# Where Restoration Scope fits in your restoration stack

> How Restoration Scope compares with KoboToolbox, ODK, Terraware, QField, QGIS, explorer.land, BlueLayer, Open Forest Protocol, Kanop, spreadsheets and Airtable, and where each fits in a nature restoration stack.

Many nature restoration teams already run a stack: spreadsheets, a survey app, a GIS, a page for funders. Each comparison below says what the other tool does best, and where Restoration Scope fits beside it.

## Comparisons

- [KoboToolbox vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/kobotoolbox): A proven survey tool, free for nonprofits, and the system that connects its submissions to sites, seasons and funders.
- [ODK vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/odk): Open-source forms you can host yourself, and the project record their submissions join.
- [CyberTracker vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/cybertracker): Icon-based field capture from a nonprofit, and the system that ties field records to sites, seasons and funders.
- [Terraware vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/terraware): A free, fixed seed-to-planting structure that is strongest in the nursery, and one complete system configured around your project.
- [QField vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/qfield): QGIS power in the field, and a configured app that keeps every visit tied to its site.
- [QGIS vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/qgis): Free desktop GIS for analysts, and the system the rest of the team works in.
- [ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey123 vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/arcgis): Esri's field apps for teams already on ArcGIS, and a system configured around restoration records and funders.
- [explorer.land vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/explorer-land): A public story page for funders, and donor portals fed by the records field teams keep.
- [BlueLayer vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/bluelayer): Credits, sales and verification reports for developers, and the land and field records behind them.
- [Open Forest Protocol vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/open-forest-protocol): A registry with its own monitoring tech, and a project’s records under whichever standard it uses.
- [Kanop vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/kanop): Satellite carbon estimates and baselines, and the field plots and land records they rest on.
- [Excel and Google Sheets vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/spreadsheets): Excel files move to a shared Google Sheet, and a map of sites and polygons sits beside it.
- [Airtable vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/airtable): A flexible database you build yourself, and a system built around sites and boundaries on a map.

## Spreadsheets and Airtable in a nature restoration stack

Many tree-planting projects start in Excel, Google Sheets or Airtable. Excel files on laptops should move to a shared Google Sheet; a shared sheet or a base can then carry a small project for a while. They are good at tables and weak at maps: sites become coordinate columns, boundaries live in separate files and photos sit in folders. The two comparisons below say when a sheet or a base is enough, and when to add a map of sites and polygons.

- [Excel and Google Sheets vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/spreadsheets)
- [Airtable vs Restoration Scope](https://restorationscope.com/compare/airtable)
- [Where restoration records live, from word of mouth to custom software](https://restorationscope.com/blog/where-restoration-records-live)

## Questions teams ask

### What software do reforestation teams use?

Often several tools: spreadsheets or Airtable, a survey app such as KoboToolbox, ODK or QField, a GIS such as QGIS, and sometimes a public page or funder portal. Restoration Scope connects these into one project record.

### Do I have to replace my current tools?

No. Restoration Scope connects Kobo, Google Sheets, spreadsheets and GIS files. Most teams keep the tools that work and add the links between them.

### How much does Restoration Scope cost?

It is priced per project after a scoping call, because each system is configured around the project. There is no public price list.

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