Publishing tools and services to create your IATI data files

Various tools and services are available to help you create and publish IATI data. These offer different levels of support and automation. Some are free; others are paid for. Some are designed for small organisations with only a few activities; others can handle high volumes of data and can be integrated into your current system.

Tools and services

IATI Publisher

IATI Publisher is IATI's free to use publishing tool, which enables organisations to publish their data on development and humanitarian activities according to the XML format required by the IATI Standard. The tool is designed to be simple and intuitive, making publishing easier for organisations, with a range of benefits for users.

IATI Publisher is:

• Free to use
• Provides clear explanations of data fields in the IATI Standard and links to useful guidance
• Enables data to be entered directly in the interface or bulk uploaded via Excel, CSV or XML file
• Runs automatic checks (via the IATI Validator) for errors before publishing your data

IATI Publisher has been built to support organisations that want to publish data on a limited number of development and humanitarian activities. An ‘activity’ is an individual project or another unit of development and humanitarian work, which is determined by the organisation that is publishing the data. Organisations who publish a limited number of activities tend to represent small and medium sized organisations.

We encourage organisations who are new to IATI to use IATI Publisher. The process of registering with IATI and publishing data can be complex and IATI Publisher will guide you through the steps.

AIDA Data Services

Key facts: Paid; Manual IATI upload

See more information about the service here or visit our contact page to request a demo. For inquiries, contact us at [email protected]

AidStream

Key facts: Free & Paid; IATI upload via service or manual; CSV & XLS upload (for activities, transactions & results).

See more information about this service: AidStream

See the AidStream user guide for more information. For enquiries, email AidStream support.

Akvo RSR

Key facts: Paid; Automated IATI upload

See more information about this service here Akvo RSR

See the Akvo website for more information. For enquiries, contact Akvo.

Amp Impact

Key Facts: IATI upload via service or manual upload

See more information about this service here: Amp Impact

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DevResults

Key facts: Paid; Manual IATI upload

See more information about this service here DevResults

See the IATI section of the DevResults Help Site to learn more, or visit DevResults.com to request access to a demo site. For enquiries, contact DevResults.

ProjectConnect

Key facts: Paid; Automated IATI upload

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See the ProjectConnect website for more information. For enquiries, email ProjectConnect.

Promeva

Key facts: Paid; Manual IATI upload

See more information about this service herePromeva

See the Promeva website for more information. For additional information email Promeva.

TolaData

Key facts: IATI upload via service or manual upload; Paid (check our pricing page for packages with full service)

See more information about this service here TolaData

For more information, see TolaData’s website or download the IATI Brochure. For enquiries, email TolaData.

Integrated solutions

These tools and services are designed to be implemented within your internal system. Rather than being a stand-alone tool, they interact with your internal software and allow for more automated IATI file creation and updating of data.

Please note, that each tool or service will require a level of set up to connect to your internal system. Validation and automatic publishing may not be built in.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Nonprofit Accelerator + IATI Add On

Key Facts: Solution free with Microsoft 

The Dynamics 365 nonprofit accelerator and Common Data Model for Nonprofits offer a fully managed and Microsoft supported solution for constituent management, fundraising, awards, program delivery, and impact tracking.  

The accelerator includes an optional IATI Add On that enables organizations to record their fundraising and programmatic activities according to the IATI Organisational and Activity Standards, automatically sync IATI non-embedded code lists with the nonprofit accelerator and generate IATI Organisation and Activity XML files. 

See the accelerator landing page and the latest IATI user guide for more information.

CoVE - Convert, Validate, Explore

CoVE is a web-based tool that can be used to convert spreadsheets (.xlsx and .ods) to IATI XML. Additionally, IATI XML can be transformed into spreadsheets with CoVE. In doing so, CoVE will also validate data against the IATI schema, plus check compliance with codelists and rulesets. CoVE also supports both the organisation and activity standard. Spreadsheet templates are provided to help users get started.

Open Data Services Cooperative have extensive experience of both IATI and other data standards, and have developed IATI CoVE to assist clients publishing IATI data. CoVE is publicly available to use for free. Open Data Services offer paid support and advice on a consultancy basis.

CoVE: https://iati.cove.opendataservices.coop/

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If you provide an IATI tool or service and would like to add or update information on this page, please contact the IATI Secretariat.