- AHP modeling: Build hierarchical models to compare criteria and rank alternatives.
- ANP modeling: Represent dependencies and feedback between decision elements with network structures.
- BOCR models: Work with Benefits, Opportunities, Costs and Risks in complex evaluations.
- Sensitivity analysis: Inspect how changes in priorities affect the final ranking.
- Desktop downloads: Use Windows or Mac versions after registering on the Creative Decisions Foundation site.
Super Decisions
Analytic hierarchy and network decision support software for complex evaluations
Updated August 11, 2026
Super Decisions Overview
SuperDecisions is desktop software from the Creative Decisions Foundation for building Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) models. Users can define criteria, enter pairwise judgments and rank alternatives.
Sensitivity analysis shows how a result changes when assumptions shift. The application also handles BOCR models and runs on Windows and macOS.
Key Features
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Featured |
|---|---|---|
| SuperDecisions | $0 (free of charge) | AHP and ANP models, judgments, results, sensitivity analysis and BOCR models; registration required for downloads |
SuperDecisions is available free of charge after registration. The download is a continuing no-cost desktop tool rather than a limited trial.
Pricing source: SuperDecisions downloads
Pros
| Compared with | Why this product may fit better |
|---|---|
| Expert Choice | Expert Choice is a paid commercial platform, while SuperDecisions is free and supports both AHP and ANP on the desktop. Students and occasional analysts can learn formal methods before justifying a subscription and guided collaboration workflow. |
| Decision Lens | An individual practitioner can download SuperDecisions for Windows or Mac after registration and begin modeling without a procurement project. Decision Lens requires enterprise sales and onboarding, which is more appropriate for a governed organization-wide rollout. |
| 1000minds | 1000minds guides participants through preference surveys, whereas SuperDecisions lets analysts enter judgments directly into hierarchical or network models. The latter suits practitioners who already understand AHP or ANP and want hands-on sensitivity analysis. |
Cons
| Compared with | Where this product may fall short |
|---|---|
| Expert Choice | Expert Choice provides a more polished interface, guided facilitation and commercial training ecosystem than SuperDecisions. Teams supporting executives may spend more time teaching the free tool and documenting a repeatable group process. |
| Decision Lens | SuperDecisions users need a separate process for files, participants, approvals and published results. Decision Lens supplies the shared dashboards, portfolio governance and hosted reporting that a standalone desktop application does not provide. |
| 1000minds | 1000minds can collect stakeholder preferences through a guided adaptive survey, which is easier than manual model judgments at scale. Large participatory studies may create more facilitation and data-entry work in SuperDecisions than its free license suggests. |
| PriEsT | PriEsT suits researchers who want a command-line workflow or direct access to raw matrices. SuperDecisions' graphical application is helpful for model building, but it offers less transparency for some reproducible research pipelines. |
Reviews
- Software Informer comments: Software Informer users describe SuperDecisions as useful for learning and applying AHP or ANP and for giving structure to difficult choices. The comments are qualitative and do not provide a dependable aggregate rating; prospective users should therefore judge the current desktop workflow themselves, especially model entry, sensitivity analysis and file sharing.
