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SynthBoard

Alternative · Decision Software

An alternative to Cloverpop
that produces the decision

Cloverpop helps teams document and track decisions through a workflow. As an alternative to Cloverpop for the step before, SynthBoard runs the board that produces the decision. A different mechanic, often complementary.

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In short

No — a different mechanic. Cloverpop is a decision-documentation and team-workflow tool. SynthBoard is a board of AI experts that produces the decision. Many teams use them in sequence: a board for the argument, Cloverpop for the log.

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An example

One ask, start to finish.
What comes back is a memo.

How a board takes a call like this: her read, who sits, what they ask first, then the call — with how sure they are, who disagreed and the first step.

Decision Software

Example · Board of 3

What is the actual decision here — and which option survives a steel-man?

Chief of staff

This one needs a board: The Strategist, The Skeptic and The Data Scientist. The Strategist maps competitive dynamics and strategic options across multi-year horizons. Each researches alone first, then they react to one another — and on a decision, two of them take opposed sides.

  • The StrategistCompetitive Expert
  • The SkepticRisk Assessor
  • The Data ScientistAI/ML Specialist

Asked first

Has a competitor already made this move?

Yes, one hasNot that I knowWe’d be first

The board’s call

Option B (incremental rollout) carries higher expected value than Option A (full launch) at this stage of the product.

Option A downside is recoverable but expensive — Option B caps the cost. Asymmetric risk profile favours the incremental path.

Confidence74 · Moderate

The Data Scientist disagreed

“Incremental rollout requires explicit kill criteria — write them down now”

First step Test what The Data Scientist flagged before you commit.this week

Board of 3 · up to 135 credits on the card · an example, not a recorded run

Other asks people bring here

Several asks in one message become several rooms, each with its expert and its own price on the card. Keep or drop any, then convene them together.

  • How would a multi-perspective panel frame this differently than our internal team? — The Skeptic, up to 85 credits
  • What is the watch-out we are about to commit to without noticing? — The Data Scientist, up to 85 credits
  • Which of these three options would a board pick — and what would it take to change it? — The Operator, up to 85 credits

What you get

What she handles.
On this kind of call.

Opposed experts, not a template

Each expert researches alone, then reacts once to the others. The memo gives the call, the conditions it holds under, and who disagreed and why.

Structured by argument, not by form-fill

No checkbox lists, no required fields. Your Chief of Staff asks what she needs to know, then shows the card. Nothing runs until you tap.

A decision artifact at the end

Every board produces a memo with the memo’s confidence and a first move with a date. Log it in Cloverpop afterwards, if that is your team’s workflow.

Why SynthBoard

Why SynthBoard for this.
Not one voice. A board.

A board vs a workflow form

Cloverpop is a workflow tool. SynthBoard is a board of AI experts. Different categories of product.

Opposed by construction

On a decision, at least two experts are assigned opposed positions. A template asks you to argue with yourself.

A memo, not a checklist

The call, the risks, who disagreed and why, and what would change the call — confidence drops with dissent and is never rated above 90.

Useful before, not just after

Cloverpop documents decisions. SynthBoard produces them. Use both — argue first, log second.

Who sits

The experts for this call.
Each one holds a position.

Your Chief of Staff proposes who sits for the call, and every board is built with someone whose job is to argue against the obvious answer. Name an expert and they take a seat; tell her who you want on your board and they sit by default. How many seats a board has depends on your plan.

Pick an expert

Hover, tap or tab throughSwipe, then tap one
  • GPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Grok

Seats are spread across model families: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and more.

In their words

Logging a bad decision well does not make it a good decision. A board works on the upstream problem.
The Data Scientist AI/ML SpecialistThe Data Scientist on what each tool is actually for

Questions

Fair questions.
Straight answers.

What people ask before they bring this call to a board.

Is SynthBoard a direct replacement for Cloverpop?

No — a different mechanic. Cloverpop is a decision-documentation and team-workflow tool. SynthBoard is a board of AI experts that produces the decision. Many teams use them in sequence: a board for the argument, Cloverpop for the log.

When should I use SynthBoard instead of Cloverpop?

When the gap is the decision itself, not its documentation. When you want opposed views argued out, not an intake form. When the question is strategic and benefits from several lenses, not one checklist.

When is Cloverpop still the right tool?

When the gap is team alignment, accountability and an audit trail across many decisions, in a large org that needs one consistent workflow. SynthBoard has no shared team workspace; Cloverpop is built for one.

How does the price compare?

They are different categories, so compare carefully. Free to start — 150 credits every month + 250 to start. Talking to your Chief of Staff costs nothing. A board shows its price on the card before it runs — up to 135 credits for a 3-seat board on Free — and a board never bills above its card. Paid plans are $20, $50 or $99 a month (1 credit = $0.01 USD). Cloverpop pricing is enterprise-quoted.

What does SynthBoard NOT do that Cloverpop does?

No team-wide decision workflow, no accountability dashboard, no role-based decision intake. SynthBoard keeps your own decisions on file and brings one back when a new ask would reverse it, but it is a thinking room, not a workflow product.

Can I use SynthBoard and Cloverpop together?

Yes. Run the board that produces a clear call, then log the decision in Cloverpop with its owners and dates. A board’s memo shares as a page anyone can read without an account.

Keep exploring

Nearby decisions, audiences and methods inside SynthBoard.

SynthBoard (synthboard.ai) is one place for your business, your life, and every hard call. Your Chief of Staff keeps what you tell her on file, and 24 named experts on different AI models take the calls — one expert for a consult, a board with opposed seats for the hard ones — and hand back a memo with the call, the dissent and the first move. How it works.

A different mechanic for the same hard call.
Start free, with one message.

What is the watch-out we are about to commit to without noticing?What is the actual decision here — and which option survives a steel-man?Where is our current decision-making process leaning on confirmation bias?

It waits in her box after you sign up. Nothing is sent until you press send. Tell your Chief of Staff the call. She proposes who sits from 24 named experts, and nothing runs until you tap. Free to start. No card.