How we compare with the established systems
Straight comparisons with the platforms you are most likely to shortlist — including where they are the better choice. Every claim is sourced so you can check it yourself.
Discover RIMS vs Elsevier Pure
Pure is the most widely adopted system in the category, with grants administration and the largest metadata catalogue. This compares data sources, deployment, modules and what is publicly known about pricing.
Discover RIMS vs Converis and Esploro
Two Clarivate products with different lineages: Converis for research administration, Esploro from the library side. Includes what Clarivate has officially said about their roadmap.
What do these systems cost?
Most vendors do not publish prices, but procurement records do. What a research information system costs collects the public contract values and rate cards, and the cost lines that are easy to miss.
Not sure which shortlist you are on?
If you are still writing requirements rather than comparing vendors, the guides cover what a research information system does, and the Universitas Hasanuddin case study shows one running in production.