am i missing something?
requirements:
free arcgis.com account
feat. service w/ editable sde feat class
arcgis.com web map
collector app
-created FeatureServer service on our arcgis server that contains a sde feat. class.
-logged into arcgis.com free account
-created a new web map, added the feat. service layer (it was secured), saved the web map.
-installed the collector iOS app
- logged in using my arcgis.com login, saw the web map, loaded it,
-logged into the feat. service
-collected pts, attributes, photos, ect...
back at the arcgis.com web map all collected pts visible, along w/ attributes & photos. Point being, no organizational account, portal or subscription was used.
if I remember correctly, Arcgis online was started free, and now seems like it's being pushed to customers over arcgis for server. It's unfortunate that even though you own a server and can publish services, you are somewhat limited in their consumption. When the 'free' plug does get pulled on the collector, (even for arcgis for server customers), I'm sure it eventually will, we'll just code our own JS mobile app; easy enough, but it can't be done in a hour like setting up the collector app.