ImpactMEL

Spec sheet

What it does

ImpactMEL is a monitoring, evaluation and learning workspace for NGOs and development programmes that combines planning, data collection, approvals and donor reporting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Purpose

ImpactMEL is monitoring, evaluation and learning software for organisations managing programmes and projects.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Audience

The product is presented for NGOs and donor-funded programmes, with use cases for national and international NGOs, government programmes and funders.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Trial

The company says it has no self-serve trial and offers a donor-format demonstration using a full reporting period of the buyer’s data before commitment.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Integrations

ImpactMEL documents CSV import, DHIS2 connectors and a generic API connector with field mappings and run histories.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Support

ImpactMEL says contact messages are answered by a person within one working day and that it does not operate a ticket queue.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Founded

LinkedIn lists IMPACTMEL as founded in 2025.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rw.linkedin.com

Approval workflow

Submissions move through draft, submitted, returned, approved and locked states, with configurable approval counts, review tasks, threaded comments and retained revisions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Approvals and audit

Submissions can move through draft, submitted, returned, approved and locked states, while revisions retain the author, timestamp and previous value.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Authentication

Documented authentication uses verified email and password, optional Google sign-in and rate limiting, with external collaborators invited into organisations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Capterra listing plans

Capterra lists a Team Plan at $199 per year for up to 10 team members and five active projects, and an Organization Plan at $499 per year for up to 30 team members and 20 active projects.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Company headquarters

LinkedIn lists the headquarters as Gasabo, Kigali, Rwanda.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rw.linkedin.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists IMPACTMEL as having 2–10 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rw.linkedin.com

Company type

LinkedIn classifies IMPACTMEL as privately held and in Data Infrastructure and Analytics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rw.linkedin.com

Dashboards and maps

Configurable dashboards provide live roll-ups from framework to organisation, while location-based aggregation supports map views.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Data collection

Its form builder has fifteen field types, including participant pickers, map-based administrative-unit selection and evidence uploads.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Disaggregation

Sex, age band, urban/rural and disability are seeded dimensions, and custom dimensions can apply to values, numerators or denominators.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Documentation

The maker lists quick-start, getting-started, role, programme, project, framework, indicator, forms, review, sign-off, donor-report, dashboard and administration guides plus video guides.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Evidence and audit

Evidence files attach to submissions, while audit events retain actor, action and full before-and-after record state; access logs record views.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Form builder

Forms provide fifteen field types, including indicator-value, participant, administrative-unit map-pin and evidence-upload fields that write directly into indicator reports.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Frameworks

It supports logframes, theories of change and results frameworks, including programme-level frameworks spanning multiple projects.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

GetApp listing price

GetApp lists a starting price of $199 flat rate per year and shows no user reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Hosting

Customers can use managed cloud hosting or deploy ImpactMEL on their own infrastructure, with data ownership and exportability in both models.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Hosting and data

Customers can choose managed cloud or their own infrastructure, and the company says organisations own and can export their data in either model.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Indicator management

Indicators can store definitions, units, data types, aggregation methods, formulas, data sources, collection methods, verification means and responsible people.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Licence and source handover

The enterprise self-hosted tier can hand over source code under agreed licence terms, but the maker does not name an open-source licence.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Limit: security assurance

A buyer requiring SOC 2, ISO 27001 or an independent penetration-test report would not meet that requirement from the controls publicly stated by ImpactMEL.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Limit: self-hosting responsibility

For self-hosted deployments, the customer is responsible for the server, operating system, network, backups and patching.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Offline limitation

ImpactMEL does not provide offline capture or synchronization; submissions require a connection at the time of entry.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Onboarding and support

The onboarding page describes configuration, data validation, role-based training and launch support; it says the contact response time is within one business day.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Other limits

The pricing page also says printable blank forms, a structured evaluation register and a typed risk register are not currently included on any plan.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Other missing features

The pricing page says printable blank forms, a structured evaluation register and a typed risk register are unavailable on every tier.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Participant registry

The participant registry records demographics, households, locations and attendance by activity so reach can be calculated from records.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Partner collection links

Token-secured public links let partners submit for one indicator and period without an account, with expiry, optional contact capture and response counts.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Partner submissions

Token-secured public links let partners submit for a particular indicator and period without an account.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Rating on Capterra

Capterra's ImpactMEL listing does not show a user rating or review count.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on GetApp

GetApp shows ImpactMEL with 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Rating on Software Advice

Software Advice states that ImpactMEL has no reviews yet.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Recent release

The release-notes page says programme-level frameworks, Word donor-narrative export, disability disaggregation and token-secured public collection links shipped in the current quarter.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Repeated praise: structured reporting

The maker repeatedly positions the product as reducing spreadsheet reconciliation by keeping indicators, evidence, approvals and donor reports in one governed record.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Reports

The system produces seven report types across six scopes in PDF, Word and Excel, with branding and published snapshots carrying a payload hash.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Results frameworks

The platform models impact, outcome and output nodes with assumptions and risks, and lets a framework belong to a programme spanning multiple projects.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Security certifications

The maker states that ImpactMEL has not undergone SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits, holds no comparable certification and has no independent penetration-test report.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Security status

ImpactMEL says it has not been audited against any security standard.Read 8 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Sharing

Read-only sharing can be scoped by role, organisation, user or token link, with view/export permissions, expiry and revocation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Software Advice listing price

Software Advice lists ImpactMEL's starting price as $199 per year and says there is not enough review data for pros or cons.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Targets and baselines

Baselines and reporting-period targets can be split by sex, youth and other custom dimensions, with cumulative-target semantics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · impactmel.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Nonprofit Program Management Software#5 of 298.3