Maahir M&E

Maahir M&E vs TolaData

The best-designed M&E management layer we have seen, and an ambitious AI roadmap.

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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 TolaData if

  • Management and reporting are all you need
  • You want IATI compliance
  • You are on the GIZ or Fairtrade ecosystem already

Pick Maahir if

  • Field collection with offline Android, in the same system
  • Case management and longitudinal tracking
  • AI available now rather than in pilot

The honest note

TolaData has the best M&E management design we could find, and its AI direction is genuinely ambitious. Maahir M&E matches the management layer and adds collection, offline and cases.

Compare with others

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.
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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