Broadspectrum, an Australian subsidiary of Ferrovial, is using Cultivate Forecasts to better understand "ground truth" about its business to guide strategic decisions.
learn moreCapture an unlimited number forecasts and comments anonymously (or not) whenever someone wants to update their forecast
Ask an unlimited number of forecast questions
Just-in-time trend visualizations and stats show consensus probabilistic outcomes
Notifications and alerts of new forecast questions, and other important activity
Easy probability elicitation means no training or advanced math skills
Full self-admin controls for question creation, judgment, and other site management
Mobile responsive web-based application and native iOS and Android applications
Determine individual and site-wide forecasting accuracy using Brier scoring (same as weather forecasters!)
Accuracy leaderboards (site-wide, per topic, and per question)
Individual tracking of forecasts and accuracy points compared to the crowd consensus
Research-tested scoring algorithms for enhancing forecast accuracy
Support for multiple types of questions like yes/no, multi-choice, and date
Adjustable user experience for basic or advanced trading
Optional additional information capture like rationales and confidence scale
Support for same types of questions as our prediction markets
No fantasy currency, just probability inputs
Unobtrusive reminders keep the site top of mind to your participants
Create teams of forecasters to encourage collaboration and competition
Crowdsourced administration: flag content that goes too far
Multiple question formats supported (e.g., binary, multiple answer, open)
Background field supports text, links, and other media
Resolve questions (and undo incorrect resolutions)
Crowdsource forecast questions by allowing people to submit their own questions
Crowdsource question judgments
Set future question publish dates to make sure there are always new questions coming
Categorize questions by topics and tags
Real-time reports (.csv) of consensus and individual forecasts, accuracy, participation, and more, for each question and site-wide
Comprehensive user management
Site-wide announcements
Integration with SAML2-compliant SSO systems
Participation stats
Intake surveys to collect demographic information
Simple LMS and CBT capability to provide training
Manage multiple research conditions from a central dashboard
Your branding
CSS customization
Text customization
Support for multi-language
Site access options: public, private, social login, etc.
Custom domain name
Basic CMS system to create custom content pages
Customized registration process to collect additional information about each user
Custom terms of service to support your internal regulations
Skip the complexity of hosting Cultivate Forecasts yourself and have us do it. Scalable to support thousands of users.
Some situations simply require you host Cultivate Forecasts yourself. Minimal maintenance required and a bi-annual update schedule ensures you have the latest versions of our application.
Cultivate has an average 99.9% uptime for its hosted applications. We increase reliability through redundancy, daily backups, and disaster recovery plans.
We adhere to industry best practices including encrypted communications, encrypted data on our database, firewalled and monitored servers, and limited access to production data by our employees.
We can integrate with most SAML2 SSO authentication systems to give your IT department peace of mind that employees who have left the company don't still have access to valuable information.
Because we set up an isolated environment for each client, we can adjust our retention configuration to your requirements.
A well documented API to access the data in your Forecasts site.
Customize a Forecasts site to your brand through CSS changes you control.