, supply chain, and MBA or EMBA capstones, as well as microsimulations. Students can compete with classmates or computer-controlled teams; computer play supports classes of 1,000 or more students. The platform includes an AI Coach, an AI Tactical Plan Reviewer, and an Automated Coaching Assistant. Automated grading draws on cumulative balanced scorecard results, with Easy, Intermediate, and Difficult levels and options for manual adjustment. The simulations run on internet-connected devices without software installation. Marketplace integrates with Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Sakai, Brightspace, Harvard Business Publishing, and Western Governors University, and supports LTI 1.1 and LTI Advantage. An Individual Microsimulation costs $8.00 USD per once, billed at $8 per student; each takes 10–25 minutes and can be replayed. Live support is available on weekdays and weekends, with 24-hour emergency support for registered instructors.
Who it is for
Marketplace Simulations is designed for undergraduate and MBA students and their educators. It may suit classes using business simulations for subjects such as marketing, strategy, entrepreneurship, or supply chain.
What is good
- Runs on internet-connected devices without installation.
- Computer-controlled teams support classes of 1,000 or more.
- Offers three automated grading levels.
- Integrates with several listed learning management systems.
- Students can replay Individual Microsimulation exercises.
What to know first
- The listed Individual Microsimulation costs $8.00 USD per once.
- Individual Microsimulations take 10–25 minutes each.
- Scenario customization is listed as limited.
Verdict
Marketplace Simulations offers a range of business subjects, team competition, and automated assessment. Educators can check its LMS connections and simulation format against their course needs.
Marketplace Simulations plans and pricing
All plansCompared on business simulation software
- Free plan
- No
- Scenario focus
- strategy
- Multiplayer mode
- Yes
- Instructor dashboard
- Yes
- Scenario customization
- limited
- Assessment tools
- Yes
- Deployment
- web
