Ideately NEW

Ideately is a collaborative ideation platform for teams, facilitators, and design or product groups. It provides built-in workshop templates (Crazy 8s, Starburst, Hot Air Balloon, Sailboat, SWOT, Blue Ocean Canvas, Six Thinking Hats) to structure brainstorming and strategy sessions.

Users can capture ideas via text, voice, sketches, images, video, or Figma uploads and run live or asynchronous, turn-based collaboration. Automated facilitation guides session flow while real-time voting and prioritization help teams make decisions quickly.

Six AI personas offer varied perspectives for idea generation, and AI-powered theme detection surfaces common patterns and trends for easier synthesis. The tool supports remote workshops, design sprints, and cross-functional alignment by streamlining idea capture, evaluation, and follow-up.

Key Features

• Session templates to kickstart brainstorming
• Multimodal idea capture: write, speak, sketch, upload images, videos, and Figma designs
• Live and self-paced collaboration with swipe, voting, and turn-based real-time sessions
• AI Superheroes: choose from multiple AI personas offering insights and perspectives
• Automated facilitation that manages session flow and transitions

Use Cases

• Run structured product discovery workshops using Ideately's facilitation templates and Figma integration to capture sketches and prototypes in real time, leverage AI personas and automated facilitation to guide sessions, then use AI theme detection and real-time voting to synthesize insights and prioritize features
• Organize asynchronous company-wide brainstorming where team members add ideas by text, voice, or sketches, let AI theme detection cluster responses, and use automated facilitation and priority voting to surface actionable initiatives without scheduling constraints
• Create cross-functional design sprints by collecting multimodal feedback from stakeholders directly in Figma, run live or asynchronous critique sessions with AI personas to prompt considerations, and rapidly synthesize and rank design changes using AI themes and real-time prioritization

Who is it for?

• Product managers
• Designers
• Facilitators
• Remote collaborators
• Brainstorming participants