# ODK and RedCap **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-and-redcap/4996 "2015-11-17T14:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Afiat\_Berbudi](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Afiat\_Berbudi](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Afiat_Berbudi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-and-redcap/4996/1 "2015-11-17T14:19:45Z")
Hello everyone, I am considering to use application for survey and epidemiology study, and I found ODK and Redcap are the candidates to be used in this project, but I am wondering the advantage and weakness between ODK and Redcap. Could anyone give me an overview or suggestion to choose one of them? Thanks in advance. Regards, Vat29 ---
**Author:** ![Mitch\_S](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Mitch\_S](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Mitch_S)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-and-redcap/4996/2 "2015-11-17T19:08:04Z")
ODK Collect is designed for disconnected data collection (out of contact with cellular, wifi and internet connections). Enketo is an ODK-compatible solution for web-based data collection. The data collected from ODK Collect can be published to a server (ODK Aggregate or others), or manually gathered via ODK Briefcase. Additionally, data submitted to ODK Aggregate can be pulled to your local computer using ODK Briefcase. This enables you to maintain a backup of your collected dataset. Once gathered in one location, it can be exported to CSV files using ODK Briefcase or published to external servers using ODK Aggregate. If configured to use encrypted forms, each survey submission is encrypted on the device and can only be decrypted by ODK Briefcase when exporting the data as a CSV file (and the publishing options are not useful). Data analysis is expected to be done on some other system. > **···** > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Vat29 wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am considering to use application for survey and epidemiology study, and > > I found ODK and Redcap are the candidates to be used in this project, but I > > am wondering the advantage and weakness between ODK and Redcap. Could > > anyone give me an overview or suggestion to choose one of them? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards, > > Vat29 > > > > ## -- > > > > Post: [opendatakit@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit@googlegroups.com) > > Unsubscribe: [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) > > Options: [http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > [mitchellsundt@gmail.com](mailto:mitchellsundt@gmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-and-redcap/4996/3 "2015-11-18T00:45:51Z")
It's going to be hard to summarize the differences between platforms without knowing more about your project. My recommendation is to try an end-to-end test (design a 10 question survey, collect the data, do your analysis) and see which one you prefer. There are also demo videos on both project websites that you should watch. Note that there are a couple of organizational differences between the two that may or may not be important to you. You can only use REDCap, if you are an institutional partner of the project. ODK has no such restriction. RedCap is free, but it's not open source. ODK is free and open source. Yaw > **···** > > -- Need ODK consultants? Nafundi provides form design, server setup, in-field training, and software development for ODK. Go to https://nafundi.com to get started. > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:08 AM, Mitch Sundt [mitchellsundt@gmail.com](mailto:mitchellsundt@gmail.com) wrote: > > > ODK Collect is designed for disconnected data collection (out of contact > > with cellular, wifi and internet connections). > > > > Enketo is an ODK-compatible solution for web-based data collection. > > > > The data collected from ODK Collect can be published to a server (ODK > > Aggregate or others), or manually gathered via ODK Briefcase. > > > > Additionally, data submitted to ODK Aggregate can be pulled to your local > > computer using ODK Briefcase. This enables you to maintain a backup of your > > collected dataset. > > > > Once gathered in one location, it can be exported to CSV files using ODK > > Briefcase or published to external servers using ODK Aggregate. > > > > If configured to use encrypted forms, each survey submission is encrypted on > > the device and can only be decrypted by ODK Briefcase when exporting the > > data as a CSV file (and the publishing options are not useful). > > > > Data analysis is expected to be done on some other system. > > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Vat29 [a.berbudi@gmail.com](mailto:a.berbudi@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I am considering to use application for survey and epidemiology study, and > > > I found ODK and Redcap are the candidates to be used in this project, but I > > > am wondering the advantage and weakness between ODK and Redcap. Could anyone > > > give me an overview or suggestion to choose one of them? > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Vat29 > > > > > > ## -- > > > > > > Post: [opendatakit@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit@googlegroups.com) > > > Unsubscribe: [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) > > > Options: [http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en) > > > > > > * * * > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "ODK Community" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > Mitch Sundt > > Software Engineer > > University of Washington > > [mitchellsundt@gmail.com](mailto:mitchellsundt@gmail.com) > > > > ## -- > > > > Post: [opendatakit@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit@googlegroups.com) > > Unsubscribe: [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) > > Options: [http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).