DeiC DMP review
A free online DMP tool for institutional research planning and collaboration.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
DeiC DMP is an online tool for researchers to write data management plans describing how project data will be generated, collected, stored, used, reused and accessed. It is intended for people in Danish research and higher education, including institutional collaborators. Its templates and question-by-question guidance support plan creation, while sharing controls let users keep a plan private, collaborate on it, share it within an organisation or make it public.
Templates from funders and research institutions, including Horizon Europe, are a central part of the product. Collaborators can be invited to read or contribute with configurable permissions, and completed plans can be downloaded in multiple formats. Institutional research support staff can provide feedback when that option is enabled. These capabilities make DeiC DMP suited to organisations that want researchers and support staff to work around plans together, rather than to manage datasets or provide repository access.
The Free plan is described as free to use for research and higher-education institutions and organisations. The service is cloud-based and available on the web; listed support channels are email, phone and documentation. GDPR and two-factor authentication are among its stated compliance and security features. DeiC DMP fits institutions seeking a no-cost planning tool with templates and collaboration controls. Teams looking for repository access or broader dataset management should choose a product built for those tasks instead.
DeiC DMP pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Templates from funders and research institutions, including Horizon Europe
- Configurable permissions for private, collaborative, organisational or public sharing
- Download plans in multiple formats and request enabled institutional feedback
- Where it doesn't
- Focused on data management plans, not repository or dataset management
- Free-use statement is for research and higher-education institutions and organisations
- Institutional feedback depends on the feature being enabled
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