Run your operations. Don't wrestle them.
Now in 9 languages, including full right-to-left Arabic.
Most humanitarian platforms hand you a framework and a blank slate. EMPOBase ships with the framework already populated — the modules wired, the indicators loaded, the templates aligned to PCM, CHS and Sphere.
WASH, Health, Education, Protection, Food Security, Livelihoods, Shelter, Nutrition. Each with documented numerator, denominator, frequency and disaggregation.
HR · Finance · Programs · MEAL · Documents · Governance · Logistics · Donors · Field reporting. They already know about each other.
Compared with the 2–8 weeks you'd spend modelling, importing, training and resetting permissions on a blank-slate tool.
Nine modules on one database, one login and one audit trail. Open a module to see what’s inside — every label below is the exact name you’ll find in the product. Start with what you need today; the rest is there when you grow into it.
9 modules · 100+ built-in workflows
Safeguarding & PSEA and Duty of Care are built in — not bolted on.
Cash Management spans Balances · Accounts · Movements · Reconciliation · Pay Requests.
Restricted Funds tracked with Budget vs Actual per grant.
A 235-indicator library and results frameworks tied to Programs.
The Project DPro toolkit with RACI and change control, from charter to After Action Review.
Procurement routes approvals through L1–L5 Degree-of-Authority levels.
Vendor Scorecard keeps supplier performance on the record.
Expiry Tracker plus a Pending Review workflow keep documents from going stale.
SMC decisions, the Risk Register, Conflict of Interest and Whistleblower live side by side.
Every external session is scoped, logged and read-only — auditors see exactly what you share, nothing else.
Collection links feed reviewed submissions straight into MEAL actuals.
Fullest admin view — what each user sees scales by role and plan.
Finance
Grant-ready fund accounting, not just bookkeeping.
Cash Management spans Balances · Accounts · Movements · Reconciliation · Pay Requests.
MEAL
Results, coverage and accountability in one loop.
A 235-indicator library and results frameworks tied to Programs.
Donors & Audit Portal
Give donors and auditors their own scoped, read-only window.
Every external session is scoped, logged and read-only — auditors see exactly what you share, nothing else.
Shared by all nine modules, so nothing needs stitching together.
A 235-indicator humanitarian library, results frameworks per project, and dashboards that update as field data lands. You stop maintaining sixteen overlapping spreadsheets and start reading them.
WASH-1.1 · HHs with safe water
A staff directory that knows the difference between a national officer in Bago and a regional consultant in Bangkok. Leave config, compensation, attendance and safeguarding declarations live where they belong.
The full PMD Pro / Project DPro toolkit ships with the portal. Problem tree, objective tree, log frame, RACI, change control and stakeholder register — pre-wired together, not invented per project.
| Activity | R | A | C | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hygiene kit dispatch | AK | CD | LL | DN |
| Latrine inspection | AK | PD | CD | DN |
| Caregiver training | EE | PD | CD | DN |
Humanitarian point tools are excellent at one workflow. Generic business software is excellent at one function across any sector. Most country offices end up running four or five of them — M&E in one place, books in another, dashboards somewhere else, project plans in a fourth tool. EMPOBase ships them together, pre-loaded with humanitarian context, ready to run on day one.
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| Capability | EMPOBase | Humanitarian point tools | Generic business software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational scope | 9 modules: HR, Finance, MEAL, Programs, Documents, Governance, Logistics, Donors, Field reporting | One workflow (M&E indicators OR field data collection) | One function (books OR dashboards OR projects) |
| Pre-loaded humanitarian context | 235 indicators, PCM / CHS / Sphere, Project DPro toolkit | Partial (some indicator libraries) | None — built for any sector |
| Built around field operations (camps, districts, partners, donors) | Yes — humanitarian-native | Yes | No — built for offices |
| Field reporting suite | 6 report types (SitRep, Activity, MEAL, etc.) — online; offline mode on roadmap | Yes (one type) | No |
| Pricing aligned to humanitarian budgets | $35 / month entry, multi-tenant from day one | $69+ / month entry, often per-seat | Per-seat $15–50 / user / month, scales fast |
| Multilingual interface by default | 9 languages today, incl. right-to-left Arabic | Variable, often EN-only | English-default, localisation as add-on |
| Time to first usable dashboard | 1 day | 2–8 weeks | 1–3 months (setup + data modelling) |
Free forever for solo M&E consultants. Paid tiers from $35/month when your country office grows. Annual saves you two months. No inflated list rate, no enterprise upcharge for humanitarian teams.
We replace the patchwork. Humanitarian point tools (M&E platforms, field data collection) handle one workflow well. Generic business software (accounting, BI, project management) handles one function across any sector. Most country offices end up running four or five separate tools that do not talk to each other. EMPOBase ships HR, Finance, MEAL, Programs, Documents, Governance, Logistics, Donors and a 6-type field-reporting suite as one tenant — pre-loaded with 235 humanitarian indicators and the full Project DPro toolkit. You spend the first day configuring your country office, not the first quarter wiring tools together.
Yes. From the Team tier upward, you can import XLSForm definitions and field submissions. We map your existing question codes to our indicator library so your historical data stays attached to its indicators.
Nine interface languages are live today: English, Burmese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia, Swahili, Russian and Arabic — the last with full right-to-left support. Need another language? Talk to us.
Google Cloud (asia-southeast1 — Singapore). Enterprise can run on a dedicated single-tenant instance; pinning data to a specific region (e.g. EU residency) is on our roadmap.
Yes — that is the Enterprise tier. Dedicated single-tenant deployment, your own URL, SSO, optional bring-your-own AI key, and a custom DPA. (Pinning data to a specific region is on our roadmap.)
EMPO Training & Consultancy Services is the parent organisation behind EMPOBase. EMPO trains humanitarian and development teams in PCM, CHS and MEAL in Myanmar, founded in 2025. EMPOBase is the productisation of the portal we built running our own and partner NGOs.
Free to try. No card. Bring a country office in by lunch.
