Research Software Design

Research Software Design offers the PAPYRUS Bibliography System for managing references and citations. The job it does: building software for you when nothing off the shelf fits.

The natural audience is companies with a specific process to automate. They also list Software Engineering, so expect those to show up in the feature set. As a very small company team themselves (1 to 10 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

Research Software Design is based in Portland, Oregon. You can read more at researchsoftwaredesign.com.

Our checklist for this category: portfolio relevance, who owns the code, and how they handle changes. A short pilot with your real data tells you more than any demo.

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