Works offline No No No No Yes No Platform fully free of Google Yes No charge or are there Internal Engine Hosted and Yes Yes (from $99 to costs related to various costs pricing supported by $199 per plans? UN OCHA structure Degree of technical IT or ODK IT or ODK Advanced knowledge to set the None None expert expert None platform needed needed XLSForms can be No No No loaded directly (first convert (first convert (first convert Yes Yes Yes XLSForm to XLSForm to XLSForm to XForm) XForm) XForm) Limits on the number of Yes submissions and Gb of (500 submissions per Limited to Limited by Limited by calendar month with storage space (per Unlimited Unlimited server’s the related computer 15 private forms, 1 week, month, year)? size size private project and unlimited public projects) Quick visualisation of data on a map (without To be Yes No No No Yes GIS manipulations)? verified Platform compatible with the function “pulldata” To be To be To be Yes No Yes enabling to preload data verified verified verified into forms? Can the platform accept No, No, several administrators but because To be Yes Yes Yes possible to the form is for a same form? verified clone a form on 1 PC only In case of an existing Internet connexion, Kobo Toolbox is recommended as it enables: a quick deployment and easy maintenance of tools a secure storage of data all that at no cost In case of the absence of Internet connexion, ODK Aggregate VM will be recommended. Follow the steps below when choosing this solution: Download and install VirtualBox () to run the VM. Download ODK Aggregate VM . Follow the readme.txt instructions (“# Usage” section) Convert the XLSForm (.xls format) to an XForm (.xml format). We recommend . Use ODK Aggregate, all instructions available in the following link: NB: All tools here above are available in the ODK Resources folder. Design the Several open source software options for mobile data collection by humanitarian organizations exist. The solution selected by IFRC is Open Data Kit (ODK), with ODK Collect app for Android devices. Two important links exist to dig in further into ODK:
Works offline No No No No Yes No Platform fully free of charge or are there costs related to various plans? Yes Hosted and supported by UN OCHA Yes Internal costs Google Engine pricing structure Yes No (from $99 to $199 per Degree of technical knowledge to set the platform None None IT or ODK expert needed IT or ODK expert needed Advanced None XLSForms can be loaded directly Yes Yes No (first convert XLSForm to XForm) No (first convert XLSForm to XForm) No (first convert XLSForm to XForm) Yes Limits on the number of submissions and Gb of storage space (per week, month, year)? Unlimited Unlimited Limited to server’s size Limited by the related Limited by computer size Yes (500 submissions per calendar month with 15 private forms, 1 private project and unlimited public projects) Quick visualisation of data on a map (without GIS manipulations)? Yes To be verified No No No Yes Platform compatible with the “pulldata” function enabling to preload data into forms? Yes No To be verified To be verified To be verified Yes Can the platform accept several administrators for a same form? No, but possible to clone a form To be verified Yes Yes No, because the form is on 1 PC only Yes In case of an existing Internet connexion, Kobo Toolbox is recommended as it enables: a quick deployment and easy maintenance of tools a secure storage of data all that at no cost In case of the absence of Internet connexion, ODK Aggregate VM will be recommended. Follow the steps below when choosing this solution: Download and install VirtualBox () to run the VM. Download ODK Aggregate VM . Follow the readme.txt instructions (“# Usage” section) Convert the XLSForm (.xls format) to an XForm (.xml format). We recommend . Use ODK Aggregate, all instructions available in the following link: NB: All tools here above are available in the ODK Resources folder. Design the Several open source software options for mobile data collection by humanitarian organizations exist. The solution selected by IFRC is Open Data Kit (ODK), with ODK Collect app for Android devices. Two important links exist to dig in further into ODK:
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