diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 8195019bc..741a51f7c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ lazy val silver = (project in file("."))
     libraryDependencies += "org.jgrapht" % "jgrapht-core" % "1.5.0",                            // Graphs
     libraryDependencies += "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.30",                                // Logging
     libraryDependencies += "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.3",                      // Logging
+    libraryDependencies += "com.lihaoyi" %% "requests" % "0.3.0",                               // Data collection
+    libraryDependencies += "com.lihaoyi" %% "upickle" % "1.0.0",                                // Data collection
 
     // Test settings.
     Test / parallelExecution := false,
diff --git a/src/main/scala/viper/silver/frontend/SilFrontEndConfig.scala b/src/main/scala/viper/silver/frontend/SilFrontEndConfig.scala
index 4dd374f3a..69820bc6c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/viper/silver/frontend/SilFrontEndConfig.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/viper/silver/frontend/SilFrontEndConfig.scala
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ abstract class SilFrontendConfig(args: Seq[String], private var projectName: Str
     hidden = false
   )
 
+  val submitForEvaluation = opt[Boolean](name = "submitForEvaluation",
+    descr = "Whether to allow storing the current program for future evaluation.",
+    default = Some(false),
+    noshort = true
+  )
+
   validateOpt(file, ignoreFile) {
     case (_, Some(true)) => Right(())
     case (Some(filepath), _) => validateFileOpt(file.name, filepath)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/viper/silver/utility/ProgramSubmitter.scala b/src/main/scala/viper/silver/utility/ProgramSubmitter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a7c87932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/viper/silver/utility/ProgramSubmitter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+package viper.silver.utility
+
+import scala.io.Source.fromFile
+import ujson.{Arr, Obj}
+import viper.silver.ast.Program
+import viper.silver.ast.pretty.FastPrettyPrinter
+import viper.silver.verifier.{Success, VerificationResult}
+import viper.silver.frontend.{SilFrontend}
+
+/** Trait for an object that submits a program to the viper-data-collection API */
+trait ProgramSubmitter {
+
+  /** Protocol, IP address and port of server hosting the viper-data-collection API */
+  val API_HOST = ""
+
+  /** Whether program will be submitted to database */
+  protected def allowSubmission: Boolean
+
+  /** Plaintext Viper program that was verified */
+  protected def program: String
+
+  /** Frontend that generated program, if manually submitted to Silicon and Carbon this should be equal to [[originalVerifier]] */
+  protected def originalFrontend: String
+
+  /** Arguments passed to the verifier */
+  protected def args: Array[String]
+
+  /** Verifier used to verify program */
+  protected def originalVerifier: String
+
+  /** Was verification successful*/
+  protected def succeeded: Boolean
+
+  /** Time between verification start and end */
+  protected def runtime: Long
+
+  /** Sends program and metadata to viper-data-collection API */
+  def submit(): Unit = {
+    if (API_HOST != "" && allowSubmission) {
+      val submission =
+        Obj(
+          "program" -> program,
+          "frontend" -> originalFrontend,
+          "args" -> Arr.from[String](args),
+          "originalVerifier" -> originalVerifier,
+          "success" -> succeeded,
+          "runtime" -> runtime
+        )
+      try {
+        requests.post(s"$API_HOST/submit-program", data = submission)
+      } catch {
+        case _: Exception => println("Program couldn't be submitted")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def programToString(p: Program): String = FastPrettyPrinter.pretty(p)
+
+  protected def didVerSucceed(vr: Option[VerificationResult]): Boolean =
+    vr match {
+      case Some(res) =>
+        res match {
+          case Success => true
+          case _       => false
+        }
+      case _ => false
+    }
+
+}
+
+/** To use when no [[SilFrontend]] is available.
+  *
+  * Methods to call before calling [[submit]]: [[setProgram]] and [[setSuccess]]
+  */
+class ManualProgramSubmitter(
+    var allowSubmission: Boolean,
+    var program: String,
+    var originalFrontend: String,
+    var originalVerifier: String,
+    var args: Array[String]
+) extends ProgramSubmitter {
+
+  private val startTime: Long = System.currentTimeMillis()
+  protected var succeeded: Boolean = false
+
+  def setAllowSubmission(b: Boolean): Unit = allowSubmission = b
+
+  def setProgram(p: String): Unit = program = p
+
+  def setProgram(p: Program): Unit = program = programToString(p)
+
+  def setSuccess(success: Boolean): Unit = succeeded = success
+
+  override def runtime: Long = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime
+}
+
+/** ProgramSubmitter that takes a [[SilFrontend]] to read out verification metrics, so they don't have to be manually defined.
+  * Assumes submit will be called after verification is finished.
+  */
+trait FEProgramSubmitter extends ProgramSubmitter {
+
+  var args: Array[String] = Array()
+
+  /** Instance of frontend responsible for verification, used to read out verification metrics */
+  protected val frontend: SilFrontend
+
+  override def allowSubmission: Boolean =
+    frontend.config.submitForEvaluation.getOrElse(false)
+
+  override def originalFrontend: String = originalVerifier
+
+  override def originalVerifier: String = frontend.getVerifierName.capitalize
+
+  override def succeeded: Boolean = didVerSucceed(frontend.getVerificationResult)
+
+  override def runtime: Long = frontend.getTime
+
+  def setArgs(arguments: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    args =
+      arguments.filter(a => a != "--submitForEvaluation" && !a.endsWith(".vpr"))
+  }
+}
+
+/** [[FEProgramSubmitter]] implementation that assumes program is available in local file.
+  *
+  * Methods to call before calling [[submit]]: [[setArgs]]
+  */
+class FileProgramSubmitter(fe: SilFrontend) extends FEProgramSubmitter {
+
+  private var programPath: String = ""
+  protected val frontend: SilFrontend = fe
+
+  override def program: String = {
+    readFileContent(programPath)
+  }
+
+  override def setArgs(arguments: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    programPath = arguments.find(_.endsWith(".vpr")) match {
+      case Some(p) => p
+      case None    => ""
+    }
+    super.setArgs(arguments)
+  }
+
+  protected def readFileContent(file: String): String = {
+    try {
+      val fBuffer = fromFile(file)
+      val content =
+        try {
+          fBuffer.mkString
+        } catch {
+          case _: Exception => ""
+        } finally fBuffer.close()
+      content
+    } catch {
+      case _: Exception => ""
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** [[FEProgramSubmitter]] implementation that creates a submission from a program AST, for cases where no local file is available.
+  *
+  * Methods to call before calling [[submit]]: [[setProgram]] and [[setArgs]]
+  */
+class ViperProgramSubmitter(fe: SilFrontend) extends FEProgramSubmitter {
+  private var viperProgram: Program = null
+  protected val frontend = fe
+
+  def setProgram(p: Program): Unit = {
+    viperProgram = p
+  }
+
+  override def program: String = {
+    if (viperProgram != null) {
+      programToString(viperProgram)
+    } else ""
+  }
+
+}