IMPACTr vs KoNote

IMPACTr is an ERP and digital ecosystem for nonprofit organizations and social action. It centralizes project and activity information across stages, supports task management, and lets organizations plan budgets while tracking funding, income, expenses, and project budgets by program, project, and activity. Users can define impact indicators, follow beneficiaries and project outcomes through progress reports, and automatically create shareable activity reports or customized reports for funders. The system manages beneficiaries, donors, partners, and volunteers. Volunteers can earn social impact points by completing tasks or sharing social actions, then exchange those points for goods or services. IMPACTr says it can connect with any digital tool or program an institution uses to exchange information and reduce duplicate work. Listed security measures include SSL, Bcrypt Hash, AES-256 and AES-128, CSRF protections, zero-downtime deployment, and daily backups. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Paid plans include premium support, while additional services cover setup, customization, development, training, and consulting. Plans are listed from a price agreed with the maker.

KoNote is a web-based participant outcome management system for nonprofits, released under the MIT License. Each organization runs its own instance on its infrastructure or local network. It provides encrypted client records, custom intake fields, program enrollment tracking, and role-based client search. Teams can define goals and targets, attach measurable metrics, track revisions over time, and reuse plan templates. Progress notes may be quick or structured, include metrics, and be backdated with audit trails. Messaging uses SMS through Twilio or email through SMTP, with consent tracking; calendar subscriptions use iCal feeds. Authentication supports Azure AD single sign-on or local Argon2 authentication. Security measures include field-level personal information encryption, role-based access, configurable session timeouts, and a separate immutable audit database. Privacy functions include selectable CSV or PDF client exports, multi-manager erasure approval, export monitoring, and secure download links. Optional AI can suggest goals, metrics, note structures, and outcome narratives; personal information is scrubbed before data leaves the server. The software is free to use under its license, but organizations provide and configure their own infrastructure. KoNote was founded in 2013 and is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.