MELR
Dakar, Senegal
What it is
MELR is a platform for NGOs, ministries, agencies, and donors to collect, track, evaluate, and report project results. Project tools cover portfolios, logical frameworks, theory of change, milestones, Gantt charts, budgets, disbursements, risks, stakeholders, and teams. Evaluation modules include ex-ante appraisal, OECD-DAC public policy evaluation, PEFA assessment, public finance diagnostics, GEF allocation, debt sustainability analysis, and climate budget tagging. Field teams can build forms without code and use an installable mobile PWA with GPS, photos, signatures, and offline operation; collected data synchronizes automatically when connectivity returns. MELR supports French, English, and Spanish, plus two-way synchronization with KoboToolbox, ODK Central, and DHIS2. Reports export to Word, Excel, and PDF in formats for USAID, GAVI, the Global Fund, AFD, the European Union, the World Bank, and ADA. Data hosting can be managed or on the customer's infrastructure. Cloud and self-hosted pricing is by quote, and a free discovery plan is available.
For and against
For
- Offline field collection with automatic synchronization
- No-code forms include GPS, photos, and signatures
- Supports French, English, and Spanish
- Two-way synchronization with KoboToolbox, ODK Central, and DHIS2
- Reports export to Word, Excel, and PDF
Against
- Cloud and self-hosted prices require a quote
- The product does not produce official ratings or normalisations
The verdict
MELR brings project management, evaluation, field collection, and reporting into one platform, with managed cloud and customer-hosted deployment options. Its stated methodological limit is that it computes indicators, decompositions, and sensitivity but does not produce official ratings or normalisations.
Who it suits
MELR is presented for NGOs, ministries, agencies, and donors managing project results. Its offline field collection and deployment choices may also suit teams working with varied connectivity or hosting requirements.
Plans and prices
Cloud subscription
Hosting, backups, updates and basic support included; free discovery plan available
Read 5 Oct 2026 · reft-africa.org
Self-hosted license
Deployed on your infrastructure; optional support and maintenance package
Read 5 Oct 2026 · reft-africa.org
On the record
- Data hosting
- Data can be hosted on managed cloud infrastructure or on the customer's own infrastructure, including on-premises deployment.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data portability
- The maker says customers own their data, can export it at any time, and that no data is retained if they stop using the service.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Evaluation modules
- Its evaluation suite includes ex-ante appraisal, OECD-DAC public policy evaluation, PEFA assessment, public finance diagnostics, GEF allocation, debt sustainability analysis and climate budget tagging.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Field collection
- Field collection offers a no-code form builder and installable mobile PWA with GPS, photos, signatures and offline operation.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- MELR supports automatic two-way synchronization with KoboToolbox, ODK Central and DHIS2.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker presents MELR for NGOs, ministries, agencies and donors, with a solidarity rate available for small NGOs and nonprofits.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Languages and offline use
- The platform supports French, English and Spanish, and field collection can work offline with automatic synchronization when connectivity returns.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Notable methodological limit
- MELR computes indicators, decompositions and sensitivity but does not produce official ratings or normalisations.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Project management
- Project tools include portfolios, logical frameworks, theory of change, milestones, Gantt charts, budgets, disbursements, risks, stakeholders and teams.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MELR helps NGOs, ministries, agencies and donors collect, track, evaluate and report project results.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Reports export to Word, Excel and PDF in formats for USAID, GAVI, the Global Fund, AFD, the European Union, the World Bank and ADA.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The product page states that MELR provides two-factor authentication, strict isolation between organizations, GDPR data export, a right to be forgotten and an audit log.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support and training
- Cloud subscriptions include basic support; the maker also states that it provides administrator and user training, deployment support, manuals and built-in help.reft-africa.org · read 5 Oct 2026
