Women in a village lane, one carrying a backpack
CSO and NGO Systems · Surveys

Hear every voice.

Build surveys in minutes, collect on web, WhatsApp, phone calls and an Android app that works offline for days, catch bad data as it arrives, and let AI read every open answer in any language.

White-label · Multilingual · Works offline · DPDP compliant

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From question to decision

Ask once. Hear everyone.

Build a survey in minutes, send it out on any channel, collect in the field with no network, and see clean answers and AI themes the same day.

  1. 01

    Build in minutes

    Twenty question types, logic and translations, dragged into place — or describe what you want to learn and edit the draft the agent writes.

  2. 02

    Collect on every channel

    The offline Android app, a web link, WhatsApp, a voice menu and the call centre. Every answer lands in the same place.

  3. 03

    Check quality in real time

    Speeding, GPS limits, duplicates and back-checks flagged while the team is still in the village.

  4. 04

    Let AI read every answer

    Themes, sentiment and translated quotes from thousands of open answers, in the language they were given in.

Today's surveys, with twelve responses saved offline on the phone
A question in Hindi with a listen button, saving on the phone

Four days in the villages with no signal, and not one interview lost.

Every answer, clean and live.

The results dashboard: live charts, quality checks and responses by district
The field app, with today's surveys and answers waiting to sync

The dashboard in the office, and the survey in an enumerator's hand with no signal.

Reach people the way they can answer.

One survey, many ways in. Answers from every channel land in the same place, with the same checks.

Android app

An offline field app that works for days with no network, with GPS, photos, audio and signatures, on basic phones and tablets.

Web link

Self-filled surveys in any language, shared by link, QR code or email, that save and continue later.

WhatsApp

Questions arrive as chat messages, answers can be voice notes for low literacy, and reminders go out to finish.

Phone interviews

Callers follow the script on screen, calls are recorded with consent, and callbacks are scheduled automatically.

Kiosk and QR

Tablet kiosk mode at events and centres, QR posters at schools and clinics, and anonymous feedback.

SMS and email

One- or two-question pulse checks sent in bulk to contact lists, with replies tracked.

Your reports on one side. An AI analyst on the other.

Look at the charts, then ask the AI analyst about them in plain words. It reads every response and open answer, in any language, and adds what it finds straight to your report.

  1. 01Every open answer readThousands of free-text and voice answers, grouped into themes and counted.
  2. 02In the language it was givenHindi, Bhojpuri, Tamil or any major language, with translation for the report.
  3. 03Quotes you can useWith consent, the sentences that say it best, attributed to a district rather than a person.
  4. 04Straight onto the reportAsk a question of your own data and save the answer as a widget.
The results report beside an AI analyst reading every open answer

Your brand. Every language. Any network. Fully DPDP compliant.

Four promises that hold on every screen, for every user, from the first sign-up to the last report.

White-label

Your platform, your name.

  • Your logo, colours and web address
  • Android app and web in your brand
  • Your data stays yours, always
  • Move off any other platform, with our help

Multilingual

In the language respondents speak.

  • Hindi, English and major Indian languages
  • Audio for every question, for people who cannot read
  • AI translation between languages
  • Invitations on WhatsApp and SMS in each person's language

Works offline

Built for patchy networks.

  • Collect for days with no network; answers sync later
  • Light on data, works on basic Android phones
  • SMS and voice-call fallbacks
  • Nothing lost when the signal drops

DPDP compliant

Consent first, on every screen.

  • Clear consent, recorded and easy to withdraw
  • Only the data you need, for a stated purpose
  • Parental consent for children's data
  • Data in India, access logs and breach alerts

Monitor, listen and research.

Built for every voice in the field.

20 question typesFrom text and choices to GPS, photos, audio and signatures
4 channelsAndroid app, web link, WhatsApp and phone interviews
0 network neededCollect for days offline; sync when back online
22 languagesQuestions, audio and AI translations in Indian languages

Every step of a survey, handled.

Four things every survey team needs first.

  1. 01 · Build

    Surveys in minutes

    Drag-and-drop questions, logic and translations, or an AI draft.

    Build a survey
    • QuestionHow far is the nearest school?
    • TypeNumber · kilometres
    • Validation0 to 40, else confirm
    • LanguagesHindi, Awadhi, English
    Answers by channel
    Field app71%
    Web link14%
    WhatsApp9%
    Phone interviews6%
  2. 02 · Collect

    Offline, on any phone

    Field app, web link, WhatsApp and phone interviews.

    Back-checks due
    • CMCharu MenonApr 12 · 9:30 am×
    • RKRekha KumariApr 13 · 2:15 pm×
    • AYAmit YadavApr 13 · 4:00 pm×
    Field team
    • RKRekha Kumari
    • AYAmit Yadav
    • SDSunita Devi
    • ISImran Shaikh
  3. 03 · Check

    Quality as it arrives

    Speeding, GPS, duplicates and back-checks caught early.

    Quality flags
    • !Speeding · 4 interviews under 6 min
    • GPS inside boundary · all clear
    • !Duplicate household ID · Sitapur
    Survey
    1. Assigned
    2. Started
    3. Completed
    4. Synced
  4. 04 · Understand

    Answers the same day

    Dashboards, maps and AI themes from open answers.

    Answers by channel
    % field app71
    Field appOther channels
    Daily progress

    48,210

    Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

Who it is for.

From a ten-question feedback form to a fifty-thousand household study.

A health worker examining a man at a camp01

Community health and education

Household visits and feedback from families.

A self-help group meeting seated in a field02

Livelihood programmes

Farmers, women's groups and collectives.

Boys at their desks in a classroom03

Schools and learning

Assessments and school audits.

Women seated together outside04

Voice of beneficiaries

Feedback on WhatsApp and phone.

Women in a village lane, one carrying a backpack05

Research and evaluation

Large studies with rigorous data.

The Global Goals it moves.

1No Poverty
3Good Health and Well-being
4Quality Education
5Gender Equality
10Reduced Inequalities

Every feature

Everything you need from first question to final report.

Built for large field surveys, monitoring and evaluation, and quick feedback alike.

Build

  • Twenty question types

    Text, numbers, choices, dates, GPS, photo, audio, signature, barcode, rating and matrix.

  • Skip logic and calculations

    Show, hide and calculate based on earlier answers.

  • Validation rules

    Ranges, required fields and GPS limits stop mistakes at the source.

  • AI survey writer

    Describe what you want to learn; get a draft survey to edit.

  • Translations

    Every question in many languages, with audio for people who cannot read.

  • Question library

    Reuse standard questions so rounds can be compared.

Collect

  • Offline for days

    Responses are stored and encrypted on the phone until a network returns.

  • GPS and maps

    Locations with accuracy, and limits on where interviews can happen.

  • Photos and audio

    Compressed for low data, attached to the right answer.

  • Repeat groups

    Ask the same questions for every child or plot in a household.

  • Preloaded lists

    Households, beneficiaries or schools loaded onto each phone.

  • Panel and follow-up surveys

    Visit the same people again and link their answers over time.

Quality and safety

  • Speeding checks

    Interviews that are too fast are flagged automatically.

  • Back-checks

    Re-ask questions by phone and compare answers.

  • Duplicate detection

    Same person, same household, caught before analysis.

  • Consent on record

    Spoken or signed consent saved with every response.

  • Encryption and roles

    Sensitive answers hidden from people who do not need them.

  • Audit trail

    Every edit to a response is logged with who and when.

Analyse

  • Live dashboards

    Charts update as responses sync.

  • AI themes and sentiment

    Open answers read and grouped in any language.

  • Maps

    See answers by village, block and district.

  • Exports

    Excel, CSV, SPSS and Stata, with labels.

  • API and webhooks

    Send data to your systems as it arrives.

  • Commons Intelligence

    Ask questions of your survey data in plain English.

What a survey team sees at a glance.

Pieces of the product teams open every day.

Today's surveys, saved offline on the phone

In the enumerator's hand

  • CMCharu MenonApr 12 · 9:30 am×
  • RKRekha KumariApr 13 · 2:15 pm×
  • AYAmit YadavApr 13 · 4:00 pm×

Back-checks due

4

1,312

In the field now

  1. Assigned
  2. Started
  3. Completed
  4. Synced

Survey progress

CSO and NGO SystemsSurveys
  • Field appOffline
  • Auto syncOn

Saves with no network

Active in 18 states

Chapters

48,210

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

Daily progress

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In 11 languages

% field app71

Answers by channel

Everything a survey team runs on.

Open any one to see it in the product.

  • Build, collect, check and analyse in one place.

    Build a survey
    • QuestionHow far is the nearest school?
    • TypeNumber · kilometres
    • Validation0 to 40, else confirm
    • LanguagesHindi, Awadhi, English
    Answers by channel
    Field app71%
    Web link14%
    WhatsApp9%
    Phone interviews6%
  • Live charts, quality checks and responses by district.

    Back-checks due
    • CMCharu MenonApr 12 · 9:30 am×
    • RKRekha KumariApr 13 · 2:15 pm×
    • AYAmit YadavApr 13 · 4:00 pm×
    Field team
    • RKRekha Kumari
    • AYAmit Yadav
    • SDSunita Devi
    • ISImran Shaikh
  • Twenty question types, logic, validation and translations.

    Quality flags
    • !Speeding · 4 interviews under 6 min
    • GPS inside boundary · all clear
    • !Duplicate household ID · Sitapur
    Survey
    1. Assigned
    2. Started
    3. Completed
    4. Synced
  • Quotas, sync status, village coverage and back-checks.

    Answers by channel
    % field app71
    Field appOther channels
    Daily progress

    48,210

    Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
  • Themes, sentiment and translated quotes from open answers.

    Devices
    • Field tablets · 42Offline
    • Auto syncOn
    • Conflict checkOn
    Records queued

    318

    will sync on Wi-Fi

  • Today's surveys, offline answers and supervisor checks.

    Roles
    • AdminFull access
    • District leadOwn data
    • Field staffCapture only
    Districts
    Active128
    Pending6
Build a survey
  • QuestionHow far is the nearest school?
  • TypeNumber · kilometres
  • Validation0 to 40, else confirm
  • LanguagesHindi, Awadhi, English
Answers by channel
Field app71%
Web link14%
WhatsApp9%
Phone interviews6%
Back-checks due
  • CMCharu MenonApr 12 · 9:30 am×
  • RKRekha KumariApr 13 · 2:15 pm×
  • AYAmit YadavApr 13 · 4:00 pm×
Field team
  • RKRekha Kumari
  • AYAmit Yadav
  • SDSunita Devi
  • ISImran Shaikh
Quality flags
  • !Speeding · 4 interviews under 6 min
  • GPS inside boundary · all clear
  • !Duplicate household ID · Sitapur
Survey
  1. Assigned
  2. Started
  3. Completed
  4. Synced
Answers by channel
% field app71
Field appOther channels
Daily progress

48,210

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
Devices
  • Field tablets · 42Offline
  • Auto syncOn
  • Conflict checkOn
Records queued

318

will sync on Wi-Fi

Roles
  • AdminFull access
  • District leadOwn data
  • Field staffCapture only
Districts
Active128
Pending6

From the people using it.

The back-check used to happen a month later, when nobody remembered the household. Now a flag reaches me the same evening.
Rekha KumariField Supervisor, Sitapur
Four days in the villages with no signal, and not one interview lost.
Amit YadavEnumerator, Dhemaji
Eleven thousand open answers in six languages, read and grouped. We would never have coded those by hand.
Dr. Suchitra MenonResearch Lead

Sends data where you need it.

WhatsApp for chat surveys, SMS and email for invites, Google Sheets and Excel for exports, an API and webhooks for your systems, and Commons Intelligence for analysis.

Pricing that fits your field work.

Every plan includes the offline app, web links and unlimited questions, and every plan is white-label: your name on the field app, the web links and the reports.

Community

For small teams and short surveys

₹3,000/ month

  • Unlimited surveys and questions
  • Offline Android app and web links
  • Basic dashboards and exports
  • Consent on record
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Nonprofits

Most popular

For programmes with field teams

₹8,000/ month

  • Everything in Community
  • Field operations and back-checks
  • WhatsApp and phone surveys
  • AI analyst and translations
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Large nonprofits and enterprises

For research studies and state-wide programmes

Custom

  • Everything in Nonprofits
  • Panel surveys and evaluation tools
  • API, webhooks and data in India
  • Security reviews and SSO
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Planning a survey today?

“Tell us how your programme runs today. We will show you the product on your own workflow, and be honest about whether it fits.”
SG
Satyam GambhirCo-founder, commons.inc
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Quick answers.

  • Yes. Enumerators can collect for days with no network. Answers are stored encrypted on the phone and sync when a signal returns.

  • Hindi, English and major Indian languages, with audio for each question so people who cannot read can still answer.

  • Yes. Questions arrive as chat messages, people can answer with text or voice notes, and answers land with the rest of your data.

  • Yes. Import XLSForm files or spreadsheets, and we help you move your question library and past data.

  • Yes; we stay through launch until your team runs it.

Built for everyone who needs to listen.

Programme teams

Monitoring forms, visits and feedback in one place.

M&E and research teams

Baselines, endlines and evaluations with clean data.

Field organisations

Hundreds of enumerators, offline, across districts.

Foundations and CSR

Hear directly from the people your grants serve.

“The best data comes from people who were asked well. We make asking easy, even where the network never reaches.*”

PM
Prashant Mehra
CEO, commons.inc

“commons stayed through the messy months after launch, training our team and fixing what the field broke, until the system genuinely ran without them.*”

MK
Meera Krishnan
Executive Director, Saahas Community Foundation

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