Many nature restoration teams already run a stack: spreadsheets, a survey app, a GIS, a page for funders. We think Restoration Scope is the best fit for most projects: it adapts to each one, grows with it and runs the whole project in one place. Each comparison below says where it fits beside the other tool, and when the other tool is the better pick.
The system that runs the project, with surveys filled inside it, and a proven survey tool, free for nonprofits.
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The system that runs the project, surveys included, and open-source forms you can host yourself.
CompareThe system that runs the project, field capture included, and icon-based field capture from a nonprofit.
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One complete system configured around your project, and a free, fixed seed-to-planting structure that is strongest in the nursery.
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A configured app that keeps every visit tied to its site, and QGIS power in the field.
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The system the whole team runs the project in, and free desktop GIS for analysts.
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A system configured around restoration records and funders, and Esri's field apps for teams already on ArcGIS.
CompareDonor portals fed by the records field teams keep, and a public story page for funders.
CompareThe land and field records behind the credits, and credits, sales and verification reports for developers.
CompareA project’s records under whichever standard it uses, and a registry with its own monitoring tech.
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The field plots and land records carbon estimates rest on, and satellite carbon estimates and baselines.
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One project record on a map of sites and polygons, beside the shared Google Sheet your Excel files move to.
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A system built around sites and boundaries on a map, and a flexible database you build yourself.
CompareMany tree-planting projects start in Excel, Google Sheets or Airtable. Excel files on laptops should move to a shared Google Sheet; a shared sheet or a base can then carry a small project for a while. They are good at tables and weak at maps: sites become coordinate columns, boundaries live in separate files and photos sit in folders. The two comparisons below say when a sheet or a base is enough, and when to add a map of sites and polygons.
Often several tools: spreadsheets or Airtable, a survey app such as KoboToolbox, ODK or QField, a GIS such as QGIS, and sometimes a public page or funder portal. Restoration Scope runs the whole project in one place, surveys and maps included, and connects the tools a team keeps.
No. Restoration Scope connects Kobo, Google Sheets, spreadsheets and GIS files. Most teams keep the tools that work and add the links between them.
There is no public price list, because each system is configured around the project. After a free pilot on a sample of your data, we quote a platform license plus implementation following a scoping call. New and small NGOs can ask for a discount.
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Restoration Scope publishes this comparison and is one of the options. We list it first because we think it's the best fit for most projects: it adapts to each project and grows with it, and covers operations and costs as well as fundraising and reporting. No vendor paid to be included. Something out of date? Write to info@restorationscope.com.
Bring in the spreadsheets, field forms and maps you already use, and see every site in one place.