Application name
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Status
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Description and features
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Platform
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Price
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Cauzality[1]
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Beta
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An online tool to create knowledge maps.
Features:
- Collaborative coding of causal links
- Directed links
- Display as a network
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Online
|
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Compendium Institute[2]
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Full release
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Provides a visual interface which aims to manage connections between ideas and information.
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Offline
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Free
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DAGitty[3]
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Full release
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An environment for editing, analysing and creating causal diagrams.
Features:
- Directed links
- Display as a network
- Display causal influence via networks
- Corresponding R package 'daggity'
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Offline &
Online
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Free
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Decision Explorer[4]
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Full release
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A tool to help understand qualitative information.
Features:
- Directed links
- Quantitative analysis of coding
- Display as a network
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Offline &
Online
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Paid
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Graph Commons[5]
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Full Release
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Focuses on transforming data into interactive maps.
Features:
• Directed links
• Display as a network
• API[6]
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Online
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Paid (Free version available)
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Group Wisdom[7]
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Full release
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Social research platform with group concept mapping.
Features:
- Ability to deal with multiple sources
- Display as a network
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Online
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Paid
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Causal Map[8]
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Beta
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An online research tool that allows the coding of text to build a causal map.
Features:
- Qualitative coding of causal links in text
- Display as a network
- Filter and query the network
- Ability to deal with multiple sources
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Online
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Paid (Free trial available)
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Insight Maker[9]
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Full release
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Causal loop diagram builder. Can be used for stock and flow analysis [10]
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Online
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Free
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Kialo[11]
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Full release
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Responses from group debates are used to build a causal network.
Features:
- discussion forum in tree form
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Online
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Free
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Netway[12]
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Full release
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Tool for building logic models and networks
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Online
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Free
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Nineteen[13]
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Full release
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Features:
- Quantitative analysis of coding
- Ability to deal with multiple sources
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Online
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Free
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Quirkos[14]
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Full release
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Builds a map from the coding of text passages.
Features:
- Coding of narrative text
- Quantitative analysis of coding
- Ability to deal with multiple sources
- Has a cloud for sharing data[15]
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Offline
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Paid
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parEvo[16]
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Full release
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Develop past histories or future scenarios, using a participatory evolutionary process to be used by multiple people to produce a collective good – a set of storylines.
Features:
- Display the resulting links as a network
- Generate transparent measures of the value created
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Online
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Free (invitation only)
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Participatory System Mapper[17]
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Full release
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PRSM focuses on collaboration when creating a causal map.
• Collaborative coding of causal links
• Display as a network
• Directed links
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Online
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Free
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STICKE[18]
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Full release
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Builds maps for systems thinking in community knowledge exchange.
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|
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sticky.studio[19]
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Full release
|
Real time collaborative mapping tool.
Features:
- Collaborative coding of causal links
- Directed links
- Display as a network
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Online
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Free
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System Effects[20]
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Full release
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Generates 'personal systems maps' from participant responses.
Features:
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Online
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Paid
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Cognizer[21]
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Full release
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Features: Directed links
- Ability to deal with multiple sources
- Quantitative analysis of coding
- Display as a network
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Offline
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Free
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Kumu[22]
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Full release
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Organises data into 'relationship maps'
Features:
- Directed links
- Ability to deal with multiple sources
- Quantitative analysis of coding
- Display as a network
- Live import of data from Google Sheets
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Online
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Paid
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Changeroo[23]
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Beta
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A visualisation tool for the theory of change
Features:
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Online
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Paid (Free trial available)
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TOCO[24]
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Beta/Early Access
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Features:
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Online
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Paid
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CMAP 3
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Full release
|
Features:
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Offline
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Free
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jMap [25]
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Full release
|
Features:
• Display as a network
• Graphically superimpose and compare the maps of individuals, groups and experts
• Upload/download map data
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Offline
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Free
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Leximancer[26]
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Full release
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Features:
• Software applies a model to automatically carry out qualitative analysis of text - no coding required.
• Various data visualisation forms
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Offline
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Paid
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