MetriqOS
Results management platform · metriqos.net
MetriqOS vs. Spreadsheets
For development sector organisations managing results-based programmes
Spreadsheets are not the problem. Spreadsheets were built for finance — and they are excellent at it.
The problem is using them to manage programme results, track indicators, assure data quality, and report to donors simultaneously.
That is not what they were designed for. This is what breaks down when you try.
The time cost — quarterly reporting cycle
Spreadsheet-based reporting
3 wks
Average time a MEAL team spends per quarter collecting, cleaning, reformatting, and narrativing data for a single donor report. Multiply by number of donors.
MetriqOS — same report
2–4 hrs
IPTT is auto-populated from field data. DataPulse™ has scored quality continuously. Donor Portal means the donor may not even need a PDF. The narrative is the only writing left.
Feature-by-feature comparison
Excel / Google Sheets
MetriqOS
Indicator Tracking (IPTT)
Maintained manually. Actuals entered by hand into a table. Updated when someone remembers. Version conflicts when two people edit simultaneously. "FINAL_v3_FINAL.xlsx"
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Auto-populated from field data. Every GroundTruth submission or Kobo sync updates the IPTT in real time. Single source of truth. No version conflicts. Exportable in donor-compliant format on demand.
Data Quality Assurance (DQA)
No built-in DQA. Manual spot-checks, if any. DQA happens once a year — as a panic before a donor visit. No audit trail linking data to source documents.
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DataPulse™ scores every dataset continuously against your donor's framework — USAID ADS 203, FCDO/DCED, EU ROM, Gates MLE, UNEG, or Custom. Evidence Density and Verification Depth scored automatically. Audit trail built in.
Portfolio Visibility (multi-project)
Requires manual consolidation into a master spreadsheet — built by hand, maintained by one person, outdated the moment it's submitted. HQ requests → open five files → spend the morning.
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Portfolio Intelligence — six live views: Reach Trend, Health Matrix, Indicator Grid, Portfolio by Donor, Project Phases, Budget Pipeline. Open one screen. See everything. No manual consolidation.
Data extracted from spreadsheet, pasted into Word template, formatted, approved, emailed as a PDF. Donor receives a 90-day-old snapshot. If they ask a question, the cycle starts again.
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Donor Portal — a signed URL. Your donor opens it and sees live programme data — Overview, IPTT, Reports, DIP — scoped as you choose. Every access is audit-logged. No PDF. No lag. No version.
Collected on paper or Kobo/ODK, then manually re-entered into the results spreadsheet by a MEAL officer. Error-prone. Offline collection disconnected from reporting. Two systems, zero integration.
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GroundTruth — native field collection, offline-capable. Submissions auto-tag to indicators. Already on Kobo? Sync in. Same XLSForm standard either way. Zero re-entry. Zero data loss between field and logframe.
No audit log. Who changed what, when? Unknown. If a donor queries a figure in a report submitted six months ago, you're searching through email threads and old file versions. Stressful and slow.
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Full activity log — every change, every user, every timestamp. Impersonation mode for support. Donor portal access logged on both sides. If a donor queries a figure, you have the evidence chain in seconds.
We are not asking you to abandon your spreadsheets. MetriqOS imports your existing data. Your team keeps using the tools they know where those tools are the right tool. MetriqOS takes over where spreadsheets break down — at scale, across projects, under donor scrutiny.