Generally - 1000minds helps to make choice in a situation with a lot of options and criteria. TL;DR - Great interface - Criteria might be added anytime - Trade-offs work great and can be re-done anytime - Group projects - Mobile-friendly - Responsive support Now, for ones who loves to read: First, you choose criteria of choice - if you, for example, are willing to buy a car, then criteria might be price, body type, age, m/a transmission, capacity, mileage, etc. Criteria might have some value or other kind of score: mileage and age are numbers, body type is one of the options, etc. After that, you can do a Trade-off: 1000minds will offer you to choose between different sets of criteria. Like, will you choose a sedan with an automatic transmission or a coupe with a manual? After doing several choices (the more criteria, the more trade-offs), 1000minds will calculate criteria weights. After that, you can add "candidates" from the car reseller website, for example. You add different cars and set their criteria values - price, body type, etc. 1000minds does the sorting and each car is scored according to your criteria weights. After that, you will have all your "candidates" sorted by score. If you will be unhappy with the choice, you can re-do trade-offs and weights will be recalculated. You can share your project with other people involved in a choice problem, invite them to make trade-off sessions, and have more than one criteria weight hierarchy. In our example, it's my wife who has her own opinion on what options our new car should have.

The software is intuitive, well designed, versatile, and easy to use. This allows students to learn the basics quickly and pursue whatever decisions their imaginations come up with. 1000minds has been an invaluable research tool in examining tuition sensitivity and student preferences for course delivery at my university. Support is always prompt and helpful. Excellence all the way around and it’s lots of fun.

Ability to rank criteria, compare candidates, understand relationships when choosing between trade-offs