Invention disclosure software comparison
Autessa IDF Manager vs Anaqua
Anaqua’s AQX is an enterprise platform for the entire IP lifecycle, with AI docketing, brand protection and law firm tools. Autessa IDF Manager does one part of that lifecycle in depth: capturing, reviewing and deciding on every invention disclosure, with a pipeline that only allows legal moves, 1 to 10 scores on every disclosure and legal fields kept with reviewers.
- Reference code, assigned on first save
- Only the moves legal from this stage, for this role
- Structured disclosure sections
- Reviewer-only scores
Side by side
How they compare
How the two compare on the jobs an invention program runs every week.
| Capability | Autessa IDF Manager | Anaqua |
|---|---|---|
| Pipeline that offers only legal moves and re-checks each one | ✓ | Routing to assigned teams |
| Novelty and commercial value scores on every disclosure | 1 to 10 each | Teams rank submissions |
| Built-in guide that shows each person what they can do | ✓ | Not listed |
| Confidential banner on every screen | ✓ | Not listed |
| Ready the day you invite your team | ✓ | Talk to an expert |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | Application Connectors; no MCP listed |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Configurable workflows |
| Reviewer-only legal, commercial and scoring fields | ✓ | ✓ |
| Docket, filing, priority and grant details | On the disclosure | Full docketing |
| Structured invention disclosure form | ✓ | ✓ |
Based on publicly available information as of November 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
Where Autessa wins
Why teams choose IDF Manager over Anaqua
Disclosure first, not a module
AQX spans the whole IP lifecycle. IDF Manager is built around the disclosure, so inventors and reviewers get a form and a pipeline made for that one job.
Scores on the record
Each disclosure carries novelty and commercial value scores from 1 to 10, next to the file decision and its rationale.
Your own rubric, code and all
If your committee scores on five criteria, not two, ask Autobot. It adds the fields and changes the app itself, with no change request to a vendor.
Your AI tools in the review
Through the Autessa MCP, Claude can list what is awaiting review, summarize a disclosure for the committee and pull filing dates, with the role of the person connected.
Switching
Moving from Anaqua
Start by inviting your review committee as Reviewers and a few inventors as Contributors, then ask new disclosures to come in through IDF Manager. Existing disclosures can be re-entered through the form, with their files attached, when they next come up for review. Filing and grant details can be added on the Review tab at any time. If AQX stays your docketing system, keep it there and use IDF Manager for intake and review.
Ready on day one, shaped to your program
IDF Manager works out of the box inside Autessa: the disclosure form, review pipeline, scoring, legal fields and roles are ready the day you invite your team. From there you can tailor fields, workflow and branding to how your invention program runs.
FAQ
Autessa IDF Manager and Anaqua: questions
Is Autessa IDF Manager an alternative to Anaqua?
Yes, for invention disclosure capture and review. IDF Manager covers the disclosure form, an enforced review pipeline, scoring, legal and commercial fields, comments, activity and roles. Anaqua covers a wider IP lifecycle, including docketing.
Can IDF Manager keep filing details with each disclosure?
Yes. Each disclosure records docket and application numbers and filing, priority and grant dates on its Review tab, next to the scores and decision.
Can we change the form and the review steps?
Yes. IDF Manager is 100% customizable. Ask Autobot for new fields, a new stage or your own scoring rubric, and it changes the app, code and all.
Can AI tools work with our disclosures?
Yes. The Autessa MCP gives Claude and other AI tools full headless access, within the role of the person connected, so reviewer-only fields stay with reviewers.
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Start your invention program
See IDF Manager with your own disclosures
Use it out of the box, or book a demo and bring a recent invention. We will take it from Draft to a reviewer’s decision with you.
Disclosure form · review pipeline · reviewer scoring · role-based access
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa IDF Manager fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
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