Section 8.4 - Register entry
DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-F1512017638
IdeaScale Gov
IdeaScale lists IdeaScale Gov on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package F1512017638, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.
Section A. Register entry
What the marketplace records
- FedRAMP package ID
- F1512017638
- Cloud service provider
- IdeaScale
- Certification status
- FedRAMP Certified
- Impact level
- Moderate
- Certification class
- Class C (Moderate)
- Authorization path
- Agency
- Certification type
- Rev5
- Marketplace phase
- Ongoing Certification
- Deployment model
- Government Community Cloud
- Register snapshot
- September 3, 2026
- Service model
- SaaS
- Independent assessor
- Emagine IT
- Sponsoring agency
- Food and Drug Administration
- Certification date
- October 19, 2017
- Status date
- October 19, 2017
- FedRAMP Ready date
- July 13, 2017
- Annual assessment
- October 19, 2011
- Agency authorizations
- 4
- Recorded reuses
- 3
- Small business
- Flagged on the marketplace record
- Milestones on record
- 4
The marketplace carries IdeaScale Gov under package F1512017638 with 21 recorded fields. Its certification date is October 19, 2017, and a FedRAMP Ready date of July 13, 2017. Emagine IT is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of October 19, 2011. Food and Drug Administration is recorded as the sponsoring agency. 4 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Federal Housing Finance Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and 1 more, and the feed records 3 reuses of the package. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud. IdeaScale is flagged as a small business on the record.
Section B. Milestones
4 entries in the marketplace event log
Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.
| Date | Category | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2017 | Status Change | Status changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified |
| October 13, 2017 | Status Change | Status changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process |
| July 25, 2017 | Status Change | Status changed from FedRAMP Ready to Agency Authorization In Process |
| July 13, 2017 | Status Change | Status set to Legacy FedRAMP Ready |
Section C. Cost context
What reaching Moderate costs
Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.
Cost context
Budget for a Moderate authorization
Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.
Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost
Path
Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost
Assessment and monitoring
An annual assessment date of October 19, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost
Section E. Agencies on the record
4 agencies listed against this package
As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.
- Federal Housing Finance Agency
- Food and Drug Administration
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Transportation Security Administration
Section G. Nearest entries on the register
Comparable offerings
Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.
- Clarity
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FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified July 9, 2019.
- Tyler Federal Product Suite
Tyler Federal, LLC
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified June 6, 2014.
- mLINQS Hosting Service
mLINQS
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified September 8, 2017.
- PTC Cloud Services
PTC
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified December 1, 2017.
- Cisco Cloudlock for Government
Cisco Systems Inc.
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified December 4, 2017.
Section H. Description
As published on the marketplace
The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.
IdeaScale is an innovation management SaaS provider that uses crowdsourcing to help organizations find and develop the next big thing, whether it's new policies and services or new cost-savings and employee engagement measures, IdeaScale allows organizations to solicit input from personnel and other stakeholders and collaboratively transform that input into actionable project plans. The IdeaScale Gov offering provides these innovation management and crowdsourcing capabilities in a secure environment for federal agency use and benefit, allowing agencies to make the most of the collective knowledge of their numbers.
Next step
What the same authorization would cost you
The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.
Provenance and independence
Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.
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