What is SurveyCTO?
SurveyCTO is an open source platform designed for mobile data collection in challenging environments with limited internet connectivity. It allows humanitarian organizations, researchers, and businesses to easily build forms, collect offline data via mobile devices, monitor submissions in real-time, analyze results, and export clean data sets without any coding required.
Some key features of SurveyCTO include:
- Drag-and-drop form builder to easily create surveys, assessments, audits, and more
- Offline data collection with the Android app, with automated syncing when internet connectivity is available
- Real-time data monitoring with maps, graphs, metrics, and custom dashboards
- Data quality checks and monitoring to identify issues early
- Powerful data exports to Excel, CSV, SPSS, Stata, R, and custom endpoints
- Open source code base with the ability to host on your own servers for maximum security and customization
SurveyCTO is designed specifically for field data collection in places with limited internet and technology infrastructure. The offline-first architecture allows enumerators to collect data no matter where they are. And with support for 34 languages, conditional logic, media attachments, geotagging, and more advanced features, SurveyCTO is one of the most versatile and robust data collection platforms available.
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