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Short answer: DeepHow fits manufacturers, pharma and medical device plants and electronics assemblers that want experts to record work on a phone and have AI turn it into dubbed, step-by-step video instructions, then check work against them with camera-based AI. LeanSuite covers the same video-to-SOP and time study area and fits plants that also want the improvement system around it: ideas, audits, daily issues, tiered meetings, KPIs and skills, at a published pilot price. DeepHow publishes no price.
Last reviewed October 2026. Based on each vendor's public information; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.
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.
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| Capability | LeanSuite | DeepHow |
|---|---|---|
| AI | ||
| AI root cause analysis | Yes:RCA Agent | Not published |
| AI time and motion study from video | Partial:Vision AI, priced separately | Yes: Time and Motion AI from camera feeds |
| Video to SOP | Yes:SOP from one video | Yes: Phone recording to step-by-step video SOP |
| AI one-point lessons (OPLs) | Yes:OPL from before-and-after photos | Not published |
| AI drafts checklists and forms | Yes:Lean Creator AI drafts | Not published |
| AI sorts and triages ideas | Yes:Lean AI | Not published |
| Continuous improvement | ||
| Any method: DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own | Yes: Incl. your own | Not published |
| Engineering and CapEx projects with stage-gates | Yes:Four stage-gates | Not published |
| Non-manufacturing teams and projects | Yes: Any project type | Not published |
| Ideas and suggestions with configurable approvals | Yes:Approvals per idea type | Not published |
| Savings verified before they count | Yes:Finance signs off | Not published |
| Share what worked across sites (yokoten) | Yes:Best Practice Management | Not published |
| Frontline operations | ||
| Daily issue management with tier escalation | Yes:F-Tags, escalation | Not published |
| Tiered meetings and huddle boards | Yes:Lean Studio | Not published |
| Audits and checklists (5S, LPA, CILR), scheduled | Yes:Daily Standard Work scheduling | Not published |
| Breakdown reporting and maintenance work orders | Yes:EWO; works alongside a CMMS | Not published |
| Skills and training | ||
| Live skills matrix | Yes:Competency Management | Partial: Who is certified on what; skill gaps |
| Job cover matrix: who can cover each job | Yes:Job Cover Matrix | Not published |
| Training (LMS): courses, quizzes, learning plans | Yes:Trainings (LMS) | Partial: AI quizzes and assessments; connects to LMS |
| SOP and OPL sign-off per person | Yes:Signed on a tablet | Not published |
| Data and platform | ||
| KPI dashboards | Yes:KPI Dashboards | Not published |
| SSO and a security certification | Yes:SOC 2 Type 1; Entra ID, Okta | Yes: SOC 2 Type II; SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0 SSO |
| Operator sign-in with an employee ID, no email | Yes:Employee ID | Not published |
| Free plan or published prices | Yes:Free plan for ideas | Not published: No pricing page found |
| Mobile app (iOS and Android) | Yes:iOS and Android | Partial: Native mobile app; stores not named |
| Video-based time, motion and ergonomic studies | Partial:Priced separately | Yes: AI time and motion from video |
| Digital work instructions | Yes | Yes: Video-first work instructions |
Based on each vendor's public website, reviewed October 2026; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.
DeepHow is a Physical AI platform for knowledge capture and verification. Experts record work on a phone and AI turns it into step-by-step video work instructions, dubbed and translated into more than 60 languages. Further modules do live SOP verification, time and motion AI, process drift analysis, visual inspection, and AI quizzes with certification tracking. Its site says it has more than 100 enterprise customers.
LeanSuite is lean manufacturing software for frontline operations: daily issue management, tiered meetings, audits, ideas and kaizen, skills and training in one platform, at one flat price per facility with unlimited users. Its improvement projects run any method, including DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own, and any type of project, from a kaizen event to an engineering or CapEx project. Vision AI adds industrial engineering studies from a single process video.
What each vendor publishes about the capabilities plant teams ask us about most. "Not published" means we could not find it on their public pages, not that the product lacks it.
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| Capability | LeanSuite | DeepHow |
|---|---|---|
| Daily management | ||
| Frontline issue capture and tracking | Yes. Daily Issue Management: operators scan a QR code, add a photo and a category, and the issue goes to the right owner with a due date and reminders. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| Tiered meetings and huddle boards | Yes. Lean Studio runs tiered meetings on live, cascaded SQDCM boards; red metrics become tracked actions. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| KPI dashboards | Yes. KPI Dashboards, plus Loss & Cost Management to put a cost on losses. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| Continuous improvement and ideas | ||
| Employee idea management | Yes. Idea Management takes an idea from capture to review to project, with custom multi-stage approval workflows per idea type and Lean AI that summarizes and prioritizes submissions. Free for teams of 25 and under. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| Kaizen and improvement projects | Yes. Kaizen & Projects runs any method (DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own) and any type of project, from a kaizen event to engineering and CapEx projects through stage-gates, including projects outside manufacturing. A DMAIC project can't close until Finance verifies the savings. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| Sharing best practices across sites | Yes. Best Practice Management. | Captured expert knowledge is shared as video instructions. A best-practice library across sites is not described on the pages we read. |
| Audits and checklists | ||
| Audits and layered process audits | Yes. Audit Management and CILR Checklists; build and schedule anything from a Gemba walk to a layered process audit. | Live SOP verification checks work against the instruction. Scheduled audits and checklists are not published on the pages we read. |
| Digital checklists and forms | Yes. Document Builder (Lean Creator) for checklists, inspections, surveys and trainings. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| Training and skills | ||
| Skills matrix and competency | Yes. Competency Management with required skills per job, levels that move up automatically as documents and on-the-job checks are signed off, and a Job Cover Matrix. | Certification tracking shows who is certified on what and where the skill gaps are. Job profiles and sign-off per person are not described on the pages we read. |
| Training delivery (LMS) | Yes. Trainings (LMS), linked to each skill: courses, on-the-job assessments, self-assessments, SOPs and OPLs all count toward a person's skill level. | AI quizzes and assessments, with a connection to an existing LMS. |
| Work instructions and SOPs | Yes. Digital Work Instructions; Create with AI drafts SOPs from a process video and OPLs from before-and-after photos, and comes with the facility plan. | Yes, video first. Record on a phone and AI builds step-by-step video work instructions, dubbed and translated into more than 60 languages. |
| AI and video | ||
| Video-based time, motion and ergonomic studies | Yes. Vision AI turns one process video into time and motion, line balancing, ergonomic (REBA/RULA), value stream and SMED studies, and SMPs. Priced separately from the facility plan. | Yes. Time and Motion AI works from camera feeds, with process drift analysis on top. |
| Other AI features | AI Root Cause Analysis; Lean AI writes an issue description from an operator's photo. | A Physical AI platform: video instructions, live SOP verification, time and motion, visual inspection and quizzes. |
| Pricing, rollout and security | ||
| Pricing | Per facility, unlimited users; quote on request. $499 per month for smaller teams. Suggestions module free for teams up to 25. | Not published on the pages we read. There is no pricing page; the site asks you to request a demo. |
| Pilot or trial | 90-day pilot at $3,000 per facility. | A free trial or pilot is not published on the pages we read. |
| Time to go live | First module live in under a week. | Not published on the pages we read. |
| Security and hosting | SOC 2 Type 1 report; hosted on secure cloud infrastructure; 99.5% monthly uptime commitment. | SOC 2 Type II, with a security program aligned to ISO 27001. |
| Sign-in and SSO | SAML 2.0 / OAuth SSO with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. Frontline staff can sign in with an employee ID, no company email needed. | SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0 single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication. |
| Apps | Web, iOS and Android. | A native mobile app for recording. App stores are not named on the pages we read. |
The specifics, each linked to the LeanSuite page that shows it.
Time and motion, digital work instructions, line balancing with a Yamazumi chart, value stream mapping, ergonomics (REBA and RULA) and SMED all run on the same footage, with no re-shoots. The same video can also draft an SOP or a maintenance procedure.
AI video analysisA finding from a study becomes a Kaizen in one click, in the same platform that runs daily issues, audits, tiered meetings, skills and improvement projects.
From video to KaizenFilm your best operator and the AI drafts numbered steps with a frame for each, safety callouts and translations. Drafts go to engineering, EHS and quality for e-signature, and operators sign off on a tablet.
Digital work instructionsIssues, 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$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“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 CorporationNext step, if you want one
Comparing with DeepHow, the demo turns one process video into work instructions and a time study, then shows the audits and issues around them.
Bring one process you want to fix, and how you run it today. We show the same job in LeanSuite and answer your questions.
Want to run LeanSuite on your own lines instead? The 90-day pilot is $3,000 per facility, set up by our team, with the first module live in under a week. Vision AI is not part of the pilot and is priced separately.
FAQ
In part. Both turn a recorded process into step-by-step instructions and both analyse video for time and motion. DeepHow is built around video knowledge capture and camera-based verification, and its pages we read describe nothing on audits, issue escalation, KPI dashboards or idea management. LeanSuite adds those, plus skills with job profiles and sign-off per person. If you only need video instructions and camera verification, DeepHow is aimed at that.
DeepHow's Time and Motion AI works from camera feeds. LeanSuite's Vision AI analyses a process video you upload, such as a phone recording, and produces time and motion, line balancing, ergonomic, value stream and SMED studies that an engineer reviews and certifies. Vision AI is priced separately from the facility plan.
DeepHow has no pricing page and asks you to request a demo. LeanSuite is one flat price per facility with unlimited users, with a quote on request, and offers a 90-day pilot for $3,000 per facility. Teams of 25 and under can use the Suggestions module free, and a small business plan is $499 per month for up to 25 employees. Vision AI is priced separately and is not part of the pilot.
Yes. Film your best operator and the AI drafts numbered steps with a frame for each, with tools, PPE and warnings from the video, and translations. Drafts go to engineering, EHS and quality for e-signature, and operators sign off on a tablet.
DeepHow states SOC 2 Type II and supports SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0 single sign-on. LeanSuite has a SOC 2 Type 1 report, is hosted on secure cloud infrastructure with a 99.5% monthly uptime commitment, and supports SAML 2.0 or OAuth single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. Frontline staff can sign in with an employee ID, no company email needed.
Last reviewed October 2026. Based on each vendor's public information; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.
A 45-minute demo: bring the process you want to fix, and we will show how LeanSuite handles it and what a 90-day pilot would cover.
