
QDA Miner - An older interface and no Mac support hinder this otherwise-solid and full-featured software.Delve - Designed for interview or focus group transcripts, it is slick and easy-to-use with some advanced features such as participant descriptors. See education pricing.Dedoose - Designed for mixed methods projects with fewer but more complex codes (allows ratings), this full-featured online software is a solid choice in some circumstances, especially distributed groups with somewhat complex projects, or those that would benefit from monthly pricing.Atlas.ti Cloud - Slick and colorful, but not full-featured, this is a great software for first-time users with uncomplicated needs.

Online: These make it easier to collaborate with others and offer per-month pricing, (~$10-20/month), good for shorter projects

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The interface tends to be more cluttered and redundant, but an identical interface across platforms, regular improvements, and free course licenses and read-only access to projects make it an attractive option. MAXQDA- Although newer than others, MAXQDA takes advantage of this with many colors, emoji's, and on-the-fly filtering.Recent versions have greatly improved labeling and added features that were standard for it's competators. It also has network tools and a companion online version. Atlas.ti- Originally designed for Grounded theory analysis, Atlas.ti excels at memos and other tools for theory building.
