A Wazoku Alternative When You Need Idea Capture Without an Enterprise Admin Licence

Wazoku is a London-based innovation platform that combines internal idea management with open innovation and a global solver network. Its published Total Innovation Licence is clear — and firmly enterprise. If your organisation is 100–500 employees and you want a smaller GBP ladder, here is an honest comparison as of October 2026.

What Wazoku is

Wazoku (wazoku.com) is a UK innovation management vendor. Public positioning centres on "Total Innovation": discovery, scouting, challenges, communities, portfolio governance, and access to Innocentive's open innovation marketplace, with an AI assistant branded Jen. That is a broad enterprise stack — far beyond a simple employee suggestion scheme.

Wazoku pricing, as listed October 2026

  • Total Innovation Licence: $15,000 per admin per year — unlimited end users, no per-user participation fees on the published page.
  • Optional onboarding: Enhanced Onboarding and programme set-up listed in the roughly $5,450–$12,000 one-time range on public materials describing the licence.
  • Deep Research add-on: listed at $4,000 per user per year for extended AI research capability.

Source: wazoku.com/total-innovation-license (and related public licence announcements), checked 2 October 2026. Figures are as published in USD. Multi-admin rollouts, Crowd/scouting services and discounts remain sales-scoped — confirm with Wazoku before you budget.

How the maths compares at Harmoni's ICP sizes

One admin at $15,000 a year is about $1,250 a month before onboarding. That can be a fair deal for a large enterprise that wants unlimited participants and open-innovation marketplace access. For a 150-person UK manufacturer or professional-services firm that mainly needs a manager review queue, it is usually more platform than the problem requires.

Organisation sizeWazoku, as listed Oct 2026Harmoni
Up to 50 peopleEntry still $15,000 / admin / year (+ optional onboarding)£99 / month (Starter)
51–150 peopleSame admin licence if one admin is enough£249 / month, all employees included
151–400 peopleStill one admin minimum; multi-BU programmes may need more admins£399 / month, all employees included
~500–1,000 peopleOften a better commercial fit for Wazoku's suite depth£699 / month (401–1,000 band)

If you need Innocentive-style open innovation, multi-BU portfolio governance and a named enterprise programme, Wazoku's published licence is a serious option. If you want workforce idea capture with manager review and AI triage on a SME price list, Harmoni is the closer fit.

Who Wazoku is for, and who it is not for

It fits large enterprises and public-sector programmes that want UK vendor presence, unlimited participants under an admin licence, and open-innovation / scouting depth.

It is a harder fit if you are a 100–500 employee organisation whose actual problem is unanswered employee suggestions, not a global solver network — or if you need a finance-friendly GBP monthly line item under four figures.

Harmoni pricing

Harmoni is priced by organisation size, not by seat. Product detail is on the features page.

Harmoni planOrganisation sizePriceSeats
StarterUp to 50 employees£99 / monthAll employees included
Team51-150 employees£249 / monthAll employees included
Growth151-400 employees£399 / monthAll employees included
401-1,000 employeesWhole organisation, one flat price£699 / monthAll employees included
1,001-2,000 employeesWhole organisation, one flat price£1,199 / monthAll employees included

Harmoni prices as listed on this site in October 2026. Monthly billing, no annual lock-in, no setup fee, 14-day free trial with no card.

Common Questions

As listed on wazoku.com/total-innovation-license in October 2026, the Total Innovation Licence is $15,000 per admin per year with unlimited end users. Optional Enhanced Onboarding is listed around $5,450–$12,000 one-time, and a Deep Research AI add-on at $4,000 per user per year. Harmoni is £99 to £1,199 a month by organisation size, billed monthly.

Yes. Wazoku is London-based and known for combining internal idea management with open innovation (including Innocentive). That UK presence matters for some buyers, but the published licence entry is still enterprise-shaped.

No on the published Total Innovation Licence: end users are unlimited; cost scales by admin count at $15,000 per admin per year. Harmoni also avoids per-seat metering, but uses smaller GBP organisation bands rather than a five-figure USD admin licence.

Read Wazoku when the shortlist includes UK enterprise open-innovation suites with a published admin licence. Use Hives for mid-market EUR flat plans, and Brightidea when the vendor is quote-only with no public figure.

No free tier. Harmoni offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card and full access, then flat monthly bands from £99 for up to 50 employees.

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