HYPE Boards (formerly Viima)
Idea management software
Strategy and innovation roadmapping tools
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$79 per month
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- Education and training
- Public sector and nonprofit organizations
- Healthcare and life sciences
What is HYPE Boards (formerly Viima)
HYPE Boards (formerly Viima) is an idea management platform used to collect, discuss, and evaluate improvement and innovation ideas across teams. It supports structured workflows for intake, triage, prioritization, and status tracking, typically for continuous improvement programs and internal innovation initiatives. The product emphasizes lightweight participation and visual boards to make idea pipelines easy to follow for both contributors and reviewers.
Structured idea intake workflows
The product supports configurable stages for capturing, reviewing, and progressing ideas through a defined process. Teams can standardize how ideas are submitted and evaluated, which helps reduce ad-hoc handling. This fits common use cases such as continuous improvement, employee suggestion programs, and internal innovation funnels.
Collaboration around submissions
HYPE Boards provides mechanisms for discussion and feedback on ideas so contributors and reviewers can iterate before decisions are made. This enables transparent evaluation and helps teams capture context and supporting details over time. It is suited to cross-functional participation where many users contribute smaller suggestions.
Board-based visibility and tracking
Visual boards make it easier for stakeholders to see what is new, under review, approved, or implemented. This improves day-to-day operational visibility compared with managing ideas in email or spreadsheets. It also supports reporting on pipeline status and outcomes for program owners.
Limited product roadmapping depth
While it can track ideas through stages, it is not primarily designed for detailed product strategy and release roadmaps. Organizations that need advanced roadmap views, dependency mapping, and portfolio-level planning may require additional tooling. This can create gaps when moving from idea selection to long-term product planning.
May require process governance
Idea programs can become noisy without clear criteria, ownership, and review cadences. The platform can support workflows, but it does not replace the need for governance to prevent backlogs of unreviewed submissions. Teams often need defined roles and decision rules to keep throughput consistent.
Integration expectations vary
Organizations frequently expect tight integrations with work management, chat, and identity systems to operationalize approved ideas. If required integrations are not available or need custom work, adoption can be slower and reporting can fragment across systems. Buyers should validate integration coverage for their specific stack.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $79 per month (billed annually; monthly option available) | 10 users included, 2 boards, self-service support, evaluations, gamification, SSO (Microsoft/Google/Social). Additional user licenses available at €7/mo. Prices exclude VAT. |
| Pro | $499 per month (billed annually) | 100 users included, up to 15 boards, technical support, custom fields, customizable appearance & notifications, 10 workflow automations/board, 3rd-party integrations (Jira, MS Teams, SharePoint). Additional user licenses available at €7/mo. Prices exclude VAT. |
| Enterprise | Contact sales (custom pricing) | 1000+ users, unlimited boards, HYPE Suite access, HYPE Success Program, Dedicated Customer Success Manager, unlimited workflow automations, advanced user roles, mass idea imports/updates, custom terms & SLA available. |
Notes: The vendor's official pricing page also states "Plans start with a 14 day free trial of the pro plan. No credit card required." The site contains some inconsistent/legacy content that references a Free tier on other pages; see notes in submission.
Seller details
HYPE Innovation GmbH
Bonn, Germany
2000
Private
https://www.hypeinnovation.com/
https://x.com/HYPEinnovation
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hype-innovation/
