Group decision-making software

Stop debating.
Start deciding.

ChoiceBoard helps teams make decisions of every size faster — with better buy-in and less headache. Simple head-to-head questions replace the meetings, spreadsheets, and loudest-voice-wins.

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You just made three comparisons in about fifteen seconds. That's the entire product — now imagine it with your whole team and a decision that actually matters.

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14-day free trial No credit card required Unlimited participants
~10sper comparison — one simple question at a time
2 minto launch a project and invite your team
0spreadsheets, score sheets, or shouting matches
1clear, ranked answer — with the receipts to back it up
How it works

How to make a group decision in four steps

No training, no facilitation degree, no 40-tab spreadsheet. Frame the decision once — ChoiceBoard handles the structure, the math, and the diplomacy.

1

Frame the decision

Name your project, list the options on the table, and add the factors that matter — or keep it simple with an overall comparison.

2

Invite anyone

Share a private link or send email invites. Participants need zero accounts and zero onboarding — they just click and go.

3

Compare, one pair at a time

Everyone answers simple head-to-head questions: “Which option is better for cost?” Ten seconds each, on any device.

4

Get a defensible answer

A statistically ranked result with confidence, agreement, and what drove the outcome — ready to present, share, or export.

Why teams switch

Your decision matrix, minus the spreadsheet fights

A weighted decision matrix sounds rigorous — until five people invent scores from thin air, anchor on the loudest voice, and argue over cell C7. ChoiceBoard gets you the rigor without the theater.

No made-up numbers

Nobody has to decide whether “flexibility” is a 7 or an 8. Simple either-or judgments do the work, and the model computes the scores.

No anchoring, no groupthink

Everyone compares independently, so the quiet expert counts as much as the confident VP. Disagreement is surfaced, not steamrolled.

Weights earned, not guessed

Factor importance comes from the same head-to-head process — so “what matters most” reflects your team, not one person's gut.

Factor · Total cost

Which option is better for total cost?

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Built for real groups

Everyone weighs in. You stay in control.

Collecting input shouldn't mean handing out admin access — or chasing people for a week. Invite participants with a link, and decide exactly what each person sees.

Frictionless participation

No accounts, no downloads. Participants open a link on any device and answer one focused question at a time — with autosave and resume.

Tiered result access

Compare only, compare and see your own results, or full report access. You choose per invite — and every link is revocable.

Live participation tracking

See who's opened, who's mid-way, and who's done. Nudge the stragglers, close input on your deadline, and lock the result.

The moment of truth

Results you can defend in any boardroom

“Trust me” isn't a methodology. ChoiceBoard's Bayesian ranking engine shows the answer and the evidence — so your decision survives the toughest question in the room: “How did you get this?”

A clear recommendation

Pick-one projects surface a recommended option with its lead over the runner-up. Rank-all projects deliver a full priority order with natural tiers.

Confidence & agreement, quantified

See how solid the ranking is, how aligned the group is, and exactly where people disagree — before you commit, not after.

What actually moved the needle

Factor importance, differentiation, and decision leverage show which trade-offs drove the outcome — and which were noise.

Ready to present

Preliminary vs. final states, print and export views, and controlled sharing — walk into the meeting with the answer, not another meeting.

Informed meetings

Walk in aligned. Talk about what actually matters.

Most decision meetings are people trading opinions from memory. With ChoiceBoard, everyone arrives looking at the same collective ranking and factor weights — so the conversation is about real substance, not idiosyncratic takes, and its essence is captured.

One shared view of the group's thinking

Collective rankings and factor weights on one screen — everyone sees the same evidence, so nobody's arguing from a different set of facts.

Spend the meeting on the real disagreements

ChoiceBoard shows exactly where the group splits — so you skip the parts everyone already agrees on and dig into the trade-offs that matter.

The decision's essence, captured

What was chosen, why, how confident the group was, and who disagreed — recorded and shareable, so nobody relitigates it in six weeks.

What teams say

Loved by the person who has to make the call

“We'd been circling the same vendor decision for six weeks. ChoiceBoard got twelve stakeholders through it in three days — and nobody relitigated it afterward, because everyone could see exactly how we got there.”

SR
Placeholder — S.R.VP of Operations, mid-market SaaS

“The pairwise flow is the trick. Asking my team to score a matrix got me garbage data. Asking them ‘which is better for cost?’ fifty quick times got me a ranking I actually believe.”

MT
Placeholder — M.T.Head of Product, Series B startup

“I present the results page directly to our exec team. Recommendation, confidence, where people disagreed — it's all there. It made our prioritization defensible for the first time.”

JC
Placeholder — J.C.Director of Strategy, professional services
Pricing

Every plan starts with a free trial

Full access for 14 days. No credit card. If ChoiceBoard doesn't earn a place in how your team decides, walk away.

Starter

For individuals and small teams making their first structured decisions.

$0 /month
  • 2 active projects
  • Up to 20 responses
  • Pick-one & rank-all modes
  • Core results view
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Pro

For teams that make real decisions every week and need the full evidence.

$7 /month
  • Up to 5 project admins
  • Unlimited projects & participants
  • Full results suite — confidence, agreement, factor leverage
  • Tiered share links & email invitations
  • Templates, exports & presentation view
  • Deadlines & participation tracking
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Team

For organizations that want decisions as a repeatable operating system.

$29 /month
  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited admins & participants
  • Workspace admin & roles
  • API access & integrations
  • Custom branding
  • Priority support
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Questions about plans? Read the FAQ — or just start the trial and see for yourself.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is group decision-making software? +

It's software that gives a team a structured way to choose between options together. Instead of long meetings and biased spreadsheets, ChoiceBoard collects each person's input through simple head-to-head comparisons and combines them into a single ranked result — with confidence and agreement metrics so you know how solid the answer is.

How is ChoiceBoard different from a weighted decision matrix spreadsheet? +

A weighted decision matrix asks people to invent numeric scores, which anchors on the loudest voice and hides disagreement. ChoiceBoard asks a series of simple either-or questions — “which option is better for this factor?” — and uses a statistical ranking model to compute scores, weights, confidence, and where people disagree. You get the rigor of a decision matrix without the spreadsheet fights.

What is pairwise comparison, and why does it work better? +

Pairwise comparison means judging two options at a time instead of scoring everything at once. Humans are far more consistent at “A vs. B” than at absolute ratings. ChoiceBoard's adaptive engine picks the most informative pair to ask next, so participants answer fewer questions to reach a reliable ranking — usually just a few minutes of input each.

Do participants need an account to give input? +

No. You invite participants with a private share link or email invitation. They open it on any device, answer one question at a time, and are done in minutes. You control exactly what each person can see — from compare-only up to the full results report — and every link can be revoked or expired.

What kinds of decisions is ChoiceBoard good for? +

Any decision with multiple options and multiple stakeholders: vendor and software selection, feature and roadmap prioritization, hiring panels, budget allocation, naming and creative reviews, and strategy trade-offs. Use Pick-one mode when you need a single winner, or Rank-all mode when you need a full priority order.

How does the free trial work? +

Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with full access — projects, unlimited participants, and the complete results suite. No credit card required. You only pay if ChoiceBoard earns a place in how your team decides.

Ready when you are

Your next big decision deserves better than a meeting

Set up your first project in two minutes. Invite your team. Get an answer everyone can stand behind.

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