Alternatives to Dimensions
Other Research administration vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Dimensions does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 14 that differ from Dimensions on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Dimensions has 10 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Dimensions does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Dimensions does not | Dimensions publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LabArchiveslabarchives.com | 39/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +1 | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Protocols.ioprotocols.io | 35/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, Named privacy contact | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Pure Elsevierelsevier.com | 32/100 | 3 Data location stated, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Cayusecayuse.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| Colabracolabra.app | 17/100 | 2 Certifications named, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Digital Sciencedigital-science.com | 22/100 | 1 Data location stated | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Key Solutionskeyusa.com | 22/100 | 1 Data location stated | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Haplohaplo.com | 13/100 | 1 Certifications named | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Interfoliointerfolio.com | 4/100 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | 2 Status page with history, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Altmetricaltmetric.com | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | nothing | Compare |
| Kualikuali.co | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | nothing | Compare |
| Elements Symplecticsymplectic.co.uk | 9/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.