Appenate vs Monival

Appenate is a no-code platform for building data-driven business apps, including mobile forms for field data capture. Its apps can continue collecting information offline and sync when connectivity returns; native apps run on iOS, Android, and Windows. Capture options include signatures, photos, and GPS, and the platform supports advanced workflow handoffs. Its AI tools include form generation, a conversational assistant, voice fill, and photo fill. Listed connectors include Salesforce, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, SharePoint, PowerBI, SQL Server, Google Drive, and ArcGIS, alongside REST API integration. Appenate says its hosted platform runs on Microsoft Azure and offers two-factor authentication. Appenate Server provides an on-premises option with customer control over data, backups, and network security. The company says it uses GDPR as a benchmark for privacy and data protection efforts. Plans start at $20/user/mo billed annually, and the 15-day trial includes free support and training. Paid plans require a minimum of five users. Standard is $20 a month billed annually and includes 1,500 form submissions; Premium is $28 a month billed annually with unlimited submissions and all connectors. Pro costs $36 a month billed annually and adds unlimited AI access and the AI tools.

Monival is a monitoring and evaluation platform for collecting field data offline, tracking indicators, running evaluations, managing compliance and budgets, and reporting in real time. It is designed for NGOs, research institutions, and government monitoring programmes. Its Android and iOS Data Collect app stores submissions on the device and syncs them when connectivity returns. Monival imports XLSForms from ODK and KoboToolbox, but repeat groups, conditional logic, constraints, calculations, and per-question translations do not transfer. Data can be exported as CSV or XLSX, sent through a REST API or webhooks, or accessed through an OData-shaped feed for Power BI and Excel. Organisation-scoped records and server-enforced roles control access to functions including form design, submission review, financial data, and administration. Traffic between web, mobile sync, and API is encrypted over HTTPS; collected media is stored on Monival's servers. The free Community plan is billed forever and allows up to three forms, 100 submissions per month, and five enumerators. Pro is listed at $1,500 per year.