28 tools across the M&E workflow. Filter by what you need, then open a full review.
The de-facto standard for mobile data collection in humanitarian and development work, built by a non-profit and free for non-profits.
The open-source pioneer of mobile data collection, with a large ecosystem and the option to self-host everything.
A commercial form platform known for data quality features such as audio audits and review workflows.
A mobile platform for data collection and case management, popular for frontline service delivery programmes.
A data collection and visualisation platform used widely in public health and development.
A free statistical language and the workhorse of reproducible analysis in evaluation.
A commercial statistics package long favoured by economists and impact evaluators.
Microsoft's dashboarding tool, widely used for programme monitoring and donor reporting.
A friendly design tool for reports, briefs, slides and social posts, with plenty of templates and a strong free tier.
Long-standing software for coding and analysing qualitative data such as interviews and focus groups.
A modern research repository with excellent tagging and AI-assisted analysis of interviews and notes.
The general-purpose assistant most people mean by 'AI'.
A general assistant known for long documents, careful writing and strong reasoning, popular for report work.
Google's assistant, tightly integrated with Docs, Sheets and the rest of Workspace.
A Google tool that answers questions strictly from the documents you give it, which largely removes invented facts.
Our own system: a plain-English method, rules and checklists that make AI-assisted evaluation verifiable before it reaches a donor.
One account and one key that gives access to dozens of AI models, so you can compare them cheaply.
A friendly database that many M&E teams use to track indicators, recommendations and follow-up actions.
An M&E data management platform for collecting, aggregating and visualising programme data across many sites.
A results and indicator management platform for development organisations with many indicators and donors.
A web-based qualitative and mixed-methods analysis tool popular in academic and evaluation research.
A mapping tool for systems, network and theory-of-change diagrams that shows relationships rather than lists.
A collaborative whiteboard used for design workshops, theories of change, and participatory planning.
An automatic meeting and interview transcription service with speaker labels and summaries.
An editor where you edit audio and video by editing the transcript, plus transcription and overdub voices.
A high-quality translation service, excellent for questionnaires, letters and reports in many languages.
An AI research assistant that helps find and summarise academic papers for a literature review or evidence base.
A data management and reporting platform built for humanitarian and development monitoring.