Case Study: Center for Open Science achieves embedded analytics for 250,000+ researchers with Keen

Center For Open Science Provides Embedded Analytics To 250,000+ Researchers With Keen

Center for Open Science (COS) runs the Open Science Framework (OSF), a free project-management platform that supports researchers worldwide in improving openness, integrity, and reproducibility. COS needed embedded analytics to show researchers the impact of their work and to guide product decisions, but their self-hosted solution was limited and costly to maintain and didn’t allow the custom tracking they required.

By switching to Keen’s SaaS analytics, COS implemented fully customizable, metadata-rich tracking and built dashboards and queries with Keen’s Data Explorer and charting tools. Keen now powers OSF analytics for 250,000+ researchers, enabling automated KPIs, better prioritization of development (e.g., file-type support and integrations), time savings for engineers, and clear insights into user behavior and research impact.

Center for Open Science

Fitz Elliott

Senior Software Engineer for the Infrastructure Team