Overview of business model canvas tools

Business Model Canvas Tools
Lean Startup Group Cologne
2015-01-29
Christoph Plamper
Plamper Consulting
plamper-consulting.de
cp@plamper-consulting.de
@plamperconsult

© 2015 Plamper Consulting www.plamper-consulting.de • info@plamper-consulting.de • twitter: @plamperconsult
Who am I?
Christoph Plamper
31 years old
Freelance marketing consultant for large and small
companies and agencies
Owner of a small agency for business presentation design
Areas of expertise: Brand positioning, Marketing strategies
and campaign development, Marketing automation and
Marketing technology.

Who of you is
familiar with the
Business Model
Canvas?

Why I’m interested in
the BMC

BM Designer

BM Designer – bmdesigner.com

BM Designer – bmdesigner.com
+ –
Free Outdated design
Embeddable canvases (iFrame) Logging in via oAuth didn’t work
oAuth and user/pw Login No commercial support
Explore diﬀerent BMC from other
users
all BMC are public!
Vote and rank BMC from other users No additional tools
Many export options - PNG, PDF, PPT No iOS app

Business Model
Fiddle

Business Model Fiddle – bmfiddle.com

Business Model Fiddle – bmfiddle.com
+ –
Free No commercial support
No login required No management tools
Private and public canvases No iOS app
Multi-User, Link and share
Possible to fork a BMC
Markdown support
Many export options - PNG, PDF, PPT
Collections, Versioning & Templates
Multi-Language
Support for diﬀerent canvas types

Canvanizer

Canvanizer – canvanizer.com
+ –
Free No commercial support
No login required No export to PDF, PTT, PNG
Easy sharing canvases No saving of templates
German developer No support of multiple languages
Versioning No iOS app
Support for diﬀerent canvas types
incl. Value Proposition Canvas

Lean Launch Lab

Lean Launch Lab – leanlaunchlab.com

Lean Launch Lab – leanlaunchlab.com
+ –
Free and paid services No product tour before using
Todos and task lists No support for diﬀerent canvas types
Multi-User, multiple projects Free plan very limited
Versioning No embedding in websites
Export to JPG and PDF No easy sharing
No iOS app

Lean Monitor

Lean Monitor – leanmonitor.com

+ –
Paid service - up to 24,99 € / Month No trying out before registering
Additional tools like Todos, Pivot
No preview of prices before
registering
Run experiments and hypotheses Very limited trial and free plan
Support for diﬀerent canvas types No export options
Versioning No sharing options
No iOS app

Lean Stack
(formerly Lean Canvas)

Lean Stack – leanstack.com
+ –
Paid service - up to $ 29 USD / month No trying out before registering
Additional tools for managing your
canvas (Metrics, Goals, Experiments)
No preview of paid plans before
registering
Run experiments and hypotheses Only PDF as export
Export to PDF No embedding, no sharing
Team Management
Lean Canvas only, no other canvas
solutions
No iOS app

Lienzo

Lienzo – lienzo.biz
+ –
Freemium service - up to $5 USD / m BMC only
Export to PNG, PDF, JPG No additional tools
Extra presenter mode No embedding
Try-out possible before registering No saving as template
Public / private views No iOS app
Multi-User
Slideshare-mode for presentations
Multiple languages
Responsive design

Strategyzer

+ –
Paid service - $ 299 USD / project No trial
Multiple export options No overview of features
Extra presenter mode No embedding
Extra tools for valuations No saving as template
iOS app with BM Toolbox Very expensive
Multi-User No support of other canvas solutions
Multiple languages
Responsive design
Full support of Value Prop Canvas

Other Web apps (that I haven’t tried)
• Tuzzit: https://www.tuzzit.com/brainstorming_tool
• Tuzzit iOS App: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/tuzzit-
business-canvases/id880935947?mt=8
• Murally: https://mural.ly/
• Draw.io: https://www.draw.io/
• CanvasBM: http://canvasbm.com/
• Easy Canvas: http://www.easycanvas.co
• Abizmo: http://www.abizmo.com/

Conclusion

• If you need a free service: BM Fiddle, Canvanizer
• If you need commercial support: LeanMonitor,
Strategyzer (all paid)
• If you need a robust multi-user collaboration: Lean
Monitor, Strategyzer (all paid)
• If you need a Lean Canvas solution: BM Fiddle (free),
Lean Stack (paid)
• If you need additional tools, e.g. Todos or experiments:
Lean Stack, Lean Monitor, Strategyzer (all paid)
• If you need iOS integration: Tuzzio, Strategyzer
• If you need the Value Prop Canvas: BM Fiddle (free),
Strategyzer (paid)

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