Tools

Public health surveillance

6 tools compared: how each is priced, where it runs, and what to consider instead.

Tool Pricing model Free tier Open source
Biobot Analytics Wastewater testing service that analyzes municipal sewage for population-level disease and substance-use signals. Quote only No No
Epi Info Free CDC software for building surveys, managing outbreak data, and running epidemiological statistics. Free Yes No
GISAID Global data-sharing initiative, not a commercial product, for rapid exchange of pathogen genomic sequences and metadata. Free Yes No
HealthMap Free automated system that mines online news and reports to map emerging infectious disease outbreaks in real time. Free Yes No
REDCap Secure web application for building surveys and research databases, distributed free to consortium member institutions. Free Yes No
WastewaterSCAN Academic wastewater monitoring network and public dashboard tracking a dozen pathogens across U.S. sewersheds. Free Yes No

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