What is kaizen software?

Software that runs a continuous improvement program: people capture small improvement ideas or problems, work them through a method such as PDCA, A3 or DMAIC, and record the result. Good tools also share what worked across teams or sites and report savings or KPI changes, so the program can show its impact.

What should I look for in kaizen software?

Check how easily frontline staff can submit (a phone, a kiosk or an employee ID rather than a company email), which problem-solving methods it supports, how results and savings are tracked and validated, whether improvements can be shared across sites, and how it fits the meetings where you review improvement work.

Can kaizen software run DMAIC, 8D or our own method?

Several can, in different ways. KaiNexus covers A3, PDSA and DMAIC and lists custom processes; KPI Fire runs DMAIC, PDCA, 8D and other approaches; iObeya has A3, PDCA and 8D board templates; Rever guides Quick Action, PDCA and DMAIC; Tervene runs PDCA and DMAIC; eKaizen uses project charters and fishbone diagrams. LeanSuite runs any method, including DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own, and larger engineering and CapEx projects through stage-gates.

Which kaizen tools publish their pricing?

eKaizen (a monthly platform fee from €25 plus per-user fees) and iObeya (Team+ at €3,780 per room per year) publish prices. KaiNexus, KPI Fire, Rever and Tervene quote on request. LeanSuite quotes per facility with unlimited users and publishes its pilot price: 90 days for $3,000 per facility, credited to the annual plan.

Can we run kaizen in spreadsheets instead?

Many programs start that way. Spreadsheets struggle once ideas need owners, reminders, approvals, photos from the floor and savings roll-ups across teams or sites, which is where dedicated software earns its cost.

Why is LeanSuite on a list that LeanSuite publishes?

Because it is one of the options a manufacturing buyer would consider. We wrote this page, so read it with that in mind: products are listed alphabetically, every other product is described only from its own public pages, each entry says who it fits best, and we will correct anything a vendor or reader shows us is wrong.

How did you compare these tools?

We read each vendor's own public pages in September 2026 and used only what they publish. Where we could not find something, the table says not published, which does not mean the product lacks it. LeanSuite is our product. If something has changed, email info@theleansuite.com and we will update the page.

Buyer's guide

Best kaizen software

Short answer: The right kaizen tool depends on where your improvement work happens. For frontline kaizen on phones, look at Rever. For improvement programs that span many kinds of teams, look at KaiNexus or KPI Fire. For kaizen tied to daily shop-floor management, look at LeanSuite or Tervene. For a dedicated kaizen system at a published price, look at eKaizen. For kaizen on visual boards, look at iObeya.

Who wrote this: LeanSuite publishes this guide, and LeanSuite is one of the seven products on it. We describe every other product only from its own public pages, list the products in alphabetical order rather than ranking them, and say where each one fits better than ours.

Last reviewed September 2026. Based on each vendor's public information; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.

At a glance

LeanSuite's whole platform next to each product, capability by capability. A question mark means the vendor does not publish it or we could not verify it, not that the product lacks it; the detailed table below has the specifics.

Yes, on the vendor's own site
Partial, limited or a paid add-on
No, outside the product's published scope
Not published, or we couldn't verify it

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At a glance: Best Kaizen Software
Capability	LeanSuite	eKaizen	iObeya	KaiNexus	KPI Fire	Rever	Tervene
Continuous improvement
Any method: DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own	Yes: Incl. your own	Partial: Charter, fishbone	Yes: A3, PDCA, 8D, configurable	Yes: Incl. custom processes	Yes: DMAIC, PDCA, 8D, other	Partial: PDCA, DMAIC, Quick Action	Partial: PDCA, DMAIC
Engineering and CapEx projects with stage-gates	Yes:Four stage-gates	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Non-manufacturing teams and projects	Yes: Any project type	Yes: All departments	Yes: Finance, HR	Yes: Healthcare, finance	Yes: Healthcare, finance	Not published	Yes: Healthcare
Ideas and suggestions with configurable approvals	Yes:Approvals per idea type	Partial: Approvals not stated	Partial: Kaizen on boards	Yes	Partial: Idea Funnel	Partial: Approvals not stated	Partial: Opportunity capture
Savings verified before they count	Yes:Finance signs off	Not published	Not published	Partial: ROI add-on	Partial: Reconciled against targets	Yes	Not published
Share what worked across sites (yokoten)	Yes:Best Practice Management	Yes: Roll out to plants	Not published	Yes: Knowledge base	Not published	Yes	Not published
AI
AI root cause analysis	Yes:RCA Agent	Not published	Not published	Yes: KaiNexus Intelligence	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI time and motion study from video	Partial:Vision AI, priced separately	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Video to SOP	Yes:SOP from one video	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI one-point lessons (OPLs)	Yes:OPL from before-and-after photos	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI drafts checklists and forms	Yes:Lean Creator AI drafts	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI sorts and triages ideas	Yes:Lean AI	Not published	Not published	Partial: Summaries	Not published	Partial: Idea Match	Not published
Frontline operations
Daily issue management with tier escalation	Yes:F-Tags, escalation	Not published	Partial: Issue cards on boards	Partial: Improvement items	Not published	Not published	Yes
Tiered meetings and huddle boards	Yes:Lean Studio	Partial: Gemba board	Yes	Yes	Yes: Huddle boards	Not published	Yes
Audits and checklists (5S, LPA, CILR), scheduled	Yes:Daily Standard Work scheduling	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Yes: 5S and quality routines	Yes
Breakdown reporting and maintenance work orders	Yes:EWO; works alongside a CMMS	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Skills and training
Live skills matrix	Yes:Competency Management	Not published	Not published	Partial: Certification tracking	Not published	Not published	Not published
Job cover matrix: who can cover each job	Yes:Job Cover Matrix	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Training (LMS): courses, quizzes, learning plans	Yes:Trainings (LMS)	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
SOP and OPL sign-off per person	Yes:Signed on a tablet	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Data and platform
KPI dashboards	Yes:KPI Dashboards	Partial: Kaizen dashboards	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial: Improvement dashboards	Yes
SSO and a security certification	Yes:SOC 2 Type 1; Entra ID, Okta	Partial: SSO; no certification stated	Yes: ISO 27001	Yes: SOC 2 Type 2	Yes: SOC 2 audits	Yes: ISO 27001	Yes: ISO 27001
Operator sign-in with an employee ID, no email	Yes:Employee ID	Yes: No account needed	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Free plan or published prices	Yes:Free plan for ideas	Yes: From €25 a month	Yes: Per room	No: Quote only	No: Quote only	Not published	No: Quote only
Mobile app (iOS and Android)	Yes:iOS and Android	No: No native app; web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: iOS

Based on each vendor's public website, reviewed September 26, 2026; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.

How we chose these tools

Kaizen software helps people spot small improvements, work them through a structured method and prove the result. Each product on this list meets all of these:

Kaizen is a core use
Continuous improvement is a main product or module, not one template in a general project or forms tool.
Idea to completed improvement
Ideas or problems move through a method such as PDCA, A3 or DMAIC to an owner and a finished change.
Results you can see
Savings, KPIs or completed improvements are tracked, so the program can show what it achieved.
Built for operations teams
Frontline staff and supervisors can take part, not only a central CI office.
Active in 2026
A live site, still sold under the name listed, with 2026 releases, news or app updates.
Public information
Enough on the vendor's own pages to describe what it does, how it is priced and how it handles security.

Seven kaizen tools, in alphabetical order

1. eKaizen
Kaizen and idea management software from Ennvea in Brno, Czech Republic. Anyone can submit an idea from a phone, computer or shop-floor touchscreen kiosk without a user account; ideas run as projects with a project charter and fishbone root cause analysis, a configurable gemba board keeps them visible in team meetings, and proven improvements can be rolled out to other plants. It publishes pricing: a monthly platform fee from €25 plus €29 per administrator and €13 per team member a month (billed annually), with Enterprise quoted and a 30-day free trial. It is web-based with no native app, and supports single sign-on through Microsoft Active Directory.
Best for: Plants that want a dedicated kaizen system with kiosk submission and published pricing.
eKaizen website
2. iObeya
A digital Obeya and visual management platform. Kaizen is a supported practice on its boards, with A3, PDCA and 8D templates, Kanban flow management and tier 1 to 3 reviews among 200+ templates. It runs as SaaS, private cloud or on-premises and states ISO/IEC 27001 certification. Team+ is published at €3,780 per room per year; Enterprise is quoted.
Best for: Teams that run kaizen and problem solving on visual boards and in Obeya rooms.
LeanSuite vs iObeya iObeya website
3. KaiNexus
Continuous improvement software founded in 2009. It covers ideas, improvement projects and events, A3, PDSA and DMAIC problem solving, Kanban, huddles and strategy deployment, with a knowledge base of completed improvements and KaiNexus Intelligence, an AI that summarizes records and coaches on root cause. It is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant. Pricing is quoted, with a Fundamentals package for smaller teams.
Best for: Improvement programs that span many kinds of teams, with strategy deployment in the same system.
LeanSuite vs KaiNexus KaiNexus website
4. KPI Fire
Business improvement software from Complete XRM in Salt Lake City. An Idea Funnel collects and prioritizes ideas, which become DMAIC projects, kaizen events or quick wins with built-in problem-solving workflows; hard and soft savings are tracked, and dashboards, huddle boards, X-Matrix and Hoshin Kanri planning and a mobile app sit alongside. It runs on AWS with third-party SOC 2 audits of its application tier and offers single sign-on. Pricing is quoted.
Best for: CI and OpEx offices that want kaizen events, DMAIC projects and savings tied to strategy deployment.
KPI Fire website
5. LeanSuite
Lean manufacturing software where kaizen sits next to the daily work that feeds it. Idea Management and Kaizen & Projects take an idea from capture to review to a project, through custom multi-stage approval workflows per idea type. Projects run in any method (PDCA, A3, DMAIC, 8D or your own) and can be any type of project, from a quick kaizen to an engineering or CapEx project through stage-gates or a project outside manufacturing; a DMAIC project can't close until Finance verifies its savings. AI Root Cause Analysis and Best Practice Management share results across sites; Daily Issue Management, Lean Studio tiered meetings, audits, skills and training, and KPI Dashboards are in the same platform. Vision AI turns one process video into time and motion, line balancing, ergonomic and SMED studies. One flat price per facility with unlimited users; a 90-day pilot costs $3,000 per facility, credited to the annual plan.
Best for: Plants that want kaizen, larger projects and CapEx work in one system, tied to issues, audits and tiered meetings on the shop floor.
About LeanSuite
6. Rever
A frontline improvement app for manufacturing ("Kaizen for Everyone"). Operators log ideas and fixes from a phone, including offline; guided PDCA, Quick Action and DMAIC flows carry them through; kaizen events run as Challenges; savings are validated before they count; and Idea Match suggests fixes proven at other sites. It is ISO 27001:2022 certified. Pricing is not published on its site.
Best for: Frontline kaizen on phones, including offline, with validated savings across many sites.
LeanSuite vs Rever Rever website
7. Tervene
Connected leader software founded in 2015. Its continuous improvement solution captures opportunities with photos from the floor and runs PDCA and DMAIC problem solving with Kanban, Gantt and list views, next to tiered meetings, leader standard work, Gemba walks and audits, including 5S and layered process audits. It holds ISO 27001 certification and offers a SOC 2 Type 2 report on request. Pricing is quoted by users and sites.
Best for: Teams whose kaizen work runs through tiered meetings, Gemba walks and audits.
LeanSuite vs Tervene Tervene website

The seven tools side by side

From each vendor's public pages. "Not published" means we could not find it publicly, not that the product lacks it.

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The seven tools side by side
Capability	eKaizen	iObeya	KaiNexus	KPI Fire	LeanSuite	Rever	Tervene
Kaizen
Main focus	Kaizen and idea management	Digital visual management	Continuous improvement across industries	CI projects and strategy execution	Lean management for plants	Frontline kaizen	Daily management and leader standard work
Idea capture from the floor	Phone, computer or kiosk; no user account needed	Not published as a module	Any device	Idea Funnel; mobile app	Idea Management; employee-ID sign-in	Phone, including offline	Opportunity capture with photos
Problem-solving methods	Project charter, fishbone diagrams	A3, PDCA and 8D templates	A3, PDSA, DMAIC, Kanban	DMAIC, kaizen events, quick wins	Any method, incl. 8D or your own; AI Root Cause Analysis	PDCA, Quick Action, DMAIC	PDCA, DMAIC
Results tracking	Savings and project dashboards	Live KPIs on boards	Ideas tied to KPIs; impact reports	Hard and soft savings	KPI Dashboards; Loss & Cost Management	Savings validated before they count	No-code KPI dashboards
Sharing across sites	Roll proven improvements out to other plants	200+ board templates	Knowledge base of completed improvements	Not published	Best Practice Management	Idea Match across sites	Not published
Meetings and daily management	Gemba board for team meetings	Tier 1 to 3 boards, Obeya rooms	Huddles and tiered huddles	Huddle boards	Lean Studio tiered meetings	Not published	Tiered meetings with escalation
Buying
Apps	Web only; no native app	Web, iOS and Android	Web, iOS and Android	Web and mobile app	Web, iOS and Android	Web, iOS and Android; offline mode	Smartphone, tablet, desktop; iOS app
Pricing	Published: platform fee from €25 plus per-user fees a month	Published: Team+ €3,780 per room per year	Not published	Not published	Per facility, quote; 90-day pilot $3,000	Not published on its site	Not published
Trial	30-day free trial	No free trial published	Demo on request	Demo on request	90-day pilot $3,000 per facility, credited	Demo on request	Demo on request
Security	Certifications not published	ISO/IEC 27001; on-premises option	SOC 2 Type 2	Third-party SOC 2 audits; AWS	SOC 2 Type 1 report; secure cloud hosting	ISO 27001:2022	ISO 27001; SOC 2 Type 2 report on request

Where LeanSuite is different

This part is about our own product, so read it as LeanSuite's pitch; the entries above describe every other tool from its own pages. Each point links to the LeanSuite page that shows it.

Any method, including your own
Run DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your company's own method in the same system. The built-in A3, DMAIC and PDCA templates can be adjusted to fit your process, and each project type gets its own workflow.
Continuous improvement software
Any type of project, not only kaizen
One visual hub runs a small kaizen event, a full DMAIC project, an engineering or capital-expenditure project, or a project outside manufacturing, each through the workflow built for its type.
One hub for every project
Engineering and CapEx projects through stage-gates
Engineering and CapEx projects run through the same four stage-gates (Ideation, Feasibility, Execution and Closure), with a checklist for each stage and an auditable trail for every deliverable and approval.
Stage-gates for engineering and CapEx
Savings that Finance has signed off
A DMAIC project can't close until Finance verifies its savings. Savings are calculated from your own labor, downtime and scrap rates, and a stage-gate can require review above a savings amount you set.
CI portfolio and ROI
An approval path for each type of idea
Build custom, multi-stage approval workflows per idea type: a simple safety suggestion can go straight to the EHS manager, while a large cost-saving idea goes through several levels, including Finance.
Idea Management
Improvement next to the daily work
Issues, audits, tiered meetings, skills and training sit in the same platform. A failed audit question can become a new kaizen, and when you launch a kaizen or engineering project you see who has the skills it needs.
How the modules connect

Which one fits

Operators run kaizen from their phones, even offlineRever
Kaizen should sit next to issues, audits and tiered meetingsLeanSuite
Kaizen runs through leader standard work, Gemba walks and auditsTervene
Your program spans many kinds of teams and includes strategy deploymentKaiNexus or KPI Fire
You want a dedicated kaizen tool at a published price with a free trialeKaizen
Your teams work on visual boards and in Obeya roomsiObeya

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