Qualitative Software

The following companies provide software designed for analysis of qualitative data of all kinds including text, audio, and video.    

Product: AccuLine
Developer: Harpe & Associates Ltd.
Developer Site: http://www.harpe.ca/
Platform: Windows PC
Price: $379 per year for AccuLine Primary (Elementary schools); $779 per year for Acculine Professional (Jr. and Senior high schools); $2500 per year for AccuLine Scholastic (colleges and technical institutions); $5000 per year for Acculine Academic  (post-secondary and enterprise)
Scope: Digital Automated Scoring
Free Trial Download: http://www.harpe.ca/Download.php (For PC) Requires access code.

Product: AnSWR
Developer: Centers for Disease Control: Information Systems Support Services (CISSS) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Epidemology Branch 
Developer Site: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/answr.htm
Platform: Windows 95,98, NT, 2000, ME, or XP
Price: Freeware Software
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/answr/ver3d.htm

Product: Atlas.ti
Developer: Thomas Muhr
Developer Site: http://www.atlasti.com/index.php
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0
Price: $395.00 (Educational-Single Copy); $715.00 (Standard- Single Copy); $1,580.00 (Educational-5 Pack); $2,860.00 (Standard-5 Pack); $1,440.00 (Educational Workstation-Qty. 5); $2,640.00 (Standard Workstation-Qty. 5)
Scope: Text, digital Audio and Video Analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.atlasti.com/download.php

Product: Behavior Evaluation Strategies and Taxonomies software Version 3.0 (BEST)
Developer: SKWare (Subsidiary of Educational Consulting) 
Developer Site: http://www.skware.com/
Platform: Windows 95,98,NT,2000
Price: $499 (Educational-Single Copy); $650 (Standard- Single Copy); $399 (Educational-5 Qty); $520 (Standard-5 Qty); $750 (Educational Workstation-Qty5); $975 (Standard Workstation-Qty. 5)
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.skware.com/Upgrades.htm

Product: CDC EZ-Text
Developer: Centers for Disease Control
Developer Site: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/ez-text.htm
Platform: Windows 95,98, NT, 2000, ME, or XP
Price: Freeware Software
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/ez-text.htm

Product: C-I-SAID version 1.0
Developer: Code-A-Text Ltd 
Developer Site: http://www.code-a-text.co.uk/index.htm
Platform: Windows 95,98, NT
Price: $ 315 (Educational-Single Copy); $ 555 (Standard- Single Copy); $ 1,260 (Educational-5 Pack, Single User); $ 2,220 (Standard-5 Pack, Single User)
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Download: http://www.code-a-text.co.uk/cisaid.htm

Product: Dedoose
Developer: Sociocultural Research Consultants
Developer Site: http://www.dedoose.com
Platform: Web Based Rich Internet Application – PC, Mac (OSX), Linux
Price: Free to try for a month, around $11 / Month afterwards
Scope: Powerful, Collaborative, and Easy to use Qualitative and Mixed Method Research and Analysis
Free Download: http://www.dedoose.com

Product: ELAN
Developer: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Developer Site:
http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/tools/elan
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, MacOS X, Linux
Price: Freeware
Product Scope: Digital Audio and Video Annotation Free Download:
http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/elan/download

Product: Ethno 2
Developer: David Heise 
Developer Site: http://www.indiana.edu/%7Esocpsy/ESA/
Platform: Windows/PC (Java enable)
Price: Freeware
Scope: Text Analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.indiana.edu/~socpsy/ESA/downloading.html

Product: EthoVision XT
Developer: Noldus Information Technology
Developer Site: http://www.noldus.com/animal-behavior-research/products/ethovision-xt
Platform: Windows XP and Windows 7
Price: Available on request
Scope: Video tracking software that tracks and analyzes the behavior, movement, and activity of any animal.
Free trial download: Available on request at http://info.noldus.com/free-software-trial. A tutorial can be found at: http://www.noldus.com/animal-behavior-research/products/ethovision-xt

Product: Ethnograph version 5.0
Developer: Qualis Research Associates 
Developer Site: http://www.qualisresearch.com
Platform: Windows 3.1, 95, 98/PC
Price: $295 (single copy); $200 (Student copy)
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.qualisresearch.com/demo.htm

Product: EthoVision 2.3
Developer: Noldus Information Technology 
Developer Site: http://www.noldus.com/site/doc200403002
Platform: Windows 98, 2000, XP, NT 4.0
Price: http://www.noldus.com/site/doc200407016
Scope: Digital Audio and Video Analysis

Product: HyperRESEARCH 2.8.2
Developer: ResearchWare Inc
Developer Site: http://www.researchware.com/
Platform: MacOS, Windows
Price: $370 USD (Student discounts and institutional licensing is available. See http://www.researchware.com/hr-offer.htm for Student pricing. Contact support@researchware.com for Institutional licensing.)
Scope: Qualitative analysis of text, images, audio, and video source material, code maps, auto coding, and much more.
Free Trial Download: http://www.researchware.com/hr/downloads.html

Product: HyperTRANSCRIBE 1.5
Developer: ResearchWare Inc
Developer Site: http://www.researchware.com/
Platform: MacOS, Windows
Price: $99 USD (Student discounts and institutional licensing is available. See http://www.researchware.com/ht-offer.htm for Student pricing. Contact support@researchware.com for Institutional licensing.)
Scope: Transcription of audio or video source materials for qualitative analysis.
Free Trial Download: http://www.researchware.com/ht/downloads.html

Product: InterClipper Professional v1.1.3
Developer: DocuMat, LLC  
Developer Site: http://www.interclipper.com/
Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
Price: $495 (download) + $15 (CD-ROM version)
Scope: Digital Audio, Video analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.interclipper.com/DownLoadForm.html

Product: INTERACT
Developer: Mangold Software & Consulting
Developer Site: www.behavioral-research.com
Platform: Windows ME, NT, 2000, XP
Price: Available on request to info@mangold.de
Scope: Multimedia Video Analysis for behavioral research
Free Trial Download: Available on request to info@mangold.de

Product: INTEXT 4.1
Developer: Harald Klein 
Developer Site: http://www.intext.de/intexte.htm
Platform: MS-DOS (version 3.3 above)/Versions for 80386, 80486 and Pentium
Price: $27.40 (diskette version with a printed manual); $91.28 (student version); $273.85 (single version); $1,369.25 (network/institute version); $4,564.31 (campus license- 5 manuals)
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Demo Download: http://www.intext.de/ITX-TEST.EXE

Product: Kwalitan 5.0
Developer: Department of Research Methodology, University of Nijmegen 
Developer Site: http://www.kwalitan.net/engels/index.html
Product: Kwalitan 5.0
Platform: Windows 95, 98, NT or ME
Price: $289.80(Educational-Single Copy); $373.52 (Standard- Single Copy); $883.20 (Educational-Qty 3-5); $1.13 (Standard- Qty 3-5)
Scope: Text, digital Audio and Video Analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.kwalitan.net/engels/downloaden.html

Product: MacSHAPA 1.03
Developer: MacShapa
Developer Site: http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/institute/acadprog/epjp/macshapa.html
Platform: Mac
Price: Available on request
Email: sales@cpo.al.wpafb.af.mil

Product: MaxQDA
Developer: MaxQDA 
Developer Site: http://www.maxqda.com/
Platform: Windows/PC
Price: $701
Scope: Primarily text analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.maxqda.com/ (click on 'trial version')

Product: NVivo 10
Developer: QSR International Pty Ltd (QSR) 
Developer Site: http://www.qsrinternational.com
Platform: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, MIcrosoft Windows XP SP2+, Microsoft Vista
Price: Contact QSR
Scope: Text analysis. audio, video, PDF, photos, webpages, YouTube, and social media
Free Trial Download: http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx

Product: OCS Tools 3.5
Developer: Triangle Research Collaborative, Inc
Developer Site: 
Platform: Windows 95/98, 2000, XP, NT 4.0
Price: Available on request info@TRCtech.com
Scope: Digital Audio and Video Analysis

Product: PolyAnalyst 4.5
Developer: ProGAMMA International 
Developer Site: http://www.gamma.rug.nl/
Platform: Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP or Windows NT
Price: Available on request (info@progamma.nl)
Scope: Text Analysis
Free Trial Download: Available on request info@gamma.rug.nl

Product: QDA Miner
Developer: Provalis Research
Developer Site:  http://provalisresearch.com/products/qualitative-data-analysis-software/
Platform: Windows 98/NT/XP
Price: Academic: $255, Professional: $395
Scope: Text Analysis
Free Trial Download: http://provalisresearch.com/downloads/trial-versions/

Product: Qualitative Media Analyzer
Developer: CVS Information System 
Developer Site: http://www.cvs.dk/qma.htm
Platform: Windows/PC
Price: Academic: $350, Professional: $475
Scope: Digital Audio and Video Analysis

Product: Qualrus
Developer: Idea Works, Inc 
Developer Site: http://www.ideaworks.com/qualrus/index.html
Platform: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT3.5, NT4, 2000 or XP
Price: Available on request
Scope: Text, digital Audio and Video Analysis

Product: Sign Stream Version 2.0
Developer Site: http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/SignStream/index.html
Platform: Mac OS 8.0, QuickTime 3.0.2
Price: $25.00 (Educational - One time fee); $10 (Student license)
Scope: Digital Audio and Video Analysis
Free Trial: Email to carol@bu.edu

Product: Survey Logix
Developer: Sparklit 
Developer Site: http://www.surveylogix.com
Price: $50 - $600
Scope: Web-based Survey Development, Distribution, and Analysis
Survey Distribution:  Internet
Online Survey Hosting Available: Yes

Product: TACT Version 2.1
Developer: IBM-University of Toronto
Developer Site: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cch/tact.html
Platform: MS-DOS/Windows 3.11, 95/98
Price: $50
Scope: Primarily text analysis

Product: TAMS Analyzer
Developer: Matthew Weinstein
Developer Site: http://tamsys.sf.net/
Platform: OSX, Linux (extremely limited version)
Price: Free
Scope: Textual analysis (transcripts, observation logs, etc)
Free Trial Download: http://tamsys.sf.net/osxtams/download.html

Product: The Coding Analysis Toolkit (CAT)
Developer: The University of Pittsburgh
Developer Site: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/
Price: Currently free, as the service is brand new and going through an extended beta test period
Platform: A web-based service suitable for Mac and PC platforms
Scope: Facilitate analysis of text datasets
Product Site: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat.htm

Product: The Observer XT
Developer: Noldus Information Technology
Developer Site: http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research/products/the-observer-xt
Platform: Windows 7
Price: Available on request
Scope: Professional coding, analysis, and integration software.
Free trial download: Available on request at http://info.noldus.com/free-software-trial. A tutorial can be found at: http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research/products/the-observer-xt 

Product: Transana
Developer: David Woods, Wisconsin Center for Education Research 
Developer Site: http://www.transana.org
Platform: Windows 3.0 or 3.1, Windows 95
Price: $50.00 single user license, $500 multi-user license
Scope: A tool for the transcription & qualitative analysis of audio & video data
Free Trial Download: http://www.transana.org

Product: WordSmith 4.0
Developer: Mike Scott 
Developer Site:http://www.lexically.net/wordsmith/
Product: WordSmith 4.0
Platform: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Win NT and Win 98
Price: Available on request Mike.Scott@liv.ac.uk
Scope: Text Analysis

Product: WordStat
Developer: Provalis Research
Developer Site: http://provalisresearch.com/products/content-analysis-software/  
Platform: Windows 98/NT/XP
Price: Academic: $375-$425, Professional: $525-$645
Scope: Text Analysis
Free Trial Download: http://provalisresearch.com/downloads/trial-versions/

Product: XSight
Developer: QSR International Pty Ltd
Developer Site: http://www.qsrinternational.com  
Platform: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Price: Please contact QSR
Scope: Text Analysis
Free Trial Download: http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx