Untap vs Qmarkets
Enterprise stage-gate depth without the quote cycle or the per-seat math.
Updated August 2026
Quote-only
pricing, every time
Qmarkets publishes no price list and G2 lists no starting price. Untap publishes every tier: $2,500/yr for Corporates Starter, unlimited ideas, programs, reviewers and admins.
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The short version, for people in a hurry.
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PRICING
Pricing comparison, line by line.
Their tiers on the left, Untap Corporates plan on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
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Qmarkets
Standard
Qmarkets
Professional
Qmarkets
Enterprise
UNTAP
Starter
UNTAP
GrowthPopular
UNTAP
Ultimate
Their tiers on the left, Untap Corporates plan on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
Qmarkets does not publish pricing anywhere: its own site and its G2 listing both route to a sales conversation, and licensing is structured around modules (idea management, continuous improvement, scouting) plus admin seats and an onboarding engagement. That makes a like-for-like comparison impossible before a demo cycle. Untap publishes every number: Corporates Starter at $2,500/year with unlimited ideas, programs, reviewers and admins, no module unbundling and no implementation fee.
Annual billing includes 2 months free. Subscription pause available at $15/month between program cycles. Education tier: 25% off list. Small NGO tier: 50% off list.
FEATURES
Feature comparison, grouped by workflow.
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Application and Submission Management
7 capabilities
Review and Evaluation
7 capabilities
Communication and Notifications
5 capabilities
Platform and Infrastructure
6 capabilities
Integrations and Security
7 capabilities
WHAT USERS SAY
Common feedback about Qmarkets.
Paraphrased themes from public reviews. No direct quotes, no cherry-picking: recurring patterns only.
Powerful, but configuration-heavy
Reviewers consistently praise how far the workflow engine bends, and just as consistently note that setting up stage gates and evaluation flows takes admin training and vendor help.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Support is a genuine strength
Account management and customer success come up repeatedly as the reason customers renew, which is also a signal of how much hand-holding the product needs.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Interface feels a generation behind
Several reviews describe the admin experience and reporting customization as dated relative to newer SaaS tools.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Cost is opaque until late
Because everything is quoted, buyers report long evaluation cycles and difficulty benchmarking value before procurement.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Themes are synthesized from public reviews on G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. We do not reproduce reviewer text.
BY ORGANIZATION
Which platform is right for you?
An honest take. There are scenarios where Qmarkets is the right answer.
Choose Qmarkets when...
- You need deep, consultant-configured stage-gate governance across many modules
- Continuous improvement and idea capture inside a large workforce is the core use case
- You have budget for enterprise licensing plus an implementation engagement
- On-premise or highly regulated deployment is a hard requirement
Choose Untap when...
- You want ongoing innovation infrastructure, not a project you rebuild each cycle
- You need published pricing and a free trial instead of a quote cycle
- Unlimited ideas, programs, reviewers and admins matter more than modules
- You run innovation alongside awards, hackathons, grants and talent programs
- You want jury rubrics, blind review, AI screening and public voting in one flow
- You are an NGO, foundation or university and need a structured discount
BY PROGRAM TYPE
Best fit by program type.
How each platform holds up across the eight most common program shapes.
Being fair
Where Qmarkets is stronger
Qmarkets is the better pick when your needs match what it was built for — see the “Choose Qmarkets when...” card above. Untap is the better pick when you run programs continuously and need unlimited submissions, users and programs on one flat price. Both are valid; the honest question is volume and frequency.
Last reviewed: August 2026
What you also get, beyond the comparison above
Point tools win on one job and stop. Untap ships the whole program lifecycle on one engine — including a training stack and an events and bookings stack most alternatives do not have at all.
Trusted at scale
1M+ participants have applied to programs built on Untap.
Fortune 500 innovation teams, UN agencies, universities and national governments run their programs here.
1M+
Participants
400+
Programs
100+
Customers
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