REDCap alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of REDCap, shown against it.

REDCap Epi Info Biobot Analytics HealthMap
Vendor Vanderbilt University (REDCap Consortium) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Biobot Analytics Boston Children's Hospital
Pricing model Free Free Quote only Free
Free tier Yes Yes No Yes
Deployment Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud Cloud
Open source No No No No
Best for Non-profit and academic institutions needing a self-hosted, no-license-fee platform for research and surveillance data collection. Health departments and field epidemiologists needing free outbreak data collection and statistics without a commercial license. Health departments and public agencies wanting population-level, anonymous early-warning signals without individual clinical testing. Public health agencies and travelers wanting free, early, text-based situational awareness of emerging outbreaks.
Pricing

Free to non-profit and government institutions that join the REDCap Consortium and self-host; not sold commercially or per seat.

Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.

Free public-domain software published directly by the CDC; no license fee or paid tier.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Sampling and analysis services are quoted per contract directly with Biobot; no public price list.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Freely accessible website and mobile app; not a paid product.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Features
  • Drag-and-drop survey and form builder
  • Branching logic and skip patterns
  • Longitudinal and repeating data collection
  • Audit trails and role-based access
  • Export to SAS, SPSS, R, and Stata
  • Consortium-based institutional distribution model
  • Self-hosted deployment by each member institution
  • Custom questionnaire and data-entry form builder
  • Outbreak line-listing and case management
  • Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis
  • Epidemiologic measures (odds ratios, attack rates)
  • Windows desktop, mobile, and web/cloud versions
  • Data visualization and mapping
  • No-cost distribution with no license required
  • Wastewater sampling kits and logistics
  • Laboratory analysis for pathogens and substances
  • Population-level trend dashboards
  • SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and mpox monitoring
  • Opioid and substance-use wastewater testing
  • Support for CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System
  • 1-3 business day result turnaround
  • Automated NLP mining of online news and reports
  • Real-time outbreak map visualization
  • Coverage across nine languages
  • Informal-source (eyewitness/social) signal detection
  • 'Outbreaks Near Me' consumer mobile app
  • Multi-disease, global outbreak tracking
  • Free public access

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