In terms of mission, besides the Taiwan Thinktank and Taiwan Advocates, which currently both only organize forums, most other think tanks have large numbers of researchers, and have good reputations in academia, political circles, and the business community.
在軟體上，就組織型態而言，除了台灣智庫、群策會目前僅以論壇性質運作，其他智庫皆擁有大量研究員，不管在學術界、政治界、或產業界都有相當高的評價。