Transparency alternatives to Watermark
Other Research administration vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Watermark does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 27 that differ from Watermark on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Watermark has 6 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Public pricing, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Watermark does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Watermark does not | Watermark publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colabracolabra.app | 26/100 | 2 Public pricing, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Status page with history, +1 | Compare |
| LabArchiveslabarchives.com | 39/100 | 1 Public pricing | 2 Data processing agreement, Status page with history | Compare |
| Protocols.ioprotocols.io | 35/100 | 1 Public pricing | 3 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
| Interfoliointerfolio.com | 4/100 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | 6 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Status page with history, +3 | Compare |
| Cayusecayuse.com | 35/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 2 Data processing agreement, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Pure Elsevierelsevier.com | 32/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 2 Data processing agreement, Status page with history | Compare |
| Aixeloaixelo.com | 26/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
| SciNotescinote.net | 26/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Key Solutionskeyusa.com | 22/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 4 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Dimensionsdimensions.ai | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Kualikuali.co | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Certifications named, +1 | Compare |
| Effex OMARSeffex.app | 13/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Status page with history, +1 | 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.