# Ushahidi Reviews
**Vendor:** Ushahidi  
**Category:** [GIS Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/gis)  
**Average Rating:** 2.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 2
## About Ushahidi
Ushahidi is a map-making tool, built with an open API, that allows you and the world to collaboratively map your world.




## Ushahidi Reviews
  ### 1. Great Open Source tool for Electotal  Incident Mapping

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Mark O. | IT Manager, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2023

**What do you like best about Ushahidi?**

Streamlined Response Pipeline with a clear structure of the process.
Great crowd-sourcing tool  for data gathering with  verification and publishing  built into the process.

**What do you dislike about Ushahidi?**

The filters can sometimes be a little confusing

**What problems is Ushahidi solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Being able to map out election events and reports during an election. Verify the crowd-sourced information published and empower various civil society partners to take action.

  ### 2. Crowd map is too confusing

**Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2017

**What do you like best about Ushahidi?**

It is a very collaborative and real-time setup

**What do you dislike about Ushahidi?**

I dislike all the moving parts...it is not intuitive.

**Recommendations to others considering Ushahidi:**

This is a great idea, but seems redundant with other social apps and software.

**What problems is Ushahidi solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Just being able to map where other people are working and socializing in a real time manner.


## Ushahidi Discussions
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## Ushahidi Features
**Data Management**
- Data Capture
- Data Storage
- Data Manipulation
- Data Visualization

**Community Building**
- Member Profiles
- Email & Notifications
- Member Discovery
- Member Referrals
- Community Spaces
- Paid Memberships
- Multimedia Sharing
- Courses

**Map Creation**
- Geocoding
- Buffer Zone Query
- Overlaying
- Publishing

**Community Improvement**
- Gamification
- Polls & Questions
- Automation Rules

**Analysis**
- Spatial Analysis
- Reporting 
- Real-Time Streaming 

**Customer Analytics**
- Community Insights
- Community Engagement Analytics
- Downloadable Reports
- ROI Tracking

**Community Management**
- Community Feeds & Discussions
- Live Streaming
- Chat & Messaging
- Events Management
- Admin Roles & Permissions

**Agentic AI - Online Community Management**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Multi-step Planning
- Cross-system Integration
- Natural Language Interaction
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making

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