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What do you like best about REDCap?

Real-time data capture, integrated data quality checks, audit tracking history, data comparison tools, convenience of a web-based database, comprehensive training tutorials. The new multi-lingual hook makes it easy to translate surveys into different launguages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

Although REDCap has a lot of functionalities, it is not the most intuitive to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering REDCap:

I highly recommend REDCap for data collection and storage. I used it daily for 4 years at my previous company and enjoyed its ease of use, many options for customization, and embedded security features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

REDCap allows my company to have a secure database for all our projects that can be easily accessed from anywhere. It’s convenient in that we don’t have to VPN in to access data. The audit-tracking is also a great feature for data quality purposes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

REDCap Overview

What is REDCap?

REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data in any environment (including compliance with 21 CFR Part 11, FISMA, HIPAA, and GDPR), it is specifically geared to support online and offline data capture for research studies and operations. The REDCap Consortium, a vast support network of collaborators, is composed of thousands of active institutional partners in over one hundred countries who utilize and support their own individual REDCap systems. Please visit the Join page (https://projectredcap.org/partners/join/) to learn how your non-profit organization can join the consortium, or explore the first section on our FAQ (https://projectredcap.org/about/faq/) for other options to use REDCap.

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REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.


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Andressa G.
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Andressa G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"REDcap - a easy way to do researches"
The most valuable aspect of REDCap is its user-friendly interface for coordinating data, managing queries, and conducting research. Its intuitive f...
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2.0 out of 5
"Easy-to-use database"
It is user friendly, easy to design and build a study database even for a first-time user.
Bozana Z.
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"RedCap database"
Building the RedCap database is straightforward and does not require previous knowledge of data management. Also, it allows many users to enter the...
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REDCap Media

REDCap Demo - REDCap Project Setup
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REDCap Demo - REDCap Survey
Basic survey image. Customization options available. Multiple survey delivery options.
REDCap Demo - REDCap Reports and Data Exports
Built-in reporting options + data export options.
REDCap Demo - REDCap Data Entry Form
Data entry by authenticated project users.
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Andressa G.
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Clinical Research Assistant
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about REDCap?

The most valuable aspect of REDCap is its user-friendly interface for coordinating data, managing queries, and conducting research. Its intuitive features allow all team members to quickly learn how to use the platform with minimal support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

The reports section in REDCap could benefit from some minor improvements, overall, it is quite effective Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

REDCap connects all sites and data securely, benefiting both the research team and participants, who can be confident that their data will remain safe. Also, it is also easy to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
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What do you like best about REDCap?

It is user friendly, easy to design and build a study database even for a first-time user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

It does not provide a good data approving function that a multi-centre clinical study requires. REDCap has 'data resolution workflow' and 'form locking' to help with verifying data, but for a multi-centre study, which requires several layers of data approval including data manager review, source data verification and PI review. REDCap does not satisfy these needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

Clinical study database for data capture and managment. Collecting participant reponses via survey distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sukran Bahar S.
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What do you like best about REDCap?

I use REDCap at my workplace as a secure database. We are a psychology lab, and we do research with human subjects, which has strict regulations in terms of how we store confidential information, including contact and personal data of our participants. We provide a survey link from our website for people to sign up. Once people are in the database, it is easy to filter through parameters of interest to export lists of names to contact for a particular study. Different users can have different roles and levels of access which is also helpful, so I can have members of the team working on specific tasks without worrying about them changing settings that I don't want to be touched. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

The layout is not very intuitive. It can take some time to play around with the website to figure out how to use it, mainly when exporting sub-lists; however, the learning curve isn't that steep. A couple of hours of exploring should make you pretty proficient in using all the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering REDCap:

I highly recommend it to people who are looking for secure databases. It may look daunting for the first half an hour or so, but it really isn't tricky getting used to it. It's definitely helped to keep track of participants in our lab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using REDCap as a secure database because my institution doesn't have an internal database within our intranet. I can make sure that the information here is stored securely and using REDCap as a database is approved by the Institutional Review Board, at least in my institution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bozana Z.
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Clinical Research Project Manger
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What do you like best about REDCap?

Building the RedCap database is straightforward and does not require previous knowledge of data management. Also, it allows many users to enter the data in the database at the same time. There are different levels of access depending on the role in the clinical study or trial. Mostly, you can create different reports and perform a statistical analysis of the data. RedCap includes the newest statistical software such as SAS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

When you have a very robust data set, it takes time to download/export data into the report. In addition, there are a few data sets you can download by one report. For a big database, you need to repeat the downloading steps for each set of data. Sometimes it can be very time-consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

When you have many users they can enter the data at any time without interfering with the quality of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about REDCap?

Usability, ability to have external sites enter information directly into the system so we can access it, ability to put restrictions on fields so they are entered correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

Can be hard to set up some of the more sophisticated checks and cleaning features, and does not create paper forms from the database that are compact and easily usable- often have to re-create our own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering REDCap:

Absolutely worth learning/ has lots of capabilities! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use REDCap for research databases, surveys and eConsents. It is quick, easy, secure and offers the ability to run checks and queries for values that are not as you would expect them to be to ensure accurate data is input to the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about REDCap?

Very user friendly. When creating survey's and collecting the data REDCap is easy to navigate and doesn't take up too much time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

If I haven't been in for a while it takes me a minute to figure out where I need to go. When you have a project the software is user friendly, but the dashboard could use some work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

Streamline way to collect data and have it analyzed easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JB
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What do you like best about REDCap?

The versatility of all the different field options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

Branching logic can be difficult to fully get a grasp of, leading to errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

REDCap enables research surveys and questionnaires to be sent to study participants. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ameeta P.
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Senior Information Analyst
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about REDCap?

Easy Data entry, easy fix, excellent data storage, export can done in various outputs (e.g. SAS, XLS). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

Large data exports take time. Sometimes designing a database is tricky for longitudinal as data comes out multiple rows challenging to transpose the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

Data entry is easier less training is required for navigators or research assistants who use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swapnil R.
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Clinical Data Manager
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What do you like best about REDCap?

1. Form designer is user-friendly and customizable according to paper CRF.

2. Can easily program complex skip patterns and logic.

3. Query tracking within form is fantastic, which saves lot of time tracking outside in excel or anything.

4. Dashboard feature provides all insights in a glance concerning the completeness of the forms.

5. Data export in all possible analytical data formats is possible like csv, spss, stata, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

1. Data export does export of all the data, which is complex to look into, instead of individual form wise data export will be easier to examine.

2. Not much features which you dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Data quality in terms of completeness of all the questions by keeping all the questions mandatory.

2. Query resolution within forms saves from creating different excel trackers and following up with concerned users several times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Taylor M.
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Wellness Coordinator
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What do you like best about REDCap?

I loved that REDCap gave me the ability to see all other appointments that my participants had completed. I was in charge of Fitness Consults and it was very helpful to see if they had completed a health screening or a nutrition consult, prior to coming to see me. It allowed me as a provider to better serve them and use previous experience to create a more personalized environment and really engage with each person directly. It made participants feel as though I did my research on them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about REDCap?

The main thing that I disliked about REDCap was when you were searching for a specific person. If you were searching using first name, last name, date, etc. it would populate lots of different results. There was no additional ways to filter through this information except to choose each one individually and hope that you were correct. I thought this process could have been smoother. I also thought that the excel reports that you can export could use a bit of cleanup. Many reports were very confusing to understand the data at hand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is REDCap solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of the main business problem that using REDCap solved was the ability for all members of our organizational team to view history and data on active and/or past participants. It allowed us to create a more personalized and professional environment where we were aware of all appointments that they completed to better serve them as providers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brenda Minor of REDCap

Thanks for the positive review! I'm glad that REDCap has been a good solution for your team. I hope that as your use it more, the reports will become easier to design for your specific needs. Perhaps your local REDCap administrator can assist you. Each institution has its own individual installation and support team for REDCap.