What is Lean Six Sigma software?

Two kinds of software go by the name. Program software runs Lean Six Sigma projects and the program around them: DMAIC phases with owners and reviews, savings that someone checks, and a portfolio view for leaders. Statistical software does the analysis inside the projects: capability studies, hypothesis tests, control charts, gage studies and designed experiments. Most programs use one of each.

What is the best Lean Six Sigma software?

Pick one tool for each job. For the projects, look at LeanSuite if you also run A3, PDCA, kaizen and CapEx projects and want Finance to verify savings, TRACtion for a tracker built only for Lean Six Sigma, KPI Fire or KaiNexus for a portfolio tied to strategy, or Minitab Engage if you use Minitab. For the statistics, look at Minitab Statistical Software or JMP, EngineRoom in a browser, or QI Macros and SigmaXL in Excel. LeanSuite is our product, and it does not do statistics.

Do we need statistical software if we have a project tracker?

Usually yes, if your belts run Measure and Analyze properly. Project trackers hold the charter, phases, actions and savings, but capability studies, hypothesis tests and designed experiments need a statistics package. Minitab Engage takes output from Minitab Statistical Software, TRACtion links to EngineRoom, and in LeanSuite the analysis files are linked to the project from your shared drive. The reverse is also true: a statistics package does not track phases, owners or savings.

Can we run Lean Six Sigma projects in Excel or a general project tool?

Many programs start that way, with a charter template per project and a savings spreadsheet. It works for a handful of projects. It gets hard when savings need to be checked by Finance, when leaders want one view of every project, or when belts leave and their files go with them. General project tools such as Smartsheet track tasks well; the DMAIC phases, reviews and savings checks are whatever you build from their templates.

Which Lean Six Sigma tools publish their pricing?

All five statistics tools do: EngineRoom $495 a year per individual license, JMP $1,390 per user a year, Minitab Statistical Software $2,394 per user a year in the Core plan, QI Macros $379 and SigmaXL $399, both one-time. Among program tools, TRACtion publishes a $10,000 setup fee and annual costs from $10,000 for 10 power users. KaiNexus, KPI Fire and Minitab Engage quote on request. LeanSuite quotes per facility with unlimited users and publishes its pilot price: 90 days for $3,000 per facility.

Why is LeanSuite first on a list that LeanSuite publishes?

Because it is our page and we would rather say so than hide it in the middle. Read it with that in mind. The other products follow in alphabetical order, each 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 October 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 Lean Six Sigma software

Short answer: Lean Six Sigma software comes in two kinds, and most programs need one of each. Program software runs the projects: DMAIC phases, reviews, owners and savings across the portfolio. Look at LeanSuite, KaiNexus, KPI Fire, Minitab Engage or TRACtion. Statistical software does the analysis inside Measure and Analyze: capability studies, hypothesis tests, control charts and designed experiments. Look at Minitab Statistical Software or JMP, EngineRoom in a browser, or SigmaXL and QI Macros inside Excel. LeanSuite runs DMAIC next to A3, PDCA and your own methods, for any type of project, but it is not a statistics package.

Who wrote this: LeanSuite publishes this guide, and LeanSuite is one of the ten products on it. It is listed first because it is our product; the others follow in alphabetical order, which is not a ranking. Every other product is described only from its own public pages, and each entry says where that product 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 Lean Six Sigma Software
Capability	LeanSuite	EngineRoom	JMP	KaiNexus	KPI Fire	Minitab Engage	Minitab Statistical Software	QI Macros	SigmaXL	TRACtion
Continuous improvement
Any method: DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own	Yes: Incl. your own	Not published	Not published	Yes: Incl. custom processes	Yes: DMAIC, PDCA, 8D, other	Yes: Incl. your own roadmaps	Not published	Not published	Not published	Yes: Dozen+ roadmaps, or your own
Engineering and CapEx projects with stage-gates	Yes:Four stage-gates	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Non-manufacturing teams and projects	Yes: Any project type	Not published	Not published	Yes: Healthcare, finance	Yes: Healthcare, finance	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Ideas and suggestions with configurable approvals	Yes:Approvals per idea type	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Yes	Partial: Idea Funnel	Yes: Weighted idea scoring	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Not published
Savings verified before they count	Yes:Finance signs off	Not published	Not published	Partial: ROI add-on	Partial: Reconciled against targets	Partial: ROI dashboards	Not published	Not published	Not published	Partial: Financial auditor role
Share what worked across sites (yokoten)	Yes:Best Practice Management	Not published	Not published	Yes: Knowledge base	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI
AI root cause analysis	Yes:RCA Agent	Not published	Not published	Yes: KaiNexus Intelligence	Not published	Not published	Not published	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	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	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	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	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI sorts and triages ideas	Yes:Lean AI	Not published	Not published	Partial: Summaries	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Frontline operations
Daily issue management with tier escalation	Yes:F-Tags, escalation	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Partial: Improvement items	Not published	Not published	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Not published
Tiered meetings and huddle boards	Yes:Lean Studio	Not published	Not published	Yes	Yes: Huddle boards	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Audits and checklists (5S, LPA, CILR), scheduled	Yes:Daily Standard Work scheduling	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Not published	Not published	Not published	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Not published
Breakdown reporting and maintenance work orders	Yes:EWO; works alongside a CMMS	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Skills and training
Live skills matrix	Yes:Competency Management	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	Partial: Certification tracking	Not published	Not published	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	No: Statistics software only	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	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	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	Not published	Not published	Not published
Data and platform
KPI dashboards	Yes:KPI Dashboards	Not published	Not published	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published	Yes
SSO and a security certification	Yes:SOC 2 Type 1; Entra ID, Okta	Partial: SOC 2; SSO not stated	Not published	Yes: SOC 2 Type 2	Yes: SOC 2 audits	Not published	Partial: ISO 27001; SSO not stated	Not published	Not published	Partial: SOC 2; SSO not stated
Operator sign-in with an employee ID, no email	Yes:Employee ID	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Free plan or published prices	Yes:Free plan for ideas	Yes: $495 a year	Yes: $1,390 a user a year	No: Quote only	No: Quote only	Not published	Yes: $2,394 a user a year	Yes: $379, one-time	Yes: $399, one-time	Yes: From $10,000 a year plus setup
Mobile app (iOS and Android)	Yes:iOS and Android	Not published	Not published	Yes	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published

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

Lean Six Sigma software supports one of two jobs: running DMAIC projects and the program around them, or doing the statistics the projects need. Each product on this list meets all of these:

Built for Lean Six Sigma
The vendor sells the product for Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, DMAIC or quality improvement work, in its own words.
Clear about its job
We say whether it runs projects and the portfolio or does statistical analysis. Most programs need one of each.
Program tools track results
Projects follow DMAIC or other roadmaps with owners, and savings or KPIs are tracked across the portfolio.
Statistics tools cover the core analyses
Capability, hypothesis tests, control charts and designed experiments, or most of them.
Still sold in 2026
A live product page with a way to buy, trial or book a demo. Where we found no dated 2026 release, our sources log says so.
Public information
Enough on the vendor's own pages to describe what it does and how it is sold.

Ten Lean Six Sigma tools: LeanSuite first, then alphabetical

1. LeanSuite
Lean manufacturing software that runs the project side of a Lean Six Sigma program. DMAIC is a ready-made method in Kaizen & Projects, next to A3, PDCA, PDSA and just-do-it, and you can define your own, such as 8D or a company method, with its own phases. Each project type gets its own workflow, where you set who can move a project to the next phase, what must be filled in first and who is alerted, and a stage-gate can require review above a savings amount you set. Savings are recorded as hard or soft savings, cost avoidance or capital spend, with the credit split between lead, sponsor, coach and team, and a DMAIC project can't close until Finance verifies them; verified savings roll up against plant and company targets. A project can track several KPIs, and reports show slipped projects and which problem-solving tools each person has used. Engineering and CapEx projects run through four stage-gates in the same hub, and projects outside manufacturing get their own types. LeanSuite is not a statistics package: none of its pages describe capability studies, hypothesis tests or designed experiments, so belts keep a statistics tool for that and link the files from a shared drive. One flat price per facility with unlimited users; a 90-day pilot costs $3,000 per facility.
Best for: Plants that want DMAIC and every other kind of improvement project in one system, with savings Finance has signed off, used alongside a statistics tool.
LeanSuite CI portfolio
2. EngineRoom
Web-based data analysis software from MoreSteam in Powell, Ohio, built for quality improvement, Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement teams. It runs in a browser on a PC or Mac and covers hypothesis testing, statistical process control, capability analysis, design of experiments and regression, plus value stream maps, fishbone diagrams and Process Playground for simulating process changes. It comes in 10 languages, and results can be linked to projects in MoreSteam's TRACtion. An individual license is published at $495 a year, with group discounts from 10 users and a free trial. MoreSteam says it is SOC 2 compliant and hosts on Microsoft Azure.
Best for: Belts who want the core Six Sigma statistics in a browser at a low published price, with nothing to install.
EngineRoom website
3. JMP
Statistical software for data exploration from JMP, a subsidiary of SAS, for Windows and Mac, with JMP 19 the current release. For quality work it offers control charts (XBar-R and XBar-S, I-MR, attribute, EWMA and CUSUM, rare event and short run), process capability for normal and non-normal data, gauge R&R, and a path from SPC straight into designed experiments. The JMP store publishes $1,390 per user a year, and $8,820 for JMP Pro, which adds predictive modeling and machine learning.
Best for: Engineers and scientists who explore data interactively and run a lot of designed experiments.
JMP website
4. KaiNexus
Continuous improvement software founded in 2009, with a page for Lean Six Sigma programs. It gives belts, champions and leadership one system to manage every project from Define through Control, with workflows and reporting built in, next to ideas, A3 and PDSA projects, daily management and strategy deployment. KaiNexus Intelligence summarizes records and coaches root cause analysis. Its Six Sigma page does not describe statistical analysis. It is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and supports SAML 2.0 single sign-on, with iOS and Android apps. Pricing is quoted, with a Fundamentals package for smaller teams.
Best for: Lean Six Sigma programs that span many kinds of teams, with strategy deployment in the same system.
LeanSuite vs KaiNexus KaiNexus website
5. KPI Fire
Business improvement software from Complete XRM in Salt Lake City, with a Lean Six Sigma page offering integrated DMAIC tools and workflows. An Idea Funnel ranks ideas by effort and impact; projects run as DMAIC, PDCA, kaizen events or quick wins; savings targets, projections and actual savings are reconciled; and X-Matrix and Hoshin Kanri planning tie projects to goals. There is a mobile app. It runs on AWS with third-party SOC 2 audits and offers single sign-on. Pricing is quoted.
Best for: OpEx offices that manage a portfolio of DMAIC projects tied to strategy, with savings reconciled against targets.
KPI Fire website
6. Minitab Engage
Project and idea management software from Minitab for Lean Six Sigma and other improvement programs. Projects start from DMAIC, DFSS, PDCA or kaizen event roadmaps, or your own; fishbone diagrams, Five Whys, SIPOC, FMEA, project charters and A3 forms sit inside each project; idea forms calculate weighted benefit, effort and risk; and dashboards track financial summaries, status and savings by project leader. Output from Minitab Statistical Software can be sent straight into a project, or a Minitab file embedded in the roadmap. Pricing is through sales, not published. Minitab lists ISO 27001:2022 in its trust center.
Best for: Lean Six Sigma programs that already analyze data in Minitab and want their projects in the same family.
Minitab Engage website
7. Minitab Statistical Software
Statistical software for quality and process improvement from Minitab, on Windows and Mac desktops and as a web app. It covers hypothesis tests, capability analysis (including the Capability Sixpack), design of experiments, many kinds of control charts, regression and measurement systems analysis such as gage studies, with predictive analytics in higher plans. It is sold as a named-user annual subscription in the Minitab Solution Center: the Core plan, with Minitab Statistical Software, Minitab DOE by Effex and Minitab Workspace for process maps, value stream maps and FMEA, is $2,394 a year. Minitab lists ISO 27001:2022 in its trust center.
Best for: Belts and quality engineers who want a full statistics package on the desktop or the web, and programs already using Minitab Engage.
Minitab Statistical Software website
8. QI Macros
An Excel add-in for Lean Six Sigma and SPC from KnowWare International in Denver, Colorado. It adds control charts with automatic chart selection, Pareto charts, fishbone diagrams, histograms with Cp and Cpk, gage R&R, ANOVA, t-tests and regression, and Six Sigma templates such as SIPOC and DOE, to Excel on Windows or Mac. A single-user license is $379, perpetual, with no annual fees and free technical support.
Best for: Teams that live in Excel and want control charts and the common Six Sigma charts for a one-time price.
QI Macros website
9. SigmaXL
An Excel add-in for statistical analysis, Six Sigma, SPC, design of experiments, gage R&R, process capability, regression and control charts, sold since 1998, with templates and calculators alongside. Version 11.04 was released on September 17, 2026. It runs on Windows 10 or later with Excel 2016 or later or Microsoft 365; no Mac version is listed. A single-user license is $399, perpetual, with the first year of support and upgrades included and renewal at 20% of list; there is no subscription.
Best for: Windows and Excel users who want a wide set of Six Sigma statistics without leaving the spreadsheet.
SigmaXL website
10. TRACtion
Lean Six Sigma project tracking and management software from MoreSteam in Powell, Ohio. It comes with over a dozen preloaded project roadmaps and lets you build your own, you set your own rules for reviews and approvals, and dashboards show portfolio savings and KPIs. AI Assist helps refine project charters, and analysis from MoreSteam's EngineRoom links straight into a project. Pricing is published: a one-time $10,000 setup fee and annual costs from $10,000 for at least 10 power users (team leaders, champions and sponsors, financial auditors), with team members free. MoreSteam says it is SOC 2 compliant and hosts on Microsoft Azure.
Best for: Corporate Lean Six Sigma programs with many belts and projects that want a tracker built for that job, linked to EngineRoom.
TRACtion website

The ten 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 ten tools side by side
Capability	LeanSuite	EngineRoom	JMP	KaiNexus	KPI Fire	Minitab Engage	Minitab Statistical Software	QI Macros	SigmaXL	TRACtion
Lean Six Sigma
Kind of tool	Program: projects, savings, portfolio	Statistics, in a browser	Statistics, desktop	Program: projects and portfolio	Program: projects and strategy	Program: projects and ideas	Statistics, desktop and web	Statistics, Excel add-in	Statistics, Excel add-in	Program: Lean Six Sigma project tracking
DMAIC projects	Ready-made DMAIC; A3, PDCA, PDSA or your own	Lean Six Sigma templates	Not published	Define through Control; A3 and PDSA too	DMAIC, PDCA, kaizen events, quick wins	DMAIC, DFSS, PDCA, kaizen, or your own	Not published	SIPOC and DOE templates	Templates and calculators	Dozen+ preloaded roadmaps, or your own
Phase reviews and approvals	Workflow rules per step; review above a savings amount	Not published	Not published	Workflows built in	Built-in workflows	Phase reviews	Not published	Not published	Not published	Your own review and approval rules
Savings	Hard and soft; Finance verifies before close	Not published	Not published	Impact reports; Advanced ROI add-on	Targets, projected and actual savings	Financial summaries; savings by project leader	Not published	Not published	Not published	Portfolio savings; financial auditor role
Statistical analysis	None; link files from your statistics tool	Hypothesis tests, SPC, capability, DOE, regression	SPC, capability, gauge R&R, DOE	Not described	Not published	Sent in from Minitab Statistical Software	Hypothesis tests, capability, DOE, control charts, gage studies	Control charts, Cp and Cpk, gage R&R, ANOVA	SPC, capability, DOE, gage R&R, regression	Linked from EngineRoom
Lean and root cause tools	5 Whys, 4M1D, fishbone sections; RCA Agent	Value stream maps, fishbone, process simulation	Not published	KaiNexus Intelligence coaches root cause analysis	Not published	Fishbone, Five Whys, SIPOC, FMEA	Process maps, value stream maps, FMEA in Workspace (Core plan)	Pareto, fishbone, SIPOC	Not published	Not published
Buying
Pricing	Per facility, quote; 90-day pilot $3,000	Published: $495 a year per individual license	Published: $1,390 per user a year; JMP Pro $8,820	Not published	Not published	Not published	Published: $2,394 per user a year (Core plan)	Published: $379, one-time	Published: $399, one-time	Published: $10,000 setup, then from $10,000 a year
Security	SOC 2 Type 1 report; secure cloud hosting	SOC 2 (MoreSteam); Microsoft Azure	Not published	SOC 2 Type 2	Third-party SOC 2 audits; AWS	ISO 27001:2022 (company trust center)	ISO 27001:2022 (company trust center)	Not published (desktop add-in)	Not published (desktop add-in)	SOC 2 (MoreSteam); Microsoft Azure
Where it runs	Web, iOS and Android	Browser on PC or Mac	Windows and Mac	Web, iOS and Android	Web and mobile app	Not published	Windows, Mac and web	Excel on Windows or Mac	Excel on Windows	Cloud, hosted on Microsoft Azure

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
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
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
It suggests the method for the loss
When you create a project, LeanSuite suggests a method for the type of loss you are tackling, from a simple PDCA cycle to a formal A3 or a full DMAIC project.
Methodology suggestions
A 90-day pilot at a published price
$3,000 per facility for 90 days, with the first module live in under a week. Pricing is per facility with unlimited users.
The pilot

Which one fits

DMAIC and every other kind of improvement project in one system, with savings Finance signs offLeanSuite, with a statistics tool alongside
A corporate program with many belts that wants a tracker built for Lean Six SigmaTRACtion
A DMAIC portfolio tied to strategy, with savings reconciled against targetsKPI Fire or KaiNexus
Your belts already use MinitabMinitab Engage with Minitab Statistical Software
Lots of designed experiments and interactive data explorationJMP
Six Sigma statistics in a browser at a low published priceEngineRoom
Stay in Excel and pay onceQI Macros, or SigmaXL on Windows

Track every DMAIC project and its verified savings

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What customers say

“Great user-friendly software! It's covering everything that WCM or similar Lean Programs are asking to do, in a very effective way.”
Elena M.Global Head of Marelli Manufacturing System Automotive, Marelli
“The Project Tracking System generates significant savings while ensuring seamless delivery... The Global Kaizen Power Pitch completely transformed our ability to share best practices.”
Ramsey AljahmiSr. Director of NAR Operations Excellence, Whirlpool Corporation
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