Getting started
Making informed choices
We understand the challenges institutional leaders face when navigating the vast sea of technology options. Infra Finder aspires to be the trusted source of information and a key reference for institutions, aiding you in making informed choices that advance your institution’s vision for open research and scholarship with the following features:
- Up-to-date, verified information: IOI works closely with infrastructure service providers to keep Infra Finder up to date, and has developed a robust process for verifying the data in Infra Finder (more in our documentation).
- An easy-to-use comparison view: with Infra Finder’s user-friendly comparison view, you can compare up to four infrastructure services side-by-side, complete with links to more detailed information.
- Key information in a centralized location: we recognize that institutions and stakeholders have different requirements and considerations for adopting infrastructure services — Infra Finder showcases extensive information on the most common areas of consideration in one place.
Learn more
Get more detailed information about Infra Finder in our documentation and FAQ.
You can also download a copy of Infra Finder’s data at this link.
Citing Infra Finder
You can cite the data in Infra Finder using DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10934104
We appreciate all references that you make to Infra Finder in your work!
Contributors
Zack Adell: Investigation, visualization
Taimour Azizuddin: Investigation, formal analysis, methodology
Cast Iron Coding: Methodology, software, visualization
Lauren Collister, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-8486: Data curation, investigation, methodology, validation, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing
Matt Canute: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8786-0020: Formal analysis, software, methodology
Sarah Lippincott, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-5844: Data curation, investigation, methodology, validation, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing
Kenji Morrow: Software
Katherine Skinner, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-7524: Conceptualization, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, writing - original draft, writing - review and editing, supervision, validation
Julia Smith: Software
Gail Steinhart, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2441-1651: Data curation, investigation, formal analysis, methodology, validation
Kaitlin Thaney, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7217-4494: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, project administration, supervision, validation
Emmy Tsang, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9248-1280: Supervision, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing
Chrys Wu, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-1580: Conceptualization, data curation, investigation, formal analysis, methodology, project administration, supervision, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing
Funding acknowledgement
This work was generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Get in touch
If you have any questions regarding Infra Finder, please contact infra-finder [at] investinopen [dot] org.
If you spot any errors in Infra Finder’s information or bugs in the tool, please use this feedback form to let us know! We appreciate your feedback.
Support Infra Finder
Infra Finder is hosted and maintained by IOI, and made possible with the collaboration of the service providers, Cast Iron Coding, and our community.
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