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KoNote vs MELR

KoNote

github.com

MELR

reft-africa.org

Side by side

FigureKoNoteMELR
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WebYesYes
LinuxYes—
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published22
Spec score · Nonprofit Program Management Software8.3 (#6)7.1 (#22)
Founded20132004
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, CanadaDakar, Senegal
PurposeKoNote is a secure, web-based participant outcome management system for nonprofits.MELR helps NGOs, ministries, agencies and donors collect, track, evaluate and report project results.
ReportingReporting includes Chart.js progress charts, CSV metric exports, WeasyPrint PDFs, funder profiles and audit-log viewing.Reports export to Word, Excel and PDF in formats for USAID, GAVI, the Global Fund, AFD, the European Union, the World Bank and ADA.

Plans

KoNote

  • Self-hosted KoNoteFree
  • Self-hosted MIT-licensed KoNoteFree

KoNote pricing →

MELR

  • Cloud subscriptionPriced on request
  • Self-hosted licensePriced on request

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In their own words

KoNote

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.

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MELR

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