A Guide to Evaluating Open Source versus Proprietary Software for Data Workflows in the Social Sector

Author(s)
Coker, S., Kinsella, B.
Publication language
English
Date published
26 May 2021
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Data analysis & visualisation tools, Data collection tools, Data management tools
Organisations
MERL Center

This Beginner’s Guide explores the nuances of choosing proprietary or OSS, outlining common trade-offs, relevant costs, and security and privacy concerns that are most common. The goal of this Beginner’s Guide is to offer practitioners in the social sector, namely M&E professionals, data analysts, software engineers, among others, a summary of potential tradeoffs.

It was originally published on the MERL Center platform. Discover the guide here!