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Alternatives to DHIS2
21 healthcare tools sit alongside DHIS2 in this directory. Below is what separates each from DHIS2 on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- DHIS2 starts at
- Free
Why people look past DHIS2
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. DHIS2 has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
- 1 tier to DHIS2's 3.
Offline-first data collection for humanitarian, development and research field work
- Publishes an entry price of $21/month, where DHIS2 does not.
- Sold on a Per month by submission count model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 5 tiers to DHIS2's 3.
Research data capture licensed free to non-profits, and not licensable at all to companies
- No free tier, where DHIS2 has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 1 tier to DHIS2's 3.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- 1 tier to DHIS2's 3.
Period and cycle tracking app that settled with the US FTC in 2021 over sharing health data with third parties despite promising not to
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 1 tier to DHIS2's 3.
Period and cycle tracking app owned by German company Biowink, positioned around science based tracking and a published stance against sharing data with law enforcement
- Sold on a Free with a Plus subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 1 tier to DHIS2's 3.
Every DHIS2 alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHIS2 (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | |
| OpenMRSIf the requirement is a facility electronic medical record rather than a national aggregate reporting system | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| KoboToolboxIf you need survey and assessment data collection rather than routine health information | Free, then $21/month | Per month by submission count | 5 | vs DHIS2 |
| REDCapFor structured research data capture with institutional review requirements | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs DHIS2 |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs DHIS2 |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the DHIS2 badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- OpenMRS , Free
- KoboToolbox , Free, then $21/month
- Bahmni , Free
- Flo , Free
- Clue , Free
- GNU Health , Free
What you would be giving up
DHIS2 is most often brought in for a ministry of health replacing paper monthly reporting from thousands of facilities with a national routine system, a donor-funded hiv or tuberculosis programme that must report standard indicators across several districts, a disease surveillance unit needing weekly case reporting with outbreak alerting and mapping, an ngo running individual patient follow-up in a programme where facilities are frequently offline. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If DHIS2 is broadly right and the question is cost, the DHIS2 pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Healthcare category lists everything the directory holds, and best healthcare tools ranks them.
DHIS2 runs on web, android, self-hosted, cloud. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about DHIS2 alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to DHIS2?
- 21 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by OpenMRS, KoboToolbox, REDCap, Bahmni. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to DHIS2?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: OpenMRS, KoboToolbox, Bahmni, Flo, Clue.
- Is there a reason to switch away from DHIS2?
- Nothing in the data flags one. DHIS2 has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from DHIS2?
- DHIS2 is most often brought in for a ministry of health replacing paper monthly reporting from thousands of facilities with a national routine system, a donor-funded hiv or tuberculosis programme that must report standard indicators across several districts, a disease surveillance unit needing weekly case reporting with outbreak alerting and mapping, an ngo running individual patient follow-up in a programme where facilities are frequently offline. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to DHIS2?
- None of the healthcare tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these DHIS2 alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Healthcare, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare DHIS2 against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against DHIS2 covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every healthcare tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Healthcare category, 21 tools beside DHIS2. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.