Maahir M&E

Maahir M&E vs KoboToolbox

The free, open-source field collection tool most NGOs already run.

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Executive overviewOctober 2026
Enrolled
18,240
of 20,900 target
Completion
87%
target 85%
Placement
62%
target 60%
At risk
18
institutes
Punjab · Batch 392%
Sindh · Skills of Tomorrow74%
Punjab · Takamol58%

Executive overview · October 2026

Pick KoboToolbox if

  • You only need field collection and a spreadsheet
  • You want zero cost and full control of your own server
  • Your team is already trained on it

Pick Maahir if

  • Indicators, logframes and results frameworks in the same system
  • Case management and longitudinal tracking
  • Dashboards and donor-formatted reports
  • AI survey generation and analysis

The honest note

We like KoboToolbox. It is free, open source and well designed. If collection into a spreadsheet is all you need, keep it. Look at Maahir when the reporting burden lands, because indicators, dashboards and donor reports should not be a spreadsheet project every month.

Compare with others

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.
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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