Understanding Amplon’s €110/X-matrix price and how it compares with commonly used per- seat based pricing tools
Amplon charges €110 per X-matrix per month. This unit intentionally prices by strategy scope (a department, division or program) rather than seats. To compare with per-user tools, calculate the per-user equivalent:
- 10 users per X-matrix: €11 / user / month
- 25 users per X-matrix: €4.40 / user / month
- 50 users per X-matrix: €2.20 / user / month
Comparison with market alternatives
- Per-user OKR tools (Viva Goals, etc.) typically range from €6 to €22 / user/month, depending on bundle and ecosystem.
- Broad strategy platforms (Cascade) commonly list an order of magnitude higher per-user equivalents[i].
- SPM products typically use project, portfolio, or value-based pricing and therefore land even higher in total costs due to services and configuration.
[i] https://www.itqlick.com/cascade-strategy/pricing
Value considerations beyond raw price
- Wider adoption: X-matrix pricing favors wide access within the strategic unit (no seat penalties), which reduces the marginal cost to scale adoption inside a department. In addition, this increases employee engagement and instills confidence in the strategy, which is a precondition for alignment in strategy execution.
- Implementation cost: Total cost of ownership (TCO) is not just license fees. It includes integration, consulting, and maintenance. Amplon’s lighter integration footprint using standard protocols (OData) reduces TCO compared to heavy SPM projects.
- Deployment assistance and onboarding: Availability of seasoned IT as well as strategy experts in facilitating the deployment of the tool and onboarding. A strategy tool without appropriate workflow configuration and process mapping is unlikely to deliver on the ultimate promise of strategy-execution alignment.
Calculating ROI
- Translate Amplon’s licence cost into your organizational structure: “X-matrices per division” × €110 / month.
- Demonstrate effective per-user cost at expected adoption rates (10 / 25 / 50 users).
- Value delivered from even a slight correction in strategy-execution alignment is enormous but difficult to quantify precisely. However, the value delivered just by measurable cost savings from hours saved from Excel reconciliations, KPI data collection and reporting will give the minimum baseline estimate.
Conclusion
Amplon’s X-matrix (transparent) pricing is highly competitive when you value structural, department-level governance and expect broad, low-friction adoption within those units.
We’ve been using the Amplon X-matrix tool for our 500-person organization over the past two years. It has significantly enhanced clarity. Now, we have an easily accessible clear view for everyone of our long-term goals, annual objectives, and development topics both at the organizational level and within each activity.
Moreover, the Amplon team’s responsiveness and support have been outstanding. Overall, Amplon X-matrix has been an invaluable asset for our organization.
Ari Hyvärinen,
ABB Drives Oy
