Maahir M&E

How Maahir M&E compares

We looked at the tools this work already runs on, the free ones, the expensive ones, and the ones that are really project-management systems with a form builder attached. Here is the honest picture, including where each of them is the better choice.

Start freeSee the roadmap
Training completion rateOn track
target 85%
MayJunJulAugSepOct
Baseline
62%
Current
87%
Target
85%

Training completion rate · against target

The matrix

Capability
Kobo
ODK
SurveyCTO
CommCare
DevResults
ActivityInfo
DHIS2
TolaData
Bluesquare
FieldGovern
Monic
Offline Android collection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PWA
No
Visual form builder
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XLSForm import and export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Partial
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Case management
No
No
Basic
Yes
No
Partial
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Results framework and logframe
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Partial
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Indicator auto-calculation
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Management dashboards
Basic
No
Collection only
Basic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Donor-formatted reports
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Partial
Yes
Yes
No
Partial
AI survey generation
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Pilot
No
No
ChatGPT
Bring your own AI key
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Multi-country and multi-firm
No
No
No
No
No
No
Partial
No
Yes
No
No
Self-hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
SOC 2 and ISO 27001
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
White-labelling
No
No
No
No
Partial
No
No
Partial
Yes
No
No
Maahir M&E
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Every entry above is a plain statement of what each tool does. Where a competitor is better for your situation, the per-tool pages below say so, we would rather you pick the right tool than the one we built.

Tool by tool

KoboToolboxThe free, open-source field collection tool most NGOs already run.ODKThe reference implementation of XLSForm and the most capable open-source collector.SurveyCTOThe strongest research-grade collection platform, with encrypted submissions and offline case transfer.CommCareThe pioneer of real case management for frontline workers.DevResultsExcellent programme management: maps, budgets, workplans, milestones and results frameworks.ActivityInfoHumanitarian-friendly indicator tracking that is easy to learn.DHIS2The world's most deployed health information system.TolaDataThe best-designed M&E management layer we have seen, and an ambitious AI roadmap.BluesquareBespoke systems for governments and health ministries.FieldGovernFirst to put AI cross-tabs in the field, built for India.MonicA capable open-source M&E system with a graphical theory of change.
District coverage12 of 12 scheduled
Lahore
94%
Rawalpindi
88%
Faisalabad
91%
Multan
76%
Gujranwala
71%
Sialkot
83%
Gujran
68%
Kasur
59%
Mianwali
64%
Bhakkar
47%
Attock
72%
Chiniot
55%
on trackbehindat risk

District coverage

Case tracking28 follow-ups due
Wave 1, Oct 2024386/412 · 94%
Wave 2, Apr 2025451/498 · 91%
Wave 3, Nov 2025574/631 · 91%
Wave 4, May 2026702/744 · 94%

Attrition 6.4% across all waves

Case tracking

Data qualityReviewed
12Duplicate submissionsmatched on CNIC
4Out-of-range valuesage > 90
31Missing required fieldconsent not ticked
38Submitted lateover 14 days

85 records sent back to field teams for correction

Data quality

Institute visit · Govt. IT InstituteOffline
4 of 9

Are all machines in the computer lab operational?

Single select · required

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Field capture

A census enumerator in Bangladesh holding the tablet they collect household data on
Every record starts with one person and one tablet.
The programme being measured: a classroom in Padang.
Two apprentices at a bench in a vocational training workshop while an instructor points at a checklist on the wall
The bench a monitoring visit checks.
A field data collector outside a rural concrete school building, working through a checklist on a tablet
Collecting it with no signal, outside a village school.

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