Strategic analyses
in 20 minutes.
Not in 3 weeks.

Fact-based, decision-ready, with company memory. The analytical power of a strategy consultancy – without the wait and McKinsey fees.

Trusted by experts.
Used by leading organisations.

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bls
bossinfo
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constri
frohmatt
gehrig
innosuisse
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prognosix
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72 %
of CEOs lack data to prioritise effectively
57 %
expect significant business model change
51 %
don't react fast enough to market changes
20 min.
instead of weeks – with MinimalTools
Source: AlixPartners Survey 2026

Markets move faster than the company data foundation.

Too slow

By the time the analysis is ready, the market has already moved on.

Too fragmented

Countless tools, no shared context, everyone pulling in different directions.

Too risky

Without reliable data and verified sources, every decision is a gamble.

The analytical power of a strategy consultancy – without the wait and McKinsey fees.

What MinimalTools actually does

Your market

Company & market research

Enter competitors, suppliers, etc. – the AI researches, verifies and structures fully automatically.

Fact-checkingSource citations
Your leadership team

Strategic assessment

Capture strategic perspectives, the AI evaluates – surface blind spots, receive prioritised action areas.

ConfidentialScientifically grounded
Your company context

AI Analyst

AI Analyst with company memory – taps into your data, connects the dots and thinks proactively.

Company memoryProactive insights
Your decisions

Alignment-Board

Jointly prioritise, comment and turn insights from all three sources into decisions.

CollaborativeTraceable

Your own data, market intelligence, team knowledge – united on one platform. Decision-ready in minutes.

Your own data

Upload your own documents and have them analysed in your secure environment.

DOCXAnnual report 2025
PPTXStrategic roadmap
XLSXCustomer data 2025
Your own data

Market intelligence

Use market research for competitive analyses, supplier qualification, market access, M&A and more.

Competitor A
Competitor B
Supplier X
Market intelligence

Team knowledge

Run strategic assessments for annual planning, strategy reviews, management off-sites and more.

Management
Senior staff
Employees
Team knowledge

The team behind MinimalTools

We founded MinimalTools because we knew the problem first-hand – too many tools, too little time, too many gaps in the decision-making foundation.
Christian Kalbassi, CEO & Co-Founder
Christian Kalbassi

Christian Kalbassi

CEO

PhD · 16 years of strategy & risk management

Matthias Junker

Matthias Junker

CTO

17 years of AI & business-critical systems

Peter Kauf

Peter Kauf

Data Science

PhD · 17 years of data science & computer science

Bettina Höchli

Bettina Höchli

Behavioural Insights

PhD · 13 years of decision behaviour research

What our clients say

«Mit MinimalTools gelang es uns innert kürzester Zeit eine Datengrundlage zu schaffen, die wir für strategische Entscheidungen, das Risikomanagement und die Unternehmensentwicklung nutzen konnten. Ein zusätzlicher Vorteil: das Tool ist auditfähig und unterstützt uns beim Nachweis und der Dokumentation verschiedener Normen.»
«MinimalTools ermöglicht es uns, dank einfacher und intuitiver Bedienung, rasch und unkompliziert blinde Flecken aufzudecken und Schlüsselbereiche gezielter zu fokussieren. Die transparenten Übersichten sind wertvolle Werkzeuge, die uns bei der effektiven Umsetzung unserer strategischen Initiativen unterstützen.»
«Wir konnten die Software von MinimalTools umgehend und intuitiv mit dem Verwaltungsrat, der Geschäftsleitung und dem Führungsteam einsetzen. Das Assessment konzentriert sich auf die relevanten strategischen Aspekte und ermöglicht eine gezielte Diskussion. Dadurch konnten wir den Arbeitsaufwand für die strategische Situationsanalyse mehr als halbieren.»

One-time trial – 1 month

CHF 390.–one-time

Test it in your company context. No risk.

  • 3 company research or reports with your own data
  • 1 user
  • AI Analyst
  • Proactive insights (AI-generated recommendations)
  • Alignment-Board
Get started

After the trial month, automatic renewal to the Lite plan. Cancel any time.

Monthly plans

Included in all plans:

AI company/market report with fact-checkingUpload & analyse your own documents

LITE

CHF 390/ mo

billed monthly

  • 1 user
  • AI Analyst
  • Proactive insights (AI-generated recommendations)
  • Alignment-Board
  • Reports on request as top-up

Choose plan

For individuals in analysis mode.

STARTER

CHF 1'490/ mo

billed monthly

  • 4 Reports
  • 5 users
  • AI Analyst
  • Proactive insights (AI-generated recommendations)
  • Alignment-Board

Choose plan

For teams with their first strategic analysis projects.

Recommended

PROFESSIONAL

CHF 2'490/ mo

billed monthly

  • 8 Reports
  • 15 users
  • AI Analyst
  • Proactive insights (AI-generated recommendations)
  • Alignment-Board

Choose plan

For teams with regular analysis needs.

Enterprise

Tailored to your organisation – with a Key Account Manager, custom reports and seamless integration into existing systems.

  • Facilitation of strategic assessments
  • Customisation of market report
  • Dedicated Account Manager
  • Custom integrations (CRM, ERP, etc.)
Get in touch

Frequently asked questions

AWS Frankfurt, DSG & GDPR compliant, no AI training with customer data.
Immediately after payment – fully automatic, login credentials sent by email.
For any leadership team that wants to make strategic decisions based on real data – from SMEs to large enterprises.
ChatGPT provides a generic answer based on its training – without sources, without fact-checking, without your company context. MinimalTools searches real-time, current public data, verifies every claim against its source and structures the result so it can be used directly in board meetings. In short: generic AI answers questions – MinimalTools prepares decisions.
Yes – let's discuss directly: Book a meeting with Christian
Depends what you compare it to. An external strategy consultancy for a comparable analysis costs CHF 5,000 to 50,000. An internal employee who spends half a day researching costs CHF 300–800 depending on salary level – for a single analysis. MinimalTools costs CHF 390 for the entire trial month.

Your next report is
20 minutes away.

No setup. No learning curve.

Start trial – CHF 390