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Echo Impact
What Echo Impact is
Echo Impact is a web platform for funders, grant makers, and not-for-profits to collect, analyse, and communicate impact. It follows funding from applications and assessment through grant management, progress reporting, and acquittal. Live data can generate board reports, which can be exported as PDF, Excel, or CSV. Echo says it monitors more than 18 activity types across portfolios, including registrations, investments, awards, and employment changes. Listed integrations include Australian Business Register and ACNC eligibility checks, monday.com administration tools, and MYOB and Xero finance connections available on request. The core platform is listed from A$10,000 a year, scaling with annual disbursements; a Reporting Module is A$2,000 a year. Optional full-service onboarding is A$5,000, paid once, and custom stakeholder-ready Impact Reports start at A$30,000, paid once. Primary data and uploaded documents are stored in Sydney, while the web application is hosted in Singapore, where the maker says customer data is not stored. Registration is invitation-only through an organisation administrator.
Who it suits
Echo is aimed at private ancillary funds, philanthropic foundations, and impact organisations with $1M–$50M+ in annual disbursements. It also names government grant programs and structured programs or cohorts.
What it does well
- Manages the grant lifecycle through acquittal.
- Creates board reports from live data.
- Exports reports as PDF, Excel, or CSV.
- Supports custom indicators and outcome frameworks.
- Customers can export their data on request.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Core platform starts at A$10,000 a year.
- Registration is by invitation only.
- Some finance integrations are available on request.
Limits
There is no free plan. The core plan starts at AUD$10k per year and scales based on annual disbursements; the Reporting Module costs an additional AUD$2,000 per year.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Echo Impact Platform (Core) | From AUD$10k / year; scales based on annual disbursements · Unlimited users, assessors and admins | A$10,000 a year |
| Echo Impact Platform | From AUD$10k / year; scales based on annual disbursements · End-to-end grant and impact management · unlimited users, assessors and admins | A$10,000 a year |
| Reporting Module | +AUD$2k / year · Board, finance and compliance reports · PAF compliance reporting · AI narrative reports and case studies | A$2,000 a year |
| Impact Report | From AUD$30k per report · Custom stakeholder publication · longitudinal impact methodology · print and digital-ready generation | A$30,000, paid once |
| Full service onboarding | From AUD$5k · Data migration and cleanup · impact framework customisation · logic model workshop | A$5,000, paid once |
As echoimpact.io lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://www.echoimpact.io/.
- Contact your organisation administrator to request an invitation.
- Choose the Echo Impact Platform (Core) plan, from AUD$10k per year.
- Add the Reporting Module for AUD$2,000 per year if needed.
- Arrange optional full-service onboarding from AUD$5k one-time if needed.
Verdict
Echo Impact combines grant administration with portfolio tracking and reporting. Its listed annual core price starts at A$10,000 a year, and access requires an invitation through an organisation administrator.
Questions
Is there a free plan?
No. Echo Impact is listed as paid.
How much does the core platform cost?
The Echo Impact Platform (Core) starts at AUD$10k per year and scales based on annual disbursements.
What platforms does Echo Impact support?
Echo Impact is available on the web.
Can it connect to finance and administration tools?
It lists monday.com administration tools and MYOB and Xero finance integrations available on request. Australian Business Register and ACNC eligibility checks are also listed.
How does an organisation get access?
Registration is by invitation only; users are directed to contact their organisation administrator.
Who owns the customer data?
Echo states that customer data belongs to the customer organisation and can be exported on request.
Facts from Echo Impact's own pages
- Access
- The platform’s sign-in page says registration is by invitation only and directs users to contact their organisation administrator. · platform.echoimpact.io, 4 Oct 2026
- Access restriction
- The platform sign-in page says registration is invitation-only and directs users to their organisation administrator. · platform.echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- AI privacy
- AI features are optional, customer data is not used to train general-purpose models, and AI processing may occur outside Australia when enabled. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- AI voice interviews
- AI-moderated interviews let participants answer conversationally while Echo asks questions, transcribes responses and analyses them. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- API and extensibility
- The longitudinal engine uses third-party APIs, public-data scraping and external sources such as ABS and ABR; no public SDK documentation is presented on the cited product pages. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Application forms
- Applications support custom fields, file uploads, conditional logic and branded publication. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Assessment workflow
- Assessors can use role-based portals, panel assignments, weighted rubrics, consensus calculations and outlier flags. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Company background
- Echo evolved from an internal system built for Spacecubed Foundation's Meshpoints initiative, which coordinated more than 180 partners and a $10M philanthropic programme. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- LinkedIn lists Spacecubed as founded in 2011, while Spacecubed's own about page describes a 2012 founding. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal operator
- Echo is operated by Spacecubed Foundation Ltd, ABN 58 149 449 972. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size and location
- LinkedIn lists Spacecubed as a privately held Perth organisation with 11–50 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- Live dashboards show pipeline, projects, disbursements and key metrics, with custom visualisations built using D3, Mapbox and other libraries. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Data ownership
- Echo states that customer data belongs to the customer organisation and can be exported on request. · echoimpact.io, 4 Oct 2026
- Data portability
- Customers retain ownership and administrators can export data in CSV, Excel and Word formats, with deletion or export available after termination. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- Primary database records, uploaded documents and attachments are stored in Supabase's Sydney region, while the application is hosted in Singapore. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Onboarding includes migration, workflow configuration and training, while ongoing service includes a relationship manager, regular check-ins and direct support access. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Ecosystem mapping
- Its ecosystem product combines searchable directories, geographic maps, natural-language search, claimable profiles and AI enrichment. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Eligibility checks
- Applicant eligibility can be checked against Australian Business Register and ACNC charity data. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- Reports and data can be exported as PDF, Excel or CSV files. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- External recognition
- The 2026 INCITE Awards finalist publication describes Echo Impact as an AI-powered longitudinal tracking platform for Australian foundations, universities and innovation programmes. · inciteawards.org.au, 15 Oct 2026
- Grant administration
- Grant management covers milestones, deadline reminders, progress reports, acquittals and document storage. · echoimpact.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Grant lifecycle
- The platform manages funding from applications and assessment through grant management, progress reporting and acquittal. · echoimpact.io, 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Perth, Western Australia, Australia · echoimpact.io, 28 Sept 2026
- Independent use evidence
- Meshpoints' privacy policy says grant and partner-network applications are collected through Echo Impact for managing its fund and network. · meshpoints.com, 15 Oct 2026