An I4DI product

Heurista

Research and evaluation workspace

Heurista research and evaluation workspace showing evaluation design and study-aware AI assistance

Research and evaluation technology

Keep the study connected from design to reporting.

Heurista helps research and evaluation teams move across methods without rebuilding context in disconnected files and tools. Evaluation questions, instruments, field data, source documents, coded evidence, statistical outputs, findings, dashboards, and reports remain part of the same auditable study record.

One connected study record

Methods become the operating structure of the work.

Heurista turns questions, criteria, indicators, theory of change, methods, stakeholders, and validation rules into a practical study structure. Collection, analysis, synthesis, and reporting can then inherit that context instead of recreating it.

  • Key evaluation questions and research questions
  • Criteria, indicators, methods, and validation logic
  • Fieldwork, source records, and consent context
  • Findings and report claims connected to evidence
Heurista evidence synthesis workspace with source-linked research material

Core workspace

What teams can do in Heurista

01

Evaluation and research design

Structure evaluation questions, frameworks, indicators, theories of change, methods, stakeholders, instruments, and validation rules before collection begins.

02

Fieldwork and data collection

Manage forms, live links, multilingual collection, AI-led interviews, imports, and fieldwork status while preserving consent and source context.

03

Qualitative and quantitative analysis

Code transcripts, write memos, translate material, run statistical tools, document findings, and keep analytical work inside the study record.

04

Evidence synthesis and reporting

Connect literature review, evidence matrices, dashboards, report sections, recommendations, citations, and exports to the reviewed evidence behind them.

Heurista qualitative coding workspace with transcripts, codes, and analytical memos

Auditable analysis

Evidence remains coded, memoed, reviewed, and traceable.

Transcripts, translations, codebooks, coded excerpts, memos, quality checks, statistical outputs, findings, and analytical decisions stay together. Teams can inspect how an interpretation was reached instead of inheriting a black box.

Hue · Study-aware AI assistance

AI support where work is heavy. Human judgment where it matters.

Hue works from the methods and evidence already inside the study. It can help organize information, suggest methodological improvements, summarize reviewed material, and draft from study context while researchers decide what becomes an accepted code, finding, recommendation, or report claim.

  • Study-aware methodological guidance
  • Source-linked drafting and synthesis
  • Human review and approval retained
  • Customer research data is not used to train AI models
Hue AI evaluation assistant working inside a Heurista study

Who Heurista is for

Designed for teams that need evidence they can defend.

Heurista supports research and evaluation teams working across methods, countries, languages, and reporting requirements. The common need is a clear connection between study decisions, source evidence, analysis, and final claims.

Evaluation and MEL teams

Manage key evaluation questions, criteria, indicators, collection plans, analysis, findings, recommendations, and reports in one governed evaluation workspace.

Applied research teams

Coordinate study design, instruments, fieldwork, imported datasets, literature, mixed-methods analysis, and outputs without losing source context.

Qualitative researchers

Work across transcripts, translations, codebooks, excerpts, memos, analytical findings, and review decisions while preserving traceability.

Evidence synthesis teams

Screen literature, record inclusion decisions, build evidence matrices, synthesize findings, and carry citations into briefs and reports.

Security and governance

Protection sits inside the research workflow.

Research and evaluation data often comes from real people, institutions, and communities. Heurista keeps access, AI assistance, analysis, and reporting inside a governed environment.

Managed security

Developed under I4DI’s ISO 27001-certified information security management system.

Governed access

Role-based access and workspace separation help keep teams, studies, and client data controlled.

Protected evidence

Encryption in transit and at rest, consent records, and audit trails across the research workflow.

Clear AI boundaries

Customer research data is not used to train AI models. Private processing options are available.

Built by the Institute for Development Impact

Research practice is inside the product.

Heurista is developed by I4DI, an independent, ISO-certified evaluation, applied research, and technology-for-impact organization. It brings together I4DI’s Impact Technology and Evidence & Intelligence practices. The product reflects recurring challenges encountered across real studies: fragmented workflows, lost source context, manual rework, and weak links between evidence and claims.

2014

Founded

Independent evaluation and applied research organization.

ISO

Certified

ISO 27001 information security and ISO 9001 quality management.

61

Countries

Research, evaluation, and technology work across contexts.

182+

Projects

Evaluation, MEL, evidence synthesis, data systems, and reporting.

Frequently asked questions

Questions research and evaluation teams ask first.

What types of research can Heurista support?

Heurista supports evaluations, monitoring and learning studies, applied research, qualitative studies, quantitative studies, mixed-methods research, literature reviews, systematic reviews, and evidence synthesis. Teams can shape the workspace around the study design while keeping questions, sources, analysis, and outputs connected.

Does Heurista support mixed-methods research and evaluation?

Yes. Qualitative transcripts and codes, quantitative datasets and statistical outputs, literature sources, findings, dashboards, and report claims can remain inside the same study record. Teams can compare evidence across methods without flattening the differences between those methods.

How does Heurista use AI?

Hue can help organize information, suggest methodological improvements, summarize reviewed material, and draft from study context. Researchers remain responsible for accepting codes, findings, recommendations, and report claims. Customer research data is not used to train AI models.

How does Heurista keep evidence traceable?

Study design decisions, source records, imported data, coded excerpts, memos, analyses, findings, citations, and report sections remain linked within the workspace. Teams can review the path from a claim back to the evidence and analytical decisions that support it.

How is research data protected?

Heurista is managed under I4DI’s ISO 27001-certified information security management system. The platform supports role-based access, workspace separation, encryption in transit and at rest, consent records, and audit trails. Private deployment and local AI processing are available for enterprise requirements.

Heurista reporting workspace with evidence review and report outputs

Keep methods intact, reduce manual rework, and make claims defensible.

See how Heurista can support an evaluation, research study, evidence review, qualitative project, or mixed-methods programme.

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